"It's just phantom limb syndrome," the doctor assured me, examining the healed stump of my amputated arm.
I nodded faintly as I tried to ignore the cold, unfamiliar fingers gently intertwining with my missing ones.
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See? I couldn't have come up with one that good on my best day!
I'd have had to take the idea and at least do a short story. If I'd tried to two sentence the concept, it would have been clunky and ring hollow. But this? This slaps
I remember a book I had a few years ago. Its premise was basically horror short stories that'd fit in a tweet each (<=150 chars).
One that I remember was basically
The last man on earth sat in a room. He jumped, as someone knocked at the door.
This is a golden oldie.
Thanks! I'm definitely going to try to post more. It's easier with the nice weather too.
Two sentence harassment.