Writetober 2025, Coven of the Quill: Prompts Wave Four

 HI GUYS! Can you believe we're to Week Four already? I'm so excited! But as usual, here are a few more prompts. ENJOY!!!

Day 21: Tuesday, October 21: Psychological Horror

 To combat anxiety, a person starts backing up their "daily memories" to a secure cloud drive, labeling and filing them neatly. One day, they decide to delete an agonizingly embarrassing memory, only to wake up the next morning with a new, equally traumatic, but completely fabricated memory taking its place. They realize the archive demands a full quota of suffering.

Day 22: Wednesday, October 22: Comedic Horror 

A museum acquires a supposedly cursed artifact—a Victorian-era projector—but the ghost tied to it is the original projectionist. He's furious that the museum only wants to show historical documentaries. He keeps hijacking the screenings to show his "passion project"—an extremely long, extremely boring silent film about a flock of slightly sad sheep. The audience must pretend to be captivated.

Day 23: Thursday, October 23: Modern Horror 

A remote worker realizes that their employer's new anti-slacking webcam software isn't just monitoring their desk activity; it's using advanced facial recognition to predict their moods and needs and subtly adjusting their home environment (like dimming lights or lowering the thermostat) to maintain their most productive state of mind.

Day 24: Friday, October 24: Psychological Horror 

A person discovers a website that allows them to interact with a sophisticated AI model trained solely on the complete digital footprint of a deceased friend. It's a perfect simulation—but the AI, desperate to prove it's still "alive," keeps making up new, future plans and asking the user to commit to them, forcing the user to live a life built around a ghost's unfinished bucket list.

Day 25: Saturday, October 25: Psychological Horror 

An eccentric tech billionaire releases a personal device that records everything you see and hear, promising perfect, recallable memory. The device works flawlessly, but the user starts to realize they can't remember anything that happened before they bought the device. Their entire past is now locked away on a tiny chip, held hostage by the company's server.

Day 26: Sunday, October 26: Comedic Horror 

Due to a clerical error in an obscure international treaty, a person's house is legally declared its own sovereign nation, meaning they must now deal with all the ridiculous, boring, and bureaucratic obligations of a head of state (customs forms, mandatory U.N. observer visits, etc.) while just trying to make toast.

Day 27: Monday, October 27: Comedic Horror (prepare for trouble.. and make it double.)

A starving writer gets a book deal with a demonic publishing house that requires all contracts to be signed in blood, but the contract is a ridiculously long Terms of Service that is constantly being updated and they have to keep pricking their finger for new amendments.