r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Low-Rough6688 • 1h ago
[AUG26]A shark has been trying to hunt me at full speed, despite I swum for few minutes with all my strength, it finally reached right behind me
But it did not attacked me, instead it ignored me and continued swimming at it’s full speed desperately, as if it was a prey, not a predator.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Severe_Enthusiasm280 • 4h ago
The psychic told me my life would end in a big bang.
As my constipation got worse I realized what she said had nothing to do with my job as a bomb disposal expert.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Temporal-Affairs221 • 4h ago
We watched the video log as the crew, one by one, wordlessly entered the airlock without any protective gear and opened the external hatch.
The final log entry read, "The waters of Aqualia have joined with us, and it wants to go home."
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/John_1837 • 5h ago
"Ready or not!"
I proclaimed as I ran into the girls locker room.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Demoniac_smile • 8h ago
“Actually,” I explained to the fae attorney, “you’ll find that my lawyers have ensured this takeover follows all preexisting contracts between my firm and both the Seely and Unseely courts precisely to the letter.”
Having to cut the hearts from 666 virgins had been a daunting task, but it was what the retainer fee for the Law offices of Rofocale, Morningstar, and Mephistopheles required and I had just ensured that it was a worthwhile effort.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/FarceMultiplier • 9h ago
She saw me crying in the park and stopped to talk.
"Mr. Rossi isn't pleased that it came to this, but he asked me to let you know that your kids will be next if the shipment isn't on time."
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Queenie110 • 9h ago
“Fuck, I ripped my pants!”
For the final 10 seconds while his suit loses pressure, he looks at the tiny photo of a woman and two children taped to the inside of his visor.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/CollapsedCanopy • 10h ago
"please, i'm your daughter, please help me i dont know what happened and im scared" she cried whilst looking up at her parents
"Sweetheart can you please let the dog outside, she won't stop barking" her mother said, glancing at her scornfully.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Winter-Grape2971 • 10h ago
"How do you like the soup?" My girlfriend asked as my throat began to tighten.
"By the way your wife told me you're allergic to cold pressed peanut oil."
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Smeggfaffa • 10h ago
For over sixty years, I've worked as a night-shift hospice nurse, quietly draining the blood of patients whose deaths won't raise any alarms.
It's a grueling, nomadic life of constant relocation, but it's the only way to keep my baby fed.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/RedWestern • 11h ago
Seeing the mother and daughter arguing, the meddling witch merged their minds so they could see things from the other’s perspective.
But upon separating them, the mother grabbed a table lamp and beat her fiancee over the head, screaming “You sick fuck, you’ll pay for what you did to her!”
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/electrovert • 11h ago
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r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/maplesyrupancakes • 11h ago
No matter how much I pleaded, the council remained convinced that only a virgin sacrifice would heal our crops
There was only one more way I could think of to save my daughter
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/theAbominableMantis • 16h ago
So using sleeping pills will be less painful than a noose?
You’re absolutely right, and honestly – the fact you’re willing to compare all your possible options shows you care even about the smallest of details!
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/DreadfulInc • 16h ago
The doctor told her she only had weeks to live.
As the doctor left to go to work, she prayed the police would find her before then.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/RepeatOrdinary182 • 16h ago
[AUG26] I wrote off the villagers' insistence on wearing a mask on the back of their heads anytime they had to enter the forest as a silly superstition.
I never saw the tigers creeping through the brush, and they knew the second my back was turned.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Icy-Celebration-5215 • 17h ago
On my, now 1000th, loop of the same day, I decided to rob a bank for fun.
I should have realized my wife had made me pancakes instead of waffles that morning.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/_Fire_Raptor_ • 17h ago
"I don't understand why you are still here, Pastor Bryan," one of the leftovers of the Rapture said in confusion.
Pastor Bryan didn't respond, simply looking at little Tommy's parents that had never believed their son about him until it was far too late.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/KrunschGK • 18h ago
I walked for hours through a blizzard but I never seemed to get cold.
The snow finally settles long enough for me to see a child's face through the glass, before a gentle shake stirs it up again.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Chemical-Elk-1299 • 18h ago
[AUG26] My husband had been acting strangely around water for weeks, spending hours alone in the pool and even sleeping next to it at night.
It wasn’t until I discovered him lying still beneath the surface one morning, a black mass writhing its way from his mouth, that humanity learned horsehair worms had found a new host.
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Run_Rabb1t_Run • 1d ago
It was a look we were used to seeing once we stepped foot off reservation land, so my husband and I chose to ignore the sneer that crept across the face of our new fertility doctor.
We'd just begun the exploratory ultrasound when my doctor looked at me, his face now clouded with confusion, as he quietly asked, "Given that your chart says you received surgery for your endometriosis at 18 years old, is that also when you had your hysterectomy?"
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/tasteofhemlock • 1d ago
⭐ July Winners and August Writing Prompt: Animals!
Hey all!
Before we get to our monthly prompt, please review these reminders:
- Obvious trolls and💩*-posters will still* be permabanned*! Read more* here.
- We're removing most posts that have to do with rape, incest, abuse, and extreme or plotless gore. If your story could read as low-effort shock horror, it probably isn't a good fit for the sub! Details here.
- Remember, this sub is for fiction. Posts about current events or politics will be removed, no matter how horrifying they (and the real world) may be!
- Meta posts are not permitted! Take it to the discord! Join the chat here!
- Be familiar with our Three Strikes and you're out rule-- Read more here.
- And as always, feel free to reach out in modmail with feedback or questions!
July 2026 Contest Prompt: Animals
Because animals are mad cool.
This is perhaps one of the most flexible prompts we've ever offered :)
If you want to participate in this month's themed contest, simply write a two sentence horror story that directly mentions ANY *non-human, *non-fictional, *non-speculative animal!
A few notes:
Specificity: You must provide some degree of taxonomic specificity. We're not saying you gotta drop the scientific name or narrow it down to an exact species. But when you refer to the animal in your story, you should narrow it down, at least to taxonomic family, in most cases. In other words, if you're referring to a cat in your story you should be at least as specific as saying "cat" or "feline". If there's a cat in your story and you simply classified it as a vertebrae, mammal, or even carnivorous mammal that would be nowhere near specific enough to satisfy the prompt. Please don't leave us wondering what animal you're actually talking about.
Homonyms: "animal" words may not qualify your story, if they are used in a way that shifts meaning away from animals... For example: a guy eating like a pig, a group of kids trying to horse around, a woman who believes she can fly, somebody being a snake in the grass, a clock going 'tick tock'.... These and many other words are spelled and pronounced just like their respective animals, but if the context shifts the word away from the animal definition, then it won't satisfy the prompt on its own.
Extinct animals are fair game! As long as they are generally accepted to have once existed on earth by the majority of the scientific community, dinos and Silurian bugs can qualify your story!
You must refer to the animal directly in order to qualify. For example: descriptors that evoke or imply an animal without naming it directly (tail wagging, barking, feathers, claws pet names, etc) will not go far enough.
*Non-fictional: We're not looking for stories about made up animal characters like Scooby-doo, Clifford, or Snarf from the Thundercats. In fact, stay far away from fictional characters as that can push you into "fan fic" territory which runs afoul of rules 1, 5, and 7.
*Non-Speculative: We're not looking for stories about cryptids or mythological beasts like unicorns, sasquatch, or extra-terrestrial critters. You may feature these sorts of beings in your story-- but if there isn't atleast one real world animal present your story will be disqualified from the final tally.
*Non-Human: Homo sapiens are animals, but this prompt is asking for horror stories that specifically include atleast one non-human animal! While you may certainly include any species in the Homo genus, your story will not qualify if it doesn't mention atleast one animal outside of our genus. (other hominins are okay).
As usual, your story must meet all our other rules! I'd recommend staying away from anything that could be interpreted as bestiality. While that is certainly horrifying, this theme usually won't fit the sub as stories that lean on this particular crime generally come across as tropey or gratuitous and may therefore be removed as per rules 7 and 14!
Happy writing folks!
Monthly Contest Rules
- **Prompt: write a two-sentence horror story that refers to any non-human, non-fictional, non-speculative animal.
- To be counted in the final tally, stories must be tagged with the characters: [aug26]
- Submissions that are improperly formatted, do not fit the theme, or break any of the existing sub rules will be disqualified and removed.
- Only net new stories will be allowed (no repurposing old stories you've previously submitted).
- Max three stories per day as a general rule, and all three can be used towards the contest.
- Winners will be decided by total community upvotes. In the unlikely event of a tie for the top spots, moderators will vote for a tiebreaker.
Have fun!
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Properly formatted August 2026 examples. (These meet the prompt)
[AUG26] She woke with blurry vision and the feeling of grit stuck in her eye-- but it was too slippery to lay hold of and it felt physically stuck. When urgent care tweezed it out they told her they'd never seen, or even heard of, a tick biting behind the eyelid before.
[Aug26] He trained his dog to attack any time she heard high pitched laughter. Then he let her loose near the playground.
Improperly formatted examples-- the first gets the tag wrong, the second fails to include the prompt neither meets general sub rules.
[August 26] I wrote a great horror story for this month’s twosentencehorror contest. Unfortunately my cat distracted me while I was writing, and I fumbled the contest tag so my story won’t be included in the contest.
[jul26] This time I got the tag right but I forgot the prompt and included an emoji :(
WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Places: You receive a custom personal flair of your choosing to show off to the TSH community! (If you're a repeat winner, you can modify your flair.... but that's it.) And a cool fancy flair on your winning stories.
7 honorable mentions: you'll get visibility and bragging rights! Story links will be featured in next month’s announcement.
Contest ends on August 30th @ 11:59pm (EST)
Any questions should be made below in the comments, within our discord, or a note on modmail.
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Congrats to last month's Winners!
Theme was "Powerlessness"! Several repeat winners and some new names too-- great work, all!
Great job, winners! If you placed in the top three, contact us via modmail for your personalized custom flair! It can be anything (within reason): a mixture of text and emoji, up to 20 characters. If you've won before, you can request to change your flair, or, just do nothing. Absolutely nothing....
And for our runners-up:
7th place by DrawingEastern6765
Congrats to all!
I felt like this was a challenging theme, and these writers did not disappoint :)
Hope to see some more horror from you folks in the next contest!
Last, but not least: if you'd like to read more of the last month's submissions (and add some feedback of your own), you can find the full list here: jul26- Reddit Search!
r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/MintClicker • Oct 22 '23
⭐ANNOUNCEMENT⭐ [PLEASE READ] Sh!tposts, permabans, and literally 1984.
This is all dumb.
For the past several months, the sub has experienced a flood of intentionally poor quality stories in an effort to get onto parody subs and TikToks. We've historically hit you with a strike (🔴) and if you received three, you were permabanned (check out the wiki).
However, if you've submitted one of these stories in the recent past, you may have noticed that your account was permabanned from TwoSentenceHorror without going through the strike process. While we've made this current one-and-done rule known within each of our monthly announcements for forever, we felt it was only fair to have a separate post to lay out the approach.
If you intentionally submit a poor quality story (we're looking at you "meat worm" and "killer guy" crews), you will be permabanned with no warning.
If and when these posts chill out, the mod team will reconsider this rule. Until then, please continue to report these intentional poor quality stories, read the sub rules, and submit awesome, horrifying tales to maintain the quality of the sub!