#vsshorror
I am
a lost ghost, amongst the many, wandering
I am
a disembodied dream
I am
that thin line that dangles so fine
between a laugh and a scream.

#poetry #poem #writing #amwriting #futility #deadlines #life #vsshorror
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM
He did everything to #obfuscate the investigation

Not forever though, just long enough for the thing to move on

It would be better for everyone, including the victim's loved ones

If they learned what that thing was, it would come for them, and no one could survive that
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 29, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Wednesday, January 28th ~ #VssHorror #WritingPrompts

#HaikuHorrorPrompt Lost soul
#HorrorPrompt The demented teacher
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
He noticed the tiny #quiver coming from the brush and knew one wrong move could mean death

That's why he let the rest of the party go first

Sure enough, something horrific was waiting to rip them apart

Thanks to his colleagues unintentional sacrifice, he was able to sneak away
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Waning crescent is a hook
where eerie vultures hang
feeding on nightmares,
Yokai sneer under winter’s reflection
Kappa,angler of the abyss
ruling an odd & cadaverous pond,
throwing enticing bait
strangling deadly currents
to devour your flesh.

#vss365 #inkMine #BSPP49 #vsshorror #horrorprompt #poem
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
With their sense of safety, they allowed the condition of the barricades to #wane and deteriorate

After all, the creatures were no threat to them anymore

Except, that's what the beasts wanted their prey to think
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
They were on the #cusp of greatness, but the others faltered

Kechi planned to turn himself in, so he had to go

The others each began expressing doubts, and he couldn't have that

By the time it was over, only he and the remaining 3 kids were all that was left of the experiment
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 AM
On the cusp of their
Aim of reincarnating
The young yokai had to
Accept suffering
That turned him into a beast,
An oni all feared
Understand the path
So others don’t follow suit
#vss365 #vsshorror #haikuhorrorprompt #cusp #yokai #oni #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity
January 26, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The #ruse was finally over

They had finally realized he wasn't John Manhoen

However, they never could have guessed the full truth

He wasn't human, but something far beyond their comprehension

Revealing his true form caused their flesh to melt and allow him to escape
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Was he dead or alive? It was hard to tell
blue veins glowing faintly beneath porcelain skin,
his body hollowed out.

I forced words from my throat, tried to speak to him.

A chilling whisper answered inside my head:
“You’re next.”

#VssHorror #WritingPrompts

#HorrorPrompt Blue veins
January 25, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Saturday, January 24th ~ #VssHorror #WritingPrompts

#HaikuHorrorPrompt Blinkered
#HorrorPrompt Blue veins
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
He was having no trouble making it through the supposed haunted house until a #slip of paper fell to the ground at his feet

Dread froze him in place as he read the single word on the note

RUN
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Haiku Horror Prompt no. 1641: black ocean

Such rude beasts moan through
Solar seas, leviathans
Fouling black oceans

#Fantaiku beast #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #poetrylovers #poem #Haiku #scifi #Poets #Poetry #fantasy #PoetryCommunity #haikuhorrorprompt #horror #vsshorror
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
It started as a light #drizzle, but soon became a downpour

Everyone was so horrified and caught up in the fact that it was raining blood that they didn't notice anything else

That was by design

It allowed the creatures to slip into their homes undetected
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Premonition seen
In the pooling blood she’d writ
Left to writhe in pain

#haikuhorrorprompt
#horrorprompt
#vsshorror
January 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Indigo nightfall
weeping willow
drowning in despair,
unmoored forlorn spirits
lost in the abyss,
a bitter unease
worsens in the frozen stream,
glowing embers vulnerable
to the creeping dark.

#vss365 #horrorprompt #poems #BSPP49 #inkmine #poetry #vsshorror
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The mental break #unmoored him from the constraints of ethics

Since he was so respected, no one suspected him for weeks

By then he had already created an enormous mass of seven people medically fused together
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Wednesday, January 21st ~ #VssHorror #WritingPrompts

#HaikuHorrorPrompt Writhe
#HorrorPrompt Premonition
January 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Tuesday, January 20th ~ #VssHorror #WritingPrompts

#HaikuHorrorPrompt Black ocean
#HorrorPrompt Red wine
January 20, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1639: hitchhiker

Lurching from the woods,
The Beast becomes hitchhiker,
Rider a nightmare

#Fantaiku #fantasy #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Haiku #poetrylovers #poem #MicroPoem #Poets #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #haikuhorrorprompt #vsshorror #horror #BlueskyPoets
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Sinister eclipse
casts a chilly shadow
across the cursed road,
obsidian raven perches
on a signboard
witnessing the phantom hitchhiker
reaching for steering wheel,
smoldering tires veer
leaving a trail of ashes
toward a looming tomb
carved with the driver’s name.

#vss365 #BSPP49 #vsshorror #inkmine
January 20, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The decision to take the scenic back roads #looms over them

If they had stuck to their original route, the thing would have never spotted them

Now it's been trailing them for hours, and they're running low on gas

They're terrified of what will happen when they have to stop
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 20, 2026 at 11:46 AM