Best Thriller and Suspense Writing Prompts

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Once Upon a Place with Sarah Jaffe

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Write about a person or object vanishing into thin air.

Thriller and Suspense – 44 stories

Write a story about a character who’s secretly nobility.

Thriller and Suspense – 16 stories

Write about someone welcoming a stranger into their home.

Thriller and Suspense – 159 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic thriller.

Thriller and Suspense – 143 stories

Write about someone who purposefully causes a power outage.

Thriller and Suspense – 146 stories

Write a story told entirely through one chase scene.

Thriller and Suspense – 143 stories

Write a story that takes place in a waiting room.

Thriller and Suspense – 255 stories

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