Short Horror Stories Inspired by Terror in Brief Stories

Each Terror in Brief e-book contains 200 two-sentence horror stories. Some of these have gone on to inspire full-length short horror stories that appear in other e-books.

Dog Flight

  • ‘The Rearranger’ is inspired by ‘The Rearranger’, which is story number 110 in Terror in Brief.

  • ‘Too Far Back’ is inspired by ‘Avoiding What Is to Come’, which is story number 159 in Terror in Brief.

Presents for Raymond

  • ‘Better Be Good’ is inspired by ‘Better Be Good’, which is story number 17 in Terror in Brief.

  • ‘Presents for Raymond’ is inspired by ‘Raymond’s Toy’, which is story number 118 in Terror in Brief.

  • ‘Snowmen’ is inspired by ‘Making a Snowman’, which is story number 54 in Terror in Brief: Volume III.

Flashes of Fright

  • ‘Lost in Translation’ is inspired by ‘The Unknown Message’, which is story number 192 in Terror in Brief: Volume II.

  • ‘Pierced’ is inspired by ‘A Lovely Way to Die’, which is story number 102 in Terror in Brief: Volume II.

  • ‘Well That Was Stupid’ is inspired by ‘Well That Was Stupid’, which is story number 166 in Terror in Brief: Volume II.

  • ‘White and Yellow’ is inspired by ‘What a Smile!’, which is story number 43 in Terror in Brief: Volume III.

Flashes of Fright: Volume II

  • ‘Keep Them Clean!’ is inspired by ‘Keep Them Clean!’, which is story number 148 in Terror in Brief: Volume III.

  • ‘She Thinks She’s Safe’ is inspired by ‘She Thinks She’s Safe’, which is story number 83 in Terror in Brief: Volume IV.

  • ‘Terence’s Number’ is inspired by ‘The Latest One’, which is story number 61 in Terror in Brief.

  • ‘The Alignment’ is inspired by ‘There It Is!’, which is story number 107 in Terror in Brief: Volume IV.

  • ‘Too Many Kids’ is inspired by ‘Too Many Kids’, which is story number 147 in Terror in Brief.

  • ‘Won’t Look Up’ is inspired by ‘In the Treetops’, which is story number 75 in Terror in Brief: Volume IV and ‘Simply Horrific,’ which is story number 29 in Terror in Brief: Volume V.