31 Short Horror Stories for Halloween

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It looked like it was going to rain so she decided to take a shortcut through the graveyard. She was barely halfway through the graveyard when she noticed the crying boy sitting under a tree.

'Where's your mommy?' she asked, walking up to him.

Tearfully, the boy pointed to a freshly dug grave. She looked where the boy was pointing and saw a hand rise from the dirt.