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One Sentence Horror Story

Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:08 Mrs. Hall
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It was a dark and stormy night.....

You've all heard this story before, or have you?

Horror stories often contain traditional elements of disturbing imagery, dark isolated settings, and twisted characters with serious flaws. Your quest today is to write a short horror story. The catch is, you are writing a VERY SHORT horror story... that is, a ONE SENTENCE horror story. So, where to begin?

Step 1: Check out THIS SITE and choose one or two of the literary elements (school appropriate) that you would like to use in your story.

Step 2: Check out SITE 1 and  SITE 2 that contain examples of one sentence stories.

Step 3: Write your ONE SENTENCE HORROR STORY. Now, remember- you only have one sentence to express your story, so be sure to carefully select the language, wording, imagery, and vocabulary that you will use in your story. Hint: Use STRONG verbs, and vivid adjectives. Leave your one sentence horror story as a comment.

 

 

 

Comments  

 
# one sentence story — Jake Durec 2010-09-30 10:01
I was crawling to school, and then I was crushed by a car, and still went to school.
 
 
# One sentence story — Mike Currier 2010-09-30 10:12
This one time I climbed a tree, then I fell out of it, and my parents laughed at me.
 
 
# One sentence story — Mike Currier 2010-09-30 10:14
One night i woke up to a Eerie sound, then i saw a dead colonel Sanders.
 
 
# One Sentence — Emily Gillette 2010-09-30 10:17
The sly, nasty snake creeped up upon the shady rock and slithered through my wrinkled feet.
 
 
# one sentence horror story -laurenmoyer — Lauren Moyer 2010-09-30 11:12
As I was running in the dead of night, through a pitch black forest from my stalker, I suddenly awoke from my nightmare to find the pursuer’s arms already around me.
 
 
# One sentence story — Amber Litwiler 2010-10-03 09:33
When I was 12, Carly threw a rock in the air to see where it had gone and a few seconds later, it hit the top of my head.
 
 
# Vicious Bear — Chuck Robinson 2010-10-03 17:11
When I was a mere 3 years old, I fought a vicious bear in the ominous woods by my home.
 
 
# One Sentence Horror Story — Marissa Johnson 2010-10-03 21:20
He was walking past the hotel when he looked up and saw Elizabeth staring down at him.
 
 
# the sound — Dalton Beatty 2010-10-04 05:37
As I crept into the dark house,I heard a ghastly noise coming somewhere close to me then i remember i hadn't eating since breakfast.
 
 
# 1 sentence story jon weidner — Jon Weidner 2010-10-04 19:22
The creepy clown tied one too many balloon animals for me.
 
 
# One sentence story — Amanda Schell 2010-10-06 21:46
There was a dog named cat, She grew up in P.A., and died on a road.
 
 
# one sentence story — Carly Bone 2010-10-11 10:06
The zombie sucked out my brain with a straw..