These two-sentence horror tales prove that it doesn’t take a lot of words to set a mood – or make you want to scream.

These short stories couldn’t be any scarier, even if they had a couple thousands words to work with, just wait and see if I’m right.

10. Spooky.

I asked my dad why he hired such an old woman to babysit me when I was younger.
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9. It’s still happening.

We processed the tape, un-distorting its 278 hours (and counting) of background noise.
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8. Barf.

“I lost my friend in the recent mass shooting.”
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7. Okay ew.

String of unsolved disappearances in small Louisiana town continues to grow.
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6. Tricky tricky.

You wake up with no memory of anything, and the man in front of you says “What will be your last of the three wishes?”
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5. Maybe not.

We had all laughed at Uncle Ted for building a nuclear fallout shelter, but he was right afterall.
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4. Get ready to catch her.

“It’s a good thing I’m not scared of spiders”, she laughed nervously from the bathroom, “or your shower curtain would have made me pass out. “
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3. I’ve heard that one before.

“My good friend, the keys to Area 51 were inside you all along!”
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2. Depressing and scary.

You’re all alone, but this man keep staring at you, and you know he wants to kill you.
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1. Nooooope.

The lights on the second floor didn’t work, and there was a painting of a disfigured, distorted man on the wall.
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Thanks internet! I didn’t want to sleep tonight anyway!

Good luck getting any shut eye now…