# 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:** 8
**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 30, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/141 "2013-07-30T00:47:51Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Fredric Brown’s original, Knock, is better. Yeah, I was just trying to rif on it, was all. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/142 "2013-07-30T01:31:41Z")
Trying to kill the silence, I asked the trucker where he was headed. “Innsmouth”, he replied, as something shifted in the truck’s bed behind me. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/143 "2013-07-30T01:54:24Z")
This thread demonstrates the need for a “like” button. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/144 "2013-07-30T01:58:29Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > This thread demonstrates the need for a “like” button. This is the scariest one so far for me. But it’s supposed to be two sentences, dude. ---
**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 30, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/145 "2013-07-30T02:00:18Z")
The wedding finally behind her, Meagan cradled her distended belly and smiled dreamily at her ring. Softly, she says to her baby, “Thank you for serving your purpose,” as she reaches for a coat hanger. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/146 "2013-07-30T02:13:57Z")
After enjoying his morning cup of coffee, John went about to settle his festering rat problem. After searching endlessly, John noticed to his horror, that the box of rat poison was sitting were the box of sugar _normally_ sets. ---
**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 30, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/147 "2013-07-30T02:21:01Z")
The captain locked the cockpit door behind us. “So, Timmy, have you ever seen a grown man naked before?” ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/148 "2013-07-30T02:40:43Z")
Edit: I wuz whooshed ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/149 "2013-07-30T02:42:32Z")
The fog of Alzheimers lifted just for a minute, long enough for him to see her crying, and he reached out and said, “I love you.” She dashed to him as quickly as her old, tired legs could move, but she knew it was too late and the fog returned and he would never be lucid again. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/150 "2013-07-30T02:43:58Z")
You will never truly and completely fulfill your dreams. And it’s all your own fault. ---
**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 30, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/151 "2013-07-30T03:05:27Z")
When the signal from outer space was deciphered, the message turned out to be one word. “Run!” ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/152 "2013-07-30T03:17:52Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > When the signal from outer space was deciphered, the message turned out to be one word. > > “Run!” Omigod, it’s The Doctor! ---
**Author:** ![SpinyNorma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SpinyNorma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinyNorma)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/153 "2013-07-30T05:45:27Z")
**The tall man tried not to whimper as he shakily placed the soiled yellow hat, formerly so dapper, back on his head, not quite able to control the trembling in his never-again-to-be-truly-clean hands. He told himself that he would be all right…eventually…if he could just manage to escape the room without making eye contact with George, who was now considerably less curious.** ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/154 "2013-07-30T05:59:45Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > When the signal from outer space was deciphered, the message turned out to be one word. > > “Run!” Vermicious Knids from Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator? ---
**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 30, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/155 "2013-07-30T06:12:18Z")
When she saw him, she smiled warmly and said, “Good morning, honey!” As always, he was grinning back silently from his favorite chair, mounted in a lifelike pose. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/156 "2013-07-30T06:47:08Z")
I watched a sun rise in the west. Then the shock-wave arrived. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Bragg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stealth\_Bragg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Bragg)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/157 "2013-07-30T08:05:29Z")
> [@Tequila\_Party](#): > > The wedding finally behind her, Meagan cradled her distended belly and smiled dreamily at her ring. Softly, she says to her baby, “Thank you for serving your purpose,” as she reaches for a coat hanger. Fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/158 "2013-07-30T10:29:17Z")
Buried up to his neck in sand, after finally losing all hope of a miracle that would save him, he laughed and whooped when he suddenly saw against the setting sun several silhouettes coming towards him. Ten seconds later the screaming began. ---
**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 30, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/159 "2013-07-30T12:00:18Z")
Spiders! More spiders! ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/160 "2013-07-30T12:25:51Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by **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/) Not following the connection (I’ve never seen that webcomic, and I don’t have time to read another 350 comic archive), although I was somewhat more inspired by [Butch](http://choppingblock.keenspot.com/). But I did almost made the character **Victor** 😉 So in to another effort: Brian pressed the down button of the express elevator that would carry him down 100 floors in 30 seconds, with the opens strains of _Hotel California_ drifting through his earbuds. Lost in the music and his own thoughts, he automatically stepped through the door as the elevator stopped, only then wondering why the song was ending and it was suddenly unaccountably warm … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639.md?page=9)