Baby Teeth: A Short Horror Story

by Alec John Johnson

Five year old Kenny lost his first tooth in the middle of the night. The next morning his parents told him tales about how the Tooth Fairy would come and leave behind a surprise. At first he was excited about this prospect but as time went on his excitement slowly began to turn to terror. Who was this tooth fairy? What did she want with his tooth? Why was everyone else afraid of her?

Please note that this is a short story at 9,000 words.

Genres: Horror

30 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 13, 2016

Reviews

[Ashlyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I easily should’ve finished this in one sitting, but I found myself not wanting to pick it up. At the end, it became creepy and I never really thought of what a Tooth Fairy might look like, but now I’ll be thinking of this version. I would’ve preferred the book to include commas because some of the sentences became longwinded. Overall, I’m glad I checked this out and I’ll probably read more from this author in the future.

[lee · Rating 1 out of 5]

1 ⭐️
I downloaded the wrong book to my kindle, but read anyway. The writing wasn’t all that good, the story had little to no meaning or substance. I understand it was a short story and I don’t like giving harsh reviews but it just felt like something I would’ve writing in my first year secondary school English class. Lucky only 99p. Well… onto reading baby teeth

[George Frost · Rating 3 out of 5]

Horror can come from the most ordinary places

While there was an attempt to follow the horror genre, the author stuck too close to the formula and forgot about character. I got nothing from any of the characters.

[Ursula Kelly · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly written - I felt like it was written as if for a child - with numerous spelling mistakes, which annoys me when reading a book

[heather. · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars 🌟

[Becki · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not the best short story.
Downloaded by mistake thinking it was a book I'd seen many people recommend but wasn't but still read it anyway.

[haze_books · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty good little story. wouldn't call it horror but it was definitely a little creepy and eerie. I liked it but wouldn't say it was the best short story I've ever read.

[Kerry Clarke · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short story with a creepy twist on the tooth fairy.
Was intrigued to see where the story was heading.
I wouldnt class this as a horror story though.

Good little quick read.

[Lorena · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars rounding up to 3 stars.

It was a good idea using the tooth fairy for a short horror story. However, it was as scary as it could have been and I felt it was a little anticlimactic.

[Kelly Jane Motamed · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 rating
The first half of the book I quite enjoyed but the second half I didn't enjoy at all

[Michelle Seal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Baby Teeth

Ok..it would have been better if the dialogue and internal monologue had been written from a child's mind. Not bad though.

[Emily Henry · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Charlotte Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe I liked this so much because I transitioned from wanting to be the tooth fairy to being deathly scared of her, but either way, it was a decent short story and I’ll be checking out more by johnson.

Also, I liked the writing style. Kenny is in kindergarten, a child. It read as a child would tell the story of his night of terror.