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There’s an urban legend saying that the famous “For sale, baby shoes, never worn” story by Ernest Hemingway came from a $10 bet. Supposedly, he made it during lunch with other writers to prove he could create ascary storyin just six words. After penning the famous line on a napkin, he passed it around the table and pocketed his winnings.
At least, that’s the popular version. Whether true or not, the average person is no Hemingway, so we need a few more words to scribble a captivating horror story. And a subreddit calledr/TwoSentenceHorrorseems to have found the perfect limit. Two-sentence horror stories.
It’s still short, so readers get through the spooky stories really fast, yet it’s vague enough to give the writers space to work with. It turns out that quite a few Internet users have dark thoughts and the ability to express them. That or Stephen King made a lot of Reddit accounts.
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Winner Of Short Horror Stories
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Phantom Captain Phantom Captain Community Member Follow
Well then...
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And since we’ve mentioned Stephen King, the master of creepy stories believes there are three types of terror: RELATED: 112 Stephen King Quotes On Everything That’s Life
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A Pop-Up Horror
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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According to novelist R.L. Stine, an author has to get inside their narrator’s head to be effective in all of these real horror fields. If we’re seeing through the eyes of a character in a scary situation, we start to feel like we are in a scary situation. “There’s no formula, I think you have to create a very close point of view. You have to be in the eyes of the narrator. Everything that happens, all the smells, all the sounds; then your reader starts to identify with that character and that’s what makes something really scary.” (via AdWeek) ADVERTIsem*nT
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Hearing Into Future
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Ale_Vidal23 Ale_Vidal23 Community Member Follow
it's the final countdown!!! dududun dun!!
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Monster In A Closet
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Luis Milian Luis Milian Community Member Follow
oh man...now I want to know more about this story
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The Horrors Of Uber
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TheExtremeSmell TheExtremeSmell Community Member Follow
I mean wasn’t there just a case where someone got into a car thinking it was their Uber and was killed or something?
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Two-Sentence Horror
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OH GOD NO
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RELATED: These 2-Sentence Horror Stories Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine
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Somebody's There
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She replied, "I know".
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Shivers Down Your Spine
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Divorce is hopefully inevitable
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Short But Powerful Horror Story
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well, this is fun!
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A Scythe For Protection
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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
one of the best...
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Biblical Horrors
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Perspective
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Creepy Stalker
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THIS is absolutely creepy!
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The Woods Are Full Of Horrors
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It is not scary at all — it is very cute! <3
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Take Your Meds
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Awww :(((
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Fade Into Oblivion
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Ale_Vidal23 Ale_Vidal23 Community Member Follow
nah, that was thanos for sure, pure coincidence
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Life After Death
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A teaser trailer? 😏
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Perfecting The Handwriting
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This one's good.
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Drawing The X
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It's freezing and dark, the constant movement is making me naseous, everything hurts, I'm lonely and scared.I wish I didnt' ask for my ashes to be spread into the ocean
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RELATED: 110 One Line Horror Stories To Give You Goosebumps
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Alien Horror
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Dann999 Dann999 Community Member Follow
think positive. self pregnant. some reptile can do that. oh wait, that’s even scarier..
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Fishing Story
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Jocelyn Jocelyn Community Member Follow
I laughed too hard at this
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Deep Dark Secrets
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Farid Adiyanto Farid Adiyanto Community Member Follow
hannibal lecter
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Disabling The Security
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Luis Milian Luis Milian Community Member Follow
somewhere, this is really happening
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Double-Sided Horror
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Noooooooooooo......... The horror.............
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#24
Living Dead
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Luis Milian Luis Milian Community Member Follow
Pet Sematary
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Life Flashing By
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That is really sad!!
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Alien Entity
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This is funny
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Short Horror Story
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Khairul Syazwan Khairul Syazwan Community Member Follow
wow this is dark
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Real Life Horror
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True horror
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Out In Space
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O __ O
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#30
Scrambled Words
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Giorgio Prodoti Giorgio Prodoti Community Member Follow
I understand, but I don't really get it
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chi-wei shen chi-wei shen Community Member Follow
When we finally managed to establish radio contact with an alien civilization in our own language we were eagerly waiting to receive their first full message.Their radio message only said, "BE QUIET OR THEY WILL HEAR YOU".(Idea borrowed from reddit user bencbartlett.)
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Luisa Vasconcelos Luisa Vasconcelos Community Member Follow
So kind, polite and correct of you to give the credit to the reddit guy.
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Kenny Kulbiski Kenny Kulbiski Community Member Follow
One I read years ago. A group of scientists gathers around the worlds newest, most powerful computer. They ask it the ultimate question. Is there a God? A blinding flash and the computer replies; There is now.
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It's Fredric Brown's short story "Answer" - http://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html
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I watched as the husband who abused me was taken away in handcuffs. the policeman said they'll take them off after the coroner completes the autopsy.
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chi-wei shen chi-wei shen Community Member Follow
When we finally managed to establish radio contact with an alien civilization in our own language we were eagerly waiting to receive their first full message.Their radio message only said, "BE QUIET OR THEY WILL HEAR YOU".(Idea borrowed from reddit user bencbartlett.)
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Luisa Vasconcelos Luisa Vasconcelos Community Member Follow
So kind, polite and correct of you to give the credit to the reddit guy.
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Kenny Kulbiski Kenny Kulbiski Community Member Follow
One I read years ago. A group of scientists gathers around the worlds newest, most powerful computer. They ask it the ultimate question. Is there a God? A blinding flash and the computer replies; There is now.
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Alex Alex Community Member Follow
It's Fredric Brown's short story "Answer" - http://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html
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John Louis John Louis Community Member Follow
I watched as the husband who abused me was taken away in handcuffs. the policeman said they'll take them off after the coroner completes the autopsy.
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