# 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:** 7
**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 29, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/121 "2013-07-29T18:16:55Z")
And one of my favorites: “I don’t know why _you’re_ so scared” said the clown to the little boy as they walked into the woods. “I’ve got to walk back out alone”. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/122 "2013-07-29T18:27:40Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > She dripped rain all over his car as she slipped into the front seat, muttering, “Thanks for the ride, Mister”. And then he saw the teeth. Meth hooker? ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/123 "2013-07-29T18:35:42Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Yeah, I caught that after I wrote it and it was too late to edit. I appreciate the feedback, so how about: > > The beautiful bride wiped a tear from her eye and said “mom, I’m so happy that I get to wear the same dress that grandmother was married in.” > > “Not married sweetie, buried.” 🙂 Can I suggest ?: 'The beautiful young woman wiped a tear from her eye and smoothed the skirt of her white dress: “Mom, I’m so happy I get to be married in the same dress as Grandma.” “Not married, dear, buried.” [This way, they can both be buried. Preferably alive.] ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/124 "2013-07-29T19:15:40Z")
I posted this one elsewhere, but here goes: The stranger wearing my face smiles, and shouts upstairs, “Just finishing this project in the basement, Honey!” I strain against the gag as she tells him dinner is getting cold. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/125 "2013-07-29T19:27:38Z")
The cries from the baby monitor woke me up in the middle of the night. “Weird” I thought to myself, “I’m pretty sure I threw this thing away five years ago, after the funeral.” ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/126 "2013-07-29T19:48:19Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > “Is it going to hurt as much as last time, Daddy?” > “Yes, sweetie.” \ ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/127 "2013-07-29T19:53:38Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > \ I agree. This is one of the ones that has stuck with me. Brilliantly written ETA: The post by corkboard, not the word shudder ---
**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 29, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/128 "2013-07-29T20:06:40Z")
Son1: That’s bullship! Son2: You said shit! Me: No, he said ship. Son1: Yeah, I said bullship not bullshit. Son2: Now you said shit again. **Wife: Cut that shit out!** ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/129 "2013-07-29T20:14:23Z")
A small, silver ring fell down from the table, startling me, and I bent down to retrieve it. Then I remembered the victim had no hands. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/130 "2013-07-29T20:15:08Z")
The old and the weak didn’t last very long. After that the rest of us had plenty of food. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/131 "2013-07-29T20:15:45Z")
As she sat there, sky-clad, and waited for the verticies formed by subetheric particles created by the interdimensional helix device (cleverly disguised as an antenna) to lift her spirit into the Other Realm for a quick confab with the Powers of Light and Air while her body remained conveniently located at the helix device it was tied to (left alone, it tended to wander off and have sex with strangers, creating endless difficulties with her husband) her ability to reach 12th level consciousness was considerably diminished by mundane concerns about a truck bearing the legend “Spagnoli Brothers Roofing” that she had seen pull up to the front of the building a few moments ago. Plus, it was raining. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/132 "2013-07-29T20:24:13Z")
I kissed her lips and she smiled at me with tears in her eyes. Then I shut the lid of the coffin. ---
**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 29, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/133 "2013-07-29T20:28:20Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Son1: That’s bullship! > Son2: You said shit! > Me: No, he said ship. > Son1: Yeah, I said bullship not bullshit. > Son2: Now you said shit again. > > **Wife: Cut that shit out!** creepiest one yet - ---
**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 29, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/134 "2013-07-29T20:35:08Z")
> [@simster](#): > > creepiest one yet - crap! this is the wrong thread. ---
**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 29, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/135 "2013-07-29T20:41:30Z")
“This jelly-filled donut sure tastes strange.” “I didn’t order any jelly-filled donuts.” ---
**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 29, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/136 "2013-07-29T20:42:25Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > crap! this is the wrong thread. Now thats 2 sentences of horror! \ ---
**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 29, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/137 "2013-07-29T22:39:49Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > It was a new city, a new start, and the opportunity to make some new friends. Getting the parts was going to be so much fun. [Frank?](http://www.twogag.com/) This really should be four sentences to work, but oh well: Upon Harlan Ellison’s death, we discovered the real reason he never released _The Last Dangerous Visions._ A journalist to the end, Mr Ellison thought too many of the submissions did not meet his high standards for factual accuracy. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/138 "2013-07-29T22:45:26Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > crap! this is the wrong thread. “God have mercy on me!” he gasped, as a chill ran down his spine. “This is . . . _the wrong thread!_” ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/139 "2013-07-29T22:54:52Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > The last human on Earth sat alone in a room. Then They broke down the door. Fredric Brown’s original, Knock, is better. > [@](#): > > The last human on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door. ---
**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 30, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/140 "2013-07-30T00:44:01Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > crap! this is the wrong thread. That scared the bejesus out of me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639.md?page=8)