Quick Scares:

"And to think, two years ago I nearly chose to jump off here," Jenna said to herself as she stood at the edge of a cliff, looking out at the sunset while hugging her husband and infant son.

A voice behind her whispered, "If you want to stay in this reality, don't look down."

I never understood why my mother wouldn't let me play with the pretty glass doll locked away inside a glass cabinet.

That was until I dropped it and watched in horror as my mother's head cracked into tiny pieces.

When I first moved here, all my classmates told creepy stories about a kid named Benny who was hiding in the woods.

I thought it was just some legend or a prank until I found a skull in a tree hollow, and now I wonder how they all knew he was here.

On Sunday night, our entire summer camp saw a bright light before being knocked out of our bunk beds.

It scared us at first, but our fear quickly turned to wonder and laughter when Betty looked outside and said, "Hey, it's snowing!"

Whenever I touch someone, I experience their entire life in a flash, as though I had lived it myself.

As the monster sank its teeth into me, I smiled, for I knew I would be delicious.

On January 22, 2026, Bill Davies and Liam Jones became the last two living people on Earth.

They wouldn't realize it until they tried to contact the Support Vessel 1000 meters above their Diving Bell.

My husband's twin brother was declared missing three years ago.

I know where he is, but if that secret ever gets out, everyone will find out what happened to my husband.

Two years after they found her in a gilded tomb in the Valley of the Kings, it was finally time to open the mysterious "Golden Lady's" sarcophagus and get some clues as to who she was.

The first thing that struck the archeologists was her perfectly aligned teeth - complete with modern fillings and braces.

Jessica was mid-way through inventing an excuse to leave when her preachy aunt said, "I wish the holidays could last forever!"

Jessica tried to force a cordial smile as she opened the door, only to find another one magically behind it, along with a Hallmark card that said "enjoy your extra time together!"

In retrospect, leaving the oxygen containers on their sides instead of in their proper holders was a dangerous oversight.

But the real problem was bringing them into the MRI room in the first place.

My wife laughed and drank a celebratory sip of wine as I commented on the acrid taste of my food.

I laughed too because I knew that, unlike cyanide, thallium is tasteless.

"If you take this sealed scroll, I can save your son," the demon said, "but in exchange, you must kill whoever's name is written on it."

I unrolled it to find my daughter's name.

"See, if my girlfriend had a baby on the way, she'd have no choice but to come back, so that's what I wish for," Mike said bitterly to the man beside him at the bar.

"Done!" said the mysterious man as Mike's abdomen started to swell rapidly.

They say our planet looks beautiful from space.

I wouldn't know - by the time I looked out the window of my spaceship, the Earth was already gone.

Before their wedding, Johnny vowed to Beth that he'd always keep her safe.

As Beth watched the demons drag Johnny down to hell in exchange for her own immortality, she was glad to have married a man who kept his word.

I can't help but giggle with delight when I hear the boy call out, "3, 2, 1 - ready or not here I come!"

I've been buried here for two years and no one's found me yet!

An old man advised me to live every day as if there were no tomorrow.

Then he said that if everything goes according to plan, there won't be.