20 Short Scary Stories You Should Never Read In The Dark Alone

Some people don’t recognize a favor, and in this set of two-sentence nightmares, the “favor” is always the same, you switch on the light and something switches back.

It starts small and gets mean fast, a hand appears at the light switch, a sleeping toddler vanishes without a trace, and then you’re stuck staring at a photo you swear you didn’t take. The worst part is how the stories stack on top of each other, closing doors you never opened, hearing a knock from the mirror, and waking up with the time creeping closer to the exact moment you just dreamed.

By the time you’re clutching the dress she was buried in, you’ll realize the dark doesn’t need permission to come inside.

1. Another hand on the light switch

2. Choosing to be cremated instead

3. Where did the sleeping toddler go?

4. Then who could have taken the picture?

5. How is that even possible?

6. Closing more doors than you've opened

7. Checking for monsters under the bed be like:

8. Who could have done that, and how did they manage to get in?

9. That is so sad to hear

10. Hearing a knock from the mirror

Kind of like the neighbor’s exotic pet-sitting gone wrong, with a snake incident.

11. Waking to see the time closer to the one you just dreamed of

12. It's much more unsettling now that you live alone

13. Clutching the dress she was buried in

14. The dirt covering the coffins of your screams

15. It doesn't help that she's being told to stop

16. Then who is breathing so heavily?

17. The moment you realize it

18. So who is comforting the child then?

This situation is enough to steal sleep from anyone's eyes.

19. You've got to double-check because you never can tell

20. Now that is not pleasant at all

That’s when the light switch stops being a switch and starts being a warning, another hand on it, again and again.

Then the door situation goes from “maybe I locked it” to “why are there more doors closed than opened,” especially after the toddler is gone.

Right after you hear a knock from the mirror, the breathing starts, and it’s not coming from the room you’re in.

Now that you live alone, the comforting voice for the child sounds closer than it should, like someone is already in the house with you.

If reading these little scary stories didn't make you shiver and feel lighthearted, wait until you wake up in the middle of the night. There just might be a creak in the floor and a quiet sound coming from beyond your door.

Then you may decide otherwise or just brace yourself for it. Leave your opinions about these two-sentence horror stories in the comments below, and click the button below to share these fantastic tales with your friends.

You’ll double-check every lock, but the dark already learned your routine.

For another tense roommate showdown, read what happened after someone removed their roommate’s pet snake without permission.