Horror has been part of human culture for centuries if not thousands of years, starting first in the myths and
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With so many twists and turns the genre has taken and has to take there is a journey of discovery to be made for all of us when we pick up the pen and write.The horror writing prompts here are meant to get you started on new, possibly unthought of journeys of dark creativity, be it a short story, poem or even the inspiration for something even bigger. I hope you enjoy the following story starters, themes and of course picture prompts.
Horror story starters
Write a short horror story of at least 750 words using one of the following story starters below...
the glow of the moon bathed the cross roads with a gentle light...
Stumbling out of the fortune tellers tent ..
The noise of the tv was loud in the dark room...
The body was different to anything she had ever seen...
It was there in every photo, staring back at her...
The asylum didn't look as insidious as she had first imagined...
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The key turning in the lock was the only warning...
The smile that crossed his face as he laid his cards down said it all...
When the order came down we didn't even think to question...
It was time, I could hear the whispers stirring again...
I had always thought that death was going to be more final then this...
watching the wedding cars pass, he couldn't help the cruel smile...
The road was rough and course under her bare bloody feet...
Just one more peek, his hands tightened on the window sill...
the letter arrived amongst the normal bills...
There was no way I was going to be the same now that I had met her...
The house waited, forgotten and hungry...
having never been able too turn down a dare, i was starting to think it was time that i learnt...
the old house hadn't changed at all in the last twenty years,
Horror themes
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Choose one of the following themes below and write a short horror story of at least 750 words
Broken promise
Blood pack
Deadly secret
Late letter
Locked suitcase
Taken
Another day another dollar
Blind love
Underneath
Twisted fate
Don't talk back
Competition
Three to one
Last dance
Sweet dreams
Locked suitcase
Taken
Another day another dollar
Blind love
Underneath
Twisted fate
Don't talk back
Competition
Three to one
Last dance
Sweet dreams
Horror picture prompts for short stories
Choose one of the following picture prompts below and write a short horror story of at least 750 words
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| write a short story inspired by the horror picture prompt above |
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| write a short horror story inspired by the picture prompt above |
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| write a short story inspired by the horror picture prompt above |
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| write a short horror story inspired by the picture prompt above |
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| write a short story inspired by the horror picture prompt above |
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| write a short story inspired by the horror picture prompt above |
Horror picture prompts for poems
Choose one of the following picture prompts and write a poem or ballad inspired by your horror picture |
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| write a poem or a ballad inspire the above picture prompt |
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| write a poem or a ballad inspired by the above picture prompt |
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| write a poem or a ballad inspired by the above picture prompt |
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| write a poem or a ballad inspired by the above picture prompt |
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| write a poem or ballad inspired by the above picture prompt |
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| wsrite a poem or ballad inspired by the above picture prompt |
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| write a poem or ballad inspired by the above picture prompt |
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| write a poem or ballad inspired by the above picture prompt |
Writing horror can take us down many a winding twisting path, where dark delights both horrible and sublime await not only us but our readers, I hope you enjoyed my horror writing prompts ..... happy writing !
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