Brief,

horrible moments
A collection of one sentence horror stories

Written and illustrated by:

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 ble of ontents
re rd

nsters de ns reatures and ddities

urder deat and t e dead

a ily riends l e and relati ns i s

d and eatin

ear dread and t e un n n

ri e and unis ent

t rs ealt and s itals

e u an b dy
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ore or
rrible ents are ten brie e
reali ati n e utteran e e ain e s
e ne s e a ident e nster e t in
e ear st ade real

ut t e a ter at rrible ents r e

is t e truly s ary art e art e d n t yet
understand e art e an t uite at

is lle ti n ntains t e su y n
ears b t real and i a ined n t nly in t e
rds n t e a e but in at t ey su est
ant y u t nder as a e what co es ne t

sin erely e r t e b t us t at
ate er ents are yet t e t ey aren t
t rrible nd yes t at in ludes readin
t ese st ries
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onsters, emons,
re t res n o ities
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t laid its ands n y s ulders still starin

at e r a r ss t e la e
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Frozen in terror at ed t e ead e er e ro

t e a e s out rollin to ards t e orest to
reet its returnin body
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ou an trust e is ered t e oi e o y
ild ood best riend ro dee it in t e
bat tub s drain

s looked out o er t e ield to e k on t e

bre in stor au t one o t e s are ro s
allin o its er bla in stron inds until
it be an alkin to ards e

ould tell it as lookin at e e en t ou

t ere asn t a sin le eye in its eads
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e el n ated i ure as still lut in t e

ni e still ri t be ind e still re indin e
t at uldn t utrun y n s ad

e an ntinued runnin is in ers u and

d n t e ball n r du in a s ar s uea in
s und t at uld a e been ann yin rat er
t an terri yin ad t e ball n n t been sittin
ere is ead s uld a e been

ad ritten t e stran er at y d r as a
ere sales an but underst d e li ely
asn t a an at all en e ened is
brie ase and re ed an ite i ed list e ery
se ret e er ad
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narr ly es a ed t e beast its untless la s

s rat in at t e d r d ust barely s ut but
breat ed a si relie turned ar und and
dis ered t ere ere re t e
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ll y riends kne sle t durin t e day

be ause orked t e ni t s i t i as easier
t an e lainin t at d been i en a ur e by
t e t in in y loset
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e t erin ab inati n lur ed t ards e its

ilt y eet lea in a trail tste s n b t t e
l r and t e eilin
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Please don t do t is t e reature re eated

still i i kin y s rea s only t is ti e it
inally ad y oi e ri t and tossed e
e ortlessly into t e ra e it ad du

lay on y ba k ato t e s on y red us ion

tre blin in t e darkness at t e a t t at t e
roo abo e y ead belon ed to a out

e lo ked indo ke t t e rooked e a iated

t in at bay but un ortunately or e its
s ado as still ree to enter
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e ent er s ar lin e erald eyes et

ine as r en in la e trans i ed by t e
reali ati n t at e eryt in bel y aist ad
already turned t st ne

elt t e ar sensual t u a t n ue
li in its ay u y ne i i t a e
en yed ad it been atta ed t a ers n

entered t e r t ind it standin in t e

rner and as still tryin t i ure ut
ere t e t al it ad ne en t e d r
l sed be ind e
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e last stri o y s al eeled a ay and dro ed

to t e loor be ore e and ust as d be un
t inkin t e orst o t e torture as o er t e
la us ed y ead do n and is ered: eat
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a e stru lin t at y breat unsure

y y slee in ba as s ti t until tried
ullin it d n and elt t e s aly e teri r s all
t e ne t e in es y t rs
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or ally d be t rilled to see y i e but no

elt not in but terror as azed into er eyes
i o ents a o ad be o e so et in else s
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ressed t e as edal to t e loor s rea in

as e eered into on o in tra i but y
terror did not in to di inis t e deli t o y
assen er o adn t been t ere en started
t e ar

ou s e as all ears as too ri tened to

s eak or d ne er seen a body built t at ay

e or s ead burst u t rou t e dirt

a in ildly to and ro ea o e ent
sendin a ri le o ind t rou y lot es
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i e st u ans uldn t re e ber u

r t e day as b rn e e t r e er in
r t e dirt

r a ent t u t d bu ed int t e
sti t in le s a stilt al er but ate er it
as n atter ar ba raned y ne
uldn t see its ead

e as t e st beauti ul er e t u an d
e er seen e e t t at s e asn t ne
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e en r us rin stret ed r ear t ear and

all t all
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e s ilin lo n looked into y eyes lut ed

y broken t isted body and is ered:
oin to ake you a balloon ani al
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t as an un dly ur t ear a n at t e
r nt d r i re retted enin as s n as
sa t e a e i it uld be alled t at nsiderin
t e lete absen e eatures
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rou u s ere usually o ortin but not

t is ti e sin e all si ar s belon ed to t e
sa e erson

irst inally uen ed s e ried er out

ro y s urtin ound but kne s e asn t
done only aitin or e to re lenis

e ri id orest as it bla k only

ei tenin t e sensation o t e t i s brus in
a ainst y eeks and t e sound o t e oi e
ras in : si k o buttons and arrots
ant a real a e
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atter ast ran uld still ear t e

ea y undin s unds tste s ri t be ind
e but e er any ti es turned ar und
still uldn t see at as a in t e

e ele at r d rs l sed n y b dy i
uld a e been ainless ad t ey n t ust
uns eat ed t eir teet

ere as n d ubt t at t e all ad br en y

s ine nly se nds a as l in int t e
le t at ad ateriali ed in y ba yard s
a raid at i t e ut it t at didn t
nsider s et in i t ull e in
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d seen so e bi eaters but t e an starin at

e and un rily li kin is li s as t e size o a
s all ouse
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ad an en iable b dy s as ne er a raid t
be na ed in r nt a an until et ne
re ed er dress and t er s in it it
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adn t t e sli test lue at substan e t e

s e in beast ad o ered e it but as sure
t at t e et bubblin ile at y eet as y skin
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nnu erable years a ter bein i risoned in

darkness by or es outside y ontrol allo ed
t e bri t ar sunli t to en elo y body
or a re ious e se onds be ore burst into
la e

you didn t ount t e doll s a e and t e a t

t at it as t e size o a tru k it as a re ular
lookin s ider

is t o bi blue eyes stared dee ly into ine

but is t ousand yello ones didn t
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ust a e stabbed i at least a undred

ti es but e as still lau in

ullin t e l n bla air ut r t e drain

didn t b t er e until reali ed it as atta ed
t s et in

as r u ed in t e dar alley ettin t e s t

ur and listenin t t at entle urr nderin
y s e ne uld dis ard su a beauti ul
reature en as i n ue its stin er e er ed
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ui ly r in n ident in y ne und ability

s ared t r u t e air and t u ed l uds r t e
irst ti e in y li e utterly earless until t e
i e ab e e said: in t dr y u n
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e reature ulled its o n ead u ards

se aratin it ro t e body it reat outs o
blood t en turned until our eyes et and ur led:
d re er yours
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e a e t e t in eerin t r u y bedr
ind didn t really s are e until its ands
e er ed r under y bed