Rise of the Rainbow of Terror

Yes! October is almost here!

That means something much for terrifying than COVID-19 and the presidential elections approaches: Halloween! And that means the Rainbow of Terror is back with all new Halloween/horror themed challenges. It has been so long since I did a themed challenge hasn’t it. I feel whole again now that I’m doing themed challenges again.

Most of the challenges will be judged by me like last year’s Rainbow of Terror. I will grade each entry based on the following:

1) How well the entry fits the prompt/description.

2) How well it ties into the theme of Halloween/horror.

3) Overall creativity and fun.

All challenges will end on October 26, and the winners will be announced on Halloween night. Enter one, enter two, or enter in all of these fantastic and ghoulish horror/Halloween theme challenges. If you have any questions about these challenges or what I may be looking for in these challenges, please feel free to send a message and ask me any time.

Good luck, write up, and scare away. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

HORROR 1

Prompt: 200th Horror Challenge

Description: The Horror Portal on Prose has finally reached its 200th challenge. Write a horror story in exactly 200 words. The winner goes to the most terrifying, and will be rewarded.

Word Count: 200-200

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11129

HORROR 2

Prompt: Local legends and ghost stories.

Description: Every town has at least a scary story or two. A story about a haunted house, or about a monster that lives in the local lake. Write and share a story or legend that you may have heard in your home town/city growing up that still gives you goosebumps when you think about it.

Word Count: 15-1000

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11128

HORROR 3

Prompt: You have just written the greatest horror book of all time. Describe that book and what happens.

Description: Plot twist: your story was cursed and what you have written comes to life. How long do you think you could survive?

Word Count: 50-500

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11127

HORROR 4

Prompt: Horror Under Quarantine

Description: Inspired by a short horror film titled Host, where a group of friends undergo a siance via Zoom only to experience a demonic encounter. Write a horror story where a someone or a group of people are stuck inside during Quarantine, communicating through videochats, when something horrible and terrifying happens. Paranormal activity, a killer breaks in, a monster attacks, you decide.

Word Count: 150-1500

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11126

HORROR 5

Prompt: Vampires or Werewolves?

Description: Which is the better monster and why?

Word Count: 15-300

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11125

HORROR 6

Prompt: “It has awoken to reclaim this world.”

Description: Use this sentence as the basis of your horror story.

Word Count: 100-2000

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11124

HORROR 7

Prompt: “The hunter is now the hunted.”

Description: Use this as the basis of your horror story.

Word Count: 100-2000

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11123

HORROR 8

Prompt: “She was dead, and I was going to be next.”

Description: Use this as the basis of your horror story.

Word Count: 100-2000

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11122

HORROR 9

Prompt: 2020, the scariest year so far!

Description: 2020 is a horror story on its own. Write about it!

Word Count: 20-2020

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11121

SIX WORD STORY

Prompt: Guess Boo! Round Two!

Description: Last year’s Guess Boo turned out to be a big success, so I figured why not do it again this year. This is a guessing game of sorts. What you have to do is think of a topic that is often associated with horror, and then write out three lines, six words each, that describes what you are so everyone can guess in the comments. The topic can be a scary movie (Jaws, The Exorcist, Aliens), a scary TV show (American Horror Story, Walking Dead, Goosebumps), a scary game (Dead Space, Ouija), or a scary book (Dracula, Frankenstein). Or the topic can be some sort of monster, masked killer, or whatever that is associated with horror. Or it can be real people that are often associated with the horror genre like writers Stephen King, Mary Shelley, and George A. Romero. I’ll start off with an example so you all can follow. Winner will goes to the one that stumps the most people, myself included.

Word Count: 18-18

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11120

HAIKU:

Prompt: Creepypasta Haiku

Description: Creepypastas. The modern age of telling scary stories through the internet. Slenderman, Jeff the Killer, the Rake, Candle Cove, just to name a few. For this challenge write two or three haikus (5 syllable 7syllable 5 syllable for each haiku) relating to your favorite Creepypasta. Here’s a link to the Creepypasta website to help you search through their endless list of terrors if you’re looking for some inspiration: https://www.creepypasta.com/

Word Count: 15-50

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11119

REVIEW

Prompt: Your favorite horror movie.

Description: For any moviegoers here write about your favorite horror movie.

Word Count: 15-1000

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11118

GAMING

Prompt: Your favorite horror video game.

Description: For any gamers here write about your favorite horror video game.

Word Count: 15-1000

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11117

ROMANCE/EROTIC

Prompt: Falling in love with horror!

Description: Just like it sounds, try to write up a romantic story or poem (or an erotic story/poem if that’s your thing) with elements of horror.

Word Count: 25-2500

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11116

PHILOSOPHY

Prompt: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” - H.P. Lovecraft

Description: Is there truth to this quote? Do we still fear the unknown? Give me an essay on your thoughts on this.

Word Count: 15-1500

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11115

MUSIC

Prompt: Sing for Halloween!

Description: There’s plenty of songs about Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and even St. Patrick’s day. But there aren’t (if any) songs about Halloween. For any future song writers here, this is your chance. Write up an original song about Halloween!

Word Count: 15-1000

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11114

COMEDY

Prompt: How many Halloween puns can you come up with?

Description: Best puns win.

Word Count: 15-100

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11113

BOOK CLUB 1

Prompt: Which book deserves the crown for being the king of horror, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or Bram Stoker’s Dracula?

Description: Give your opinions. Winner goes to the most convincing argument.

Word Count: 15-250

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11112

BOOK CLUB 2

Prompt: Does anyone have any horror stories they can recommend to me?

Description: I’m a fan of horror and I’m always interested in reading some new horror. Any have any recommendations?

Word Count: 15-150

Link: https://theprose.com/challenge/11111

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