My livestream chat kept telling me someone was standing behind my chair.
I laughed until the viewer count dropped to one and the remaining account was named after me.
The fear works because the device is ordinary enough to be trusted, then becomes evidence that the room is no longer private.
It follows the house rule: exactly two sentences, with the turn doing more than adding a monster. It changes the reader’s interpretation of the setup.
Motion Alert
The motion alert showed a woman standing motionless in my backyard at 2:11 a.m.
Face ID
My phone unlocked with Face ID while I was asleep alone in the apartment.
Sleep App
My sleep app congratulated me for finally getting eight uninterrupted hours.
Deleted User
I deleted my dead husband’s account because seeing his name online hurt too much.
Dead Internet
I assumed the comments beneath my story were bots because every account posted exactly the same sentence.