Over 200 "Thrillers & Suspense" Writing Prompts
Describe the intense events following a heist gone wrong, where a professional thief is left with a rare and highly valuable artifact. Pursued by a ruthless crime syndicate, they must rely on their wits and skills in evasion to survive while they plot their next move.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Action Thrillers
Develop a story centered around an elite hacker who intercepts a digital threat that could trigger international chaos. Now targeted by mysterious forces, they must dodge relentless attacks while trying to prevent a global disaster.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Action Thrillers
In a world where all historical records are controlled by the state, your character discovers a hidden trove of forbidden books in the ruins of an old library. As they start to unveil truths about the world's real past, agents of the government become aware of their activities. Write about how they handle this dangerous knowledge.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Dystopian
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.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Paranormal Thrillers
Write a story about a small coastal town where the residents start experiencing shared nightmares about a shipwreck off the coast, leading to the discovery of supernatural secrets buried with the town's ancestors.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Paranormal Thrillers
Imagine a world where people are born with the ability to perceive ghosts, but this gift is suppressed by the government. The protagonist, who has always suppressed their abilities, starts experiencing overtly powerful and disturbing visions that threaten their sanity. Outline a story where uncovering the truth behind these visions could reveal a horrifying government conspiracy.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Paranormal Thrillers
Imagine a scenario where during a high-stakes election, the leading candidate's campaign manager finds a USB stick containing explosive information that could not only swing the vote but bring down the entire political structure. Explore the moral and ethical dilemmas the manager faces, the dark underbelly of political campaigning, and the concept of truth in politics.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Political Thrillers
Create a narrative involving a group of friends who find an old, cryptic book in an abandoned library. As they decipher the contents, paranormal events begin to mirror ancient prophecies from the book—prophecies that predict dire outcomes for each of them.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Paranormal Thrillers
A young forensic artist who helps reconstruct faces from unidentified remains starts to have nightmares about one of her creations. The more she tries to understand her vision, the more she finds herself wrapped in a case of a serial killer who had never been caught, and whose new interest appears to be her.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Horror
A legal thriller set in a futuristic society where AI serves as the judge and jury, and human lawyers are virtually obsolete. The protagonist, one of the last human defense attorneys, discovers a glitch in the AI’s programming that could wrongly convict her client. She must navigate a dangerous digital landscape to expose the flaw without being terminated by the system.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Legal Thrillers
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