Two Sentence Horror Story Contest

ALL AGES CONTEST

Do you love to write terrifying tales? Can you do it in just two sentences? If so, submit your scariest two-sentence horror stories online October 1-24.

One winner from each age group will be announced on October 31 and will each receive a gift card!

Stories must be spooky, original, and two sentences in length!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

We had over 150 people enter their stories and we loved reading them all! It was difficult to pick just one in each age range.

THE WINNERS ARE:

Juvenile Winner
“Now, be careful”, he said as he let me into his group of survivors, “that line of sea salt is the only thing keeping them out”. I grinned as I calmly said, “Rock salt, sir, its rock salt that keeps us out.”
Jada C.
Teen Winner
There was a stench of a rotting corpse under the floorboards. I asked myself “Why do I do these things?”
Ethan H.
Adult Winner
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. “Well, at least it’s paved,” I said, dropping the bones into the cement mixer.
Justin R.

Some honorable mentions we’d like to share. Again, it was so difficult to choose!

My friends and I were playing tag in a cemetery. Our names were on the gravestones.
Hailey D.

My comrade used to sleep on corpses, his face was twisted in a constant, maniacal grin like a scar left by war. Tonight, he sang soft lullabies in my ear like he always does, though his body still lies right where it fell, cold on the battlefield.
Azure W.

When I was touring at Pennsylvania Eastern Penitentiary, I heard children laughing behind a closed door. I opened it, but the room was empty except for tons of bloody tiny handprints crawling up the wall.
Fiona S.

I went to visit my dad last night, but his grave had vanished, leaving only a headstone with my name. The air turned icy, and a voice hissed from the darkness: “Finally… you’re here.”
Harrison S.

My friends came over and asked if they could play in my basement. I said no but they still went down and never came back, I WARNED THEM.
Reagan P.

Thank you to all who summitted your stories!! Happy Haunting!