Start your story with two characters deciding to spend the night in a graveyard.

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“A Night in the Cemetery” by Olabayo Enoch

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The pickup truck drives in from the open gates of the cemetery, it's tyres squealing against the pebbles and pieces of granites used to fill in the massive potholes that are now filled with muddy brown water, the very motion of it disturbing the serenity of the night. And as it does, eyes flicker open and oddly shaped blobs of blood dyed flesh turn, high up in the branches of the almond trees that litter the side of the entrance close to wall as they follow the motion of the pick up truck. The headlamps are on, placing it out as a beacon tha...

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“The Wager” by Lynne Conrad

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The Wager By Lynne Conrad “I can’t believe I let you talk me into this,” Huey muttered, adjus...

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“Digging Up Davey” by James Cole

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The graveyard was empty, save the caretaker locking up and the crows nesting in the spruce trees bordering the grounds. The wind warm and fall leaves rotting nicely on the ground, the smell of a nearby campfire in the air. The caretaker locked up the main gate, sauntered to his truck and drove off towards town. On the far side of the fence two figures crouched behind a scattering of boxwoods waiting for this very moment. Frank Turner and Randal Crowly had been waiting almost an hour for the groundskeeper to leave and that time had finally co...

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“Nightmare in a Graveyard” by Renika Anand

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23:10 hours“What on earth is wrong with you?” Lindsay sat up in her bed glaring at the girl lying next to her.“Come on, Lindsay! Its Halloween. We never do anything fun. Just this once. Please?”“Reed, it’s freezing outside. Besides, if braces sees us, you know quite well that she’s going to report us to Ms. Winter.”Braces was an irritable seventeen-year-old who was put in charge of watching the orphanage kids for the day, since Ms. Winter had gone to look after her sick mother.Reed sniffed and turned over. Lindsay sighed. “Sometimes I really...

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“Underneath” by Crystal Joy Gungab

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The moon is already up in the beautiful night sky. The breeze makes me shiver as Nicole and I started to walk down the streets of New Haven. It's been 6 years since my mom left me. My mom is the only family I’ve known, well except for my dad who left me when I was freaking 2 years old! She kinda raised me till I was 10 and she decided to leave me for reasons I do not know. They just dumped me like garbage, like I was nothing to them. One day, mom told me that she’s just going to run some errands, but she never came back. And my neighbor, the...

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“Graveyard: Life's Reality Check” by Sharumathi Selvaraju

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Graveyard: Life’s reality check When it comes to the part of memories, they are not only the collection of precious moments in our treasure box but also pre-gifted power to make our upcoming moments precious. Some memories are meant to be erased, some are meant to be learned, and some are meant to be applied. You may reckon why I am describing so much about memories, but you may not know the value of the moment until and unless it becomes a memory. This story is of two young men deciding to spend the night in the graveyard, ultimately learni...

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“It's Been With Me” by Riwa Sings

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It's October in Colorado and I'm in my hometown Leadville sitting on the red couch I thrifted a month ago in my living room with my friend Jake contemplating our discussion that we had with the psychic he had hired in return for Fifty thousand likes. "I think it's time Cole. How much longer do you want this to go on? You need your answers." Jake is right. I do want my answers but he wants his content. I don't blame him. A few dollars and a spindle of fame from YouTube would do that to you. I also can't deny that I benefit from it ...

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“TRICK OR TREAT?” by Dolapo Omoleme

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After much deliberation, we decided to make our move. We would spend the whole night, or much of it, carrying out our mission at the graveyard. Upon arrival, everything was as we had anticipated. We quickly got down to work and made good time. The raid went much quicker and smoother than we could have predicted, and so as we approached the seventh grave, I finally began to relax. We had only recently been released from jail after completing the eighteen-month-long sentences we’d both received for robbing a store at gun-point. It was...

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“The House in The Graveyard” by R.E. Alperson

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“My mom said an old lady used to live here. Everyone thought she was a witch,” Alexis said. “Oh yeah?” Wes said, unbelieving. The young couple strolled towards the quaint, boarded-up house that stood precariously erect in the cemetery. It was raining; not much, but enough to make this night exciting and perhaps even romantic. Alexis and Wes were entirely carefree, existing within their own microcosm of adventure, illicit substances (the tamer ones, namely marijuana and alcoh...

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“Foe and Phantom” by Lauren Skemp

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November 1st, 1999. The day my world ceased to exist. The day when the ominous and baleful mood of halloween was supposed to dissolve into the enchanting and festive season of Christmas. But that sinister feeling of October never stopped for me. It was what carried me through life. Kept me on my toes. Alert and awake at all times. Until one night when I let my guard down. The one night where it was the most important to keep it up. That was five years ago. It is the eve of November 1st, 2004. I have never come to this place b...

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“The Return of the zombies ” by Joan Opoyi

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Wandering through the graveyard ,it felt like something was watching us.The eyes through the tall trees; yellow eyes like the light from the lamp. It was on October 31st, the day that people all over America celebrated Halloween. Juliet and I were all set up In our new Halloween attire. Juliet appeared in my room;which made my heart fall down onto the ground. I couldn't stop screaming over and over;Juliet had this attire of a zombie - it looked so scary. "C 'mon Sandra,it's me,"Juliet said as she removed the costume from her head.The roof s...

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“Night Time is Grave Time” by Jewell Nicole

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It was a rare thing to see two women digging in the same garbage can at the same time. Rare and almost impossible to do, but there they were, on a very important mission. Like their lives depended on it, because it did. In the back alley of the market place, next to the big drain that overflows every time rain fell, Flamingo and Trix were searching for their next meal. “We should sleep in Tunapuna cemetery tonight. The food there will be a feast you never had,” Flamingo said to Trix. She pulled out a banana peel and peered into the empty ...

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“TOMB RAIDERS” by Binyamin Othman

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In a kingdom, far away from the coast in the African continent, the king’s chief adviser died. According to their tradition, a bigwig like that will be buried in room sized tomb with all his valuable belongings and a bed to rest for eternity. The tomb will have a window sized entrance that will be blocked with a heavy stone after the burial. The dead adviser was dressed beautifully in an expensive robe with a sparkling gold ring in his hand to honor his departure. Everyone present at the burial noticed the ring. In fact, no one could afford ...

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“Grave Hopes” by Kara O

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There couldn’t have been a sillier idea than staying in a graveyard past midnight in the hopes of having a wish granted. Yet here I was, staring at Mae’s ass as we hid from the security guard. Torch light pierced through the mesh of branches and leaves, but from the whistling and the any-which-way direction the rays moved in, you could tell the man wasn’t seriously searching. I wouldn’t be either if all I had to do was look after corpses. Dead things don’t move.“My days.” Mae sighed, slumping to sit on her butt after...

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“Musical Night in a Graveyard” by Sanjay Thurlapati

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It was the day of Halloween in the Celestic Kingdom. Everyone began decorating their houses and children were anxious about their costumes. Meanwhile a group of 4 young men gathered for the night of Halloween celebrations. They were Alex, Jake, Leo and Lance. For sometime the atmosphere was quite cheerful suddenly Alex brought up a story that "Friends do you know,On this day the ghosts would gather in a Graveyard to celebrate the Halloween night just like us". Jake and Lance laughed at the story of Alex but Leo seems he believed it and shout...

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Start your story with two characters deciding to spend the night in a graveyard.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 318 stories

“A Night in the Cemetery” by Olabayo Enoch

“The Wager” by Lynne Conrad

“Digging Up Davey” by James Cole

“Nightmare in a Graveyard” by Renika Anand

“Underneath” by Crystal Joy Gungab

“Graveyard: Life's Reality Check” by Sharumathi Selvaraju

“It's Been With Me” by Riwa Sings

“TRICK OR TREAT?” by Dolapo Omoleme

“The House in The Graveyard” by R.E. Alperson

“Foe and Phantom” by Lauren Skemp

“The Return of the zombies ” by Joan Opoyi

“Night Time is Grave Time” by Jewell Nicole

“TOMB RAIDERS” by Binyamin Othman

“Grave Hopes” by Kara O

“Musical Night in a Graveyard” by Sanjay Thurlapati

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about someone’s first Halloween as a ghost.

Write about a group of witches meeting up on Halloween night.

Write about a vampire or werewolf who moves into a quiet suburban neighborhood.

Write about someone taking a child trick-or-treating for the very first time.

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