1 minute horror stories

One story could be about a girl who wakes up in the middle of the night and sees a dark figure at the foot of her bed. She tries to scream but no sound comes out. Then the figure slowly starts to move towards her, and she feels a cold hand on her ankle.

Isolation is a common theme. Many stories feature characters alone in spooky places like a dark forest or an empty building. It makes them more vulnerable.

The sense of isolation is really scary. For example, in stories where a person is alone in a big, empty house or on a desolate road. There's no one to help them.

In a '5 minute horror story', a woman wakes up in a hospital. She has no memory of how she got there. As she looks around, she notices that all the other patients seem to be in a trance. The nurses have a strange, cold look in their eyes. She tries to leave but finds that she's locked in, and she starts to hear screams coming from the basement.

One 'two minute horror story' could be about a girl who wakes up in a strange room. The walls are closing in and she hears a faint whispering. As the walls get closer, she realizes the whispering is saying her name, but she has no idea how she got there. It ends with the walls about to crush her.

One 'Five Minute Horror Story' could be about a girl who enters an old, abandoned house. As she walks through the creaky halls, she hears whispers. Suddenly, a cold hand grabs her ankle from under a broken floorboard. It's a vengeful spirit that was trapped there for decades.

Shirley Jackson is also known for her horror stories that can be read in about 20 minutes. Her story 'The Lottery' is quite famous. It has a very unexpected and disturbing ending. Ambrose Bierce is another author. His stories such as 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' can give you a good dose of horror in a relatively short read.

One great '20 minute horror story' is 'The Yellow Wallpaper'. It's about a woman who slowly descends into madness while being confined to a room with hideous yellow wallpaper. Another is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. The narrator's paranoia about an old man's 'evil eye' and his subsequent actions are truly horrifying. And 'The Monkey's Paw' is also a classic in this genre. It shows how a simple wish - granting talisman can bring great misfortune.

One example could be a story about a young girl who moves into an old house. At night, she hears strange scratching noises from the attic. When she goes to investigate, she sees a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness. Another is a story of a hiker who gets lost in the woods and stumbles upon an abandoned cabin. Inside, there are strange symbols on the walls and a feeling of dread that overwhelms him. The third one could be about a man who buys an antique mirror. Every time he looks into it, he sees a figure that gets closer and closer each time.

One common element is the sudden appearance of something unexpected, like a strange noise or a shadow. For example, in many of these stories, you'll hear a sudden creak or see a figure out of the corner of your eye.