Revenge of the Rainbow of Terror
Oh you straight up know what that means. It’s almost October. And it’s almost Halloween! Let's celebrate early!
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Yes, my themed challenges are back, and of course, the theme is Halloween and horror. Because I love those two topics so much. This is the third annual Halloween themed challenges and I'm hoping for more entries to give me the heebie-jeebies. Yet I've decided to do something different this year. This time around I will be selecting the winners for each challenge, and I will grade each entry based on the following:
1) How well the entry fits the prompt/description.
2) How well it ties into the theme of Halloween/horror.
3) Overall creativity and fun.
I don't know if I'll do this again in the future when I do my theme challenges. This is just something I wanted to experiment with.
All challenges will end on October 26, and the winners will be announced on Halloween night.
I want to see what you all can do. Enter in one or enter in all of these fantastic and ghoulish horror/Halloween theme challenges. If you have any questions about these challenges or what I may be looking for in these challenges, please feel free to send a message and ask me any time.
Good luck, write up, and keep the bedroom lights on. MUAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!!!
HORROR 1
Prompt: Scariest poem you can come up with.
Description: Poetic horror. Any style welcome.
Word Count: 15-250
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9086
HORROR 2
Prompt: For me, true horror is the thing you can’t see.
Description: Write up something where someone is being stalked or hunted by something. The catch for this is that you will be describing the presence of something truly horrifying and evil, but you cannot describe it physically.
Word Count: 100-500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9085
HORROR 3
Prompt: What’s scarier than an original story? Sequels. And prequels. And reboots. Oh my!
Description: At some point everyone’s had a chance to write a horror story. For this challenge you gotta write a sequel to that challenge, or a prequel. Or reboot (rewrite) your horror story by reposting it in this challenge with some added details. Do I want PG? Hell no! Make it hard R-rated. Bring on the cursing, nudity, sex, drugs, rock and roll, and most of all, the blood and gore!!!
Word Count: No limit
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9084
HORROR 4
Prompt: Based on a true story...
Description: Write a horror tale based on an event that you or someone you know may have experienced.
Word Count: 15-1000
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9083
PARANORMAL 1
Prompt: Has anyone here on Prose had an experience with the paranormal? Please share here.
Description: Actual haunted houses, haunted graveyards, demonic possessions, anything at all?
Word Count: 15-2000
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9082
PARANORMAL 2
Prompt: Ghosts out and about on Halloween night.
Description: Prose or poetry accepted.
Word Count: 25-250
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9081
SIX WORD STORY
Prompt: Guess Boo!
Description: Here’s a fun idea! This is a guessing game of sorts. What you have to do is think of a topic that is often associated with horror, and then write out three lines, six words each, that describes what you are so everyone can guess in the comments. The topic can be a scary movie (Jaws, The Exorcist, Aliens), a scary TV show (American Horror Story, Walking Dead, Goosebumps), a scary game (Dead Space, Ouija), or a scary book (Dracula, Frankenstein). Or the topic can be some sort of monster, masked killer, or whatever that is associated with horror. Or it can be real people that are often associated with the horror genre like writers Stephen King and Mary Shelley. I'll start off with an example so you all can follow. Winner will be selected by the one that stumps the most people.
Word Count: 18-18
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9079
GAMING
Prompt: What is the scariest video game you’ve ever played?
Description: Prompt says it all. Write it in any format you wish.
Word Count: 15-1500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9078
LGBT
Prompt: There's a Halloween party going on and two souls of the same gender meet for the first time. But the twist is, one of them is an actual monster/ghost/zombie/whatever. What happens from there is up to you.
Description: Is there love between them? Is there heartbreak? Or, since these challenges are Halloween/horror centered, does something scary happen making you wish you wore your brown pants? This is your write. You decide how this scenerio plays out. Prose or poetry accepted.
Word Count: 25-500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9077
ROMANCE & EROTICA
Prompt: Time for this month to get terrifyingly erotic. Describe what it is like to be seduced by a succubus/incubus.
Description: This is an old one from the first Halloween themed challenges, but still a good one. The only difference is that I shortened the word length. So as the prompt says, describe a scenario where someone is being seduced by a succubus/incubus. Does it lead to a fantasy come true, or decay into a horrible nightmare? Poetic or erotic, your choice. How the pairings go is up to you too. It could be about a succubus seducing a man or a woman, or an incubus secuding a woman or man. Threesome? Foursome? Whatever your scary-ass fantasies can come up with.
Word Count: 25-500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9076
SCIENCE FICTION
Prompt: Body horror!
Description: If science fiction horror can teach us anything it's that sometimes the human body can be scary. Let's crank up the scare factor. Write a body horror style tale about a body part or the human body itself molding into something monstrous. Or perhaps, something more terrifying, something is growing inside our very bodies. Prose or poetry accepted.
Word Count: 25-500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9075
FANTASY
Prompt: Fairies are cute, adorable little creatures, right? Wrong! Now they are the stuff of nightmares.
Description: For this challenge, I want you to rewrite the same fairies you remember from your childhood dreams into vile, monstrous, and dangerous creatures with a taste for human flesh. Poetry or prose accepted.
Word Count: 25-500
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9074
REVIEW
Prompt: What movie do you watch every October?
Description: Got a particular movie that you watch every October? Write them out and share. Tells why you enjoy watching it each Halloween season? Got more than one? List them out!
Word Count: 25-250
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9073
FICTION
Prompt: Do you believe monsters, witches, zombies, ghouls, ghosts, goblins, masked killers, demons, kaiju, and the like sit around the campfire telling stories? What terrifying tales could they tell?
Description: Prose or poetry accepted.
Word Count: 20-2000
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9072
NONFICTION
Prompt: Are you planning on dressing up for Halloween? If yes, as what? If no, what would you like to dress up as?
Description: Prompt says it all.
Word Count: 15-150
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9071
COMEDY
Prompt: Anyone got any Halloween jokes?
Description: That's all I got for this challenge. Funniest joke wins.
Word Count: 15-100
Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/9070
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