Spooktober is a 31 day event of coming up with original horror ideas based on prompts my writing group argues over. These are my entries.
(EDITED: I wasn’t clear what the prompt was or how this met that criteria before.)
SPOOKTOBER DAY #1 — Competition
TITLE: Stay Safe
PREMISE: Markiplier was warned. 100 days, 100 nights of danger on the wicked streets of Los Angeles – two gangs were having a challenge to see who could kill the most people. But the gangs were not going on the rumored rampage, and he felt safe. Police cruisers patrolled orderly streets. He didn’t realize the gangs about to initiate the killing spree were rolling those very same cruisers – hiding behind shiny badges, with murder in their blue hearts.
HORROR ELEMENT: Markimoo is hunted by gangs within the LAPD, and only street gangs can ultimately save him. A story ripped from the headlines, babey.
Poster by AI, modified with photoshop.
the nation of islam guy in the background was completely unreadable except for the fez. i photoshopped in a guy from In Living Color impersonating louis farrakhan. also had to add a sensible gun, do some minor repairs on the randos, make his arms thicker, and of course, replace nonsense text.
Off topic (apologies), but just to bring to your attention (in case you haven’t seen already), the short story The Honey Witch:
https://pseudopod.org/2022/09/30/pseudopod-830-the-honey-witch/
(I hope it will be taken as the compliment it is intended, when I say it reminded me of some of the offerings in The Midnight Collection)
Hey, ol’ Terry’s daughter. Looks like she’s doing well for herself. Thanks for the link!