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350 Nightmares: Two-Sentence Horror Stories for Adults
Two sentences. One breath. A nightmare that follows you to bed.I check that the deadbolt is locked exactly seven times before bed. Tonight, a wet, heavy tongue licked my finger through the keyhole on the final turn.
My mother hugged me at the arrivals gate and said she had missed me so much. Then my phone buzzed with a text from 'Flight delayed, sweetie. Who are you with?'
We packed away the baby monitor the week our son turned five. Last night the receiver crackled to life in a box in the attic, and a small voice asked why nobody comes up anymore.
350 Nightmares is a collection of 350 two-sentence horror stories, each one small enough to read in a single breath and sharp enough to stay with you for days. They are sorted into 14 chapters, one for every flavor of
Psychological horror, paranoia and madnessGhosts, hauntings and haunted housesBody horror, parasites and medical nightmaresCreepy children, cursed toys and nurseriesDoppelgängers and the uncanny valleyCursed technology, phones and AICosmic horror, cults and folkloreSmall towns, isolated places and neighbors you should never have trusted
Every story takes less than a minute; the whole book is under an hour, best taken a few at a time. Read it cover to cover, or open it at random and dare whatever is on the page. The perfect bathroom book for horror fans, and a natural for Halloween parties, campfires and sleepovers.
For adult includes graphic violence, body horror, self-harm and harm to children.
Want your nightmares longer than two sentences? Try Nora Penn's LAST DISPATCH, the dinosaur survival thriller that starts her best-selling series.
My mother hugged me at the arrivals gate and said she had missed me so much. Then my phone buzzed with a text from 'Flight delayed, sweetie. Who are you with?'
We packed away the baby monitor the week our son turned five. Last night the receiver crackled to life in a box in the attic, and a small voice asked why nobody comes up anymore.
350 Nightmares is a collection of 350 two-sentence horror stories, each one small enough to read in a single breath and sharp enough to stay with you for days. They are sorted into 14 chapters, one for every flavor of
Psychological horror, paranoia and madnessGhosts, hauntings and haunted housesBody horror, parasites and medical nightmaresCreepy children, cursed toys and nurseriesDoppelgängers and the uncanny valleyCursed technology, phones and AICosmic horror, cults and folkloreSmall towns, isolated places and neighbors you should never have trusted
Every story takes less than a minute; the whole book is under an hour, best taken a few at a time. Read it cover to cover, or open it at random and dare whatever is on the page. The perfect bathroom book for horror fans, and a natural for Halloween parties, campfires and sleepovers.
For adult includes graphic violence, body horror, self-harm and harm to children.
Want your nightmares longer than two sentences? Try Nora Penn's LAST DISPATCH, the dinosaur survival thriller that starts her best-selling series.
146 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2026
About the author
Nora Penn
77 books7 followersNora Penn writes fast-paced horror novels with strong, relatable characters.
Her favorite authors are Dean Koontz and Stephen King.
She released her first novel, Bite Me Spider, in November of 2017.
She lives in New Hampshire with his husband, who endures her various idiosyncrasies in return for being the first to read her new novels. They welcomed their first child, a daughter, on September 11, 2015.
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Her favorite authors are Dean Koontz and Stephen King.
She released her first novel, Bite Me Spider, in November of 2017.
She lives in New Hampshire with his husband, who endures her various idiosyncrasies in return for being the first to read her new novels. They welcomed their first child, a daughter, on September 11, 2015.
If you don't want to miss any Nora Penn news, you can:
Like the Nora Penn Facebook page:
facebook.com/NoraPennWrites
Follow Nora Penn on Twitter:
twitter.com/NoraPennWrites
For more, please visit:
http://norapenn.com
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November 7, 2026
Got through about halfway. Feels like AI was involved for a lot of it. Pretty disappointing
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