MARIO KIEFER

She was only going to be gone a moment, she said. The blue and red lights at the doorway proved her lie. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

“Horror,” he said, “is in the eyes of the beholder.” In the dark basement, he added her eyes to his collection on the shelf....

She told herself that it was nothing when she heard the bumps in the night. In the morning, she saw the muddy footprints in her bedroom....

He swore to love his wife to death. He did. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

To escape winter’s clutch, she bundled the child next to the fire’s hearth then sent him to the land of warm dreams. In the morning, it...

Flipping the page as he read, he thought, "George Orwell was a fine writer, and '1984' is one of his best works." Then he realized he was...

She looked at the doll six feet away on her bed. It was the same doll she had once placed next to her sister six feet under....

“You need to change,” she said. He did. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

She was opposed to fascism. She silenced any who disagreed with her. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

He woke to the sloppy kisses of his dog. He remembered he did not have a dog. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

To begin anew, she kissed the stranger on New Year’s Eve. How could she know she flirted with Death? #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Before bed, I left milk and cookies out for Santa. When I woke, the milk and cookies were there, but the Christmas ham had disappeared....

He turned on his computer. It would not give him his files. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

After a long, arduous day, Mother Hubbard went to her cupboard. The liquor cabinet was bare. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

I went shopping this week hoping to find some Christmas cheer. The store was out of it. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Around the table, the turkeys gathered. To give thanks, they feasted on their brother, Tom. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory #GivingThanks

In his pact with the Devil, he asked that all of his wishes come true. The Devil obliged. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

He longed for a world without sin and did what he had to do to create it. He was not allowed to live there. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

Trapped in his nightmare, he longed for a morning escape. Morning never came. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory

When he was young, Wrath came to visit. The demon never left. #TwoSentenceHorrorStory