Two Sentence

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway accepted a wager to write a complete story in only two sentences. Other versions of the story claim he was only allowed to use 6 words. What he came up with was:

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I call this a “legend” because so far as I’ve been able to find, there’s no clear evidence that this isn’t anything more than just a story. Either way, the idea of ultra short stories is incredibly fun.

And challenging.

So here are a few two sentence horror stories I’ve come up with. Enjoy.

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It was always a pretty big deal for everyone when the circus visted the small town of Bancroft. No one ever missed a few carnies, not really.

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He sat in the locked closet, shivering with terror, as the words of the previous occupant reverberated in his head. “You’ll be alive when they eat you.”

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Rather than playing with her toys, Susan loved sitting in front of the large mirror in the parlor, making goofy faces at herself. The fun ended one morning when her reflection arrived late and covered in gore.

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Captain’s Journal: Day 97 of the inaugural 10-person crew mission to Mars. There was a knock from outside of the airlock door this morning and the whisper from my locker said not to tell the others.

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I’ll post more at some later date…