Two Sentence Horrors Volume 4

Two Sentence Horrors Volume 4

By

Mark J. Wilcoxen

151. Everyone has had a day that they couldn't muster the willpower to get out of bed. Just be wary, the creature under your bed could be feeding.

152. Living on the outskirts of an Air Force base I spend countless hours watching the jets and the contrails they'd create. I wish I hadn't noticed the pattern or deciphered the language; we're pleading not to be attacked.

153. There were a myriad of problems that were addressed to create a successful colony on the moon. Oliver realized that scientists and engineers had overlooked the supernatural as the airlock was opened by a transparent figure.

154. Angel cried bitterly over the body of her lover. There was nothing left of him for her to consume.

155. Seven years bad-luck if you break a mirror the old saying goes. The expression was created in the hope that it'll limit the number of mirrors broken and decrease the odds of releasing them.

156. I had to remove the battery from my cellphone due to the endless stream of calls. The phone still rang.

157. Oxidation is an effect that nothing on this planet can avoid. The Earth is slowly digesting everything as you read this.

158. Wally huddled deeper into his bedroll to ward off the cold outside the tent. He didn't have enough time to scream when something grabbed his ankle and pulled him deep into the dark depths of the sleeping bag.

159. Old Nol sat hunched in his chair intently watching the antique grandfather clock in front of him. At the strike of midnight the clock's door flew open, and the old man sprang from his seat to close it; relieved that what was trapped inside would remain there for another day.

160. Gavin rubbed his eyes before he loaded the latest images of the sun's surface. Over the last decade he'd seen thousands of sunspots and solar eruptions, but he wasn't prepared to see a massive hand, as large as jupiter, reaching out of Earth's home star.

161. Thea unrolled her yoga mat and began her series of stretches like she'd done day after day. The spector that dwelt within the mat relished the close proximity it held with the lively Thea like it'd done day after day.

162. George slid into homeplate. Just before he reached the plate it popped up and a giant spider grasped ahold of George's thigh.

163. "Another five minutes," shouted Sid over the sound of the drill, "and I'll be through this masonry." The geyser of hot blood that erupted out of the wall shocked him and the rest of the crew.

164. The local news pulled up a live feed of the approaching storm front. Twisted leering faces made of the dark grey clouds greeted the viewers as the storm grew closer.

165. Paul quickly became hooked spending several hours each day gaming. After a year a studio harvested him; how else do you think they make each game more life like and more importantly addictive then the one before.

166. Randy lead a boring life. His wish for excitement was granted in the form of a knife wielding psycho hiding in his closet.

167. All the old analog transmitters were rapidly replaced throughout the world with digital ones. We can only hope that's enough to keep the creatures from discovering our location.

168. When Chase found an old phone booth he had to try it out. Once he shut the door the booth started digesting him; years had passed since it'd last fed.

169. Sarah was quite insistent that Allen try sitting on her new couch. It was better if the piece of furniture ate him and not her.

170. The fish tank has a hole. It happened when one of the fish burst out of the glass and tried to attack me.

171. "Have a nice day and come again," said Lola sweetly with a brilliant smile. Her pleasant demeanor was the prefect disguise to help her get close enough to select the prefect victim.

172. Ivan pulled the cord as taut as his was able. Human intestines were remarkable elastic.

173. Aldrey never spanked or yelled at her son a day in his life. Instead her nightmarish spirit would pay him a visit if he dared to misbehave.

174. Graham hummed happily as he swept the floor of his workshop. It didn't take him long to clean up the teeth and bone fragments.

175. You ever get the feeling of being watched. Yeah, me too; they've been stalking all our movements for a long time now.

176. Gabby cleaned the wound as fast as she was able. As black ribbons grew beneath her skin she realized it was to late.

177. Ronald boredly watched the sand fill the bottom of the hourglass. Seeing his victim slowly get bury in sand wasn't as fulfilling as he'd thought it'll be.

178. "You got to help me doctor, I'm hurting real bad," said the patient. The statement hadn't come from their mouth but the gaping gash in their thigh.

179. Drew plucked out the seeds. He just hoped he got them all out of his brother's back before they started sprouting.

180. "Just wait til I crack this open; you're in for a really treat," said my boyfriend. The human annoying kept screaming until it's skull was opened up.

181. From my second story window I watch the historical flood. I don't want to know where all that blood came from.

182. Lenny had a successful unboxing channel with millions of subscribers. He lost all that after the video featuring a coffin.

183. Betty got this wicked tattoo of a ghoul on her right leg. She later need an emergency amputation of that leg when the ghoul started feeding on the muscle.

184. Keith laid down on his bed, put in his ear buds, and hit play on his favorite audio. The five hour long compilation of his victims screams always eased him to sleep.

185. Everyone has had to deal with internet lag and knows how disruptive it can be. Now imagine the terrifying stillness that those that experience a lag in reality go through; they can't move, breath or even die.

186. Everyone believes that monsters never existed. In truth they infected us; slowly turning us into them.

187. Harley tried to ignored the grim weather outside by doing chores around the house. Despite her best efforts she couldn't help staring out the window and watching the bloody teeth fall from the sky.

188. Did you know the human body replaces all it's cell every seven to ten years? The real question you should be asking yourselves is how much of you is you and how much of you is the creature trying to take your place.

189. Allen taught Nick all the tricks of his trade. As he sat strapped to the chair, waiting for Nick to finish sharpening his tools, Allen couldn't help but wonder if this feeling of pride was the last thing his former teacher felt.

190. Mathematics can be scaring and headache inducing. For example there exists a number so large, Graham's number, that if thought will cause the human brain to collapse into a black hole.

191. There was no denying that Terry Wales was the most beautiful girl in school. The pile of bodies she stood over made it impossible to deny she was batshit crazy.

192. Jill loved swimming with a passion. That quickly changed as her bedroom filled with water and her air bubble rapidly shrank.

193. No matter the obstacle Eren promised himself he'll continue forward. To keeping that promise he did his best to tune out the screams as he drove the streamroller forward.

194. The oars of the rowboat propelled the small craft across the still waters of the lake. The boat's lone occupant lay dead in it's brow.

195. Lily loved to tease Josh, whose always been anal-retentive, by rearranging his vast collection of toy trains. Her being a figment of his imagination just made the situation more weird.

196. Phil devotes a great deal of time to his origami art. Successfully folding a patch of human flesh into a crane takes a lot of practice.

197. The Old Hickory Whisky Distillery's list of liquors are known for their potent flavor. They're century old barrels are partly responsible, but the flavor really comes from the organs they stuff into those barrels.

198. Ronny had a habit of checking his p.o. box everyday. He ended his daily routine when he saw someone get pulled through the narrow mail slot.

199. "You're all doing great," chirped Melissa merrily to her team, "But you all know how corporate is." Her encouraging words and sweet voice didn't ease their terror or match her monstrous form that still held the shattered remains of recently fired Harry.

200. Elan, whose was a clean freak, hated the idea of maggots infesting his home. When he learned they were coming from inside of him, he lost his collective shit.