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0 | A young girl has two monsters in her life : her step-father , and the one under her bed . She manages to befriend the latter to deal with the former .
| Carly cringed as she heard a creaking noise coming from somewhere below her. `` Please no'' she whispered silently, almost to herself as she remembered all to vividly the previous night, like so many nights before it, when her step father would come stumbling up the stairs, late at night, to do horrible things to her. ... |
1 | You've been sent to a remote boarding school. Among the many rules, you learn about "Quiet Day" - the day after every full moon, where no one may leave their dorm, stand near the windows, or make a single sound. | Quiet day.
On the bulletin board in the University commons, there’s quite the list of rules and regulations. It’s seven feet long. The regulations range from questionable to downright insane, from “no student may sleep in the same room as another” to “beds must be placed exactly in the center of all dorm rooms.”
Ther... |
2 | Your pet lizard keeps growing. Slowly you realize that you've actually adopted a dragon. | My pet lizard’s name was Greg. My neighbor’s name was Mary. One Thursday morning, Greg jumped through the shared wall of our apartments, Kool-Aid Man style.
The hole revealed Mary’s shower. She was showering, scrubbing her back with a loofah. She wore a pink showercap.
Greg loomed over her, craning his neck high agai... |
3 | Start your story with a sentence that is genuinely happy and upbeat , no double meanings . End it with the same sentence , but this time it 's chilling , dark , horrifying etc .
| She had a smile on her face, my dearest sister. She was fifteen years of age; a fair blonde, with an earnest demeanor and a warm smile that always adorned her face, the way the sun adorns the sky of a summer ’ s noon.
Everyone around the village looked to her with the admiration of divinity. They would gaze at her,... |
4 | Your wife calls you in to the bathroom to kill a spider . Write a horror story about it .
| “ Could you…come kill this spider for me? ”
“ Yeah, on my way, ” I respond as I set my tablet down on the coffee table and get up from the couch.
My wife ’ s voice sounded a bit odd, but I didn ’ t really think anything of it because I was a little annoyed. Whenever she asks for things like this I always wonder... |
5 | You fix your tie , nervously clutch your bouquet , and look at the bathroom mirror , preparing to ask your prom date out . Turning off the lights , you whisper , `` Bloody Mary ... ''
| John knew in an instant he'd made a mistake. His spine tingled as a cold wave engulfed his entire being. His heart began to beat out of his chest as an overwhelming anxiety grew in the pit of his stomach.
“ Why did I say her name? ” he thought to himself.
John's friends had told him about Mary and the rumours t... |
6 | You 've been sent to a remote boarding school . Among the many rules , you learn about `` Quiet Day '' - the day after every full moon , where no one may leave their dorm , stand near the windows , or make a single sound .
| Quiet day.
On the bulletin board in the University commons, there ’ s quite the list of rules and regulations. It ’ s seven feet long. The regulations range from questionable to downright insane, from “ no student may sleep in the same room as another ” to “ beds must be placed exactly in the center of all dorm roo... |
7 | There is something outside of your door. It's been there for months. | I have this thing outside my house; it arrived during April and has been here since. It’s now December, and it won’t go away. When I first noticed it, I thought nothing of it. It takes the shape of a gargoyle, after all. I thought the people across the street got it while I was away. I saw it on my lawn at the end of A... |
8 | A hollow thud , like a fist on the lid of a coffin .
| Victor walked across the field holding his lantern high in front of him. The moon shone through the thick fog that had settled that night, throwing a white glow over the graveyard. He knew each tombstone like he knew his scars and could navigate the graveyard even in the haze.
Victor's job was to watch over the dea... |
9 | You 're someone 's pet . Your owner is staring at his weird , glowing box again ...
| The small ones sat in front of the glowing box again. The big ones in the other room where they put the food are talking. The small ones aren ’ t talking or
moving much anymore. I run around and scream and pull on them but they push me away or put me on top of them and rub my head. The things on the glowing box
mov... |
10 | You suddenly awake in the middle of the night unable to move, with a cute white bunny sitting on your chest. Before you can say anything it introduces itself in the most adorable, cutesy voice you have ever heard: "Hello, I am your sleep-paralysis demon." | I jolted awake, my heart pounding in my chest, only to find myself once again engulfed in an oppressive stillness. The room, gone. Only blackness. Panic seized me as I realized I couldn't move, like so many times before; my body weighed down by an unseen force, wrapping around me, rendering me a helpless captive in my ... |
11 | Vampires are real , but they can be repelled by an object that user considers holy . For example , a Catholic could use a rosary to kill a vampire , while a Muslim could use a Qur'an . You 're an atheist .
| “ God damn it, start! ” you shriek. A shaky hand frantically turns the key jammed into the ignition. The engine sputtered. The dash lights fluttered. Black and bleak, the starless sky provides no hope. You ’ re only a couple miles outside of town, but you ’ ll never make it. Not before it gets you.
You ’ ve seen it... |
12 | In an alternate world , a well-functioning society of zombies face an outbreak of humans .
| Fast, agile beasts, their bodies seemed to respond with the speed of thought. They were demons from our holy book brought to life, and until this moment, I had not believed in them. Dad forced us to take shelter in our small attic, and from here, we watched a swarm of humanity butcher our neighbors. Their voices were h... |
13 | You woke up before you were supposed to .
| I was standing in an empty room. The only light came through the windows. It was a dark unnatural light with a slight red shimmer to it. Something felt off with this room. As I approached the windows to look out, the walls seemed to turn slightly red and the room seemed to move. It probably was an optical illusion as t... |
14 | Since the day they where born , everyone is given a redo button which is able to reset any event at any given point in time . However , it can only be used once .
| This is my first attempt at writing. Sorry if it sucks.
I stood over the bloody body, bludgeoned by the metal baseball bat in my left hand. It all happened so fast. I heard a noise in the middle of the night, thought it was an intruder, and grabbed the bat from my closet. I had always been a nervous person, so runn... |
15 | You have the ability to see people's crimes upon seeing them die. As you held your bedridden grandmother's hand while she died, you were baffled by what you saw. | I tried to hold back, but I couldn’t stop myself from puking. The screams rang through my mind even after I let go of her hands. Through tears and vomit, I blubbered “Why grandma, why?,” but she was already gone. A smile stretched across her lifeless face, my sweet grandmother was a monster and proud of it.
I sprinted... |
16 | Supernatural creatures have their own secret version of Halloween, where they pretend to be human. | “Trick or Treat!!” he said in a little voice.
His posture was awkward, he was very shifty, like he wasn’t used to his own body. You could see there was something off about that boy, and I think he knew I could tell. He was nervous, and shy, and looked a little excited?
I gave him a couple candy bars and quickly close... |
17 | Night of the Living Bed, it’s Night if the Living Dead, but set in a mattress store. | (late night, quick five minute try at it, so I hope it makes sense, fun prompt!)
A long day of sitting around waiting for people to buy mattresses behind me, I quickly vacuumed the carpet and locked the front door. I always felt like a fish in a tank with all the large windows at night, so I tried not to look too hard ... |
18 | Please tell me a wholesome ghost story | I am always with you. I was there from the time you were born. I stood in the delivery room, staring down at you before you could even open your eyes to see me. Your parents, relatives and doctors couldn’t see me there, in the corner, watching you with cloudy eyes, but I was there from the time you were born. And I fol... |
19 | While watching a horror movie, you discover that you CAN influence the movie just by shouting at the TV. This does not exactly improve the situation within the film. | I hate horror movies.
I turned my head away from the bloody screen on the screen and looked over at Nat, who watched with rapt attention.
At least one of us was enjoying this.
I turned back to the screen. The undead tried clawing their way through the chain link barrier while the protagonist searched for shelter.
“... |
20 | An outbreak of a disease occurs . You discover you are immune . You watch the world around you crumble .
| ( Not the best, but something I can come up with in less than 600 words )
I remember that day when I became the only person left in my world. Everyone I knew were either left or lying dead on a ground. I just came down from the mountain, where my best friend passed away, and I saw people in a white hazmat suit. The... |
21 | `` Mommy ? '' A cry wakes you in the middle of the night . `` Its still here . ''
| `` Mommy... it's still here.''
Kathy Marshall opened her eyes, vision blurry with sleep, to see her eight-year-old daughter standing next to her bed.
“ Julie, ” Kathy sat up and rubbed her eyes. She tried to focus on her daughter but could n't make out the features on her face, which were covered in shadow `` W... |
22 | Animals wage war against humans
| It started with the ants. They ’ d attack us on sight. Now, I know what you ’ re thinking – How could an insect a thousand times smaller than us pose us any threat? That ’ s what we all thought in the beginning too. My best friend Jamie? He wasn ’ t convinced.
“ It ’ s a load of bullshit, Jazz. ” He declared. I wat... |
23 | Gim me the best scare you can using 500 words or less .
| If you look at yourself in the mirror of a dark room, after a while, you see your face distort into someone, or something, else's face. My sister and I used to do this all the time as kids. We'd go into the bathroom at night, lights out, and look at our reflections until we got too freaked out and ran. I doubt we ever ... |
24 | Nightmares are seen as a sign of demon possession. After waking up to screaming, one sibling consoles the other about the affliction. | Lucy, awoke. Red and puffy eyed, she turned and scanned the half empty room. She saw her twin sister standing at the door, with her small frame. Lucy thought that she was surely taller than her, and noted to gloat about her apparent growth spurt. She quickly realized her sister, Lana, was the source of the ear-piercing... |
25 | Theme Thursday - Ravenous | All Goes Missing
Liz swears she bought tomatoes a few days ago. There were only a few items on her list, so she can’t have imagined it. And yet, within the vegetable drawer of her fridge, there are no tomatoes.
She completes her cheese and ham sandwich with some lettuce instead, before sitting in her armchair. Turnin... |
26 | Fun Trope Friday, Writing with Tropes: Trick or Treat Fri 20th | Still Life
It was movement—that’s what they were drawn to. They were completely blind and deaf. And movement seemed to be the only thing that registered with their perception. That and maybe light. You had figured it out but that no longer mattered. You had sensed one nearby, so you froze in your tracks. But not every... |
27 | A homeless man has been secretly living inside your house for the last 2 years. He ends up blowing his cover in order to save your life. | Let me tell you living on your own is extremely freeing. After living with my parents for so long I could not wait to get out and start my own life. I got a great job straight out of high school and quickly saved up enough to get my own place.
That was 2 years ago. Since then I have appreciated everyday that I have my... |
28 | Gimme the best scare you can using 500 words or less. | If you look at yourself in the mirror of a dark room, after a while, you see your face distort into someone, or something, else's face. My sister and I used to do this all the time as kids. We'd go into the bathroom at night, lights out, and look at our reflections until we got too freaked out and ran. I doubt we ever ... |
29 | The Confrontation . ( Contest )
| *Apologies as “ … ” is a bad habit of mine…. *
**Truth**
Truth... what is that? Something that haunts you... sticking to your skin and leaving a film that you ca n't wash off.... something you search for in the whirring blades of a ceiling fan... hypnosis sets in and the blades blur... or maybe its the weight o... |
30 | You move into a new house that has n't had a resident in more than twenty years . In the attic , in a locked safe , you find a dusty box with your first and last name scratched into it , as well as today 's date .
| Upon entering the house, I was immediately greeted with feelings of familiarity which quickly gave way to dread. A knot formed in the pit of my stomach, and I had to stop to catch my breath. Why did I feel this way? I had never seen the house before in my life, much less set foot inside it.
I asked my wife to slow ... |
31 | You have been cursed so that every time you make a noise accidentally, a creature is created based on that noise. You have locked yourself away to prevent danger, but one day you accidentally make a terrible sound. | The spartan white cell seemed to beckon to me, encourage me, even, to say something. “Do it,” the walls told me, “do it, say something. It’s been three years, and you haven’t said a word. You’ll need to sometime…”
I didn’t say anything, instead, I told the walls with my mind that they could shut up. But it provoked th... |
32 | A child is home alone when their house is broken into. Alone, except for the monster under their bed. | “Don't worry, we'll be right next door.” Craig told his wife as they entered their neighbors house. Justin had already been tucked away into bed and Pam and Dylan from next door had invited them over for a drink. She smiled at her husband in reluctant approval as they walked through the front door.
...
Justin's eyes ... |
33 | A literal interpretation of the song `` Last Christmas '' by Wham !
| I shuffled wordlessly into my brother's annual Christmas party, feeling my heart beating harder than usual in my chest. Benjamin, the doorman, eyed me skeptically. I knew what he was thinking. He was afraid this would be another repeat of last year. I smiled to reassure him, but he would n't look me in the eye. Typical... |
34 | Supernatural creatures have their own secret version of Halloween , where they pretend to be human .
| “ Trick or Treat!! ” he said in a little voice.
His posture was awkward, he was very shifty, like he wasn ’ t used to his own body. You could see there was something off about that boy, and I think he knew I could tell. He was nervous, and shy, and looked a little excited?
I gave him a couple candy bars and qui... |
35 | Your dying lover jokingly swears that if you sell their precious collection, they’ll come back and haunt you. After their death, you sell it all, hoping they’ll keep their promise. | My husband told me if I ever sold his book collection he would come back and haunt me
It was a slow death. Two years and three months to be exact. The day before was so happy and full of laughter. For the past week it seemed as if he was finally getting better and the treatment was working. I should’ve known better. T... |
36 | "You stand accused of raising the dead... Without using necromancy" | “You stand accused of raising the dead... Without using necromancy.”
“ ahem Allegedly. Yes.” I murmured, standing in someone’s giant shadow.
The speaker, whoever they were, was sitting in a throne the size of a sky scraper.
“Allegedly? We know you are guilty.”
“Don’t I get a lawyer or something?”
The shadow cackle... |
37 | You are a mortician in a city plagued by a serial killer . The murders are growing more frequent and more ... .unusual .
| Warning: Graphic Language
Coming up Lemons part 1
It started during my first year as Elk River City Coroner, back in 2004. No one realized it then, but that year marked the first kill of an up-can-coming serial killer, one that still terrorizes our city twelve years later. I didn ’ t see the pattern for almost ... |
38 | You 're eating Chinese food with your best friend who visited from out of town . You open your fortune cookie to read `` An old friend is here to kill you . ''
| 1.
The whole apartment smells weird these days. There ’ s no choice for me but to spare a whole day to do the cleaning.
While sterilizing the closet, my phone rings.
“ Jack? ” It ’ s Vincent, my best friend. It ’ s been a long time since we last met.
“ I ’ m visiting your town tomorrow for work. ” It ’ s sh... |
39 | You were born with a ability to see the true forms of monsters. Vampires look like giant ugly bats, Werewolves and Skinwalkers are hideous humanoid dogs, Ghouls walking rotting corpses and so on. Then one day as you were walking down the street, you saw an angel. | “Whatever you do, don’t scream.”
Growing up, I used to tell myself that every day, almost like a mantra. I realised early on that I saw things other people didn’t. One of my earliest memories was when I was about six years old. My mother was holding my hand, getting ready to cross a road. But on the other side, was th... |
40 | An unconventional healer uses death spells and harm spells to heal patients. “Symptoms? The symptoms will just disappear when the parasite inside you is dead. Now stop moving, don't make me miss my death-to-all spell.” | Healer: Alright, here … we … go.
Patient: Achoo!
Healer: Ah … I missed.
A black sigil forms underneath the patient.
Healer: Back up!
The Healer forcefully pulls back the patient’s wife. A white gooey substance manifests from the sigil and begins absorbing the patient.
Wife: Edward! Oh my God! Edward! NO! Stop!
E... |
41 | A homeless man has been secretly living inside your house for the last 2 years . He ends up blowing his cover in order to save your life .
| Let me tell you living on your own is extremely freeing. After living with my parents for so long I could not wait to get out and start my own life. I got a great job straight out of high school and quickly saved up enough to get my own place.
That was 2 years ago. Since then I have appreciated everyday that I have... |
42 | You went completely blind and deaf after a terrible accident. After years of living like this, a faint sound broke the unending silence as you hear a whimper followed by a terrified whisper "Don't make any noise, They'll hear you". | …Darkness. The deep dark no-time, touch-taste-smell. Everything hidden. Everything far away…
Reaching out. Reaching out. Always reaching, fingertips thrilling to rough concrete and smooth steel. One hand to reach, one hand to steady, one mind to hold on to the memories. Always searching. Always reaching. Touch-taste-s... |
43 | Write a story that starts as a TIFU post and then turns into a nosleep post
| This actually happened a few days ago. I was browsing in the pawn shop near mine and my SO ’ s apartment. This adorable doll caught my attention. I ’ m not too familiar with antique dolls, but the owner of the place described it as French Fashion, whatever that was. The doll was being held up from behind by a stand, an... |
44 | You attend your own funeral
| When I disappeared last month, the only person who knew was my assistant. I couldn ’ t tell my wife or my children why, they would never understand. If I told them why I had to do it, I would put them in danger. I love my family, I couldn ’ t put them through that.
So I disappeared. I faked my own death. Heath, my ... |
45 | "Trick or Treat!" The little girl called from the other side of the door, as you sobbed and tried to find a place to hide. | You press your hands against the panels of the front door and try to breathe.
It isn’t easy. Your body shakes, eyes tearing up as a tidal wave of panic works its way through you like poison. The cogs in your head begin to turn and you cast a glance to your right and left, body tensing and ready to flee at the slightes... |
46 | There's good news, and bad news. Good news? Your daughter finally got a pony for Christmas! Bad news? She misspelled 'Santa' as 'Satan' in her wishlist letter and the pony is black, with red eyes and a fiery mane. | I began to drink my coffee when I heard my daughter scream. She sounded excited for once. It was rare for her to be happy after her mother and I recently divorced, and neither of us had much to offer. I assumed it was her mother or perhaps even a friend, but I was wrong, well, not entirely wrong about the friend part.
... |
47 | Your daughter asks you to check and see if there 's a monster under her bed ... This time there actually is a monster .
| The creature grabbed my arm and dragged me under. Sharp claws raked at my skin and pulled it loose in bloody chunks. The floor swallowed me. I don ’ t care how ridiculous that sounds. It was a sensation something close to drowning. I could hear my daughter screaming as I disappeared into the shadows beneath her bed. He... |
48 | You've been admitted into a psych ward for hearing demonic screams in your head. You're being escorted to your room when you pass a door containing the exact same screaming, almost as if the noise in your head has been coming from that room. The door belongs to the Head psychologist's office... | The screams.
“When did you first start hearing these… screams?”
They.
“I’m afraid, I can’t help you, sir.”
Won’t.
“Southwest corridor, room 107, sir.”
Stop.
“Remember to administer the correct pills to our patient. Blue ones in the morning and red ones during the evening.”
Why me?
Where? Where is it coming fro... |
49 | You have just died and leave your body as a ghost . As you try to adjust to this predicament , you realise your body starts to move . Then it gets up and starts walking and talking .
| I woke up last Monday and the word “ Scum ” was spelled out on my bathroom mirror in toothpaste. Things have n't been the same since that morning. It's been a month since I recovered from the accident – the coma cost me three whole years, but I'm alive and I thank my lucky stars for that. The Doctors told me that I mig... |
50 | Write a story in which a normally benevolent mythical creature is a scary monster . Or a normally aggressive mythical creature is shy and submissive .
| I hate it when it comes for me.
It always comes at night, only when I ’ m alone.
One time mom and dad were so scared mom actually slept in my room on an inflatable mattress on the floor. I actually did feel a little safer, knowing she was there—seeing the rise and fall of her side as she breathed…feeling her warmth... |
51 | Working on DNA resarch was risky, but you kept yourself confident by reminding yourself that in case of an accident you will at least get a cool power. One day every creatures DNA needle falls on you. | My lab partner and I from middle school eventually ended going to the same college. We both chose biology as our major as well. When I was getting settled in my dorm, I heard a knock on the door. “Hello?” I answered. “Hey, I’m just going around saying hey to my neighbors. Anyway, since you’re a biology major, I need yo... |
52 | You find an online genie that asks you to type in your wish. Instead of typing "Immortality", you make a mistake and get auto corrected to "Immorality" | I laid awake in my dorm room at 2 a.m., bored out of my mind as I gazed listlessly through the contents of my phone. Normally, at this hour, I should be fast asleep, but that night, I just felt too restless to stay still in my bed. Suddenly, my phone buzzed as a pop up ad showed up on my phone. “Have you heard of the g... |
53 | You 're babysitting an infant and you 're getting irritated because it kept staring at you the entire time . but when its gaze changed slightly , you realized it was n't staring at you , it was staring behind you .
| It was one of those fall nights when winter is just close enough to keep you guessing but the warmth hasn ’ t quite gone away, so you do n't really know what it's going to be like day to day. It wasn ’ t cold outside that night though I was inside the house so really I have no idea. I don ’ t think it was cold at least... |
54 | You discover a small door in your room behind some furniture . It wo n't budge . However , you start having nightmares about it opening every single night .
| One day while doing some cleaning, i discovered a small door behind my dresser. I had never noticed it before. Which was strange because i ’ m pretty sure it wasn ’ t there when i moved in. I twisted and pulled and pushed on the knob. No luck, it wouldn ’ t budge. I ’ ll grab some tools tomorrow and get it open.
Th... |
55 | There is an intruder in your house , but you do n't call the police just yet ...
| I can' quite get the formatting correct from my word processor. Sorry I'm new! This is only my second post! Here goes:
“ I can pick most locks with a credit card. ” says the creepy face on the TV. Its just another horrible commercial scaring people into buying a security system. The “ winter blahs ” are setting in ... |
56 | The monsters inside your child 's head have stepped into reality , and they are very , very real .
| `` Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!''
The screams in the middle of the night were too familiar to even startle me anymore. My daughter Megan's cries came as regular as a rooster's crowing; always in the middle of the night. I sighed into my pillow and feigned sleep, hoping my wife would wake up.
`` Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!''
... |
57 | Nobody has died in at least 12 hours . There have been situations where people should have , of course , with accidents , really awkward assassination attempts , and confused murders . You are a paramedic on duty when everything started to happen ..
| Joe, my fellow paramedic, looked at the girl in the stretcher beneath us, and whispered to me “ This is absolutely impossible. ”
By all rights, this little girl should have died now. She's lost almost all her blood, twice over,. A few minutes ago, her organs were injured in a crash beyond repair. I did my best, but... |
58 | The nightmares hidden in quiet suburbia. | Ever had a dream?
You’re welcome.
Hey! Nah, I don't mind talking. Let's keep it out here, though.
We’re not the most responsible homeowners, I admit. Inside, the place looks like kids without adult supervision live here, most of the time. ‘Cause, I guess, that’s kinda true. Well, ‘ids, anyway. Little joke. Sorry.
L... |
59 | Instead of dressing up for Halloween , People become the monster they truly are until sunrise
| Home Depot's still open, but it's deserted. Nobody wants to get caught in another impromptu lumber war. All the checkouts are closed, except for one, but there's nobody behind the counter. Wait, there is—guy's on the floor, nose pressed to the ground, playing a human vacuum. I do n't need to look to know what he's doin... |
60 | You’re an amoral doctor, whose only desire is to heal whoever enters your care no matter what they did to get there. As a result, you’ve gained a variety of patients who will do anything to protect your services. | The blood smells in my clinic, familiar, thick. It sticks to everything—walls, floors, air. It coats your lungs, tastes metallic. But the worst part isn’t the blood. It’s the silence.
I’m not good. I’m not bad. I’m a doctor. People come to me—dealers, thieves, murderers. They don’t matter. They’re all the same. They n... |
61 | Supernatural transformations are as common as a cold , until you exhibit symptoms of the cancer equivalent..
| You wake up on the floor. How did you get here? You feel drained, unmotivated, lethargic to an impossible degree. Your husband seems to be still asleep, knocked out in your bed, wearing nightclothes identical to yours. That ’ s strange, you think, he ’ s normally quite the early riser. And he ’ s sure as hell not weari... |
62 | Nightmares are seen as a sign of demon possession . After waking up to screaming , one sibling consoles the other about the affliction .
| Lucy, awoke. Red and puffy eyed, she turned and scanned the half empty room. She saw her twin sister standing at the door, with her small frame. Lucy thought that she was surely taller than her, and noted to gloat about her apparent growth spurt. She quickly realized her sister, Lana, was the source of the ear-piercing... |
63 | You’re a 9 year old kid, you just asked your parents about their past lives, till this moment you realised not everyone has a memory of before they were born. | As my birthday candles burn down into the cake and my parents glare at me, I’m beginning to think this was bad idea. Beginning to think maybe I shouldn’t have told them. “You uh…” They’re silent, dead silent. Dad lowers his head, shaking it. Gotta commit, though. “You don’t remember your past lives?”
Dad sighs while m... |
64 | A little girl is terrified of the monster under her bed , but what she does n't know is that the monster under her bed protects her from the true monsters - her parents . You are that monster .
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It was my first time; I had never done anything like it before. I hid, cramped and uncomfortable underneath her bed, amongst the dust bunnies and discarded toys, waiting for the lights to turn off, before making my rounds. I ’ ve seen grown men give out a shriek whenever they happen upon me and now it was time for ... |
65 | Writing Workshop # 28 : Breaking Your Barriers # 2 : Point of View
| The door closed with a soft click and everything was still again.
Was it the door clicking? What else could it have been?
What else clicks like that?
Click beetles.
Do click beetles click like that?
How do click beetles click? I mean what sort of click is it?
Is it the sort of click that could be mistaken f... |
66 | Your friends are disappearing . Sometimes their bodies are found torn to shreds ; others lie lifelessly . You are a plant .
| *The sweet sound of childish laughter hung in the air, throughout the idle summer days. Little girls always came to this meadow- it was the best place for them to carry out their favourite summer pastime: Daisy Chains. Necklaces, crowns, bracelets, `` How long is your chain?'' competitions. All they, the innocent littl... |
67 | You have just died and leave your body as a ghost . As you try to adjust to this predicament , you realise your body starts to move . Then it gets up and starts walking and talking .
| Uh, okay. So that ’ s weird. Did I really die? Does this mean there ’ s an afterlife after all or…wait, is that my body? I really look like that? Or looked like that, I guess. Being dead is going to take some getting used to. Man my hair was weird, what the hell. I don ’ t like the colour. They should make a thing so y... |
68 | Everyday you walk by the drain on your street . When it rains you hear the water drops smack the water below . One day on a nice sunny day you walk past , and hear the drops hitting water ...
| Nadima pauses, glancing at the sky to check the weather, as if the sun beating down just wasn ’ t enough to make the point. Blinking away the spot in her eyes from glancing at the sun, she looks towards the storm drain down the alleyway. She could be late if she took too long.
Even with that thought hovering in the... |
69 | You wake up in an empty hospital with an envelope taped to your chest, you read the letter inside. "If you're reading this, that means you have awoken. Inside the envelope is a syringe with a small dose of a chemical that will kill you in seconds without pain, use it. DO NOT GO OUTSIDE." | My name is Emily. My name is Emily Mason. That’s all I know right now.
Actually, I have plenty of memories, too. I remember growing up in the mountains. I remember smelling the sweet pine air. I lived there all my life. I remember my parents, and I remember when they died. I remember my little cabin in the woods, my Y... |
70 | Your science professor demonstrates gravity by dropping a marker . But the marker does n't exactly fall from his hands ...
| “ Gravity. It is one of the most important forces in our universe. Without gravity we would not have stars, we would not have any combinations of matter. Everything would just sit around doing nothing. Sounds boring doesn ’ t it? ”
The classroom erupted with silence as the tired faces of uninterested teenagers star... |
71 | One night, you hear loud scratching sounds on your door, like a stubborn cat was trying to enter. In the next morning, you notice two things: The claw marks are way too big for a street cat; and the marks are on the inside. Something inside your house was trying to get out. | "Hey Jim, it's David. You deal with weird shit all the time right? I think I might need some help."
"How much help are we talkin'? I'm kind of busy right now."
"Well, I think something got into my house. I'm standing here looking at my back door, and it's got some really goddamn big clawmarks on it... On the inside..... |
72 | You're eight years old and there is a zombie outbreak. You are hiding, locked up in your bedroom on the second floor of your house and outside your window is the entire neighborhood turned, including your family. | Adam glanced at his sister’s crib in the room. Kira was sleeping quietly, half heartedly kicking against the panels. They were getting their own rooms next summer, that’s what Dad said, anyway. Outside, the sun was just peeking over the horizon, beaming rays that reflected off the asphalt and lit up the cars sprawled a... |
73 | you wake up , there is a creature in your room
| The room is dark except for the blinking lights from my computer in the corner of the room. These little blinking lights help me sleep I count the blinks and before I reach a few hundred I ’ m out like a light. The problem is I can only see two of the six lights, only a minute ago they were all visible. There is a smel... |
74 | You 're at a funeral for a close friend who died in mysterious circumstances . The casket is open and you go to pay your final respects . As you stand over him , your friends eyes open and he whispers 'please help ' , only to close his eyes and fall silent again .
| “ Please help. ”
The voice sends me stumbling back, bumping into the line of grievers ready to give their condolences to the family. Cries of surprise sprung up around me. Confusion swirls into their questions as a man shakes me from behind.
“ It ’ s alright, son. He ’ s in a better place. ”
I pulled away a... |
75 | A mundane , day-to-day chore turns out to be vital to human existence .
| “ Why do I have to do this? ” I whine loudly for everyone to hear, “ the stupid cat isn ’ t even mine. ”
“ Don ’ t you take that tone with me, young man! ” my mother hollers back from the kitchen, just as loudly. “ Your sister works twice as hard as you ever will. The least you can do is clean her cat ’ s litter bo... |
76 | A child is forced to confront death .
| It ’ s bizarre how real this all feels, but this can ’ t be anything other than a dream, can it?
This corridor is never ending, it ’ s as though I've been walking for days, and it all feels too real. Panicked, I decide to run, I run until my legs can ’ t take it anymore and they collapse from underneath me.
`` Wher... |
77 | : You wake up hungover with a dead angel beside you .
| I slowly lift my back from the floor and inch my knees toward my chest. I cringe at the agony the hangover ’ s headache gladly gives me this morning. Fuck, it hurts. I don ’ t even remember what happened last night. I take a deep breath and slowly exhale hoping it will soothe either the headache or hangover-induced nau... |
78 | Suddenly , the sounds of children laughing . It 's not stopping . It 's not stopping .
| I ’ ve always hated children. Even when I was one, I hated them around me. Their little feet, and little clothes. Those shrill voices coming from their tiny bodies. I despise them. I despise their carefree nature and their youth. This isn ’ t a tale about me though… well it is, but it ’ s not about why I am the way I a... |
79 | You've always shared your sense of touch with your twin. When they passed you thought that would stop, it didn't. Even now you can feel their body. Rotting. It's surprisingly pleasant. | I never imagined it would be like this.
As an identical twin, I've heard different stories—twins who invent their own languages to speak with each other, some who supposedly communicate telepathically, and others who shut the whole world out, living only for each other. Why would you need anybody else when your soulma... |
80 | Three Kids go trick or treating in their neighborhood, accidentally going a bit too far. They notice the abandoned house at the end of the road has their light on. | Kenny, Lyle, Ogden, and Hank were out and about dressed as their favorite characters trick or treating. It was a brisk October night and for the twelve-year-olds, it would be their last Halloween as trick or treaters. Ogden looked behind him and found he could no longer see the light Kenny’s mom told them to keep an ey... |
81 | "Don't trust your eyes. Or your ears. Navigate by touch, and make your decisions by smell." | Don’t trust the spots, they’re deceptive. The orange ones are the ones you have to look for. Once they turn brown, it’s too dangerous. I’ve eaten one before; damn thing nearly killed me just getting it in my trunk, but when I got home… That’s when the real problems started. Our bodies aren’t made for handling what that... |
82 | You 're a scientist working for the government . You encounter a secret spaceship that the government hid away . You 're informed that no one knows how to take it apart or even open it . You touch the door of the spaceship , and suddenly it opens .
| My heart pounding, I stepped forward. Instantly, I was blinded by a flash of light. Once my eyes adjusted, I took another step. How did I unlock this thing? My heart was hammering in my chest. For some reason, I felt like I wasn ’ t supposed to be here.
I remember when I was still in school for astronautical engine... |
83 | When you were 4 years old you found a Genies lamp and made 3 wishes. However, by Genie law, the Genie was required to wait until you were 18 before the wishes could take effect. You worry as you near your 18th birthday, you can't remember what your 4-year-old wishes actually were. | When they had found the lamps as children, they promised to celebrate their 18th birthdays together, no matter what. With midnight approaching Jamie sat alone, but it was for the best.
Nate’s birthday had come first. He was Sol’s older brother, and had been trying to bring the girls home from their daily adventures wh... |
84 | Haunted Curtains | I saw the curtains open twice a day.
The trip to school was brief enough that we walked every day, come rain or snow. Most days, the rest of the kids in the neighborhood would meet up with my sister and me near our house, which sat at a central intersection, and we would all walk together.
And every day, we passed by... |
85 | DAILY PROMPT : [ HP ] In 1879 Swift Runner , believing he is possessed by a 'Wendigo ' , becomes a cannibal
| My father was a beast. A sick man, deluded, deranged and monstrous. My sister and I were young and innocent in the first winter. When temperatures drop so low that none go outside, he would beat us mercilessly with a length of hide, forcing us to the frozen edges of our one room cabin, and seating by the fire alone, te... |
86 | "Hello? Magic forest thing, please don't kill me as I walk through you." | Hello? Magic forest thing, please don't kill me as I walk through you.
This is normal. Talking to a forest. Definitely what sane people do. One foot in front of the other, ignore the crunch of the leaves, pretend they’re not... crunchier than usual. I mean, leaves are supposed to crunch, but this... this sounds like b... |
87 | Each person experiences their own length of day . Although everyone wakes at the same time , your day only ends when you fall asleep . The longer you stay awake however , the more dangerous the world seems to get ...
| I wake up to the sound of muffled voices, their tone telling me more than anything their words might.
I splutter into full consciousness, hacking and wheezing; the voices halt; there is red-and-white spittle down my chest, and I can feel more dried on my face and into my hair.
“ H-how long was I awake for? ” I ... |
88 | You are one of the best security experts in the world . This has landed a job that pays beyond your wildest dreams . The task is simple : secure a single room in an otherwise unremarkable building and prevent whatever is inside from leaving ...
| In that room has to be some kind of political prisoner—someone so important the government doesn ’ t want the world to know who they ’ ve got. That or maybe it ’ s a rival gang leader or mob boss. Maybe a drug kingpin. For the kind of cash my new employer, whoever he is, handed me up front, it could be my own mom in th... |
89 | Your Grandma , a shape-shifter , is diagnosed with Alzheimers . She begins to forget her true form ... or was it a disguise all along ?
| My grandma makes the best turkey dinners. In fact, her turkey is so good that turkey anywhere else just seems blah. It lacks the vibrant, sweet undertones and tender-beyond-belief texture of her turkey. Growing up, going to “ mee-maw ’ s ” house for dinner was always a good day.
After moving out, I kept a close rel... |
90 | scientists have invented a serum that allows animals to speak . Your dog was recently given the serum , but it appears the treatment has not worked . Your cousin , whom you have n't seen since your youth , comes to town to visit . As the door opens , your dog suddenly whispers in your ear : `` run . ''
| I was disappointed, there really is no way around it. When I gave my dog the injection I was so looking forward to him speaking. I could imagine me telling him to fetch things for me and he would actually understand what I was saying. Just like the commercials said, but the stupid dog never said a word to me. The veter... |
91 | What just got in the back seat of your car looks like your child, but it isn't your child. You realize this immediately, smile, ask how their day was, and drive away. | [I'm new to writing stories, and I lazily put this together]
When we came out of the grocery store, while on my way to return the cart back to the parking lot rack, Caley immediately bolted in the other direction. I didn’t yell for her. I knew she was tired and already mad at me for not letting her sleepover Audrey’s,... |
92 | Gim me the best scare you can using 500 words or less .
| They do n't like to be noticed. They've gone for hundreds of years with no one giving them any trouble.
There was a time long ago when we saw them every day in plain sight. We feared them, so we tried to kill them. But they ca n't be killed.
They slaughtered thousands of humans without a care. Finally, we begged th... |
93 | You are a beaver in the Hudson Bay area in the early 1600 's . The fur trade has just begun and you are both frightened and curious . Bonus points* for not letting the reader know the protaganist is a beaver !
| I remember well how it was before. It used to be easy: You ’ d leave your home, move away from the area you ’ d known your entire life, away from your parents. You ’ d build a home of your own. Quiet. Right down on the water—the land was plentiful then. Eventually you ’ d find a companion. One who would share your home... |
94 | A single Flood Infection form appears in the New York City Metro , details what happens over the span of three weeks after it 's arrival .
| January 7th, 2014. Tuesday, 3:14 AM.
We had a report of two people who were viciously killed. Like something not even a lion or a bear from the zoo would do. The two victims, both in their 19 years of age, have massive slashes on their abdomen, face, and the male victim has had his head sliced off. Their families h... |
95 | In a nightmare I snapped some pictures on my phone . When I woke up the pictures were actually on my phone .
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I am walking through the corridor, a very long and dark one. The silence is so deafening I can ’ t even hear my footsteps. I don ’ t remember where I come from and when I look back the corridor seems endless. There are doors on both sides every three steps or so, but I am not brave enough to open them. As I walk the ... |
96 | You are in eighth grade at school when all of a sudden your teacher collapses . You discover that kids ages 5-15 are the only people left on Earth .
| Amazing, the illusion of safety they go out of their way to cultivate within a girl ’ s boarding school. Trying to fool us into believing the world conforms to this suffocating prison they keep us in - rather than the callous and miserable place it really is.
Case in point. Here ’ s my braying mule of a Chemistry tea... |
97 | Write a horror story based off the last nightmare you can remember .
| My Grandmother has passed. It ’ s been 5-7 years maybe. My Grandmother and I didn ’ t get along but it wasn ’ t until after I was older that I realized we didn ’ t get along because we were very similar. I fell asleep recently and dreamed. In my dream I am at my Grandmother ’ s house and my whole family is there. Every... |
98 | In a desperate fight for survival , the main character has no strength left , no weapons , and no hope . In desperation , they bite the zombie . And this , ironically , is the cure .
| Trapped... I was never a good scavenger. Hell, I was never a good fighter either. I was n't a good anything, honestly. Before any of the dead started itching for brains, I used to joke about how awesome it would be... how prepared I would be... Video games taught me everything I had to know, after all.
Now, as I pr... |
99 | You are a serial killer who lives in a haunted house . The ghosts are your past victims who can only scream at you as you drag in your next victims into your home to kill . The most horrific thing ? You get off on their screams .
| Blood.
Blood!
BLOOD!
It dripped from the walls. Flowed down the stairway. Splattered across the dining table. It was everywhere, dyeing your home with magnificent different hues of red. A shudder of satisfaction ran across your hands. The very hands that painted this grotesque portrait.
To an outsider, this mon... |
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