The light flickered. A shadow figure passed by when it went out.
My candle flickered and died. In the sudden blackness, I heard a ghostly whisper.
Sure. 'Out of nowhere,', 'Under the pale moonlight,', 'From across the room,' are good ones. For example, 'Out of nowhere, a figure emerged from the shadows.' It immediately creates suspense.
At a haunted asylum. A journalist explored. Footsteps followed him. He found a bloody room. His camera stopped working.
A lonely lighthouse stood on the cliff. A keeper heard knocking on the door in a storm. When he opened it, a faceless figure was there.
There's a small town where every year on the same night, all the lights go out. A curious teenager decides to stay outside during this time and witnesses shadowy figures moving through the streets, whispering his name.
Walking through the cemetery at night, I saw a figure that vanished when I blinked.
I found an abandoned car in the desert. When I looked inside, there was a skeleton still gripping the steering wheel.
The elevator stopped between floors, and a cold hand touched my shoulder in the pitch - black darkness.
Scare stories, hair - raising stories.
I walked into the forest. Out of nowhere, a bunny with red eyes hopped towards me and whispered 'hello'.