MARIO KIEFER

She watched the forest burn while wondering what had sparked the fires. She was so engrossed in the flames that she did not see the...

I went to the liquor cabinet. The cupboard was bare. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Each night she wailed for the things she had lost. None could hear her from the depths of the asylum. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Don’t worry, they said. The government is in control. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Whenever he left the house, he always wore his mask. It hid his true face well. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

When first he saw the ghost, he scoffed. It was his guilt that haunted him. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Possession is nine-tenths of the law. At least that’s what the demon told me. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

He looked in the mirror. An old man stared back. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

For months she begged him to let her go. At the edge of the cliff, he did. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

He swore that he would never leave her. She locked him in the basement to be certain. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

She loved the child with all of her heart. That the father was the Devil played no part. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

“Pshaw,” he said in response to their admonition that ghosts were trapped in the hotel. When he tried to leave, he could not....

He locked the door to hide from the monster. He could not get away from himself. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

He saged the house to rid it of ghosts. The ghosts saged the house to rid it of him. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Because she was very scared of her mother’s Harlequin doll, surreptitiously, she threw it in the garbage that night before bed. When she...

“I don’t believe in ghosts!” he yelled. “I don’t believe in you,” the ghost cried back. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Each night he heard the pitter-patter of little feet. He had no children. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

He thought he had outwitted the Devil when he made his pact for everlasting life. Forever is its own hell. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

He wanted ribs for dinner. He didn’t know they would be his own. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

She sat in the bluebonnets to take her school pictures. She never heard the rattle. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory