A good short story doesn't always need to be long and too detailed; some of the best spooky stories that we have read are short, moody, and to the point.
Your directions are as follows: In honor of this eerie Halloween season, write the scariest story that you can. But there is one stipulation:
It cannot exceed two sentences.
Here are a few examples:
I woke up to hear knocking on the glass. At first, I thought that it was coming from the window, until I heard it come from the mirror.
There was a picture on my phone of me sleeping. I live alone.
As I tucked him into bed, he looked up at me and said, "Daddy, check for monsters under the bed." Amused, I look underneath for him and see him, another him, shaking under the bed, and he whispers: "Daddy, there's someone on my bed."
I woke up to hear knocking on the glass. At first, I thought that it was coming from the window, until I heard it come from the mirror.
There was a picture on my phone of me sleeping. I live alone.
As I tucked him into bed, he looked up at me and said, "Daddy, check for monsters under the bed." Amused, I look underneath for him and see him, another him, shaking under the bed, and he whispers: "Daddy, there's someone on my bed."