Over 200 "Thrillers & Suspense" Writing Prompts
Write a story set in a small, politically unstable country where an ordinary citizen stumbles upon evidence of a massive government conspiracy. As they try to expose the truth, they are pursued by an elite group of secret service agents tasked with keeping the information hidden.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Political Thrillers
Imagine a small coastal town that is periodically plagued by inexplicable disappearances every full moon. New to town, a young journalist decides to investigate and uncovers a link to a supposed creature sighting that has been dismissed as a legend. Unravel the town’s dark truth through the journalist's notes, interviews, and eerie encounters.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Paranormal Thrillers
An expert locksmith, known for his ability to break into any security system, attempts one last job before retiring — cracking a safe that supposedly holds unreleased manuscripts of a famous, deceased author. However, upon opening the safe, he finds a different kind of manuscript—a confession of a series of crimes which only leads to more hidden safes and deeper secrets.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
After receiving mysterious instructions through an encoded message in an old library book, an unassuming librarian is thrust into an international chase to uncover a powerful secret guarded by a clandestine organization. Describe her transformation from quiet librarian to cunning spy as she travels across continents using only literary clues to guide her.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
An idealistic public defender finds a mysterious file on her desk labeled with just a name and a date — both of which belong to a closed case from decades ago where an innocent man was convicted. Explore her quest to unravel the truth behind the file, the historical legal injustices she uncovers, and the real perpetrator's dangerous efforts to keep the past buried.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Legal Thrillers
Imagine a society where everyone is assigned a role and job at birth based on their genes. Your protagonist, who has always believed in the system, accidentally discovers an error in their assignment that leads them to question everything they've known. As they dig deeper, they uncover a rebellion planning to overthrow the genetic class system. How does your protagonist choose sides when everything they believed about themselves might be a lie?
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Dystopian
Write a story about a retired military officer who starts receiving anonymous letters that contain details only someone from their last covert mission would know. The details in the letters start to predict disastrous events that begin happening around the world.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Military Suspense
Envision a society where everyone's career path is chosen for them at birth based on genetic testing and profiling. The protagonist, destined to be a librarian, stumbles upon forbidden, ancient texts that hint at a past world vastly different from their strict, utilitarian society. As they dig deeper, they uncover a hidden network of rebels fighting to bring back free will.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Dystopian
Imagine a scenario where a notorious art thief decides to perform one last heist before retiring. The target is a famous painting in a heavily secured gallery. Mid-heist, the thief discovers another crime in progress and must choose between completing the heist or stopping the greater crime.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Crime Thrillers
Develop a story about a forensic psychologist who discovers through her therapy sessions with criminals that a pattern of seemingly unrelated crimes might be the work of a new, unidentified serial killer hints at his next victim, someone close to her.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Crime Thrillers
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