I bolt up, tangled in soaked sheets. Heart pounding, I gasp for air. Fear knots my stomach, mind reeling from the weight of another fading nightmare. My eyes dart - alone in suffocating darkness. Still, I feel it. Lurking, watching from beyond the black... #cosmichorror #vss

Mom's box of old tapes, now long gone, remain a treasured memory still fueling this young writer's dreams. As a child, those worlds of wonder entranced me, beguiled by the dulcet LeVar Burton. Your rainbow of stories ignited my passion for literature. Thank you. #ReadingRainbow

The air was thick with the sweet scent of decay, a sickly aroma that made my stomach churn. As I turned to leave, I heard that faint whisper once again, and this time I could no longer resist. #horrorprompt #vsshorror

Voices shouting our names in the distance, echo through the rubble like whispers. As my breathing slows, my hand relaxes and the torch clatters against the concrete below. Weak, my lips reveal the barest hint of a smile. "At least I know, we will be missed..." #vss #sadness

Awakened by cold so sharp it bites into my soul. Trapped, I peer into the walls of ice around me… nothing but endless bodies, meticulously placed. A deafening rush, then silence, sudden and sharp, freezing water consumes me. My final breath escapes. #vsshorror #horrorprompt

Crack! The deafening snap of a twig stops me in my tracks. I strain my ears and whip around. My torch gleams like stars in the twin eyes peering from the dark. Feeling that guttural snarl echo through my chest sends me bolting. Too late, she was never alone. #vss365 #timberwolf

I choke down my now cold tea and sigh. The prompt was "olivine"... but nothing would come. Hours slip away as I wrack my mind in frustration with naught to show. Motivation now wisping away like candle smoke, I lose myself to the eternal void we call Reddit. #vss365 #olivine