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Horror Writing Prompt #2324
#cleave
#horrorprompt

at the crossroads

shall we cleave to each other
like children in a storm?
or shall I cleave you in two
and leave you for the crows?

09-30-2026

Horror Writing Prompt #2324
#cleave
#horrorprompt

[title pending]

shall we cleave to each other
like children in a storm?
or shall I cleave you in two
and leave you for the crows?

09-30-2026

"How can you tell the difference between the infected and the ones who aren't?"

"It's not easy. That #intelligent_virus mimics its victims perfectly. But there's one way. It might copy the present, but it doesn't know your past."

#horrorprompt #writing #writingcommunity

"All that stuff from the #wood_chipper -"

"Yeah, all organic, spread the mulch on the estate lawn. They're letting the asylum inmates have their own little garden plots."

"Nice of them to let their friends help the plants grow."

"Literally. It'll be like they never left the place."

#horrorprompt

🩸 Horror Writing Prompt #2326

#wood_chipper

Write a short, terrifying tale inspired by this prompt. Post it and tag #horrorprompt for all to see and fear.

Thanks to Shaq x.com/Alexander_Shaq for today's inspiration!

There'd be no reprieve. His mind had snapped. His wife had left him for a fellow biologist. The experimental, synthetic ebola type disease would be freed in hours thru the levee. An intelligent_virus which could replicate at will. There was no way to stop it. #horrorprompt #vss365

The Cornfield Crone harvests
walkers of furrowed paths,
holds them sheaf-bound
as they cry the necks
with moonlight blades,
#cleave the night with silver.

#horrorprompt

They constructed an enormous wall to keep the one half of the city away from the other. No one knew why it started, only that they could hear the groans of the dead from the other side.
#horrorprompt
#cleave

After giving her grand speech, Laura watched as the people murmured among themselves. Swallowing the lump in his throat, she slowly escaped the stage. If they caught her, they would label Laura a witch and burn her at the stake.
#horrorprompt
#soliloquy

They would have never believed him if they hadn't seen it for themselves. The giant web that he had warned them about. When he went to go check on them what he found was the tattered remains of the tents and sleeping bags.
#horrorprompt
#giant_tarantula_web

🩸 Horror Writing Prompt #2325

#intelligent_virus

Write a short, terrifying tale inspired by this prompt. Post it and tag #horrorprompt for all to see and fear.

Thanks to Molly @mhopefuldreamer.bsky.social for today's inspiration!

fire and bodies ring
cult leader's soliloquy
all gone- fools' errand

#horror #haiku #senryu #horrorprompt #soliloquy

no itch, no itch, no
no feeling from soft parts cleaved
littering dark halls

#Haiku #Senryu #horror #cleave #horrorprompt

Peering thru his scope, the crosshairs settled on targets. He needed to purify the city. It was up to him to cleave & cull the world of vermin. He rejected them all til he saw the lady with the baby. He touched the trigger & changed his mind. Maybe tomorrow. #horrorprompt #vss365

"The axe, though...it's a one and done deal. #Cleave a zombie's head in two, stops them cold. It's light, and quite versatile. Here, take this and see what you think."

She took it and swung it around a few times. "I guess you'd get used to it."

"It don't take long."

#horrorprompt #writing

🩸 Horror Writing Prompt #2324

#cleave

Write a short, terrifying tale inspired by this prompt. Post it and tag #horrorprompt for all to see and fear.

Thanks to TheBibo Sez x.com/TheBiboSezSo for today's inspiration!

They placed another book of the dead in the giant tarantula's web. To do so, they never got out. But they did it because the book renounced life. Or life as their wealthy overseers thought it shouldn't be, as the giant tarantula was kept well-fed and away from them.
#horrorprompt #renounce #vss365

The patient stood with a skull in his hand, but his #soliloquy was nothing like Hamlet's. It was the ramblings of an unhinged mind. They heard three different languages, one of them possibly demonic, and invocations to obscure demons that shouldn't exist.

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🩸 Horror Writing Prompt #2323

#soliloquy

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Thanks to Unclean x.com/TheUnclean for today's inspiration!