# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/61 "2013-07-28T10:04:55Z")
“So, what kind of things do you like to do for fun?” she asked. “Hurting people,” he replied. ---
**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 28, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/62 "2013-07-28T10:18:20Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > When he smiled at me in the bar last night, I thought to myself, “He has really nice teeth.” But it turns out, they really make my jaw ache. I had to reread this one. Then I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/63 "2013-07-28T10:29:03Z")
The enticing aroma filling the house told me that the coffee was finally ready. I opened the refrigerator only to realize that there was no milk. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/64 "2013-07-28T11:05:48Z")
I climbed through the hatch of the Temporal Displacement Capsule, happy to be back in my own hometime. “President Palin is on the phone and she wants to personally welcome you back, Major!” said Doctor Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/65 "2013-07-28T13:55:47Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > For sale: baby manacles , slightly gnawed. I actually LOL’d at this one. 😃 ---
**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 28, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/66 "2013-07-28T14:17:37Z")
I don’t get why some people have trouble sleeping in a strange bed. I’ve slept soundly in a stranger’s _skin_. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/67 "2013-07-28T14:27:02Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And…? > > Power surge? Crossed lines? Intruder? The police found no intruder, and we never got an explanation for the mysteriously ringing phone, or for the faint lingering scent of incense in an upstairs bedroom. And my wife’s missing stuffed bear has still not turned up… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/68 "2013-07-28T14:33:54Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The police found no intruder, and we never got an explanation for the mysteriously ringing phone, or for the faint lingering scent of incense in an upstairs bedroom. And my wife’s missing stuffed bear has still not turned up… Seriously? Ooh, creepy! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/69 "2013-07-28T14:57:25Z")
They said it was impossible to devise a chemical that would dissolve an entire human being leaving nothing behind except the naked brain writhing in agony. They were wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/70 "2013-07-28T15:02:28Z")
He sat in the library, engrossed in his book and absently stroking the dog lying beside his chair. Then the thought penetrated his mind, “I don’t own a dog.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/71 "2013-07-28T15:11:43Z")
He shot straight up in bed, screaming; his mother attempted to comfort him, saying, “It’s okay, dear, you were just having a bad dream.” He shot straight up in bed, screaming; his mother attempted to comfort him, saying, “It’s okay, dear, you were just having a bad dream…” [Yes, a variation on **Bryan** ’s #23 above, so sue me…] ---
**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 28, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/72 "2013-07-28T15:24:44Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > He shot straight up in bed, screaming; his mother attempted to comfort him, saying, “It’s okay, dear, you were just having a bad dream.” > > He shot straight up in bed, screaming; his mother attempted to comfort him, saying, “It’s okay, dear, you were just having a bad dream…” > > [Yes, a variation on **Bryan** ’s #23 above, so sue me…] Indeed I would, but mine’s not exactly completely original, either. What you’re describing, though, is typical of a late-1980s horror anthology named for (and based very loosely on) the _Nightmare on Elm Street_ films, called _Freddy’s Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series_. I like to call such shows “a human head” stories, for this exaggerated example: In a typical episode, a teenager would be walking along, minding his own business, when suddenly _a van full of chainsaws would crash into him_, its buzzing slicing cargo flying about madly, dicing flesh and bone in a heady red mist of atomized blood as he screams in terror… and then the kid would wake up. “Wow, what a crazy dream!” Get dressed, go downstairs, find his mom in the kitchen. “Good morning, Mom. What’s for breakfast?” “Good morning, son. Just the usual eggs, bacon, toast… and a human head!” The mother would pull _a severed human head from the fridge_, its eyes flaming red, tongue flapping, gore dripping from severed neck, the teenager screams in terror… and then he wakes up again in his bed. Rinse, repeat five or six more times and the last “nightmare” is only “real” because the episode is over. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/73 "2013-07-28T15:46:19Z")
Two that aren’t mine, but are great. I just finished reading this story, and the first paragraph is more than two sentences, but it’s so deliciously creepy, I feel obliged to edit it slightly to submit here: > [@F. Marion Crawford](#): > > Sir Hugh’s face seemed, at best, to be made of fine parchment drawn skin-tight over a wooden mask, in which two sunken eyes peered from far within. . . . He smiled, stretching pale lips across discoloured teeth in an expression of profound self-satisfaction, blended with the most unforgiving hatred and contempt for the human doll. (Seriously, if you like creepy atmosphere or weird fiction, check out [The Dead Smile](http://www.digital-eel.com/blog/library/smile.htm). The plot is extremely transparent, but the point is the creep factors along the way.) And y’all won’t be surprised that I have to share what I consider one of the best story openings in history: > [@H.P. Lovecraft](#): > > The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/74 "2013-07-28T16:05:15Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Two years after we boarded up the door, the scratching finally stopped. This one made my stomach lurch. Good job. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/75 "2013-07-28T16:31:31Z")
James Otto is the bestest singer in the world. God bless you and him always! :):)🙂 ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/76 "2013-07-28T17:27:14Z")
“Jesus”, thought David, “she’s a fighter, like my sister.” His sister had lasted almost 6 hours… ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/77 "2013-07-28T18:11:43Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > James Otto is the bestest singer in the world. God bless you and him always! :):)🙂 Scariest one yet. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/78 "2013-07-28T18:15:16Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > James Otto is the bestest singer in the world. God bless you and him always! :):)🙂 Jesus, that \*is \*terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/79 "2013-07-28T18:20:36Z")
They are going to allow pictures on thjs board. Next will come animated smileys. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/80 "2013-07-28T18:46:47Z")
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