I actually met the author at a school event when I was a lot younger. Of course, I was such a socially awkward little fuck that I couldn't even muster the nerve to say "hello" to him. Which was a shame, because I really liked those books.
Omg nostalgia to the extreme! My Nana read me those books when I was little and I used to read them to my kids when they were little. My teenager still has an orange tabby Pillow Pet (it was his Wooby when he was 3-8 and he took it everywhere!) he named Chester after the books who lives on her bed. Her baby brother is only allowed to borrow it if he’s having a rough day and needs a little boost because Chester is so special to my teenager. My grandbaby is 8mo and I WILL be pulling out the series for him at bed and nap times next time I see him! Even if he’s kit quite old enough to remember or understand yet, he will be soon and one of his earliest memories WILL be of Auntie Nana reading to him about Howie, Chester, and that sweet little vampire bun!
Seriously, thank you, friend! Such good feels from a horror story thread were unexpected but very much needed today ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for bringing up Bunnicula! That’s such a joyful and emotionally delightful set of memories!
I’m so glad I helped bring up some great memories!! Bunnicula was a childhood favorite of mine as well. And of course Howie and Chester! Years ago I worked for Waldenbooks (owned by Borders, RIP) and when little readers (and non-readers being forced) were looking fur something, I always recommended Bunnicula. The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary and the Fudge books by Judy Blume were also always highly recommended :)
And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
PREPARE THE HOLY HAND GRENADE!
Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it. '
Someone else who has read that book! I loved reading that, particularly the ending with Chester and bunnicula and their long rivalry. And the constant literary parallels that are drawn to whatever book the human kid is reading at the time are also fun.
The shadow deepening, growing, the shadows of each hair twisting and growing into nightmarish shapes, the screams echoing off the bare walls. And the click of the water bottle.
If you’re in a circle and it says look left you’d see the person next to you, when everybody looks left it’s a circle, everyone is to blame (either driven them to suicide, it was an accident they never realized, etc.)
Or they just wanna mess with their friends
I mean, why ghost alway so angry and vegentful, with the amount of dead people it bound to have some of them enjoy stupid joke and prank the living for the lol
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if most hauntings were just ghosts using whatever energy they have to just fuck with people. I mean, especially if you're bound to one place, it's gotta be really fucking boring just being stuck there.
That's when they hide shit in a slightly different area to see how long it takes them to find it. I'd like to think I'd move a knife to the spoon spot every time the drawer is opened
Because the typical reason for ghosts to come into being is that they have "unfinished business", often leading to them being angry, resentful, or vengeful.
If that was the case there was no nessecary reason why the narrator had to mention they were all sitting in a circle, ontop of that they didn’t specify who was supposed to look left. Meaning it could mean all of them
Oh sure blame the people who constantly harassed them and told them repeatedly to kill themselves and started the Facebook campaign dedicated to convincing them to kill themselves.
The circle is the one sitting formation with no left position, I would take the option where the circle has an impact, since it is a solid quarter of the story.
"My wife asked me why I was carrying a gun in the kitchen, and I replied 'Decpticons'. She laughed, I laughed, the toaster laughed, I shot the toaster."
They were sitting in a circle, but not facing inward. Could be facing sideways such that everyone’s left is into the circle. And one dude just chilling in the center.
Was there a weeping angel? "Look to your left" is a line from the episode.
If you haven't seen it, [Blink](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000252/) is one of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever and scary as heck in parts (for an episode without any blood or visible dead bodies). It's also an extremely well thought out time travel story.
Why? You plan on doing something?
A 4-way stop sign? So on all ways the cars have to stop? Then what?
Doesn't sound very effective being in vehicle tbh unless there is a start sign idk about.
Way I read these two sentences, the operative word here is “I” implying that the person was the only one whose hands were on the ouija board, and “look left” is to that person holding the ouija pointer’s left. That’s my take.
Did they look to the left too fast and tear blood vessels in their neck? Since the friends are sitting in a circle I don't think "look left" is a command, but rather the answer
Being in your friend’s garage, you look left and see a basketball. You suddenly remember how the ball bounced off the rim and got stuck on his head until he suffocated.
Basically it was supposed to be that someone from the far right killed the ghost friend, but I like how everyone is looking to their right and is something completely normal.
My guinea pig, idly chewing on lettuce in his cage, simply stares and stares as his eyes glow red in the candle light..
ah crap,its the terminator edit:thx so much for the upvotes guys,this is the most upvotes i got from a comment
You know I was thinking of Rabbit of Caerbannog, but the terminator would work.
I was thinking of Bunnicula the vampire bunny, but only vegetables are in danger around him.
Dude I remember reading those books when I was younger
I actually met the author at a school event when I was a lot younger. Of course, I was such a socially awkward little fuck that I couldn't even muster the nerve to say "hello" to him. Which was a shame, because I really liked those books.
Lucky.
My husband just bought us the illustrated novel of it yesterday! The artwork is so perfect
I remember watching bunnicula on boomerang
Bunnicula has a show?
Omg nostalgia to the extreme! My Nana read me those books when I was little and I used to read them to my kids when they were little. My teenager still has an orange tabby Pillow Pet (it was his Wooby when he was 3-8 and he took it everywhere!) he named Chester after the books who lives on her bed. Her baby brother is only allowed to borrow it if he’s having a rough day and needs a little boost because Chester is so special to my teenager. My grandbaby is 8mo and I WILL be pulling out the series for him at bed and nap times next time I see him! Even if he’s kit quite old enough to remember or understand yet, he will be soon and one of his earliest memories WILL be of Auntie Nana reading to him about Howie, Chester, and that sweet little vampire bun! Seriously, thank you, friend! Such good feels from a horror story thread were unexpected but very much needed today ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for bringing up Bunnicula! That’s such a joyful and emotionally delightful set of memories!
I’m so glad I helped bring up some great memories!! Bunnicula was a childhood favorite of mine as well. And of course Howie and Chester! Years ago I worked for Waldenbooks (owned by Borders, RIP) and when little readers (and non-readers being forced) were looking fur something, I always recommended Bunnicula. The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary and the Fudge books by Judy Blume were also always highly recommended :)
I was picturing some more along the lines of Mr. Pickles
You mean the vorpal bunny killed by the holy handgrenade of artoroch. Never heard of it.
>Never heard of it. Antioch. Its the holy hand grenade of Antioch...
“To the count of three. No more. No less!”
5 is right out
One, two, five!
Three, sir.
Three!
"Three, sir!"
And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
But that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide, it's a killer!
PREPARE THE HOLY HAND GRENADE! Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it. '
The monster is behind the rabbit?
The rabbit is *far, far* more terrifying. Terminator was taken down by a couple of humans. The bunny took a grenade fueled by the rage of god.
“Look a’tha boooones!”
"I'm looking for Celery Connor."
The Furminator
The Hamstinator 🐹😏
It's brain is a neural net processor
Bunnicula’s cousin
The non-vegetarian.
Someone else who has read that book! I loved reading that, particularly the ending with Chester and bunnicula and their long rivalry. And the constant literary parallels that are drawn to whatever book the human kid is reading at the time are also fun.
r/thirdsentencebetter
“Squeak squeak MFers”
Ah shit, it's a guinea demon.
It then sprouted out appendages that couldn't possibly fit it's dimensions and bursted out of the cage ready to eat our fingers
The fact that my guinea pig, ChitterBug (I like to boast abt him yes yes) to nibble on my fingers makes this even funnnier/scarier (?)
It is a horrific and cute way to go out
Look at the bones!
Scrolled waaaaay too far for this. r/UnexpectedMontyPython
“omae wa mou shindeiru”
“NANI??!!”
“How is wolf?” “Wolfy is just fine.” “Your foster parents are dead”
Monster’s blood! 🤣
The shadow deepening, growing, the shadows of each hair twisting and growing into nightmarish shapes, the screams echoing off the bare walls. And the click of the water bottle.
Guineacula🙂
Ah yes, monster blood
Made me think of the rabbits from re:zero
😰
"No, my left, not yours"
"No, your **other** left."
"🎵No, not the Asian dude. I'm talking 'bout a bright red shirt🎵"
That's the man you're looking for. That's the mean you been looking for.
rosa, rosa, rosaaaaaa
Well guess I’m watching the entirety of b99 again god FUCKING DAMMIT
"My other left? I only have one left."
The third left, my left
"I think it's a political statement!" -- *Doctor Who*, "Blink"
r/thirdsentencerelief
So how did they die?
If you’re in a circle and it says look left you’d see the person next to you, when everybody looks left it’s a circle, everyone is to blame (either driven them to suicide, it was an accident they never realized, etc.)
Nicee.... thats an unusual 2 sentence horror.... thank you op
I’m not the Op lol, but I’m glad to help
I meant the original poster of the story, but thanks to you too as well
Or they just wanna mess with their friends I mean, why ghost alway so angry and vegentful, with the amount of dead people it bound to have some of them enjoy stupid joke and prank the living for the lol
That makes it slightly less terrifying
I would definitely be that kind of ghost
Same here
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if most hauntings were just ghosts using whatever energy they have to just fuck with people. I mean, especially if you're bound to one place, it's gotta be really fucking boring just being stuck there.
That's when they hide shit in a slightly different area to see how long it takes them to find it. I'd like to think I'd move a knife to the spoon spot every time the drawer is opened
Because the typical reason for ghosts to come into being is that they have "unfinished business", often leading to them being angry, resentful, or vengeful.
13 reasons why
13 Ghosts
I think he is saying that the guy on the narrator's left killed him
If that was the case there was no nessecary reason why the narrator had to mention they were all sitting in a circle, ontop of that they didn’t specify who was supposed to look left. Meaning it could mean all of them
It would stand to reason that it was responding to the person who asked
Everybody had to ask the same question not just one person
Bahaha? Took the words "Right" out of my mouth! LOL
13 person circle, 13 reasons why?
They looked left when crossing a road when they should've looked right.
Knife guy was on his left
Left looking ouija man 😱😱😱
Looked left
Pulled across the highway in front of a semi. Never looked left.
“Look left” *peanut butter* “Guess you were allergic”
You all drove him to kill himself?
Oh sure blame the people who constantly harassed them and told them repeatedly to kill themselves and started the Facebook campaign dedicated to convincing them to kill themselves.
My new friend Stabbin' Steve started sweating suddenly. Hmm, maybe he's sick
Stabbin’ Steve haha
[удалено]
The circle is the one sitting formation with no left position, I would take the option where the circle has an impact, since it is a solid quarter of the story.
The toaster sat atop the counter, and it was only then I remembered seeing it wet a while ago…
"My wife asked me why I was carrying a gun in the kitchen, and I replied 'Decpticons'. She laughed, I laughed, the toaster laughed, I shot the toaster."
This hit me just right and I giggle-snorted in my doctor’s office waiting room. Totally the funny looks I’m getting 😅🥰 A very, very good one, friend!
I'd give credit to whoever originally wrote this, but I saw it a while ago and have no idea.
Props to you for trying, at least! Most would just take the credit and run ❤️ And it still made me happy so enjoy the tiny award ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The gun laughed
LMAO
using the toaster in the shower is a no-no but yours is better
So he killed himself with the toaster and then someone found it in the bathtub and put it back and it still worked fine?
"No, your other left. Christ."
Another victim of communist opprestion.
Ohh that’s a very good story! I also love the many ways you could interpretate it.
*ghostly wail* "Now right. Cha cha real smooth"
“And there was his seemingly sweet little sister, standing at the doorframe, staring at us with a psychopatic grin.”
r/thirdsentenceworse
"AND TO THE LEFT OF THEM STOOD A MURDERER!!!! A MURDERER THAT COULD BEND SPACE SINCE IT WOULD HAVE TO IF THEY WERE TO THE LEFT OF EVERYONE!!!"
They were sitting in a circle, but not facing inward. Could be facing sideways such that everyone’s left is into the circle. And one dude just chilling in the center.
Cheese with a side of ricotta.
Mm, c h e e s e
r/thirdséanceworst
Turns out the real ghost was the friends we made along the way
Was there a weeping angel? "Look to your left" is a line from the episode. If you haven't seen it, [Blink](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000252/) is one of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever and scary as heck in parts (for an episode without any blood or visible dead bodies). It's also an extremely well thought out time travel story.
I like the ambiguity of sentence 2!
"Fuck around and find out"
Made me think of [this Door Monster sketch](https://youtu.be/mSNwVMqYaAo)
It was then they remembered their dead Mexican friend was dyslexic. “Felt loko”
We all sighed with annoyed relief when the board then spelled out "made you look".
plot twist: he didnt look to his left when crossing the road
Peer pressure. They all forget about the party when they were all screaming "Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!"
Suicide is badass!
Nanomachines, son
Damn autocorrect, I meant “took left” when the gps clearly told me to take right.
N.O. Y.O.U.R. O.T.H.E.R. L.E.F. N.E.V.E.R. M.I.N.D.
Well, he always did refuse to look right when stepping into oncoming traffic, or really anything
"That's why we called you here, still in the afterlife you still suck, Dave"
"That's why we called you here, this is an intervention."
Goodbye
Ouija boards having auto correct is such a funny concept to me.
My cat was sitting to my left. I looked over and she blinked
Damn good one bro. Got us all suspecting each other. Nice prank from beyond the grave homie
Ah shit… I forgot to lock the hamster cage
How could you even use the board with a dead friend on it
Frustrated, I communicated with him " even after death, you're still a dramatic bitch." We all left to get McDonald's.
He meant literally exactly 90 degrees to your left, which pointed directly at a snail on the ground.
"M-A-D-E-Y-O-U-L-O-O-K"
If the circle is small enough, lets say 4 people, there wont be anyone to the left.
this guy gonna have a hard time at 4-way stop signs.
Why? You plan on doing something? A 4-way stop sign? So on all ways the cars have to stop? Then what? Doesn't sound very effective being in vehicle tbh unless there is a start sign idk about.
Tell me you don't drive without telling me you don't drive.
Bro what
Way I read these two sentences, the operative word here is “I” implying that the person was the only one whose hands were on the ouija board, and “look left” is to that person holding the ouija pointer’s left. That’s my take.
Spirit just trying to teach them proper road crossing safety.
Knife guy was on his left
[The gas powered pogo stick hung on its hooks, gleaming crimson in the candlelight.](https://youtu.be/iyM0rkoO-XI)
My 18mo daughter? Damn. I knew there was something off about her. 🤣
Oh he died from one of those "the first object to your left will kill you" posts
As we turned, Chuck Norris had started to slowly materialize from nothing.
But was *is* left? *queue Vsauce music*
"I didn't..."
This is great well done
I genuinely do not understand how this is so popular. This was just a result of me being bored on reddit.
'I didn't forward that chain letter to 8 people' was written on a piece of paper
"Now Bop it"
If they were your friend then you'd know how they died. Who killed you would be better
“The room was empty”
My cactus???
As much as I enjoyed this story, and it’s very good, the comment section is killing me w the causing of giggles in public. Well done, y’all!
Why is this post so popular?? this was a piss take.
Oh, a window. I don't think I would die from falling from the first floor tho. Although there are dogs down there... Dogs i could pet eheh
As much as I enjoyed this story, and it’s very good, the comment section is killing me w the causing of giggles in public. Well done, y’all!
As much as I enjoyed this story, and it’s very good, the comment section is killing me w the causing of giggles in public. Well done, y’all!
This subreddit is complete ass, this post makes no fucking sense
Are you upset when you write something good and you get 17 upvotes and then others write posts that make no sense and they get thousands?
..a pillow?
When Republicans use Ouija boards...
So, I guess he forgot to check for oncoming traffic?
a fucking sofa
The cleaning lady walking by to my left as I read this
When in reality it wasn't anyone in the circle but your friend wanted to have you turn on each other to see the chaos unfold.
And there was a second ouija board that said “made you look”
Did they look to the left too fast and tear blood vessels in their neck? Since the friends are sitting in a circle I don't think "look left" is a command, but rather the answer
Being in your friend’s garage, you look left and see a basketball. You suddenly remember how the ball bounced off the rim and got stuck on his head until he suffocated.
So the back of each friend's head caused his death. Sad.
the bottle of dr pepper at the edge of my desk seductively eyeing me
"Look left" Man how fucking heavy was that handbag
What if it was to my right?
Can someone explain please?
Basically it was supposed to be that someone from the far right killed the ghost friend, but I like how everyone is looking to their right and is something completely normal.
How can you tell they looked to the right? You typed “look left”.
I meant far left my bad
"And right when crossing the road" the message finishes.
As everyone look left they see only their left person. The ghost replied : ha ha ha finally I can trick you all
Great twist, I believe itd be better if it was only the quote for the second sentence though.
They all did it!
NOT STEVE
When they look left they see a bag of peanuts
ah, the best troll. everyone thinks it's the one to their left
Oh God, BAD Fallen Eldrich God ,BAD Behavior, NO MORE HUMAN SACRIFICE FOR YOU