One very horror story is about a haunted house. A family moved in and every night they heard strange noises, like scratching on the walls. Objects would move on their own. In the end, they discovered the house was built on an old cemetery.
A very horror story involves a derelict asylum. A group of explorers entered it. They saw shadowy figures in the corridors. The doors would slam shut by themselves. As they delved deeper, they realized that some malevolent force was trapped there, and it didn't want them to leave.
One very scary horror story is about a haunted house. People who enter it start to see apparitions of a family that was brutally murdered there long ago. They hear the screams of the victims and feel cold hands touching them in the dark.
One very spooky horror story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who is driven mad by the old man's 'vulture - like' eye and ends up killing him. Then he starts to hear the dead man's heart beating under the floorboards. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family gets a cursed monkey's paw that grants wishes, but each wish comes with a terrible and unexpected price. For example, when they wish for money, their son dies in a work accident and they get the compensation money.
The last person on earth sat alone in a room. Then there was a knock at the door.
A 'vhs very horror story' might involve a VHS rental store where a particular tape is always returned with strange marks on it. When someone finally decides to watch it, they see disturbing scenes of a cursed town and then start to experience the same cursed events in their own lives.
A group of hikers got lost in a forest. As night fell, they noticed strange markings on the trees. They then heard howls that didn't sound like any normal animal. They started to feel like they were being hunted. One by one, they disappeared until only one hiker was left, running for his life, not knowing what was chasing them.
They leave a lot to the imagination. Consider 'The empty swing moved by itself.' It doesn't explain why, and that's what makes it so terrifying. Your mind fills in the blanks with all kinds of horrible possibilities, and that's the power of very very short horror stories.
A man woke up in the middle of the night and saw a small shadowy figure at the foot of his bed. It just stood there, motionless. He blinked and it vanished. But from that night on, he always felt a strange presence in his room.
One horror story could be about a Santa who turns out to be a serial killer. He uses the Santa disguise to get close to his victims. Another might involve a haunted Santa suit that drives the wearer insane. And perhaps there's a story where Santa is in a post - apocalyptic world and is no longer a symbol of joy but of terror.
They are often concise. For example, they can be about a single, brief, and strange encounter like seeing a strange small object that gives off an eerie feeling.
Many horror very short stories rely on a sense of isolation. The characters in these stories are often alone or cut off from help. In 'The Landlady', the young man is alone in the boarding house with the strange landlady. And they usually have a strong atmosphere. Whether it's the oppressive feeling in 'The Yellow Wallpaper' or the general sense of dread in 'The Monkey's Paw'.