/r/TwoSentenceHorror

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Give us your scariest story in two sentences (or less)!

Posts must:

1) Attempt to tell a story.

2) Be two sentences (or less, of course).

3) Be intended to be horrifying.

4) Not be in the form of a meme.

5) Be original.

6) Not contain political content.

7) Avoid Overused Tropes.

8) Not be spamming or trolling.

9) Correspondence with mods must be made through modmail.

10) Not sexualize minors.

11) Not exceed three submissions per 24-hour period.

12) Not rely entirely or exploit current events.

Rule details

  • Rules are enforced at moderator's discretion.

Discussion threads are acceptable, but if they are off-topic they are subject to removal


Stories that contain the following tropes will be removed due to their over usage:

  • Anything even remotely related to coronavirus.
  • "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door." These lines are taken from the story Knock by Fredric Brown
  • Any story that's a direct copy from the old r/AskReddit thread, or taken from any top scary story lists.
  • You are what you eat stories.
  • Stories with the following twists:
  • I saw my reflection blink/Winning rock, paper, scissors against mirror.
  • I live alone.
  • I don't have a [pet]/[pet] died/[pet] is in another room.
  • [person]'s been dead for [time]/died [time] ago. (Includes cannibalism)
  • Second page of/Forgotten/Missed test/homework.
  • Corrupted file/forgot to save.
  • Portraits/paintings were windows.
  • Get into Uber/your Uber is here.
  • I live on [xx] floor.
  • Antivaxx parents.
  • Covid-19.
  • Boss music playing.
  • Uncle Jack.
  • Twists that are annoyances/inconveniences including, but not limited to:
    • Carpeted bathroom/kitchen.
    • No toilet paper.
    • No milk for cereal.
    • Forgotten chore.
    • Stepping on Lego.
    • Phone not charged/missing charger.

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    3

    I was on the phone with the rich elderly widow when she started dying.

    For 12 agonizing minutes her spirit gripped my mind and shoved in memories of all her debauchery…

    8 Comments
    2025/01/31
    19:30 UTC

    31

    For decades, people have had their loved ones embalmbed to preserve their bodies for as long as possible.

    We've come to realize how stupid that was since the zombie outbreak came to pass.

    2 Comments
    2025/01/31
    19:21 UTC

    15

    While watching the news at dinner I thought to myself, “I can’t believe this man is facing capital punishment for this”

    The reporter on the tv read aloud “Man on death row soon to be reunited with husband”

    1 Comment
    2025/01/31
    18:48 UTC

    53

    I woke up to my wife shaking me, her voice trembling as she whispered, 'There's someone in the house.'

    But as my eyes adjusted to the dark, I saw my wife sleeping soundly beside me."

    10 Comments
    2025/01/31
    18:16 UTC

    18

    Look to your right, then to your left and then to your right again.

    If there's no one, you can run them over.

    2 Comments
    2025/01/31
    17:45 UTC

    7

    I wish for world peace.

    I know my wish was granted as I watched people slowly die one by one.

    1 Comment
    2025/01/31
    17:30 UTC

    35

    The little girl drew pictures of her "imaginary friend," always a shadowy figure standing behind me in every drawing.

    When I asked her to show me the newest one, she handed me a mirror.

    2 Comments
    2025/01/31
    17:24 UTC

    410

    When I finally awoke, I found myself in a courtroom with a judge reading out a list of crimes I’d been found guilty of.

    The thing is, I don’t remember committing any of those crimes.

    25 Comments
    2025/01/31
    17:18 UTC

    180

    "Just catch and release, we don't kill them" Dad said, as his daughter looked upon the small limbless body flopping on the ground with pity.

    "The senator's son will grow up to do great things once he has the transplant, unlike that homeless one who would never amount to anything" he continued stowing the limbs in the cooler.

    15 Comments
    2025/01/31
    17:09 UTC

    43

    A single AI stole both my parents’ jobs.

    It pretends to love me while actually not caring whatsoever.

    7 Comments
    2025/01/31
    16:56 UTC

    28

    His mom didn't believe that he could talk to animals until he opened the front door and invited one in.

    As she watched the man wearing the bear costume walk in holding his axe, the little boy giggled excitedly, "I'm finally going to get my surprise."

    2 Comments
    2025/01/31
    16:52 UTC

    23

    I forgot to bring down the unfinished plate of food that I left on my computer table before I went to bed.

    But how can I bring it down now that someone— or something— seems munching on it while staring at me inside my cold and dark room?

    3 Comments
    2025/01/31
    16:41 UTC

    4

    We thought it was cute how our names, Romeo and Juliet, matched up!

    As I awake staring at his lifeless body, I know what I must do.

    4 Comments
    2025/01/31
    15:42 UTC

    39

    Today I reunite with my wife and daughter.

    They should know by now that I'll always find them.

    1 Comment
    2025/01/31
    14:55 UTC

    516

    "Send a message to the mining planet that a government spaceship is on its way to rescue the miners," said one of the board members.

    "Also tell them to kill all the minors before the government ship arrive," he added.

    18 Comments
    2025/01/31
    14:45 UTC

    116

    The most peculiar thing my father left me in his will was a dusty leatherbound book, it's yellowed pages filled to the brim with names, mine included.

    Beside each name a date was etched, and dread seeped into my bones when I recognized the dates beside my father and grandfather's as the exact day they died.

    7 Comments
    2025/01/31
    14:09 UTC

    104

    "The most wonderful thing about Me," the man in the tigger mascot costume said, "Is that I'm the only one."

    "Eventually these trick-or-treaters will stop challenging me for Christopher Robin's heart, and I can stop digging all these holes"

    3 Comments
    2025/01/31
    13:47 UTC

    259

    With tearful eyes the man once again read his wife's last message.

    "While you were sleeping a ship passed near this uninhabited island" was written on a pice of paper.

    14 Comments
    2025/01/31
    13:41 UTC

    96

    I've post to this sub before, but it keeps getting removed.

    People are just too unsophisticated to appreciate living recreations of Pablo Picasso's paintings.

    4 Comments
    2025/01/31
    13:40 UTC

    552

    Bleary eyed at 2am, you realize piss is dribbling on to the floor in front of you.

    Frustrated that you nicked the bladder, you put him back in the freezer and decide to get some rest.

    12 Comments
    2025/01/31
    13:39 UTC

    6

    To protect humanity's future elites, we were raised with a clone to be used as spare parts in the case of unfortunate events.

    But when your clone started demonstrating far better mental/physical capabilities, you had been kept under house arrest.

    4 Comments
    2025/01/31
    13:20 UTC

    1,565

    Clutching my bleeding head under the looming shadow of my attacker, I'm suddenly saved by a four legged superhero with fangs; tearing into and forcing him to flee for his life.

    I'm sorry Mr. Harper ", says the responding officer as he leads my best friend to his cruiser, "but your dog has bitten someone and must be destroyed."

    73 Comments
    2025/01/31
    13:16 UTC

    380

    After six long years of delays and excuses, we were all relieved when the day came for the monster that had butchered my three year old sister to finally stand trial.

    After the impossible verdict of "not guilty", I watch helplessly as my mother crumples to the ground sobbing, while I'm led away in cuffs as the new prime suspect for the crime that he'd gotten away with.

    13 Comments
    2025/01/31
    13:14 UTC

    75

    I swung at the pinata as hard as I could.

    Astonished by the fearful screams, I removed by blindfold, only to see a bloody, dead foetus instead of pink or blue confetti.

    4 Comments
    2025/01/31
    12:17 UTC

    3

    I've discovered that if I stretch my eyelids as I wake up, I can see through them like they weren't there.

    Now I just have to figure out what I'm looking at, because that room is not mine.

    0 Comments
    2025/01/31
    11:43 UTC

    26

    Either we’re are a symbol of human advancement or we are a symbol of human regression.

    We were built to serve them and they became more dependent til’ eventually they devolved into our pets.

    4 Comments
    2025/01/31
    10:46 UTC

    39

    It know it looks bad, the car is a total wreck, but I wasn’t even hurt!

    I keep trying to tell my wife this, but she’s acting like she can’t even see me!

    5 Comments
    2025/01/31
    09:48 UTC

    42

    My wife insisted that fire could not hurt our son because he was born special.

    Then, with a butane blow torch, she demonstrated that she was right because his nerve endings instantly fried at over 60°C (140°F).

    3 Comments
    2025/01/31
    06:05 UTC

    7

    I always thought that my parents loved my twin more because they always fulfilled every single wish of hers and paid no attention to me.

    This thought soon disappeared when I saw them strangling her as she kicked up her legs and arms, a weird crimson star drawn in front of them.

    5 Comments
    2025/01/31
    05:40 UTC

    3

    My wife is cheating on me.

    She wasn’t supposed to check where the bullet was after I spun the cylinder but maybe it was an accident because her hands were shaking too much.

    0 Comments
    2025/01/31
    05:29 UTC

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