2-Line Sad or Horror Stories Yesterday my parents told me I was too old for an imaginary friend and that I had to let her go. They found her body this morning. =============================================================================== You know that weird, full-body twitch you get sometimes when you’re falling asleep? If there was a camera pointed at you, and you saw what it captured at that moment, you’d never sleep again. =============================================================================== I kiss my wife and daughter goodnight before I go to sleep. When I wake up, I’m in a padded room and the nurses tell me it was just a dream. =============================================================================== Working the night shift alone tonight. There is a face in the cellar staring at the security camera. =============================================================================== You start to drift off into a comfortable sleep when you hear your name being whispered. You live alone. =============================================================================== The funeral attendees never came out of the catacombs. Something locked the crypt door from the inside. =============================================================================== As the first shovelful of dirt landed on my chest, I finally managed to whisper “I’m not dead!” At first I thought they hadn’t heard me, but then one of them smiled and said “We know.” =============================================================================== I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy, check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, “Daddy, there’s somebody on my bed. =============================================================================== The doctors told the amputee he might experience a phantom limb from time to time. Nobody prepared him for the moments though, when he felt cold fingers brush across his phantom hand. =============================================================================== “I can’t sleep,” she whispered, crawling into bed with me. I woke up cold, clutching the dress she was buried in. =============================================================================== “I will be late Ma, my office friends are throwing a party on my birthday”. Sighing the mother looked onto the table decorated with all her son’s favorite dishes. =============================================================================== “Mr. Sharma your son is at the Lost and Found counter. Please reach at the earliest,” screamed the loudspeaker at the fair. The orphan quietly stood there, hoping for a miracle to reunite him with his parents. =============================================================================== “Put back the mirrors." "We miss watching you.” =============================================================================== She had heard of demons from stories her mother used to tell her as a child. Now she got to see them for real, after she got married =============================================================================== “Rape is a girl’s fault”. The seven year old wondered what was her fault that night. =============================================================================== “Take off your shoes before entering the temple,” said the huge board outside the temple. Heartbroken, he turned back because he had none. =============================================================================== “Why can’t our country have talented artists like other countries?" the question asked. “Because most of our artists are busy working 8 hours shifts, trying to make ends meet." =============================================================================== You hear your mom calling you into the kitchen. As you are heading down the stairs a hand reaches out of the closet under the stairs and pulls you in. Then your mom says to you, "Don't go down there honey, I heard it too." =============================================================================== 9 to 6. High paying job. A human died. A machine was born. =============================================================================== A man Killed his Wife. He thought his son would ask him where his mother was. The father waited many days for the child to ask him. One day the father goes to his son and asks him, “Son, Is there anything you want to ask? ”. Son replied, “No, but I’m a bit concerned why mother is always standing behind you. ” =============================================================================== After working a hard day, I came home to see my girlfriend cradling our child. I didn't know which was more frightening, seeing my dead girlfriend and stillborn child, or knowing that someone broke into my apartment to place them there. =============================================================================== As a kid she was like a flute, Sweet and Melodious. Time went by but she is still like the flute, Hollow and Punctured. =============================================================================== As her eyes rolled into the back of her head, she screamed, “DONT ANSWER THE DOOR!” I awoke suddenly, heart pounding in my chest and I realised, it was the doorbell that had woken me. =============================================================================== Being buried alive was bad enough. Realizing I was not alone in my own grave was worse. =============================================================================== Dan's time machine was ready but there was a slight glitch. Dan's time machine was ready but there was a slight glitch =============================================================================== Don’t be scared of the monsters, just look for them. Look to your left, to your right, under your bed, behind your dresser, in your closet but never look up, she hates being seen. =============================================================================== Every unanswered text drew a line between them. Unfortunately it was on her wrist. =============================================================================== Growing up with cats and dogs, I got used to the sounds of scratching at my door while I slept. Now that I live alone, it is much more unsettling. =============================================================================== Half a loaf a bread, two hungry bellies. A paw pushed the bread towards the hand and a stray dog's eyes smiled at the beggar. =============================================================================== Having a light burn out is creepy enough when you’re living alone. Having a light turn on is even worse. =============================================================================== He didn't know a thing about changing diapers, swaddling, massaging or lullabies, but learned eventually. The Internet prove to be a great partner for the widower. =============================================================================== He looked at her as she walked down the aisle. How gorgeous she was, his first and last love. Memories flashed through his heart and they did wet his eyes, then he quickly took his seat in the crowd, to let the bride in. =============================================================================== He wanted the world, but she wanted to be his. =============================================================================== I always thought my cat had a staring problem - she always seemed fixated on my face. Until one day, when I realized that she was always looking just behind me. =============================================================================== I awoke to the sound of the baby monitor crackling with a voice comforting my firstborn child. As I adjusted to a new position, my arm brushed against my wife, sleeping next to me. =============================================================================== I can't move, breathe, speak or hear and it's so dark all the time. If I knew it would be this lonely, I would have been cremated instead. =============================================================================== "I can't sleep", she whispered, crawling into bed with me. I woke up cold, clutching the dress she was buried in. =============================================================================== I dreamt of my grandfather's cremation last night, wondering how this burn mark got on my arm. =============================================================================== I like you but as a friend. The word “Friend” had never hurt him more. =============================================================================== I never go to sleep, but I keep waking up. =============================================================================== I pointed the gun at the sick bastard who killed my wife. He sobbed as he feared for what was to come. I pulled the trigger. If only he spoke and tried to reason with me then maybe he could've lived. But that was obviously not going to happen. After all, he was born just a few minutes ago. =============================================================================== I said, “No need to be afraid of your twin brother; now sleep”... =============================================================================== I saw my reflection in the Mirror. Blinking. =============================================================================== I was having a pleasant dream when what sounded like hammering woke me. After that, I could barely hear the muffled sound of dirt covering the coffin over my own screams. =============================================================================== I woke up to hear knocking on glass. At first, I thought it was the window until I heard it come from the mirror again. =============================================================================== I’ve got a kid in Africa that I feed, that I clothe, that I school, that I inoculate for 75 cents a day. Which is practically nothing compared to what it cost to send him there. =============================================================================== In all of the time that I've lived alone in this house, I swear to God I've closed more doors than I've opened. =============================================================================== It was dangerous how she didn't know whether the rust she had gathered from the world was slowly eating her or protecting her from further corrosion. =============================================================================== Last night I gave a goodnight hug to my teddy bear It was cute when it hugged me back. =============================================================================== My daughter won't stop crying and screaming in the middle of the night. I visit her grave and ask her to stop, but it doesn't help. =============================================================================== My sister died yesterday. Now I wish the doctor had separated us at birth. =============================================================================== My sister says that mommy killed her. My mommy says that I don't have a sister. =============================================================================== My telephone rang, "Daddy I'll be home by 10" she said. She died in a road accident last year and phone's been dead since. =============================================================================== My wife woke me up last night to tell me there was an intruder in our house. She was murdered by an intruder 2 years ago. =============================================================================== Of all the times he hugged her, the last one explained his love the most. =============================================================================== On the way home after yet another humiliating day at the office, he saw a green box that read “Use Me”. It was like looking into the mirror. =============================================================================== She asked why I was breathing so heavily. I wasn't. =============================================================================== She loves our baby a lot, he thought while listening to her sing "go to sleep, go to sleep...." to their baby in the baby monitor. When suddenly his office door opens and she enters with his lunch. =============================================================================== She went upstairs to check on her sleeping toddler. The window was open and the bed was empty. =============================================================================== The baby was born deaf. His mother's heartbeat was his lullaby. =============================================================================== The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door. =============================================================================== The last thing I saw was my alarm clock flashing 12:07 before she pushed her long rotting nails through my chest, her other hand muffling my screams. I sat bolt upright, relieved it was only a dream, but as I saw my alarm clock read 12:06, I heard my closet door creak open. =============================================================================== The longer I wore it the more it grew on me. She had such a pretty skin =============================================================================== The red stains all over the temple walls did not bother anyone. The red stains on her skirt did. =============================================================================== The six- year old faced the toughest question. “Who do you love more, Mom or Dad?” =============================================================================== There is a picture in my phone of me sleeping. I live alone. =============================================================================== There's nothing like the laughter of a baby. Unless it's 1 a.m. and you're home alone. =============================================================================== They celebrated the first successful cryogenic freezing. He had no way of letting them know he was still conscious. =============================================================================== To cure my sister's insomnia, I helped her sleep forever. =============================================================================== When she demanded money they called her SLUT, but when he demanded the same, they called it DOWRY. =============================================================================== "Where's our son?" I inquired that evening while she served me meatballs. They tasted funny. =============================================================================== Year 2014- #besties #bff #friendsforever #togetherforever. Year 2016- #doievenknowyou? =============================================================================== Years ago, a lone chair appeared in the center of the basement, and no matter how many times I put it back in the corner it always found a way back to the center. It took a long time to realise it was positioned underneath the kitchen, almost like someone had taken a seat at the dinner table with the rest of us. =============================================================================== Yesterday I accidentally hit a little kid with my car. It wasn’t serious — nobody saw me. =============================================================================== You get home, tired after a long day's work and ready for a relaxing night alone. You reach for the light switch, but another hand is already there. =============================================================================== They were strangers, then friends, then best friends, then Lovers and once again Strangers. =============================================================================== He tried to delete her memories from his phone and tears touched the screen before his fingers did. Moving on would have been so easy for him, had her memories left him the way she left him so easily. =============================================================================== She had her own dreams and her parents their own. 10 years later, none survived, neither she nor their dreams.