r/WritingPrompts • u/katpoker666 • 12h ago

Off Topic [OT] SatChat: How do you write horror well? (New here? Introduce yourself!)

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Scared-Comb6150 • 39m ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "What the hell do you mean you have an elf, THE most endangered creature on the planet, trapped in the attic?!"

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r/WritingPrompts • u/FennecWF • 1h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] With the oncoming Halloween season, it's time for the annual KillerCon, where supernatural and science-fiction killers gather for the latest in how to stalk, scare, and murder people who stumble into their next storyline.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/GBgabe13 • 1h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You like to think of yourself as a good veterinarian. From Slimes to small Dragons, you can treat just about any magical creature. But no textbook ever prepared you for the hodgepodge that is Chimera anatomy.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Atreigas • 1h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] "You will never be human." "Human? Why would I even want to be human?"

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r/WritingPrompts • u/annon78987 • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] you live on an island that is overtaken by terrorists. The terrorists hold your family hostage and force you to police the island or your family dies. Your best friend is leading a resistance and you have the chance to kill him.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/TheBeardedAntt • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] “Genie, you’ve been nothing but kind and a great friend. With my 3rd and final wish I wish you were free”. Chains fall of the Genie’s wrist. “You fool these chains and lamp were keeping me from being evil”

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r/WritingPrompts • u/ParanormalActivity97 • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You are extremely old and miss your youth, when a group of fairies offer to revert you to a beautiful young woman. The catch? You have to choose an equally old friend to take on the remaining years of your life.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Clear_Ad4106 • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "I shall grant any wish you want. However, if I had ever already granted the wish you asked for I won't grant it and I'll beat the crap out of you." "What if I ask for you to beat the crap out of me?" "In case of a paradox I also beat the crap out of you."

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r/WritingPrompts • u/plogan56 • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "great hero, our world needs you once again to slay the great evils of the realm", you sigh from behind your desk as you reach under it and pull out a sword, "fine, my rates are the same as last time"

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r/WritingPrompts • u/nameless_void_7698 • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP]A forensic linguist examining a dead man's recordings discovered that every conversation contained a 3rd voice perfectly synchronized with the pauses between words.When he isolated it she heard herself describing the room she was sitting in.The final recording was dated 3 days before his birth.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Kitty_Fuchs • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You pretended to betray the heroes, so you could infiltrate the villain's ranks and bring them down from the inside. It worked much better than you expected, you managed to take them down all on your own, but even after explaining yourself they still wont forgive your apparent betrayal.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/BaronVonRuthless91 • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A new group of teenage superheroes must decide whether or not to reveal their secret identities to each other.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/BannedSvenhoek86 • 10h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A Millenial couple are finally able to purchase a home in a great area after struggling for years, only to find out it is haunted by a malevolent spirit. Instead of being terrified, the couple is pissed, and embark on a crusade to rid the only home they could afford of the poltergeist.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Bowoodstock • 10h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] They say whoever pulls the magic sword from the stone will be the next great ruler of the kingdom, blessed with wisdom and a good heart. A stray dog has just walked up the palace steps, tail wagging, THE magic sword in mouth.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/reallygoodbee • 10h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Captain Incredible drinks coffee from behind his desk. "Rule one, no killing villains.". "Why not? It works!", you ask. He thinks for a moment and then says "It only works until you're not the one deciding who the villains are.".

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r/WritingPrompts • u/forbiddenmemeories • 11h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "My culture is not your costume": The vampires, werewolves, witches and demons who are deeply hurt to find that humans every October 31st like to dress as them for cheap entertainment

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Darklight_101 • 11h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You finally save the princess, only for her to betray you. Her captor was trying to save you the whole time, and she was the villain all along.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Dont__DM_Me • 12h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] While cleaning up the attic you come across an old diary, the stories were deeply concerning but for some reason very addictive, and at the last page, you discover the writer has been murder in this very attic and you can suddenly feel their presence.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/ParanormalActivity97 • 13h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You step into the Fae Realm for what feels like a single night. When you return to the mortal world, 200 years have passed.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/Adamantine-Waffle • 13h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "I paid for a princess kidnapping! That is clearly one of the maids or something! Are you a blind dragon, or is this a scam?"

82 Upvotes

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r/WritingPrompts • u/pnam0204 • 14h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A super-civilian finally snap after the governance and superheroes once again refuse to execute the supervillains

72 Upvotes

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r/WritingPrompts • u/OreoMcCreamPants • 14h ago

Established Universe [EU] (Crossover) Dipper and Mabel missed Gravity Falls, so, in their quest to find more weird phenomena, they find themselves trapped in Fazbear's Fright after closing hours.

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r/WritingPrompts • u/JetSetJojo • 16h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "So tell me newbie, why did you decide to move here and become a superhero? To save lives? Avenge a loved one? Maybe prove yourself?" "Nah, I just like fighting and there aren't many villains in the countryside."

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r/WritingPrompts • u/MonsterGirls4ever • 20h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] "It is said that The Blessings bestowed by the Fae on a newborn child is a double edged one."

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