Terrifying Short Scary Stories

Four Gleams In The Moonlight

          The first gleam was the deer's eye as I swerved to avoid it, crashing my car into the ditch. The deer fled like a shadow. The second gleam was the light from the house across the field, in the first think part of the woods, which I headed for in search of a telephone. I knocked. I could see a lovely table set for two in the kitchen to the window. A man with a crooked smile open the door (his bright, crooked smile was the third gleam). He ushered me with a sweep of his hand. Then everything went black. When I woke, I was lying on the kitchen table set for two. The moonlight streamed through the window like a scarf, but I couldn't see anything. I couldn't move my hands or feet. A blade flashed: the fourth gleam in the moonlight...