# Your "One sentence scary story" submissions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083 "2015-09-30T21:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/101 "2015-10-02T16:30:57Z")
“Don’t drown, little boy” advised the looming Coast Guard cutter. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/102 "2015-10-02T17:04:16Z")
He woke up with excruciating pain in his groin, but the pain was eclipsed by sheer terror once he lifted the sheets. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/103 "2015-10-02T18:09:37Z")
He scrawled his epitaph with a bloody, splintered thumbnail on the inside of the box. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/104 "2015-10-02T19:06:31Z")
“We’re sorry,” the screen read, “but your thread, ‘Removing ladel from rectum: Need answer fast’ could not be posted because the board is currently down for maintenance.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/105 "2015-10-02T19:40:44Z")
We’ve decided to go with Comic Sans for this project. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/106 "2015-10-02T19:47:27Z")
What’s that funny smell coming from the chimney? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/107 "2015-10-02T19:57:28Z")
Making no attempt to cover her nakedness, Vice-President Palin gazed with dreamy satisfaction out the window of the Oval Office as President Trump zipped up his pants and blew her a kiss. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/108 "2015-10-02T21:52:36Z")
His final thought was, “Huh, I must’ve misplaced a decimal or five,” after Dr. Alan stepped out of his time machine and was immediately eaten by a large ceratosaurus. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/109 "2015-10-02T22:05:32Z")
Her pride against beating her brother in the Milk Gallon Challange didn’t last long once she remembered she was lactose intolerant. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/110 "2015-10-02T22:22:48Z")
Glen’s excitement about his discovery that his fireplace was a doorway into another dimension extinguished once he realized that dimension was one of fire and of burning. ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/111 "2015-10-03T00:21:04Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > We’ve decided to go with Comic Sans for this project. Too far, dude. Too far… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/112 "2015-10-03T00:43:49Z")
> [@Tithonus](#): > > Too far, dude. Too far… What’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/113 "2015-10-03T00:59:56Z")
“This is not punishment,” said the angel, picking up the flail, “but _redemption_.” - inspired by/stolen from Neil Gaiman’s _Season of Mists_ > [@Scumpup](#): > > The nerves that carry pain are not deep; we’re going to play together for a _long_ time. Very nice, indeed. > [@cmyk](#): > > He was paralyzed in the suspension gel for the thousand year-long trip to the nearest star system, but something was wrong—why was he awake? Been reading Richard Morgan? > [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > This is one of my favourites so far. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/114 "2015-10-03T01:16:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Been reading Richard Morgan? Actually, it’s a riff off of a horrific idea from Stephen King’s _The Jaunt._ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/115 "2015-10-03T01:22:00Z")
Her eyes popped open, awake but unable to move she spotted a pale-gray glow of a pair of eyes; then another opened, and another, and another, and another, and another, and she was afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/116 "2015-10-03T01:42:01Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Glen’s excitement about his discovery that his fireplace was a doorway into another dimension extinguished once he realized that dimension was one of fire and of burning. Scary? That’s funny! I picture Glen as the fat geeky kid from the Farside cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/117 "2015-10-03T01:44:52Z")
Jenkins had boasted that he didn’t fear anything that died when you put a bullet through it; he was afraid now. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/118 "2015-10-03T02:24:16Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Scary? That’s funny! I picture Glen as the fat geeky kid from the Farside cartoons. That’s what I thought when reading **Gyrate’s** submissions. Especially his “S” is for spiders sentence. I almost peed. These are too fun, both the serious and the funny! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/119 "2015-10-03T02:28:59Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Actually, it’s a riff off of a horrific idea from Stephen King’s _The Jaunt._ 😉 Oh? Didn’t know that. But that exact scenario - waking up from suspended animation months before your spaceship arrives - is a plot point in Morgan’s _Thirteen._ It is, as you say, a horrific idea. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083/120 "2015-10-03T02:30:50Z")
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