Halloween Vault 2024

Prompts

Before you choose your prompt as the main idea for your story, there are four different ways out of the Circus of the Damned. You must choose one path from the options below.

Step 1: Choose one of the four ways to begin.

Step 2: Select your prompt, write the story and submit your entry.

The Haunted Forest Maze: Each leaf of a tree and sapling has dark energies here. A place which has succumbed to evil forces and mysteries. Every ounce of this forest unveils a new adventure, horror and thrill, like a never ending maze.

The Icy Abyss: Spine chilling and everything freezing ties to this haunted path, where the cold will devour your souls and turn your blood into ice stone as you go deeper. The snow hides various monsters and ghosts which will question your living.

The Desert of the Forgotten: This vast desert is like the sky, impossible to reach and get through. The time will be ticking away those like that of an hourglass. More dangerous things than the sand storm awaits for you. The illusions in this place will sweep you off your feet making you want to run.

The Space Void: Spaceships, astronauts, planets and meteorites, everything seems possessed here. Be careful, for the non living things might be having life here. Unknown theories, supernatural monsters reign this path for they only want human energies to feed on.

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Check out these awesome prompts from participating profiles that will inspire the main ideas for your story

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ZombieHorde

You came to the circus for a laugh, to watch the clowns. Everyone loves to laugh, right? But when a horde of zombies shuffled onto the stage, faces smeared with clown makeup, laughter turned to screams. You had no choice but to bolt, crashing through one of the circus doors into the unknown. But guess what? They followed...

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Retold

You knew the name—Circus of the Damned—but never thought passing through its gates would trap you in the land of the dead. The flickering lights reveal Hades, watching as chains rise from the ground, wrapping around you. 'Welcome to your final act,' he whispers. In this circus, escape isn't an option—you're now part of his eternal show.

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Multicultural-Community

Across continents and cultures, legends whisper of a circus that appears without warning. Beneath its rotting tents, creatures from every dark myth, forgotten legend and stories of your ancestors come to life. You never thought you'd encounter one. Tell us... how did you survive?

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The-Fairytales