30 Scary Two-Sentence Stories To Freak You Out Quickly (2024)

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There’s an urban legend saying that the famous “For sale, baby shoes, never worn” story by Ernest Hemingway came from a $10 bet. Supposedly, he made it during lunch with other writers to prove he could create ascary storyin just six words. After penning the famous line on a napkin, he passed it around the table and pocketed his winnings.

At least, that’s the popular version. Whether true or not, the average person is no Hemingway, so we need a few more words to scribble a captivating horror story. And a subreddit calledr/TwoSentenceHorrorseems to have found the perfect limit. Two-sentence horror stories.

It’s still short, so readers get through the spooky stories really fast, yet it’s vague enough to give the writers space to work with. It turns out that quite a few Internet users have dark thoughts and the ability to express them. That or Stephen King made a lot of Reddit accounts.

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And since we’ve mentioned Stephen King, the master of creepy stories believes there are three types of terror:

  • The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it’s when the lights go out or something green and slimy splatters against your arm.
  • The Horror: the unnatural, spiders the size of bears, the dead waking up and walking around, it’s when the lights go out, and something with claws grabs you by the arm.
  • The Terror: the worst one, when you come home and notice everything you own has been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. It’s when the lights go out and you feel something behind you, you hear it, you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around, there’s nothing there.

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A Pop-Up Horror

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According to novelist R.L. Stine, an author has to get inside their narrator’s head to be effective in all of these real horror fields. If we’re seeing through the eyes of a character in a scary situation, we start to feel like we are in a scary situation.

“There’s no formula, I think you have to create a very close point of view. You have to be in the eyes of the narrator. Everything that happens, all the smells, all the sounds; then your reader starts to identify with that character and that’s what makes something really scary.” (via AdWeek)

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it's the final countdown!!! dududun dun!!

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oh man...now I want to know more about this story

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The Horrors Of Uber

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I mean wasn’t there just a case where someone got into a car thinking it was their Uber and was killed or something?

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Two-Sentence Horror

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OH GOD NO

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Somebody's There

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She replied, "I know".

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Shivers Down Your Spine

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Divorce is hopefully inevitable

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Short But Powerful Horror Story

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well, this is fun!

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A Scythe For Protection

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Biblical Horrors

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Perspective

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Creepy Stalker

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THIS is absolutely creepy!

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The Woods Are Full Of Horrors

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It is not scary at all — it is very cute! <3

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Take Your Meds

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Awww :(((

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Fade Into Oblivion

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nah, that was thanos for sure, pure coincidence

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Life After Death

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A teaser trailer? 😏

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Perfecting The Handwriting

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This one's good.

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Drawing The X

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It's freezing and dark, the constant movement is making me naseous, everything hurts, I'm lonely and scared.I wish I didnt' ask for my ashes to be spread into the ocean

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Alien Horror

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think positive. self pregnant. some reptile can do that. oh wait, that’s even scarier..

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Fishing Story

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I laughed too hard at this

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Deep Dark Secrets

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hannibal lecter

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Disabling The Security

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somewhere, this is really happening

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Double-Sided Horror

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Noooooooooooo......... The horror.............

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#24

Living Dead

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Pet Sematary

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Life Flashing By

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That is really sad!!

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Alien Entity

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This is funny

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Short Horror Story

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wow this is dark

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Real Life Horror

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True horror

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Out In Space

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O __ O

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Scrambled Words

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I understand, but I don't really get it

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When we finally managed to establish radio contact with an alien civilization in our own language we were eagerly waiting to receive their first full message.Their radio message only said, "BE QUIET OR THEY WILL HEAR YOU".(Idea borrowed from reddit user bencbartlett.)

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One I read years ago. A group of scientists gathers around the worlds newest, most powerful computer. They ask it the ultimate question. Is there a God? A blinding flash and the computer replies; There is now.

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It's Fredric Brown's short story "Answer" - http://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html

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I watched as the husband who abused me was taken away in handcuffs. the policeman said they'll take them off after the coroner completes the autopsy.

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One I read years ago. A group of scientists gathers around the worlds newest, most powerful computer. They ask it the ultimate question. Is there a God? A blinding flash and the computer replies; There is now.

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It's Fredric Brown's short story "Answer" - http://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html

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What is the shortest scary story ever? ›

The world's shortest horror story consists of only two sentences that were written and published in 1948 by Fredric Brown: "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door..."

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The World's Shortest Horror Story consists of only two sentences which were written & published by Frediric Brown in the year 1948. It reads : “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…..." This Story was titled “Knock” and was first printed in Thrilling Wonder Stories in December 1948.

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According to Marshall.edu, the main reason why the books were banned was the contents were violent. Wikipedia describes Gammell's nightmarish artwork as another contributing factor to parents' objections to books. Gammell's images of disturbing, gruesome, and scary characters were not appropriate for children.

Is there a scary stories two? ›

The good news, is that the sequel — which has since moved over to Paramount from Lionsgate — isn't dead, though its progress has been stymied by COVID-19 and then the WGA strike. "We have a story. We have a script," Øvredal revealed to IGN while promoting Demeter last month.

What are 5 sentence stories? ›

How do we use a five-sentence story? All stories follow the same basic pattern: an introduction, a build up, a climax, a resolution and an ending.

What is two second horror stories? ›

Inspired by online fan fiction, this horror anthology series follows fearful victims who find themselves caught in dark and twisted circ*mstances.

What is the least scary American Horror Story? ›

Roanoke is probably the most violent season, followed by Hotel, Cult, and then Asylum (the top 4). Coven is probably the least violent, as it was largely targeted to a teen audience, though still gory.

What is the most shortest story ever recorded? ›

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." is a six-word story, popularly attributed to Ernest Hemingway, although the link to him is unlikely. Versions of the story date back to the early 1900s, and it was being reproduced and expanded upon within a few years of its initial publication.

How many short stories are in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? ›

Books. The first book contains 29 stories that Schwartz collected from folklore books, collections, and archives, as well as from interviews with informants. The stories in this book include: jump stories (stories that end with a jump scare)

Does Two Sentence Horror Stories have jump scares? ›

I've only watched 4 episodes so far, but I'm loving it. Definitely not for people who like mindless scare jumps- the stories in my opinion are well thought-out, deep, the imagery (especially in the third episode) is quite scary, the camera is well placed and the frames are also quite good, not to mention the music.

Is there two American Horror Story? ›

Difference Between American Horror Story and American Horror Stories - IMDb. Stepping into the twisted world of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's creation, there are two extremely eerie shows: American Horror Story (AHS) and its offshoot, American Horror Stories (AHStories).

What is the shortest short story in the world? ›

It was said that Ernest Hemingway once made a bet that he could write the world's shortest story. It would be a tearjerker of a tale only six words long. His six-word story was, “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.”

Can a 12 year old watch Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? ›

In addition to the violent scenes and scary visual images mentioned above, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has some scenes that could scare or disturb children aged 8-13 years. For example: A corpse in tattered clothes is looking for her missing toe. Auggie eats from a pot of soup and discovers the missing body part.

What is the oldest horror story? ›

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written around 1800 BCE in Mesopotamia. Tablets 6 and 12 of the Gilgamesh stories involve a ghost, a murderous monster bull, and threats of raising the dead. Various other preserved Mesopotamian and Sumerian stories would fit the bill, too.

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