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Last Call for Prompt Words in 2023!

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This is your last chance to submit prompt words to be used as horror writing prompts at #haikuhorrorprompt/@haikuprompt in January 2024. Thanks to everyone who has already submitted! See the full list here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/preview-january-94834827?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Submit your words now and share the form with your friends who love horror and inspiring others.

December 2023 Horror Writing Prompts | #horrorprompt #haikuhorrorprompt

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Use today’s prompt as inspiration to craft a terrifying tale. Share your work with us on 𝕏 and tag it with #horrorprompt and #vsshorror.

1 – foil
2 – flame
3 – ohaguro-better
4 – stone angels
5 – strange fruit
6 – ravenous
7 – sharp cheekbones
8 – jeweled
9 – premonition
10 – activate
11 – hidden
12 – toast
13 – scream
14 – effervesce
15 – under
16 – necromancy
17 – chillingly
18 – banquet of sweets
19 – scandalous
20 – palisade
21 – voyeur
22 – missing
23 – gelatinous ooze
24 – coagulate
25 – caged
26 – mossy
27 – exorcism
28 – fear in his eyes
29 – ethereal
30 – break
31 – sanguineous

#haikuhorrorprompt

Use today’s prompt as inspiration to craft a terrifying tale. Share your work with us on 𝕏 and tag it with #haiukuhorrorprompt and #vsshorror.

1 – scab
2 – decrepit
3 – reap
4 – blissful
5 – hallow
6 – transgressor
7 – shroud
8 – escape
9 – dive
10 – icy
11 – Raven’s claw
12 – cat scratch
13 – specificity
14 – psychopomp
15 – botulism
16 – I heard her last breath
17 – scream
18 – malaise
19 – river
20 – insouciance
21 – plotting
22 – irredeemable
23 – venomous
24 – blunt
25 – signet
26 – suffocate
27 – blasphemous
28 – sleep paralysis
29 – viscera
30 – eyelash
31 – bizarre

Contributors

Unicyclesteve @unicyclesteve
Shaq @Alexander_Shaq
Rixari @PoetrybyRixari
Mistress Of Spooky And Spice @LauraHuntley79
Matthew_NCC1701 @Matthew_DS9
Randy Graf @RandyGrafCanada
Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts @Fizzytwizler
james mullen @narwhals9
ShakinItDown @ShakinItDown
Sir Sean of Nerve @SeanCLogue
Rebel Without Applause @TymothyLongoria
Jaime Bree @jaim_ee_bree
Savannah R James
Stur Poet @PoetStur
Slightly @SlightlyHowling
Rayne Duncan
𝔻𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕖 @soulauthoress
Brittany @LateAndConfused
Al
Bill @KrakensQuill
Leane @le4ne
Ems @ArtsyEms
Vivi
matt
Jaime @JamSt1977
Cassondra Windwalker @WindwalkerWrite
Amy B
Francis H Powell @Dreamheadz
Ives Phillips @itisi_ives
Noori
NightodaLivinEb @NightodalivinEb
Jay @Jay_de4uture
Salvador_1 @Salvado602
Griff @GriffMw
Tad @GamerWriter
Zay_Mar @zaymar93
Ryan Fiennes @G0dHatesY0uAll
Sυzanna SpookyGirl Lundale @SuzannaLundale
Abby @alicnwondland
Anthony @CAnthonyBiron
Michael Dimenco @Michaeldimenco8
LeeAnndelCasti2 @LeeAnndelCastil
MG @Kuro_no_kaze
Chuck @SeebeeNarra
JBGrumpstone @JBGrumpstone
E.L. Dupre @laylathepaganB
Idalis Wood @italygirl892
Olatunji Ayodeji Abulude @abulude

Thank you for inspiring this month’s horrors at @horrorprompt and @haikuprompt!

September 2023 Horror Writing Prompts & August Award Winners

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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

  1. 1201 drain
  2. 1202 devour
  3. 1203 irascible
  4. 1204 cracked elbows
  5. 1205 bridge of sighs
  6. 1206 throat
  7. 1207 refreshing
  8. 1208 faceless
  9. 1209 golden
  10. 1210 moonless
  11. 1211 restless
  12. 1212 jagged
  13. 1213 atrocity
  14. 1214 bayou beasts
  15. 1215 ink well
  16. 1216 brachial
  17. 1217 frozen
  18. 1218 limbo
  19. 1219 xanthous
  20. 1220 eerie
  21. 1221 give rise to
  22. 1222 heinous fiend
  23. 1223 sublimation
  24. 1224 forgotten
  25. 1225 trash compactor
  26. 1226 decapitated
  27. 1227 stark
  28. 1228 monotonous knocking
  29. 1229 frozen
  30. 1230 grin

#haikuhorrorprompt

  1. 769 needle
  2. 770 lake
  3. 771 hellbent
  4. 772 madness
  5. 773 fountain of blood
  6. 774 broken machine
  7. 775 erased
  8. 776 tintinnabulation
  9. 777 razor wire
  10. 778 electrocution
  11. 779 shadow
  12. 780 severed
  13. 781 charred
  14. 782 mandible
  15. 783 carrier
  16. 784 cavern chaos
  17. 785 repulsiveness
  18. 786 invoke
  19. 787 rime
  20. 788 navigate
  21. 789 toxins
  22. 790 oasis
  23. 791 helpless
  24. 792 mercurial laughter
  25. 793 recipe
  26. 794 vivarium
  27. 795 reduce
  28. 796 dregs
  29. 797 trapped
  30. 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.

Submit prompt words and inspire works of horror!

#HorrorPromptAwards

#HorrorPromptAwards #58 winner

#HorrorPromptAwards #59 winner

#HorrorPromptAwards #60 winner

#HorrorPromptAwards #61 winner

https://twitter.com/Little_behemoth/status/1686039018327212034

👏💀🖤 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.

Stay scary!

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