Adults Thriller Writing Prompts

Write a Halloween-inspired story or poem which includes this character.

Write a story or poem inspired by this image. What themes and atmospheres come to mind?

Write a story that contains a hitchhiker as a character.

You open the front door to see a layer of fresh snow, with footprints leading out of your house... but you haven't been outside yet...

Continue the story.

You are stuck in a room with a psychopath who wants to kill you. You have five minutes to convince them otherwise.

Write a short speech to convince this desolate individual to spare your life.

"Even the dead tell stories."

Using this as the opening or closing line, try writing a horror or thriller poem.