Writetober 2025, Coven of the Quill: Prompts Wave Three

Hi everyone! A bit late in posting prompts today, but here we go, enjoy!!

Day 15: Wednesday, October 15: Psychological Horror

Prompt: An insomniac begins to notice that the faces of random people in their dreams have been replaced with the faces of old relatives, acquaintances, and most disturbingly, a childhood imaginary friend they swore they'd completely forgotten, and the friend is always watching them with profound disappointment.

Day 16: Thursday, October 16: Comedic Horror

Prompt: A perpetually overworked barista is cursed by an angry customer to live out a "groundhog day" loop, but the loop isn't the whole day—it's just the incredibly crowded 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM rush hour.

Day 17: Friday, October 17: Modern Horror

Prompt: A social media influencer's new filter uses hyper-realistic AI to show you how you'll look in your final moments of life. The problem is, the filter won't turn off, and the reflection it shows begins to change, showing a death that is getting closer and more violent with every passing hour.

Day 18: Saturday, October 18: Melancholic Horror

Prompt: Every significant object a person owns (their wedding ring, their first car, their childhood teddy bear) has been subtly "un-wished" from existence by a force they can't comprehend.

Day 19: Sunday, October 19: Psychological Horror

Prompt: A person realizes that their entire life is being silently narrated by a calm, omnipresent voice that knows their every thought, but the narrator has started to get bored with them and is now actively editing the character's mundane decisions to create more dramatic and tragic conflict.

Day 20: Monday, October 20: Comedic Horror

Prompt: A young suburban couple buys a beautiful, antique grandfather clock, only to discover it doesn't run on gears or weights—it runs on mild, unrelenting passive aggression, and when it inevitably stops, they have to host the most painfully awkward dinner party of their lives to "recharge" it.

Day 21: Tuesday, October 21: Modern Horror

Prompt: A company releases a new pair of sleek, noise-canceling headphones that are too good at their job. They completely block out the world, including all ambient noise, and the protagonist begins to see things that only exist in absolute silence.