Can you recommend some scary short short stories?

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.

Sure. One is 'The Last Breath'. A hiker gets lost in the woods at night. As he tries to find his way, he hears a faint whispering. Every time he stops, the whispering stops. When he finally reaches a small cabin, he realizes the whispering is coming from inside. Another one is 'The Doll's Eyes'. A girl finds an old doll in the attic. At night, she wakes up to see the doll's eyes glowing red, staring at her. And 'The Footsteps in the Hall'. A woman alone in an old mansion hears slow, heavy footsteps in the hall at midnight, but when she looks, there's no one there.

Sure. 'The Lottery' is a very spooky short story. In a seemingly ordinary village, there is an annual lottery. However, the 'prize' is not what one would expect. It turns out to be a human sacrifice. It's a chilling look at blind tradition. Also, 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Poe. It's set during a plague and features a prince who tries to escape death by locking himself and his courtiers in an abbey. But death, in the form of a mysterious figure, still finds them.

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.

Sure. One classic is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a narrator who is haunted by the old man's vulture - like eye and eventually murders him. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw' which has a mysterious paw that grants wishes with terrible consequences. And 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is also quite scary, where a woman slowly descends into madness in a room with strange wallpaper.

Sure. 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson is quite disturbing. In a small town, they have an annual lottery. But instead of winning something good, the 'winner' is stoned to death by the townspeople as a sacrifice. It shows how blindly following traditions can be terrifying. There's also 'The Yellow Wallpaper' where a woman slowly descends into madness while being confined in a room with hideous yellow wallpaper.

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 ~😗