Pointy

[moon_custafer]

This tumblr thread contains a great many links to different short horror stories, and I read several of them yesterday. Which didn’t in itself keep me from sleeping; what made me lie awake for a time was how many of them contained the image of a human or human-looking person who smiles to reveal that their teeth have been filed to points.

It’s probably a fairly common horror trope, but I don’t recall seeing it in so many stories in the same day:

He smiled as he turned to face the window, exposing a mouthful of teeth that had been filed down to points.
‘I Uncovered The Disturbing Truth Behind A Haunted Film, And I Really Wish I Hadn’t’ Joel Farrelly, 2015

Her teeth were filed to cannibal points.
‘1408’ Stephen King, 1999

Its teeth had been filed to sharp points.
‘I’m On My Deathbed So I’m Coming Clean: Here’s The Gruesome Truth About What Happened To My First Wife’ M.J. Pack, 2018

Or maybe they’re filed to points, Kinnell thought. Maybe he’s supposed to be a cannibal.
‘The Road Virus Heads North’ Stephen King, 1999 (I suppose King may have just had pointy teeth on his mind in 1999)

Comments

[cuddyclothes]

Somebody needs to write a story where the person is getting their teeth filed.

"OUCH! OW!" (spits blood)(Dentist sighs wearily. It's always the same with these people.)

[kore]

Aww it says I have to log in? Is this a new Tumblr thing?

As someone with naturally very pointy eyeteeth, which never got "fixed," I have been able to actually spook people with them sometimes. Heh.

[pedanther]

I think mooncustafer accidentally posted a backstage link. This is the regular link: https://mooncustafer.tumblr.com/post/667221248174178304