Can you recommend some best scary short stories?

There is a story about a guy who worked late at the office. As he was leaving, he heard footsteps following him in the empty corridor. He was so scared. But when he turned around, it was his clumsy co - worker who had lost his keys and was trying to find them while walking in the same direction. This short story has that sudden shift from scary to funny.

Sure. 'The Monstrumologist' by Rick Yancey is a great one. It has some really creepy short stories that revolve around a monstrumologist and his encounters with all kinds of grotesque monsters. The descriptions are vivid and will send shivers down your spine.

From '20 short scary stories', I like the story of the abandoned asylum. The dark corridors and the echoes of screams that seem to still linger there are really terrifying. It makes you wonder what really happened in that place. And the story of the cursed mirror, where people see things that aren't there in their reflection, is also a great one.

Sure. One short scary story could be 'The Haunted Mirror'. A girl bought an old mirror at a flea market. Every time she looked into it, she saw a strange figure behind her that wasn't there in real life. Eventually, she couldn't take it anymore and smashed the mirror, only to find the figure was now standing right in front of her.

One scary short story could be 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who kills an old man because he can't stand the old man's 'evil eye'. After hiding the body under the floorboards, he starts to hear the old man's heart still beating, which drives him insane. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family gets a magical monkey paw that can grant wishes, but every wish comes with a horrible price. For example, they wish for money and their son dies at work so they get a compensation payment.

Yes. 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is a good example of a scary short story. It tells the story of a woman who slowly descends into madness while being confined in a room with yellow wallpaper. In terms of scary fictions, Stephen King's works are great. For instance, 'Carrie' is a famous one. A bullied girl discovers she has telekinetic powers and uses them for revenge in a very bloody and scary way.

😋I don't recommend reading overly scary short stories, but if you really want to read them, the following books might satisfy your needs: Crafty House, The Ring, Dark Specter, Haunted House, and I'm About to Come Out. I hope you like this fairy's recommendation. Muah ~😗

One short scary story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart'. A man is driven mad by an old man's 'evil eye' and eventually kills him. He then hears the old man's heart still beating beneath the floorboards where he hid the body. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family gets a cursed monkey paw that grants wishes, but with horrible consequences for each wish.

One scary short story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a narrator who is driven mad by an old man's 'vulture - like' eye and eventually murders him. He then hears the sound of the old man's still - beating heart beneath the floorboards.

Sure. One famous scary short story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a narrator who is haunted by the vulture - like eye of an old man he lives with and his descent into madness as he plots and executes the old man's murder, only to be driven to confess by the sound of the old man's still - beating heart that he imagines he hears.