Two Sentence Horror Stories

1. Two Sentence Horror Stories Great review of sentence structure on Halloween.

2. The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.

3. After stumbling into the abandoned shack and nearly dead from thirst, we drank heavily from the jug we found inside. That's when I noticed her, blood draining from her face, point to where the water had been: an empty bottle of rat poison lay on its side.

4. He read the puzzling, meticulously folded note that had been placed upon the dinner table: "If you run now you might still have a chance to live." Comprehension came only shortly after he felt the enormous, monstrous presence moving behind him.

5. I walked to the curb wondering what idiot drives his ice cream truck down the street at three in the morning with the music blaring. Just as I noticed there was nobody behind the wheel of the parked vehicle I heard my front door slam shut, and my children begin to scream.

6. I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, “Daddy there’s somebody on my bed.”

7. As I awoke to footsteps on the creaky stairs, I asked "Who's there?" "Nobody," said the shadow standing under the hallway light.

8. Your task… • With a partner, work to write at least 10 two sentence horror stories. Make sure that you pay close attention to punctuation of your sentences that have to be more complex than what you usually write. • We will share with the class. • Can’t wait to read what you come up with.

9. Resource • http://io9.com/two-sentence-horror-stories-are-actually-pretty-chillin-923728355 (some on this site are not appropriate for students)