“I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin.”― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper Many stories like House of Leaves and Monster House, depict the home as a living, breathing entity. Imagine your OC in a house with a secret. Pick an aspect of the house, …
Tag: Horror
Prompt: The House From Nowhere
Dr. Eric Price: "Sometimes we all need a little help to see the difference between reality and illusion. And that's about taking control, about not letting fear control you. Because, fear, in the end, only exists in your mind." -The Spierig Brothers, Winchester The house hadn't been there before, they were sure of it. Every …
Prompt: Living Art
“There are those who say that when civilization progresses a bit further transportation facilities will move into the skies and under the ground, and that our streets will again be quiet, but I know perfectly well that when that day comes some new device for torturing the old will be invented.” ― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of …
Prompt: The Weakness in Man
“The reason the beasts give among themselves is that Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living things,”― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book He had been sick for most of his life; always in bed, sweating from fevers. His mama would put a cool towel on his forehead and read him stories. He first knew …
Writing Prompt: The Witch’s Spell
"Owing to the height of the posts and the great number of birds, one could only imagine what the unidentifiable remains lying on top of the wheels might be. But they were bodies. They couldn't have been anything else." --Andrezej Sapkowski, Time of Contempt The kids liked to scare each other with the legends of …
Writing Prompt: Hungry Demons
“I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness.” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World There are demons that feed on human emotions. The strongest ones feed on anxiety, fear, and paranoia, while the weakest ones feed on happiness and contentment. Their hunger drives …
Shadow Monsters
Jack never really hated anything, but when he did, his hatred manifested into little shadow monsters...
Strange Things
"If you're gonna call me, call me late tonightYou know I'm at my prime when the moon is highWide awake, fighting sleepProbably laughing at the irony" --Survival Kit, Stranger Things Insomnia was only one of the things that ailed Sonia that night, and the noises outside of her window weren't helping either. Sonia had been …
The Cryptid in the Woods
No one REALLY believed in the cryptid in the woods until the FBI started showing up...
The Fog
When they went out camping, they didn't expect the fog, and when it wouldn't clear up, they didn't expect what they would find in it....
LAMP 