# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/41 "2023-04-25T15:51:47Z")
They lived happily ever after. …Well, no, not happily. ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/42 "2023-04-25T18:00:53Z")
The lawnmower sounded quite different this afternoon when I started it. Oh, of course, I forgot to clean the neighbor kid out of the blades, stupid me! ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/43 "2023-04-25T20:09:42Z")
They lived happily ever after. Just not very long. ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/44 "2023-04-25T20:11:48Z")
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit were chatting in the forest. “So tell me Mr. Rabbit, do you have a problem with shit sticking to your fur?” ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/45 "2023-04-25T20:22:31Z")
One of my favorites: Walking into the deep, dark woods the clown said to the little boy, “_You’re_ scared? I have to walk back out all by myself!” ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/46 "2023-04-26T17:51:57Z")
Sherman stumbled out of the WABAC machine and collapsed to the floor, a hatchet buried in his head. “Things are going to be _very_ different around here from now on, Sherman old boy,” chuckled The Ripper, dropping what was left of the bespectacled – and bloodied – dog-corpse next to the dead young man. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/47 "2023-04-26T20:45:09Z")
After inspecting the inert form, the doctor turned and said, “It’s a mutant, all right. But it’s not the one I created…” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/48 "2023-04-27T03:17:04Z")
All day long, the news on the TV kept talking about some strange people running around outside. Then the doorbell rang. ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/49 "2023-04-27T10:53:21Z")
“It’s okay, darling,” he said, turning the spit. “When things get better, we can always make another baby.” ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/50 "2023-04-28T05:55:36Z")
Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. “That’s one small step for man… One giant leap for… OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!” ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/51 "2023-04-28T17:34:10Z")
Sarah’s hand started to hurt as she kept slapping the button that was supposed to disconnect Skynet and abort the nuclear holocaust. The video displays all showed the missiles heading doggedly for their marks – after all, Judgment Day was inevitable – when she screamed to the empty command center, "I AM SO SICK OF THIS SH ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/52 "2023-04-28T18:03:30Z")
Seems a shame to follow Burpo’s post with anything, but here’s mine: When I heard the noise a third time, I cried out, “Who’s there?!” After a few seconds of unbearable silence, the lights suddenly went out. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/53 "2023-04-28T18:10:10Z")
When the lights went out, I felt a wave of panic wash over me. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I began to calm down… until something breathed warm air on my neck. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/54 "2023-04-28T18:37:58Z")
“Light, I need light!” he cried. And a light was handed to him. ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/55 "2023-04-29T00:46:04Z")
As the spaceships’ doors closed on their screaming cargos, the alien turned to the horrified onlookers and said: “We told you - Mars needs women. All of them.” ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/56 "2023-04-29T00:48:37Z")
"Aziz, LIGHT! “Much better; thank you, Aziz.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/57 "2023-04-29T16:32:15Z")
“Hello, Mr. Smith. It is with regret I have to inform you that you tested positive for the zombie virus.” ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/58 "2023-04-29T16:50:51Z")
Billy sat on his bed, practically in a fugue state, staring at his report card with the one bad grade that was going to cost him another finger. He could barely focus on the five "A"s and the “B+”, wondering how he could be so stupid. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/59 "2023-05-19T13:25:49Z")
Tracy had been warned repeatedly against playing hide-and-seek behind the door at the top of the cellar stairs: they were steep, they were narrow and it would be _so_ easy, in the Stygian gloom, to misstep and tumble all the way to the bottom, where a broken neck would greet you on the hard-packed dirt floor. What floated in the blackness of her favorite hiding place this time, waiting to spirit Tracy away, was simply indescribable – and the dark wasn’t helping much. (Relayed to our first grade Catholic school class by Sister DM.) ---
**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:** [May 19, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-horror-stories/983094/60 "2023-05-19T18:31:47Z")
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