Paranormal Thrillers writing prompt
The Subway's Endless Hour
The passengers of a subway train find themselves stuck in a continuous loop, re-living the same eerie hour over and over. As panic sets in, a young scientist among them theorizes that they are trapped between dimensions—both physical and paranormal. Detail their harrowing attempts to escape while encountering increasingly terrifying anomalies.
Suggested length: A short story: 1,500 to 5,000 words, or flash fiction under 1,000
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Three ways to take this prompt somewhere nobody else will.
- 1Raise the stakes from personal to public halfway through.
- 2Open with the threat already in motion, not the setup.
- 3Make the person helping your hero the one to worry about.
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