Puppeteers of Nightmare

Construct a story where an individual can manipulate other people’s fears and uses this power selectively.

This prompt revolves around the idea of empathizing with audience’s fear. Think about how this individual decides whose fear to manipulate? What are the consequences? What moral dilemmas does they face, given this unique ability? It provides a premise involving ethical complexities of power dynamics and human fear, pushing the writer to engage more deeply with their audience’s most profound anxieties.