Two Sentence Horror Story Contest!

This year, inspired by an article in School Library Journal, Overlake ran its first Two Sentence Horror Story Contest just before Halloween. We had an incredible number of amazing entries, which fell into Scary and Funny categories, so we ended up with two sets of winners. Thanks to the faculty who voted on these!

Scary Stories

Winner

Everyone always asks how many trick or treaters I get. But no one asks how many leave.                   --Savannah, 7th

Second Place

I had a dream I was stabbed to death at 2:45 AM; the clock was the last thing I saw before the knife. I awoke, screaming, to find that it was 2:44 AM and the door was opening.                                                            --Aidan, 5th

Third Place Tie

“Children, I’ll bake you some cookies for a snack!” my mother shouted up the stairs. I silently turned to my little brother and led him to the closet to hide; after all, we didn’t have a mother.                                    --Zelina, 8th

An old man who lived alone woke up in the middle of the night. He reached for some matches to light a candle, and the matches were handed to him.                                                                                               --Akash, 5th

Honorable Mention

I run as fast as I can from the one person I trusted. She was my mother, who wanted revenge more than she wanted me.

--Mishal, 6th

Funny Stories

Winner

Through the darkness, a silhouette emerged. I screamed in horror as it said: “I’m here to talk about your car’s extended warranty.“                                                                                                                                                 --Andrea, 7th



Second Place

The scariest thing happened today. I saw my teacher at the grocery store.                                                     --Paxton, 6th

Third Place

I cowered under my covers as I heard the deafening thumps of someone going up the stairs. The door creaked open and I saw a looming figure—my mother stood in the doorway, saying, “Get up—you have school!”             --Zelina, 8th

Honorable Mentions

I rushed into the bathroom, right after taking my brother’s “Drink 18 oz of soda in one minute” challenge. But all I saw was the plumber.                                                                                                                                           --Zachary P., 7th

Worst possible situation had come. I had lost the key to the house, and my bladder was not coping.      --Fareed, 8th