The old doll in the attic blinked at me as I passed by. It was supposed to be just a lifeless toy.
I woke up in the middle of the night, and there was a figure at the foot of my bed with no face.
I heard my name whispered in the empty hallway, but I was home alone.
I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a shadowy figure standing at the foot of my bed.
One night, I heard a strange scratching at my window. I peeked through the curtain and saw a pair of glowing eyes staring back at me.
A man was walking alone in the forest. The moon was full but the trees were too thick to let much light in. He heard rustling behind him. He started to run. But then he realized the rustling was all around him, closing in.
They are effective because they create immediate shock. Just one sentence can paint a very disturbing picture in your mind. For example, 'My reflection didn't move when I did.' It makes you wonder and feel unease right away.
One: 'The mirror showed my reflection, but when I blinked, it didn't.' Another: 'I heard a knock at the door. When I opened it, no one was there, but the doorknob was cold as ice.'
One sentence horror story: The last person on earth sat alone in a room. Then there was a knock on the door.
I woke up in the middle of the night. There was a figure at the foot of my bed with no face.
One could be 'I entered the abandoned asylum. A cold hand grabbed my ankle.' Another is 'She thought she was alone. But the eyes in the mirror said otherwise.' These short horror stories create a sense of dread quickly with just two sentences.
In the haunted house, the mirror showed my reflection with a figure behind me that wasn't there when I turned around.
One 'two sentance horror story' could be 'I always sleep with a nightlight. Last night, I woke up to find it was still on, but I was in complete darkness.' It's terrifying because the contradiction between the nightlight being on yet in complete darkness creates a sense of the unknown and a break in the expected reality.