Thanks to everyone for writing with us, submitting prompt words, and nominating your favourite terrifying tales for the #HorrorPromptAwards. Here’s the September line-up:
Horror Writing Prompts
#horrorprompt
1201 drain
1202 devour
1203 irascible
1204 cracked elbows
1205 bridge of sighs
1206 throat
1207 refreshing
1208 faceless
1209 golden
1210 moonless
1211 restless
1212 jagged
1213 atrocity
1214 bayou beasts
1215 ink well
1216 brachial
1217 frozen
1218 limbo
1219 xanthous
1220 eerie
1221 give rise to
1222 heinous fiend
1223 sublimation
1224 forgotten
1225 trash compactor
1226 decapitated
1227 stark
1228 monotonous knocking
1229 frozen
1230 grin
#haikuhorrorprompt
769 needle
770 lake
771 hellbent
772 madness
773 fountain of blood
774 broken machine
775 erased
776 tintinnabulation
777 razor wire
778 electrocution
779 shadow
780 severed
781 charred
782 mandible
783 carrier
784 cavern chaos
785 repulsiveness
786 invoke
787 rime
788 navigate
789 toxins
790 oasis
791 helpless
792 mercurial laughter
793 recipe
794 vivarium
795 reduce
796 dregs
797 trapped
798 disposed mementos
Prompt Word Contributors
Thank you for inspiring works of horror!
Unicyclesteve @unicyclesteve Shaq @Alexander_Shaq Rixari @PoetrybyRixari Mistress Of Spooky And Spice @LauraHuntley79 Matthew_NCC1701 @Matthew_DS9 Randy Graf @RandyGrafCanada вríttαnч @LateAndConfused Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts @Fizzytwizler Slightly Howling @slightlyhowling Chris Page @nutupdate james mullen @narwhals9 GregS @freginold_JS ShakinItDown @ShakinItDown LeeAnndelCasti2 @LeeAnndelCastil Sir Sean of Nerve @SeanCLogue
The Tao Of Poetry @TaoPoetry Jessica Laymon @JessicaELaymon Uergui C. Kiefer @Author_C_Kiefer Jen PromptTimes @PromptAdvant OCDalvey @OCDalvey Mamyaw @mommymyaw PG Patey @PGPayT #vsshorror @vsshorror vssWritingRT @vssWritingRT Rebel Without Applause @TymothyLongoria Jaime @jaim_ee_bree Savannah R James Stur Poet @PoetStur
October Submissions Open!
October prompt word submissions are open! Submit your words before midnight (EST) on September 22, 2023, to reserve your spot and inspire works of horror in the spookiest month of the year.
— Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) July 20, 2023
#HorrorPromptAwards #60 winner
The tunnel went on forever Pure darkness The cold #draft leading her to what she hoped was out The wall becomes clammy A substance sticks to her She’s walked right into the giant #widow spiders web Thousands of babies descend on her Hungry #horrorprompt no.1159,1160#vsshorror
The way she moved through the group was like a #ballerina commanding her stage. She knew every move, every dip. Every slash of the blade before it happened. Within seconds, all four men were dead and we were unharmed. She was beautiful. #vss365
— 💯Jess Wilburn 🏳️🌈💯 (@Little_behemoth) July 31, 2023
👏💀🖤 Congratulations to our August winners, and thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate the most terrifying tales! Share these scary stories with your friends and reach out to the author if you love their work.
Looking for inspiration? Writing prompts are a great way to get your creative juices flowing. Follow @horrorprompt and @haikuprompt for daily inspiration and write terrifying tales with our supportive community today! If you love the horror genre, get involved by submitting prompt words. The words you submit will be used to inspire next month’s works of horror at @horrorprompt and @haikuprompt. Ignite the fires of inspiration in yourself and others today!
Introducing this month’s horror writing prompt word contributors! Thank you for inspiring countless works of horror 🖤
Unicyclesteve @unicyclesteve Shaq @Alexander_Shaq Rixari @PoetrybyRixari Mistress Of Spooky And Spice @LauraHuntley79 Matthew_NCC1701 @Matthew_DS9 Randy Graf @RandyGrafCanada Ems @ArtsyEms вríttαnч @LateAndConfused Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts @Fizzytwizler Mrremoraman @mrremoraman Bill @KrakensQuill Slightly Howling @slightlyhowling Chris Page @nutupdate james mullen @narwhals9 GregS @freginold_JS
vssWritingRT @vssWritingRT #vsshorror @vsshorror PG Patey @PGPayT ShakinItDown @ShakinItDown A leaf on the wind @DaveMclay LeeAnndelCasti2 @LeeAnndelCastil Genevieve Sir Sean of Nerve @SeanCLogue OCDalvey @OCDalvey The Tao Of Poetry @TaoPoetry Jessica Laymon @JessicaELaymon Uergui Vivi Squirg C. Kiefer @Author_C_Kiefer Necro @NarlenBrando
September Submissions Open!
September prompt word submissions are open! Submit your words before midnight (EST) on August 25th, 2023 to reserve your spot and inspire works of horror. Remember that anyone can join the #vsshorror writing community by submitting prompt words now.
👏💀🖤 Congratulations to last month’s winners and thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate the most terrifying tales! Share these scary stories with your friends and reach out to the author if you love their work.
#HorrorPromptAwards #53 winner
It was the only way I could save him. Day by day, that harridan wife of his was killing him,sucking him hollow of joy. His recovery will be slow,I fear. But he’s safe in my basement,even with that witch stalking the streets for him. Poor man still can’t stop crying.#horrorprompt
— Cassondra Windwalker (@WindwalkerWrite) April 16, 2023
Putrid skin, icy cold Touch like frostbite While #turbid lifeless eyes Stare blankly in your soul Stiff joints, melting flesh Reach to grasp your hand Her haunting screams Echo loudly, ringing in your ears Each cut you made Now slice across your heart.#horrorprompt#vsshorror
1st night at my new house, I heard #screaming coming from the basement; lights went out & the screams got louder. Something was behind me! I could feel the cold breath of unknown terror on my neck as it whispered, "now you'll stay with me forever."#Horrorprompt 1102 #vsshorrorpic.twitter.com/KoXDNQonji
— Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) May 25, 2023
His axe has a pathological disorder It can't stop killing people Chopping them up into pieces Then he licks the blood off it Collects the arms and legs He cut his doctor in half As she tried to escape Through the cat flap#horrorprompt#vsshorror
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