Writing Prompt

The silence wraps around the room like a blanket. the only light is the lamp on the stand. Immersed in a book with a coffee on the stand. Trying to read when I hear a faint scratching sound I look at the window across from me and see nothing but dirt on the window. Another hour passes and I ignore the glass sound. When I looked up again there was more dirt. Clearly annoyed I turned on lights...

It’s the middle of the night and I’m having trouble sleeping. I have to leave early for work tomorrow morning so I needed to fall asleep soon. I just sat there with my eyes closed trying to shut off my mind. Another hour went by before I decided to take a walk to tire myself out. I got out of bed, put on some shoes, and head out the door. I walked about a mile then I heard something. I looked over...

I brought my hands to my eyes, then I burrowed my fingers in.

Anything to get it’s image out of my head.

I only saw it for a few seconds but it felt like living a thousand lifeless lifetimes, stuck in its emotionless gaze.

I can hear it’s bones pop as it slowly shuffles towards me.

I can feel it’s rancid breath as the beast inches closer, I find it’s warmth oddly comforting.

I can smell a sou...

It can’t see, unfortunately.

The empty box it occupies is cold and pitch black, with not a single ray of light escaping.

Suddenly, the stomach turns warm, the hands damp from sweat.

Out of the darkness, large tendrils wrap around the hands, their wetness turning into a sticky web around the arms.

Soon, a giant blob of a scolding, tacky substance clings onto the back, spreading throughout the b...

In a forest where shadows consume the light,

She wanders, skin pale as frostbitten white,

Lips a scarlet slash, like roses in bloom,

Snow White, reborn from beauty’s tomb.

Her eyes, dark voids that swallow despair,

Lure the lost with a promise so fair,

But her smile, sharp as a thorn’s cruel bite,

Hides a hunger that festers in the night.

In twisted woods where secrets are spoken,

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Marianne opened her eyes, still half asleep she felt peaceful, and calm, like she was still on the beach she had dreamed about. She turned her head to the right and smiled when she saw the back of her best friends head. She felt so lucky she had such an amazing friend that loved sleeping over just as much as Marianne did. It hadn’t always been like this, as Marianne had only met her friend fairly ...

She heard that _thing _behind her running after her.

She berated herself for being out here all alone, for going closer, and for summoning that _thing. _

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_"How could you be so dumb" _she thought.

The _thing _got closer and closer.

Let's see how this happened exactly.

She went out into the woods alone (like a dumbass).

She saw an abandoned grave and went near it (another really...

The man woke up to knocking on his door.

Sweat beaded on his brow as he rose from his bed and hesitantly left his bedroom.

The flicking light in the hallway illuminated the decay of the walls and peeling paint of his desolate apartment.

Each footstep down the hall was pained and each breath was begrudging as he crept closer to the door where the constant knocking continued.

The man’s breath hi...

The burial dirt around the plot began to shift. You could hear the creature beneath it scratching and clawing its way out. The dirt exploded around where the coffin was buried and the creature emerged, dragging the coffin lid with it. As the creature dropped the lid it launched itself across the yard to where the young man was standing, as the creature passed the boy, the boy’s head went flying of...

Two young boys named Andy and Drew are walking the streets on Halloween night. One of them suggests they go explore the creepy abandoned house that no one else dares to go near. The other friend agrees and they hurry towards the house. Once they arrive, they sneak in through a window in the backyard. The two friends walk around and see nothing but old decayed furniture, broken appliances, and dust...