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These stories use extreme brevity to create a sudden, deep sense of unease.

Do you prefer (ghosts, monsters) or psychological (madness, isolation) horror? 11 True Stories That Get Creepier the Deeper We Go fright

: The world’s shortest horror story by Fredric Brown: "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door...". These stories use extreme brevity to create a

: A person hears knocking on glass and assumes it’s the window—until they realize it is coming from the mirror again. Deep Stories in Other Media There was a knock at the door

: A father goes to tuck his son in, and the boy asks him to check for monsters under the bed. When the father looks, he finds his "real" son shivering underneath, whispering that someone else is on his bed.

: Explores the horror of powerlessness and mental confinement as a woman becomes obsessed with the patterns in her room.