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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)
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)
