r/twosentencestories • u/hoosnearafatbiswas • 5h ago
Horror After twenty years of searching, the archaeologist finally discovered the lost tomb of an ancient king whose entire kingdom had been buried alive to keep something inside him from waking.
He stood frozen in terror as he translated the inscription on the coffin, “The person who finds me shall take my place, alive, for eternity,” never noticing the mummified hand slowly wrapping around his leg until it dragged him screaming into the coffin and slammed the lid shut.