# 2 sentence horror stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639 "2013-07-26T23:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/21 "2013-07-27T03:08:58Z")
It was a dark and stormy night. Gradually a shot rang out! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/22 "2013-07-27T03:14:00Z")
The social workers were worried about my adjustment to a new era and society. But after I sold my children for meat, I’ve been as happy as anyone born to this age. > [@stpauler](#): > > At 35 years old, she knew it was time to stop giving into silly superstitions so as she turned off the light in the basement, she walked up the stairs instead of running. > > Then there was the tug on the back of her shirt… Ah, well done. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/23 "2013-07-27T03:33:55Z")
He felt a moment of the most profound sadness when he thought of his diagnosis, of how the memories and hopes and dreams he’d built over a lifetime would slip away forever, the passage of his life fading without a trace. He felt a moment of the most profound sadness when he thought of his diagnosis, of how the memories and hopes and dreams he’d built over a lifetime would slip away forever, the passage of his life fading without a trace. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/24 "2013-07-27T03:47:09Z")
“An erection that won’t quit!” It had seemed like such a _good_ wish, an eternity ago. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/25 "2013-07-27T03:51:44Z")
As he followed the light to the end of the tunnel, he felt a tremendous sense of relief that his brutal, tortured, and pain-filled existence on Earth was coming to an end. Then he saw the forceps and the edges of a delivery room. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/26 "2013-07-27T04:27:26Z")
I knew when I sent him to prison that he was a psychopath, two psychiatrists and three psychologists testified that he was a psychopath, but I still had to try; I raised my head and croaked “your problem is with me, please, please, _please_…don’t hurt my family.” His eyes, teeth and knife glittered in the dark, as he smiled and said softly, “you know better than to ask me that.” ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/27 "2013-07-27T15:09:51Z")
“It’s standing right behind you!” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/28 "2013-07-27T15:14:08Z")
As I reached for the document that represented the culmination of all I had striven for these past 16 years, the president of the University said, “Good luck.” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/29 "2013-07-27T15:50:14Z")
Whatever you do - Don’t Blink. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/30 "2013-07-27T16:07:28Z")
“Just one more push,” the doctor said, “you’re almost there.” And then the nurse started to scream. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/31 "2013-07-27T16:22:39Z")
The nurse put the gurgling newborn baby to her breast, and that’s when she felt the needle sharp teeth and rasping tongue. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/32 "2013-07-27T16:48:58Z")
He blinked and rubbed his eyes, at first unable to comprehend what he was seeing, then not believing it. “[http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) - Database Error” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/33 "2013-07-27T23:40:29Z")
Two sentence horror, huh? The judge gave him a life sentence. In front of a firing squad. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/34 "2013-07-27T23:45:14Z")
Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and recited his immortal words. Then he felt a tap on his shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/35 "2013-07-27T23:50:57Z")
“Who’s there?” I asked. “Nancy Grace” she said. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/36 "2013-07-27T23:53:58Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Whatever you do - Don’t Blink. Whatever you do - Don’t Blink. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/37 "2013-07-28T00:01:02Z")
Another classic: "Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.” Gives me the creeps every time I read it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/38 "2013-07-28T00:58:12Z")
“Are you _sure_ it’s safe to get that close to the ledge?” she asked. He replied “I’ve done this a hundred times bef…” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/39 "2013-07-28T00:59:53Z")
She had a smile that never ended. The slasher had made sure of that. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/40 "2013-07-28T01:05:34Z")
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