Quiet Horror: The Story That Unsettles Without a Single Scare
Write a quiet horror story — a narrative in a realistic register that produces sustained unease without jump scares, monsters, or explicit threats. The kind of story you keep thinking about three days later.
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When to use this prompt
- check_circleWrite literary horror that unsettles without explicit supernatural events
- check_circleCreate horror through tonal dissonance and carefully withheld information
- check_circleDraft quiet horror for literary fiction markets that don't publish traditional horror
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