# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/161 "2013-07-30T12:38:23Z")
“… Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust…”, intoned the old priest, as he solemnly brushed crumbs of dirt from his cuff. “…and maybe she’ll fucking stay buried this time.” ---
**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 30, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/162 "2013-07-30T12:40:45Z")
I woke slowly from my dream of falling, because it had never been so realistic. Then it occurred to me to wonder where the plane had gone. ---
**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 30, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/163 "2013-07-30T15:09:45Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Spiders! > More spiders! This has to be the winner. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/164 "2013-07-30T16:57:06Z")
The elderly son gently brushed back his mother’s hair and asked if she was done with her tea. Receiving an affirmative nod, he stroked her cheek before closing the lid of her casket and draining the remainder. ---
**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 30, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/165 "2013-07-30T17:16:48Z")
“I’m with _The Jerry Springer Show_. We’re doing a story that concerns you and we’re calling to ask you to be a guest.” ---
**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 30, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/166 "2013-07-30T21:24:03Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > “I’m with _The Jerry Springer Show_. We’re doing a story that concerns you and we’re calling to ask you to be a guest.” Haha! Points for originality. Semi related: My face was trembling as I stared into the eyes of the black man, the object in his hand inches away from my face. “You ARE the father!” ---
**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 30, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/167 "2013-07-30T21:27:56Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > The elderly son gently brushed back his mother’s hair and asked if she was done with her tea. Receiving an affirmative nod, he stroked her cheek before closing the lid of her casket and draining the remainder. The final clause really makes this one. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/168 "2013-07-30T21:44:57Z")
We’ve just traced the call. It’s coming from inside your head. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/169 "2013-07-30T22:26:08Z")
Bryan Ekers - your repeating one made me shiver. > [@MEBuckner](#): > > Man has only ventured into the icy waters of that Stygian abyss, has only disturbed the eternal darkness of those soul-crushing depths, but once. For twenty minutes. And that one made me smile. > [@Jragon](#): > > You will never truly and completely fulfill your dreams. And it’s all your own fault. This one made me shiver and laugh. * * * Be warned - he’s mixed Gaudere’s Law with black magic. If you reply to this troll, you become the troll. ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/170 "2013-07-30T22:40:14Z")
“Doc, will this hurt?” The doctor turned his back and smiled to himself, “Of course not”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/171 "2013-07-31T00:15:51Z")
“Keep warm Grandma - bye!”, I said, as she eased the warped door closed. I took a step back, then another, across the creaking, dusty boards of the front porch, feeling the corners of the matchbox in my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/172 "2013-07-31T00:26:56Z")
“Open a little wider please”’ said the Dentist. “I thought I saw something move.” ---
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/173 "2013-07-31T04:06:32Z")
The professors always told her that there was no such place as Hell. If only she could tell them they were wrong. ---
**Author:** ![austerity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@austerity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/austerity)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/174 "2013-07-31T04:34:28Z")
congratulations, you are pregnant ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/175 "2013-07-31T05:00:27Z")
He held her hands tightly, looked deep into her eyes, and said “I love you sweetheart!” and she answered “I love you too Daddy!” And then he lost his grip. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/176 "2013-07-31T05:58:18Z")
“People are horrible!”, complained my youngest child. I sighed “OK, just eat half of them, then you can go out to play” ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/177 "2013-07-31T12:44:35Z")
In an unprecedented win against social media, **Diogenes the Cynic** successfully sued for reinstatement in his local message boards. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/178 "2013-07-31T13:06:48Z")
“Rest easy, little guy, because I assure you no one has replaced your family with lifelike robots.” “But Daddy, that’s what I programmed you to say.” ---
**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 31, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/179 "2013-07-31T13:09:35Z")
> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#): > > Fantastic. Thanks. 🙂 The bedside clock read 3:00 AM, and although little Justin struggled to stay fitfully asleep, the rustle of the covers prevented that. As his heartbeat quickened and vision cleared, he could feel daddy’s sweaty hand and hear him say, “Surprise! It’s time for our secret game,” with a nervous laugh. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/180 "2013-07-31T13:22:05Z")
“That roast smells amazing,” he said to his wife as he was greeted by the aroma as he entered the house after a day at work, but she was too busy cooking to respond. Walking past the baby’s room, he chuckled at the comical sight of a turkey in the cot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639.md?page=10)