The mirror showed my reflection smiling while I was crying.
The old doll in the attic blinked. It was never a doll.
I woke up with a handprint on my chest, but I live alone.
They are scary because they create a sense of unease in just one sentence. For example, 'The clock stopped ticking, then I heard a whisper in the silence.' It gives you a quick jolt of fear as your mind starts to fill in the blanks about what could be going on.
She always heard whispers in the attic. One day, she went up there and the whispers stopped forever.
The old doll in the attic blinked as I walked past. It was the first time I noticed it had eyes.
I woke up to find a handprint on my window, but I live on the 20th floor.
I opened the old diary. The last entry read 'They're coming for me tonight' and then I heard a knock on my door.
One: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door. Two: I woke up to find 'You are next' written on my mirror. I live alone.
Here's another. 'The old house was empty. I walked in, the floorboards creaking. A photo on the wall showed a face that looked like mine. The lights flickered. When I looked back at the photo, the face was gone.'
The old house stood alone. Creaking noises filled the night. I saw a shadowy figure. It vanished when I blinked.
She heard a knock on the door. No one was there when she opened it. But there were wet footprints leading inside.
One sentence horror story: I woke up in the middle of the night, and there was a figure at the foot of my bed. When I turned on the light, it was still there. It was my own reflection, but I was still in bed.