short scary bedtime story

Once upon a time, a little girl was sleeping in her room. She heard a strange scratching noise at the window. She peeked out, but saw nothing. As she lay back down, she felt a cold hand touch her ankle. She screamed, but no one came. Then she saw a shadowy figure at the foot of her bed. Suddenly, she woke up. It was just a nightmare.

There was a boy staying at an old, haunted inn. As he lay in bed, he heard a soft whispering. He couldn't make out the words, but it sounded menacing. He turned on the light, but it flickered and went out. He closed his eyes tight and kept repeating positive thoughts. Eventually, he fell asleep out of exhaustion. In the morning, he learned that the whispering was just the old pipes in the inn making noise.

A good short scary bedtime story has a creepy setting and unexpected twists. It builds tension and leaves you with a lingering sense of fear.

In a small village, there was a well. Legend said that at midnight, a ghostly hand would reach out of it. One night, a curious child went near the well at night. He saw a shadowy shape but then realized it was just a branch swaying in the wind. The moral of the story is not to believe everything you hear.

The unknown element is what makes a horror short bedtime story truly scary. For example, in a story where there are strange noises in the dark but you don't know what's causing them. It plays on our natural fear of the unknown. Our minds start to imagine all sorts of terrifying things.

There was a boy who always slept with his teddy bear. One night, as he was about to fall asleep, he saw the bear's eyes glow red. It started to move on its own, walking towards the end of the bed. He was too scared to move and watched as the bear disappeared into the darkness of his closet, and he heard eerie laughter from inside.

In a far - away village, there was a haunted well. A young boy was dared by his friends to go near it at night. As he approached the well, he heard a faint whispering. He looked into the well and saw a pale face looking up at him. The face began to rise, as if climbing out of the well. Terrified, the boy ran back home as fast as he could, with the feeling of something chasing him all the way.

There was a Halloween when a witch flew over a town. She landed in an alley and started to cast spells. A little boy, Timmy, who was out late, saw her. The witch noticed him and cackled menacingly. She started to chase him with her broom. Timmy ran into a churchyard, thinking it might be safe. But the witch followed. As she got closer, strange things started to happen. The tombstones seemed to move, and the fog grew thicker. Just when it seemed the witch was about to catch him, a priest came out of the church and scared the witch away with a cross. Timmy was shaken but safe.

Once upon a Halloween night, a little girl named Lily was walking home from a party. The moon was full and the streets were empty. As she passed an old, abandoned house, she heard a strange noise. It was like a low growl. She stopped in her tracks, her heart pounding. She told herself it was just the wind, but when she looked at the house, she saw a pair of glowing eyes in one of the upstairs windows. Terrified, she ran all the way home and never walked that way again on Halloween.

Unexpected twists. For example, in a story where a person thinks they are safe in their locked room, but then something comes through the walls. Also, a sense of the unknown. Like a strange noise that the character can't identify.