522+ ‘Ghost’ Writing Prompts
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Haunted Past
A teen discovers that their new home is haunted by a ghost. Rather than being afraid, they become best friends.
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The Curious Case of the Classroom Ghost
Churn out a story that revolves around a friendly ghost inhabiting an old classroom in a quaint school.
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Spirit from the Sidelines
Write a story from the perspective of a ghost observing a day in the life of a busy family member.
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Unfinished Melody
Draft a dialogue where a ghost character teaches a living person to complete its unfinished opus.
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Haunting Insights
Construct a dialogue where a ghost reveals the reality of the afterlife to a living person.
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Invisible Ties
Write a conversation revolving around a spectral link, a strong bond that has kept a departed soul tethered to the material world.
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Ghostly Evocations
Pen a dialogue between a ghost and a human where the specter reveals pivotal moments from its past.
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The Ghost Town
Write a story about a deserted ghost town that isn’t really deserted, but the home to hair-raising creatures.
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The Winterlake’s Tale
Create a story around a winter campfire, where the frozen lake nearby is rumoured to be the haunting ground of a sunken ghost ship.
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Ghost Town Mystery
Weave a tale about a character discovering dark secrets in a deserted western town.
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Your Town’s Tale
Write a ghost story set in your hometown, but add a twist that challenges the separation between real experiences and ghost legends.
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Urban Spirit Guide
Craft a story about living in a contemporary city that has its own urban legends and spirits.
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Haunted Objects and Heirlooms
Envisage a story about an antique heirloom in your possession turning out to be haunted.
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The Ghost Hacker
Write about a villain whose master plan involves hacking into people’s minds and controlling their thoughts.
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Digital Ghost
Write a tale about a malevolent digital entity haunting the protagonist through different technological devices.
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Visions of Future Fear
Imagine a ‘ghost’ from your future, something you fear may come to haunt you.
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Spectral Relationships
Reflect on a relationship in your life that feels akin to a ghost – present but not fully tangible.
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Phantoms of Potential
Imagine yourself as a ‘ghost’ observing your present life from an outsider’s perspective.
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Haunting Regrets
Write about a significant regret or unfulfilled dream from your past that haunts you like a ghost.
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Digital Ghost in The Machine
Write about a notorious cyber criminal who mysteriously disappears leaving a series of complex codes behind.
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Binding Pacts with Spirits
Imagine a situation where a character forms a pact with a spirit or ghost.
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Rewriting the Ghost Code
Write a story where the protagonists devise, decode or discover a set of rules that the spirits in their world must follow.
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Ghost of a Secret
Design a premise where a detective must solve a sprawling mystery beginning from an anonymous, unsolicited letter.
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Unearthed Love Letters
An ancient, haunted love letter is found on Valentine’s Day, stirring the ghost of a heartbroken lover.
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Lament of the Ghost Lover
Write a timeless sad love story between a ghost and a human who can’t reciprocate their love due to their existential difference.
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Treaded Eternity
Design a story where deceased souls must time travel to atone for their sins in life before they can pass on.
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Timescape Specter
Picture a ghost that is stuck time-traveling, causing it to exist in multiple timelines at once.
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Chrono-Apparition
Think of a story where a group of ghost friends go on time-traveling adventures to witness history’s greatest mysteries unfold.
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Lifetime Paradox
Imagine a character encounters a ghost from the future, warning them of their own impending doom.
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Phantom of the Past
Write about a ghost that travels back in time to prevent its living past self from making a disastrous decision.
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Invisible Conflicts
Come up with a story featuring an invisible superhero attempting to resolve a high-conflict situation.
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Voices of the Departed
Imagine you’re a ghost from the Irish Potato Famine era, narrate your journey into America.
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Ghostly Confidant
Write a short story about a reluctant medium who confides in a wisecracking ghost.
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Shadow of the Past
Pen an intense drama story where a character is haunted by a ghost from their past, which serves as a motif.
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Ghost Words
Construct an epistolary short story where letters from the past mysteriously appear in the present.
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An Unusual Haunting
Create a story about a ghost who haunts an unconventional place such as a train, a concert hall, or a library.
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Midnight Mourner’s Curse
Write a ghost story about a vengeful spirit of a person who had been wronged in life seeking justice in death.
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Campfire Ghost Stories
Craft a spooky ghost tale that you would tell around the campfire at summer camp.
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Ghost Molecules
Write about a physicist who discovers molecules that exist on a ghostly level, separating our reality from a parallel one.
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Haunted Heartbreak
Narrate a story about a love that transcends the human realm, focusing on a romance between a human and a ghost.
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Haunted House Encounter
Construct a narrative around unofficial “Ghost Hunters” exploring an infamously haunted house.
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Midnight in the Cemetery
Create a thrilling tale of an accidental nighttime stroll into a graveyard.
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Haunted House Adventure
Imagine moving into a house that you later discover is haunted. Write about your encounters with the ghost.
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Message From Beyond
You start receiving eerie messages from a spectral individual who has a special request.
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The Frosty Ghost Town
Imagine a city that has been entirely deserted because of an intense and prolonged snowfall.
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A Friend in the Shadows
Navigate the story of a young teenager who develops an eerie friendship with a being that only appears in the shadows.
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Ghost of the Past Loves
Write about a character struggling with the memories of a past romantic relationship.
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A Modern Marley’s Warning
Write a 21st-century version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, focusing on the haunting visits Marley and the Christmas spirits pay to Scrooge.
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Witches of Salem’s Spirits
Reinterpret Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”, imagining what would happen if the victims came back as ghosts.
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Modern Macbeth’s Phantom
Write a modern interpretation of William Shakespeare’s haunting tale of Macbeth and the Ghost of Banquo.
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Spectral Evidence
Write a story about a ghostly encounter that was captured on film, perhaps in a haunted house or eerie cemetery.
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Spectral Therapy
Spin a twisty tale about a psychiatrist who starts treating a ghost, helping it process its death and unfinished business.
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Self-Echoes
Create a dramatic narrative about a person who starts to see their own ghost from the past during stressful situations.
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Purgatorial Memories
Write a tale about a ghost who is stuck in purgatory, forced to relive its most traumatic human experiences.
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Phantom Grief
Craft a story about a ghost who only appears to individuals currently experiencing deep grief.
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The Cursed Lighthouse
Describe a night in a cursed lighthouse believed to be haunted by a ghost of a previous keeper.
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Childhood Apparition
Write about a child who befriends a ghost, unbeknownst to the adults around them.
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Eternal Whisper
Write a tale about a haunted place in your town and the ghost that whispers life changing advice to its visitors.
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A Ghostly Goodbye
Write a narrative about someone who is visited by a ghost of a loved one seeking closure.
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Wizarding Worlds
Imagine you received an acceptance letter to a magical school. What would your first day be like?
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Unfinished Symphony
Write about a composer’s ghost seeking his former lover’s help to finish his last symphony.
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The Final Farewell
Create a narrative where a main character communicates with their deceased loved one through dreams.
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Ghost in the Attic
Write a story about someone who discovers a friendly ghost living in their attic.
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Ghostly Agent of Change
Incorporate a ghost character as an unconventional life coach who nudges the protagonist towards healthier habits.
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Haunting Humor
Develop a story around a comedic ghost who uses their haunting abilities to create humorous situations.
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Spectral Justice
Craft a detective story with the twist that your protagonist’s consulting detective is a ghost.
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Posthumous Memoirs
Write a story from the perspective of a ghost, documenting their observations and experiences in the world after death.
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Ghostly Romantic Comedy
Write a story where the protagonist falls in love with a ghost, juggling romance and the problems that come with having a supernatural partner.
