Share some very very short scary stories.

Perhaps a story of a man who bought an old antique mirror. Every time he looked into it, he saw a figure that wasn't his reflection. The figure seemed to be getting closer and closer each time. One day, he woke up to find the figure standing at the foot of his bed.

One short scary story is about a girl who lived in an old house. Every night, she heard strange scratching noises from the attic. One day, she finally gathered the courage to go up there. In the dim light, she saw a pair of glowing eyes. She ran out of the attic screaming, and never went back up again.

There was a story of a little girl who lived in a haunted house. Every night, she would hear a lullaby playing softly, but there was no music box or radio. One night, she followed the sound and saw a ghostly woman sitting in the rocking chair in the attic. The woman turned her head slowly, and her eyes were completely white. The girl screamed and fled back to her room. After that, she never went to the attic alone again. This story shows how the unknown in a haunted place can be truly terrifying.

A really good scary short story is 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe. The narrator lures his so - called friend into the catacombs to wall him up alive for some past insults. 'Lamb to the Slaughter' by Roald Dahl is also quite scary. A woman kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb and then cleverly disposes of the evidence. And 'The Most Dangerous Game' by Richard Connell, where a man is hunted like an animal on a deserted island.

One story is about a girl who was trick - or - treating alone. She knocked on a door of an old, decrepit house. An old woman opened the door, her eyes were all white. She silently handed the girl a piece of candy. As the girl walked away, she heard the old woman whisper 'join us soon' in a raspy voice. The girl looked back, but the door was closed, and she felt a cold hand on her shoulder.

A young couple moved into a new apartment. Every night, they heard strange noises coming from the basement. One day, they decided to investigate. As they went down the stairs, they smelled a rotten smell. At the bottom, they saw a figure in the corner. It was a person - or what was left of a person - who seemed to be trapped there for a long time, moaning in pain.

One Halloween short scary story is about a haunted house. A group of kids dared each other to enter an old, abandoned house on Halloween night. As they walked in, the door slammed shut behind them. They heard strange whispers and saw shadows moving on the walls. One of the kids felt a cold hand on his shoulder, and they all ran out screaming.

One short and scary Halloween story is about a girl who was trick - or - treating alone. She came to a big, old house. When she knocked, an old woman with a strange glint in her eye opened the door. The woman offered her a big, shiny red apple. As the girl took a bite, she realized it tasted like blood. She looked up and the woman had disappeared, but she heard cackling all around her.

A girl found an old diary in the attic. As she started to read it, she felt a strange presence. The diary told of a girl who had died in the very house decades ago. Every page she turned, the room got colder. Suddenly, the pages of the diary started flipping on their own and she heard a voice whispering her name. She dropped the diary and ran downstairs, never to go back to the attic again.

There was a man who liked to take late - night walks in the cemetery. One night, as he was walking, he noticed a figure in a white dress sitting on a gravestone. He thought it was just his imagination at first. But when he got closer, the figure turned its head slowly towards him, and it had no face. He ran all the way home and couldn't sleep for days.

One scary short story is about a woman who wakes up in the middle of the night and sees a shadowy figure at the foot of her bed. It doesn't move but just stands there, staring at her. She tries to scream but no sound comes out. As she closes her eyes in fear and opens them again, the figure is gone, but she can still feel its presence in the room.