There definitely is an art to writing short stories, and even more so for short-short stories. As the following tales prove, sometimes it doesn’t take more than two lines for us to never sleep again.
[post_page_title]The wonders of technology[/post_page_title]
This is a true horror story for the digital age. It’s effective because it makes excellent use of something that’s fused into our bodies at this point – our phones. You know all those people who take selfies pretending they were taken by significant others while they’re “asleep”?
Well, this is the exact opposite of that. They had no recollection of snapping that photo themselves, and they lived alone. The M. Night Shyamalan patented twist ending? There’s a reason you should read those agreements everyone skips.
