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Warning to not walk
In the snow, something else lives
Below, craving flesh.
#haikuhorrorprompt #InTheSnow #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@pgpayt.bsky.social
In the snow, something else lives
Below, craving flesh.
#haikuhorrorprompt #InTheSnow #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@pgpayt.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Warning to not walk
In the snow, something else lives
Below, craving flesh.
#haikuhorrorprompt #InTheSnow #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@pgpayt.bsky.social
In the snow, something else lives
Below, craving flesh.
#haikuhorrorprompt #InTheSnow #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@pgpayt.bsky.social
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2071: in the snow
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Brittany for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Brittany for sparking today's terror!
January 19, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2071: in the snow
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Brittany for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Brittany for sparking today's terror!
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Horror Writing Prompt no. 2070: waste away
She withered away in that house all by herself. No one was there to be by her side. Even with the house, it was so empty now. As if eyes were peering out of the cracks in the walls.
#horrorprompt
She withered away in that house all by herself. No one was there to be by her side. Even with the house, it was so empty now. As if eyes were peering out of the cracks in the walls.
#horrorprompt
January 18, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2070: waste away
She withered away in that house all by herself. No one was there to be by her side. Even with the house, it was so empty now. As if eyes were peering out of the cracks in the walls.
#horrorprompt
She withered away in that house all by herself. No one was there to be by her side. Even with the house, it was so empty now. As if eyes were peering out of the cracks in the walls.
#horrorprompt
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Thumb out in the white,
A statue carved from frostbite,
No cars stop for him.
🥶 🚫
#HorrorPrompt #DailyPrompt #Hitchhiker #MicroPoem #PoetrySky #Horrorku #DarkPoetry #GhostStory #Isolated #TheLongCold
A statue carved from frostbite,
No cars stop for him.
🥶 🚫
#HorrorPrompt #DailyPrompt #Hitchhiker #MicroPoem #PoetrySky #Horrorku #DarkPoetry #GhostStory #Isolated #TheLongCold
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Thumb out in the white,
A statue carved from frostbite,
No cars stop for him.
🥶 🚫
#HorrorPrompt #DailyPrompt #Hitchhiker #MicroPoem #PoetrySky #Horrorku #DarkPoetry #GhostStory #Isolated #TheLongCold
A statue carved from frostbite,
No cars stop for him.
🥶 🚫
#HorrorPrompt #DailyPrompt #Hitchhiker #MicroPoem #PoetrySky #Horrorku #DarkPoetry #GhostStory #Isolated #TheLongCold
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#HorrorPrompt
If you are hunting a human in a place like Minnesota in January, you are an idiot. There is no better crime scene than in the snow, in a place where thaws are far away. Blood splatter on a field of white is the equivalent of a front page headline. Footprints yeah.
If you are hunting a human in a place like Minnesota in January, you are an idiot. There is no better crime scene than in the snow, in a place where thaws are far away. Blood splatter on a field of white is the equivalent of a front page headline. Footprints yeah.
January 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
#HorrorPrompt
If you are hunting a human in a place like Minnesota in January, you are an idiot. There is no better crime scene than in the snow, in a place where thaws are far away. Blood splatter on a field of white is the equivalent of a front page headline. Footprints yeah.
If you are hunting a human in a place like Minnesota in January, you are an idiot. There is no better crime scene than in the snow, in a place where thaws are far away. Blood splatter on a field of white is the equivalent of a front page headline. Footprints yeah.
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1639: hitchhiker
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Brittany for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Brittany for sparking today's terror!
January 19, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1639: hitchhiker
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Brittany for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Brittany for sparking today's terror!
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Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1638: forever
He wanted to be with
the person he loved
until the end of time,
but human lives are
fragile, so he would
have to see them in
their next life.
#haikuhorrorprompt
He wanted to be with
the person he loved
until the end of time,
but human lives are
fragile, so he would
have to see them in
their next life.
#haikuhorrorprompt
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1638: forever
He wanted to be with
the person he loved
until the end of time,
but human lives are
fragile, so he would
have to see them in
their next life.
#haikuhorrorprompt
He wanted to be with
the person he loved
until the end of time,
but human lives are
fragile, so he would
have to see them in
their next life.
#haikuhorrorprompt
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Stranger weather lies
where red monuments do hide.
Hitchhiker in the snow.
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Hitchhiker
#HorrorPrompt In the snow
#haiku #senryu #micropoem #horropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry
where red monuments do hide.
Hitchhiker in the snow.
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Hitchhiker
#HorrorPrompt In the snow
#haiku #senryu #micropoem #horropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry
January 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Stranger weather lies
where red monuments do hide.
Hitchhiker in the snow.
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Hitchhiker
#HorrorPrompt In the snow
#haiku #senryu #micropoem #horropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry
where red monuments do hide.
Hitchhiker in the snow.
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Hitchhiker
#HorrorPrompt In the snow
#haiku #senryu #micropoem #horropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry
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Never quite all in
Forever a hitchhiker
In my own story.
#haikuhorrorprompt #forever #hitchiker #haiku #senryu
Forever a hitchhiker
In my own story.
#haikuhorrorprompt #forever #hitchiker #haiku #senryu
January 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Never quite all in
Forever a hitchhiker
In my own story.
#haikuhorrorprompt #forever #hitchiker #haiku #senryu
Forever a hitchhiker
In my own story.
#haikuhorrorprompt #forever #hitchiker #haiku #senryu
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Nothing lasts long here
death stalks us, never resting
enjoy while you can
#forever #haikuhorrorprompt.
death stalks us, never resting
enjoy while you can
#forever #haikuhorrorprompt.
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Nothing lasts long here
death stalks us, never resting
enjoy while you can
#forever #haikuhorrorprompt.
death stalks us, never resting
enjoy while you can
#forever #haikuhorrorprompt.
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Sunday, January 18th ~ #VssHorror #WritingPrompts
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Hitchhiker
#HorrorPrompt In the snow
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Hitchhiker
#HorrorPrompt In the snow
January 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Sunday, January 18th ~ #VssHorror #WritingPrompts
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Hitchhiker
#HorrorPrompt In the snow
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Hitchhiker
#HorrorPrompt In the snow
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"We don't need you to #waste #away. You hardly eat anything!" She served lunch: a rare roast beef sandwich, with a bowl of beet soup. "Eat up!"
I didn't want my meat charbroiled, but the cow was still mooing between the slices of bread. The soup was oddly metallic for beets.
#horrorwritingprompt
I didn't want my meat charbroiled, but the cow was still mooing between the slices of bread. The soup was oddly metallic for beets.
#horrorwritingprompt
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2070: waste away
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"We don't need you to #waste #away. You hardly eat anything!" She served lunch: a rare roast beef sandwich, with a bowl of beet soup. "Eat up!"
I didn't want my meat charbroiled, but the cow was still mooing between the slices of bread. The soup was oddly metallic for beets.
#horrorwritingprompt
I didn't want my meat charbroiled, but the cow was still mooing between the slices of bread. The soup was oddly metallic for beets.
#horrorwritingprompt
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Will you be with me
#forever and never leave?
his corpse does not speak
#haikuhorrorprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
#forever and never leave?
his corpse does not speak
#haikuhorrorprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1638: forever
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 18, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Will you be with me
#forever and never leave?
his corpse does not speak
#haikuhorrorprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
#forever and never leave?
his corpse does not speak
#haikuhorrorprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
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She kept murmuring
Forever together, she
Just wouldn’t stay dead
#haikuhorrorprompt #vss365 #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BlueSkyPoets #WriteSky #Poem #3Lines #Scrape #SkyPoets #HaikuCommunity
Forever together, she
Just wouldn’t stay dead
#haikuhorrorprompt #vss365 #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BlueSkyPoets #WriteSky #Poem #3Lines #Scrape #SkyPoets #HaikuCommunity
January 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
She kept murmuring
Forever together, she
Just wouldn’t stay dead
#haikuhorrorprompt #vss365 #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BlueSkyPoets #WriteSky #Poem #3Lines #Scrape #SkyPoets #HaikuCommunity
Forever together, she
Just wouldn’t stay dead
#haikuhorrorprompt #vss365 #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BlueSkyPoets #WriteSky #Poem #3Lines #Scrape #SkyPoets #HaikuCommunity
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Beholden to you...
Forever jailed by your image—
Tormented I am.
#haikuhorrorprompt #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #SkyPoets
Forever jailed by your image—
Tormented I am.
#haikuhorrorprompt #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #SkyPoets
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1638: forever
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 18, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2070: waste away
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2070: waste away
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
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He felt his life rotting away behind bars. He was a marked man inside, and more were waiting beyond the gates. He was a trapped animal, pacing borrowed time. When he insulted a warder, he learned what it meant to be truly unprotected.
#horrorprompt.
#horrorprompt.
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM
He felt his life rotting away behind bars. He was a marked man inside, and more were waiting beyond the gates. He was a trapped animal, pacing borrowed time. When he insulted a warder, he learned what it meant to be truly unprotected.
#horrorprompt.
#horrorprompt.
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Horror Writing Prompt no. 2069: shrine
Always be sure to pay your respects before entering a shrine. Because you never know who or what exactly it is that will not tolerate disrespect. Or what it will do to teach you a lesson.
#horrorprompt
Always be sure to pay your respects before entering a shrine. Because you never know who or what exactly it is that will not tolerate disrespect. Or what it will do to teach you a lesson.
#horrorprompt
January 18, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2069: shrine
Always be sure to pay your respects before entering a shrine. Because you never know who or what exactly it is that will not tolerate disrespect. Or what it will do to teach you a lesson.
#horrorprompt
Always be sure to pay your respects before entering a shrine. Because you never know who or what exactly it is that will not tolerate disrespect. Or what it will do to teach you a lesson.
#horrorprompt
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Horror Writing Prompt no. 2068: jilted
Marcus had made up his mind. He was leaving Jill today, and he wasn't coming back. What he didn't know about his girlfriend was that she didn't handle rejection well. Marcus wouldn't be leaving if he didn't have legs.
#horrorprompt
Marcus had made up his mind. He was leaving Jill today, and he wasn't coming back. What he didn't know about his girlfriend was that she didn't handle rejection well. Marcus wouldn't be leaving if he didn't have legs.
#horrorprompt
January 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2068: jilted
Marcus had made up his mind. He was leaving Jill today, and he wasn't coming back. What he didn't know about his girlfriend was that she didn't handle rejection well. Marcus wouldn't be leaving if he didn't have legs.
#horrorprompt
Marcus had made up his mind. He was leaving Jill today, and he wasn't coming back. What he didn't know about his girlfriend was that she didn't handle rejection well. Marcus wouldn't be leaving if he didn't have legs.
#horrorprompt
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Whale bones stripped
Skin, blubber, cartilage, meat
Waste away below the crushing
Cursed depths
Its last breath ceased
Always give & be of use
Continues to provide
Because it's the only to do
#horrorprompt
#waste #away
Skin, blubber, cartilage, meat
Waste away below the crushing
Cursed depths
Its last breath ceased
Always give & be of use
Continues to provide
Because it's the only to do
#horrorprompt
#waste #away
January 18, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Whale bones stripped
Skin, blubber, cartilage, meat
Waste away below the crushing
Cursed depths
Its last breath ceased
Always give & be of use
Continues to provide
Because it's the only to do
#horrorprompt
#waste #away
Skin, blubber, cartilage, meat
Waste away below the crushing
Cursed depths
Its last breath ceased
Always give & be of use
Continues to provide
Because it's the only to do
#horrorprompt
#waste #away
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A nightshift wordsmith back with more chaos and confusion?
Catch me writing these poems; are they all just a scripted illusion?
Living down to low expectations they say he'll waste away.
Played down to the competition; demise hastened? no way!
#GrimScribe, #DailyPrompt, #horrorprompt, #366FF
Catch me writing these poems; are they all just a scripted illusion?
Living down to low expectations they say he'll waste away.
Played down to the competition; demise hastened? no way!
#GrimScribe, #DailyPrompt, #horrorprompt, #366FF
January 18, 2026 at 2:35 AM
A nightshift wordsmith back with more chaos and confusion?
Catch me writing these poems; are they all just a scripted illusion?
Living down to low expectations they say he'll waste away.
Played down to the competition; demise hastened? no way!
#GrimScribe, #DailyPrompt, #horrorprompt, #366FF
Catch me writing these poems; are they all just a scripted illusion?
Living down to low expectations they say he'll waste away.
Played down to the competition; demise hastened? no way!
#GrimScribe, #DailyPrompt, #horrorprompt, #366FF
Reposted by Phil
An outsider, a family black sheep, he loathed what he was, is & gonna be. He walked up a sun dappled path to a forgiveness shrine. He observed people redeeming themselves. It bouyed his spirits. Then he killed them all with an axe. #Horrorprompt #vss365 #satsplat
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
An outsider, a family black sheep, he loathed what he was, is & gonna be. He walked up a sun dappled path to a forgiveness shrine. He observed people redeeming themselves. It bouyed his spirits. Then he killed them all with an axe. #Horrorprompt #vss365 #satsplat
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1638: forever
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 18, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1638: forever
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Cheap & Crass @cheapcrass.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Reposted by Phil
Jilted, turned to stone
a statue whose tears are rain
her heart dead as rock
#haikuhorrorprompt #jilted #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity
#micropoetry
a statue whose tears are rain
her heart dead as rock
#haikuhorrorprompt #jilted #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity
#micropoetry
January 18, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Jilted, turned to stone
a statue whose tears are rain
her heart dead as rock
#haikuhorrorprompt #jilted #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity
#micropoetry
a statue whose tears are rain
her heart dead as rock
#haikuhorrorprompt #jilted #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity
#micropoetry
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Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1637: game
In the beginning, it
was all just for fun,
just a little back and forth
between two old friends
until that was no
longer the case, not anymore.
#haikuhorrorprompt
In the beginning, it
was all just for fun,
just a little back and forth
between two old friends
until that was no
longer the case, not anymore.
#haikuhorrorprompt
January 18, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1637: game
In the beginning, it
was all just for fun,
just a little back and forth
between two old friends
until that was no
longer the case, not anymore.
#haikuhorrorprompt
In the beginning, it
was all just for fun,
just a little back and forth
between two old friends
until that was no
longer the case, not anymore.
#haikuhorrorprompt