Over 200 "Thrillers & Suspense" Writing Prompts
An urban explorer decides to infiltrate an abandoned psychiatric hospital rumored to be haunted. Inside, they find unsettling sculptures made from hospital implements and patient belongings. Each room reveals another piece of a macabre puzzle, leading to a horrific revelation about the hospital’s last operating days and the real reason it was shut down.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Horror
In a society where every citizen's role is determined by a state-run algorithm at birth, your protagonist discovers they can manipulate the system. Detail their journey as they exploit this power to dismantle the oppressive regime they live under, while evading the watchful eyes of a relentless governmental enforcer.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Dystopian
Write a story about a retired spy who is forced back into one last mission to save an old colleague thought to be dead. As the truth unravels, it becomes clear that nothing and no one is as they seem, including their own memories.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Spy Thrillers
The world is divided into zones based on socioeconomic status, heavily surveilled and controlled by drones. One day, your character, a drone technician, finds a lost drone with footage showing a secret meeting between zone leaders plotting an increase in zone restrictions. Faced with moral conflict, decide how your character uses this information.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Dystopian
A character wakes up in a room lined with clocks, all ticking out of sync. Each clock shows a different time, and with each full hour, a deeply unsettling event occurs within the room. The character realizes they must solve the mystery of the clocks to escape.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Horror
Detail the intense psychological and legal battle between a small-town lawyer and the powerful estate of a deceased billionaire, who seemingly left behind a will that threatens to destroy the ecological balance of a whole community. The will’s authenticity is dubious, yet its directives are legally binding unless the lawyer can prove foul play — facing not just a legal battle, but personal threats and ethical dilemmas.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Legal Thrillers
A military engineer working on classified drone technology goes missing. His sister, a cyber-security analyst, uses her expertise to track his whereabouts, uncovering a network of espionage that operates within her own government. She must navigate through layers of deception to save her brother and expose the traitors.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Military Suspense
In a future dystopian city, all citizens wear devices that dictate the path of their lives, from careers to whom they marry, designed to maintain order and efficiency. Your character, a software engineer, discovers a glitch in their device – they have 24 hours of free will before it resets. What do they do with this time?
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Dystopian
Create a narrative centered on a new intelligence analyst who stumbles upon a series of encrypted messages that no one else seems to notice. Through their efforts to decode these, they uncover a rogue operation within the military that could destabilize global peace.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Military Suspense
After the sudden disappearance of three people in a small, sleepy town, a troubled detective discovers an old journal at a local estate sale. The journal details experiments with the paranormal, blurring the lines between myth and reality. Write a story where the detective must delve into the paranormal to solve the mystery before they become the next victim.
Fiction
Thrillers & Suspense
Paranormal Thrillers
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