He heard scratching at his window. Looking out, he saw a shadowy form. The power went out suddenly. His phone was dead. And the scratching got louder.
I woke up in a cold sweat. There was a figure at the foot of my bed. Its eyes glowed red. I tried to scream but no sound came out. Then it started to crawl towards me.
She entered the old house. The door slammed shut behind her. Strange noises filled the air. A cold hand touched her shoulder. In the mirror, she saw a face that wasn't hers.
One: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door. Two: I woke up to find 'You are next' written on my mirror. I live alone.
Here's another. 'The old house was empty. I walked in, the floorboards creaking. A photo on the wall showed a face that looked like mine. The lights flickered. When I looked back at the photo, the face was gone.'
The old house stood alone. Creaking noises filled the night. I saw a shadowy figure. It vanished when I blinked.
She heard a knock on the door. No one was there when she opened it. But there were wet footprints leading inside.
One sentence horror story: I woke up in the middle of the night, and there was a figure at the foot of my bed. When I turned on the light, it was still there. It was my own reflection, but I was still in bed.
One story could be: 'I heard a knock on the door at midnight. When I opened it, no one was there, but I felt a cold hand on my shoulder.'
A third story could be 'I walked into the abandoned house. The moment I stepped in, the door slammed shut and the walls began to ooze blood.' The idea of being trapped in a place where something so grotesque as walls oozing blood occurs is terrifying. It plays on the fear of being in an unknown and dangerous situation, which is a common theme in horror.
The old doll in the attic blinked. Now it sits on my bed.
I woke up in the middle of the night to see a figure at the foot of my bed, but when I turned on the light, it was still there.
I woke up in the middle of the night. There was a figure standing at the foot of my bed.