Two Sentence Stories

The dead man stared at the coffin lid.
I’ll take it, he said.

I’m sorry your lover is dead.
I’m sorry your lover is dead.

At the Halloween party, Mary thought he was just another cute guy in costume. She had no idea she was speaking to a real Genie when she drunkenly admitted there were times she wished her husband was dead.

This post was submitted by Angel Zapata.

Some people just don’t understand that when I make a promise I actually mean it.
Yes I died but that isn’t going to stop us being together for eternity!

It was a dead sheep covered in rose petals and surrounded in empty soup cans.
Modern art, she scoffed.

She checks the answering machine as soon as she enters the house, something she’s done for more years than she can remember, hoping against hope that he will finally call, and she can be happy again.
Trying to absorb his scent from his clothes, she sniffs and sniffs until her nose feels raw, and then the [...]

All the dead pets of the world frolic in the afterlife with all the dead children.
It makes me happy to know my brother and Blackie aren’t alone.

The guttural voice chanted “the restless dead weary of their bondage”.
It’s Grandma on the phone!