"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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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 114d (3 replies)

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

elvith@feddit.org · 4 pts · 114d (1 reply)

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.

zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 114d

This is a golden oldie.

Grimy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 113d

Thanks! I'm definitely going to try to post more. It's easier with the nice weather too.

queermunist@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 114d

Two sentence harassment.