Thursday, October 19, 2023

Six-Word Horror Stories

We really are all watching you. 

Every star is screaming in darkness.

Werewolves mutilated everyone except me. 

Werewolves mutilated everyone, but mostly me.

Your enemies live out your dreams.

The spider's venom dissolved you slowly.

You were alive until you panicked. 

Platypuses aren't real. Their venom is. 

Every sleep is death waking up.

America stopped bleeding much too late

Bear traps work on any biped. 

She peeled away your skin slowly. 

Artificial Intelligence learned from watching you. 

You awoke to your bones splintering.

He rubbed sandpaper on your sunburn.

One apple did have a razorblade. 

The vultures didn't wait to start. 

Garbage disposals hunger for your flesh. 

Your deeply-held beliefs are wrong.

"Maybe he's just sleeping," she said.

Surprise parties? No, murder dress rehearsals. 

They will plant vegetables inside you. 

So that's a human's boiling point!

These parasites only consume your eyes.

She kept stabbing, for the practice. 

Every holy book contains one lie. 

Tombs and crypts are home now.

Slicing eyelids off only gets easier. 

Rainstorms mean you can't hear us.

Cats will eat your fingers first. 

Dogs are pretending to like you. 

Musical instruments sound best when bloody. 

All falling dreams end in death.

His boiling tears blistered his cheeks. 

The solitude you wanted is hell. 

When you felt loved...she left.

Author's Note: I'm too emotionally drained to write a big boy, so here's a bunch of baby ones. (Pretty sure they're all only six words but I never claimed I could count.) Vote on your favorite, and maybe I'll allow that one to grow up into a real story. 

The rest will be culled mercilessly. 

Goodnight; I will always love you. 

1 comment:

  1. I really like a lot of these. "Your enemies live out your dreams" seems especially profound.

    ReplyDelete

Whatever you're thinking, I would like to hear it.