She smiled at me in the mirror. But I was alone in the room.
I woke up to find a handprint on my window. It was on the inside.
One could be: 'I woke up to a noise. It was coming from inside the closet.'
One example could be 'The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door.' It creates horror through the sudden and unexpected event in a seemingly desolate situation.
I was alone in the house. A cold hand touched my shoulder from behind and I dared not turn around.
Here's another: 'I saw my reflection smile at me. I wasn't smiling.'
One example could be 'I woke up to find a cold hand on my shoulder. I live alone.' Another is 'The old doll in the attic blinked. It was facing the wall before.'
I woke up to a strange noise. When I looked under the bed, I saw a pair of eyes staring back at me.
My phone took a picture of me while I was sleeping and sent it to an unknown number.
I heard a baby crying in the attic. When I got there, no one was there but a tattered doll.
One example could be 'I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a figure at the foot of my bed. When I turned on the light, it was still there.'
I woke up to a strange noise. When I turned on the light, a figure was standing at the foot of my bed.
Here's another. 'I found a doll in the attic. Its eyes followed me as I left.' This creates a sense of unease in just two sentences. The idea of a doll having some sort of awareness and the fact that its eyes seem to move on their own is quite creepy. It plays on the common fear of inanimate objects coming to life or having an otherworldly presence. In many horror stories, dolls are often used as a symbol of something sinister because they can look so human - like yet be so lifeless, and this two - sentence story captures that essence of horror.