I woke up with a start. There was a strange figure at the foot of my bed. As I reached for the light, it vanished.
I heard a knock on the door at midnight. When I opened it, no one was there, but I felt a cold hand on my shoulder.
Here's another: 'The old doll in the corner blinked. I was alone in the room.' This is creepy because dolls are often associated with unease, and the idea of it blinking when no one else is around is quite terrifying. It plays on our fear of the inanimate coming to life.
Example 1: I heard a noise downstairs. When I checked, there was no one there, but the front door was wide open. Example 2: She woke up in the middle of the night. A dark figure was standing at the foot of her bed.
The mirror showed my reflection smiling. I wasn't smiling.
Sure. Here are two: 'I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.' Another one is 'I saw a sign that said 'Watch for children'. I thought, that sounds like a fair trade.'
One example could be: 'I woke up in the middle of the night. There was a figure standing at the foot of my bed with no face.'
One example could be: 'I woke up to a cold hand on my shoulder. In the mirror, I saw no one behind me.'
Another is 'The old house was silent. Then I heard the sound of a rocking chair moving on its own.' Here, the first sentence sets a spooky scene of an old, quiet house. The second sentence adds the horror element by introducing an unexplained and creepy sound of a rocking chair moving without anyone seemingly around to move it.
Sure. 'I heard a noise in the attic. When I went to check, a clown doll winked at me.'
I woke up with a hand on my shoulder. It was my own detached hand. Creepy, right? Because I still had both hands attached a moment ago.
Story 1: I woke up to a cold hand on my face. When I turned on the light, no one was there.