# Two-Sentence Horror Stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 24, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094 "2023-04-24T02:39:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/1 "2023-04-24T02:39:39Z")
The goal of this thread is for each post to create a self-contained horror story that can be told in two sentences. Michael Collins orbited the far side of the moon. He heard a knock on the hatch. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/2 "2023-04-24T02:44:42Z")
Already been done. > **[Knock (short story)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story))** > > "Knock" is a science fiction short story by American writer Fredric Brown. It begins with a piece of Flash fiction based on the following passage by Thomas Bailey Aldrich: > Imagine all human beings swept off the face of the earth, excepting one man. Imagine this man in some vast city, New York or London. Imagine him on the third or fourth day of his solitude sitting in a house and hearing a ring at the door-bell! Fredric Brown condensed this text into "a sweet little action story that is only two... ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/3 "2023-04-24T03:19:24Z")
Okay. The point of the thread is for each post to be a self-contained Two-Sentence Horror story. (Besides, no one would expect a knock from outer space.) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/4 "2023-04-24T03:42:27Z")
The coroner is about to start my autopsy. But you can still feel pain even if dead. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/5 "2023-04-24T03:49:59Z")
The footsteps grew louder and closer, but when I turned around, no one was there. Suddenly, a cold breath whispered into my ear, “I’ve been following you for years.” ---
**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:** [April 24, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/6 "2023-04-24T03:51:58Z")
As the two survivors swam towards the tiny island he said, “I don’t know what we are going to do for food, because I’m a vegetarian.” Grinning, she replied, " No problem-I’m not." ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/7 "2023-04-24T05:23:43Z")
Add two cups vanilla extract and bake. Makes 12 cookies. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/8 "2023-04-24T06:32:24Z")
As I looked down at my place setting, I noticed my fork had eyes and a mouth and the tines were Bart Simpson hair and it was smiling at me. I slowly looked to my right to see what the spoon might be up to. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/9 "2023-04-24T08:02:33Z")
In the last years of my toxic marriage, I often laid in bed at night thinking that time was running out and that I really had to find a way out by the time I turned 45. On my 45th birthday, the perfect woman entered my office, smiled at me and said ‘Hi’. (True story) ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/10 "2023-04-24T08:21:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > As the two survivors swam towards the tiny island he said, “I don’t know what we are going to do for food, because I’m a vegetarian.” > Grinning, she replied, " No problem-I’m not." That should be: Smiling sweetly, she replied, " No problem-I’m not." ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/11 "2023-04-24T11:39:40Z")
“Lord, save us from this plague!”, the people prayed. But the viruses prayed too, and there were oh so many more of them… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/12 "2023-04-24T11:47:23Z")
“Do you like my teeth? I brush them every day,” she said to the gynecologist cowering in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/13 "2023-04-24T13:24:55Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > The coroner is about to start my autopsy. But you can still feel pain even if dead. That’s been done as a short story. By Stephen King IIRC. My contribution: > That steaming hot spring sure looks inviting on this cold day. I’ll think I’ll jump right in. [Which has been done IRL to a horrific end. More than once.] ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/14 "2023-04-24T14:07:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > That’s been done as a short story. By Stephen King IIRC. Also - very badly - on Doctor Who. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/15 "2023-04-24T14:07:52Z")
You did a perfect job of forging his signature on that suicide note, carefully explaining why he was putting the gun to his head to end it all — not realizing he’d left a _different_ note, explaining why he’d _poisoned_ himself. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/16 "2023-04-24T14:28:19Z")
Twas a lovely warm day at the beach as I lazed eyes-closed and nearly naked upon my towel. Hearing a noise nearby I glanced about, seeing for the first and last time that I was surrounded by a wide horde of large crabs with all pincers raised in anger. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/17 "2023-04-24T14:47:13Z")
The little girl stood in the rain at my front door, smiling in a most unnatural way. Her eyes turned red as she said, “my mommy just killed your family.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/18 "2023-04-24T14:55:35Z")
Did-a-chick? Dum-a-chum? BIP: My young son hollered to me from the living room, asking how many legs spiders have and how large they can get. When I answered him, he casually exclaimed, “Oh, well, _that’s_ not a spider.” ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/19 "2023-04-24T14:56:57Z")
With the departure of the hideously disgusting Scrotumites, it was as if all of humanity cried. Left without any means of making ice cream, doom soon followed. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/20 "2023-04-24T15:05:39Z")
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