User blog comment:Creepy Thomas O./How do you define creepy?/@comment-25941663-20150728100703

I just wanted to add that for me, taking something simple from everyday life and putting a twist to it can do wonders.

A very good example of this is Shut That Damned Door by WriterJosh. He takes something very familiar to the reader (closing doors) and puts a twist to it.

Another, shorter example was written by Raidra as an idea suggestion in a forum thread. Basically it went like this:

I was looking outside the window. It was raining heavily. At the other side of the street, a dog standing on its back legs was staring at me.

That idea really creeped me out, mainly because of its simplicity.

So, if I were to give some advice, that would be, find something familiar to the reader and put a spin to it, while to keep everything simple.