Can you recommend some scary short stories?
2024-11-09 15:54
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2024-11-09 18:50
There's 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson. It starts as a normal village lottery but turns out to be a very dark and disturbing ritual. Also, 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Poe. In this story, a man takes revenge on his so - called friend by walling him up alive in a cellar. And then there's 'Lamb to the Slaughter' where a woman kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb and then cleverly gets away with it in a rather creepy way.
2024-11-09 18:02
Sure. One classic is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a narrator who is haunted by the old man's vulture - like eye and eventually murders him. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw' which has a mysterious paw that grants wishes with terrible consequences. And 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is also quite scary, where a woman slowly descends into madness in a room with strange wallpaper.
2024-11-09 16:20
I like 'The Most Dangerous Game' as a scary short story. A man is hunted like an animal on an island. 'The Black Cat' by Poe is also good. The narrator's increasing madness and his actions towards his cat are really spooky. And 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' which plays with the idea of time and death in a very chilling way.
Can you recommend some scary short short stories?
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2024-10-26 21:28
One scary short story could be 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who kills an old man because he can't stand the old man's 'evil eye'. After hiding the body under the floorboards, he starts to hear the old man's heart still beating, which drives him insane. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family gets a magical monkey paw that can grant wishes, but every wish comes with a horrible price. For example, they wish for money and their son dies at work so they get a compensation payment.
Can you recommend some scary short stories or scary fictions?
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2024-10-27 05:32
Yes. 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is a good example of a scary short story. It tells the story of a woman who slowly descends into madness while being confined in a room with yellow wallpaper. In terms of scary fictions, Stephen King's works are great. For instance, 'Carrie' is a famous one. A bullied girl discovers she has telekinetic powers and uses them for revenge in a very bloody and scary way.
Can you recommend some extremely scary and scary short stories?
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2024-09-21 03:51
πI don't recommend reading overly scary short stories, but if you really want to read them, the following books might satisfy your needs:
Crafty House, The Ring, Dark Specter, Haunted House, and I'm About to Come Out. I hope you like this fairy's recommendation. Muah ~π
Can you recommend some scary short stories?
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2024-11-02 03:34
Sure. 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson is quite disturbing. In a small town, they have an annual lottery. But instead of winning something good, the 'winner' is stoned to death by the townspeople as a sacrifice. It shows how blindly following traditions can be terrifying. There's also 'The Yellow Wallpaper' where a woman slowly descends into madness while being confined in a room with hideous yellow wallpaper.
Can you recommend some scary short stories or spooky short stories?
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2024-11-01 14:48
Sure. 'The Lottery' is a very spooky short story. In a seemingly ordinary village, there is an annual lottery. However, the 'prize' is not what one would expect. It turns out to be a human sacrifice. It's a chilling look at blind tradition. Also, 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Poe. It's set during a plague and features a prince who tries to escape death by locking himself and his courtiers in an abbey. But death, in the form of a mysterious figure, still finds them.
Can you recommend some horror scary short stories?
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2024-11-14 03:56
There's also 'The Monkey's Paw'. In this story, a family gets a magical monkey's paw that can grant wishes, but every wish comes with a horrible and unexpected consequence. It shows how greed can lead to terrifying results.
Can you recommend some actually scary short stories?
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2024-11-14 00:45
There's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' which is a disturbing story. A woman is confined to a room with yellow wallpaper for her supposed mental illness. As she stays there, she becomes obsessed with the wallpaper, seeing a woman trapped behind it. It's a great example of how the mind can be tortured in a small, enclosed space and how mental illness can be a source of horror.
Can you recommend some classic scary short stories?
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2024-11-13 03:41
Sure. 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe is a great one. It's about a narrator who is haunted by an old man's vulture - like eye and his descent into madness as he tries to deal with it. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W. Jacobs. A family gets a magical paw that can grant wishes, but every wish comes with a terrible price. And 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which is a chilling story of a woman's mental breakdown while being confined in a room with strange wallpaper.
Can you recommend some short super scary stories?
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2024-11-12 19:56
One short super scary story is 'The Red Room'. A man decides to spend a night in a supposedly haunted red room. As the night progresses, he starts to feel an increasing sense of dread. Strange noises and cold drafts seem to come from nowhere. In the end, he's left in a state of sheer terror, not knowing what unseen force is tormenting him.
Can you recommend some r scary short stories?
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2024-11-12 19:38
There's also 'The Monkey's Paw'. In this story, a family comes into possession of a mummified monkey's paw that has the power to grant three wishes. However, each wish comes with a horrible and unforeseen consequence. For example, their first wish for money results in their son's death at work, and then they use the remaining wishes in a desperate attempt to reverse the tragedies, but it only leads to more horror.
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