Writing prompts
- A young woman is impregnated by her handsome new boyfriend, who turns out to be something other than human.
- Swarms of insects appear in various places in a town, always followed by an untimely death.
- The children eagerly ripped into their candy, but just as quickly dropped it in horror. This was very clearly not sweets, but carefully wrapped insects.
- The line went dead and her heart dropped to her stomach.
- The mother swallowed hard as she stared at her child’s drawing. Who was the man that stood next to her?
- The empty swing is swinging.
- A bride on her honeymoon discovers she’s not her new husband’s first wife… not even close.
- Long ago, when he was a baby, a man’s parents made an unwise deal in order to bring him back from the dead.
- Members of a family or people in a town begin sleepwalking and doing strange things in their sleep.
- A child’s imaginary friend starts to cause real trouble.
- When putting together a slide show for a wedding someone notices that for decades, the same man, dressed in the same fashion, has been appearing in the background of photographs taken in public places.
- The fairy godmother isn’t the good kind of fairy.
- It always happens when he’s alone in the car.
- The ghost at the movie theater wants everyone to watch one particular snippet of film.
- A politician, religious leader, or celebrity exerts mind control over the will of his or her followers.
- A patient in a mental hospital encounters a malevolent ghost, but nobody believes her.
- Grisly events happen after the arrival of a hypnotist in Victorian London.
- A mother’s young child may or may not be a changeling.
- Suddenly, his computer began to glitch, and symbols he didn’t understand began to appear on the screen.
- “I hope you have fun tonight,” She chirped. “I think you’ll find tonight very special.”
- A college Halloween party takes a turn for the worse when a costumed guest shows up. But they aren’t there for the party.
- After your parents die, you inherit their old estate. For years, you’ve avoided it because you’re convinced something is off about it. And upon stepping foot into the house, what lies inside is worse than you could have imagined.
- You’re babysitting a younger sibling for the night. While they play with their toys, you begin to hear them speak of things they were never told and couldn’t possibly know. Things about you.
- A young man confesses to a killing that hasn’t happened. The murder he describes takes place while he’s in custody.
- Craft an argument for or against using the DNA of extinct species to restore them to life on Earth.
- Write the argument a person’s conscience might make right before s/he takes part in a jewelry heist.
- A man sleeps for 72 hours and wakes up with the power to read minds, what does he do with it?
- Your character is given a list of names. Why?
- They were known as the Faceless. Yet they knew everything.
- The street light outside your home is flickering. You realize it's sending you a message in morse code.
- "Can you hit him with your knife?"
Happy Writing.