Adults Thriller Writing Prompts

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

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

Write a story or poem that takes place on this arctic pier.

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.

"Even the dead tell stories."

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

After moving into a new house, you find a hidden door to an underground passageway...

Continue the story...