The old house creaked at night. I woke to find a shadowy figure at the foot of my bed.
I heard a child's laughter in the empty attic. When I opened the door, a cold wind rushed past me and I saw a fleeting form.
I woke up to see a figure at the foot of my bed. When I blinked, it was inches from my face.
He moved into a new apartment. Strange noises came from the attic at night. He went to check. A face peeked out from the darkness. He never went up there again. This is a simple yet spooky 5 - sentence ghost story. It plays on the common fear of the unknown in an attic, which is often a dark and seldom - visited place in a home. The face peeking out adds a sudden shock factor.
Story 1: I woke up to a cold hand on my face. When I turned on the light, no one was there.
Well, consider this one. 'In the abandoned house, I saw a shadow with no source.' It's really scary because shadows are supposed to be cast by something, but this one has no source. Another is 'The closed book on the table opened by itself, revealing blank pages.' The self - opening of an object is a classic spooky element, and the blank pages add to the mystery. And 'The clock stopped at 3 am and then I heard a faint scream.' The significance of 3 am in many ghost stories combined with the sudden stop of the clock and the scream makes it a very effective sentence ghost story.
At midnight, a ghostly child's laughter filled the empty hallway.
I heard a baby crying in the attic. When I went up, I saw my old doll with a knife in its hand.
Some other scary two - sentence stories could be. 'The cemetery at midnight was still. But then the tombstones started to tremble.' 'I was alone in the old library. Suddenly, a book flew off the shelf and landed at my feet.'
He saw her across the crowded room. Their eyes met and love was born.
I woke up in the middle of the night. A cold hand touched my face and whispered 'you're not alone'.
I woke up with a strange taste in my mouth. Looking in the mirror, I saw my teeth were gone, replaced by jagged shards of bone.