522+ ‘Ghost’ Writing Prompts
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Supernaturally Spooky School
Develop a story about a ghost who haunts a school, including the ghost’s origin and why it chose this particular location.
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Cultural Spectres
Write a narrative detailing ghostly tales that are uniquely tied to a specific culture or tradition.
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Ghost Town Legends
Craft a tale about a deserted ghost town with its own haunting lore and inhabitants.
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Ghosts in the Graveyard
Write a story describing the origins of a ghost who resides in an ancient, forgotten graveyard.
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Ghost or Grandma?
Imagine your family moving into an old, haunted mansion only to find out that the ghost they encounter is a long-lost relative.
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Friendly Fool’s Day Ghost
Create a funny short story about a friendly ghost who loves to play pranks on April Fool’s Day.
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Ghostly Encounter
Write a narrative where the main character unknowingly communicates with a ghost, only realizing it in the startling finale.
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Ghosts of Lovers Past
Imagine a person traveling through a zombie-infested world with the AI echo of their deceased partner.
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Ghost in the Machine
You’re an artificial intelligence tasked with understanding humans. Write about your observations.
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Galactic Ghost Hunters
A team of interstellar explorers encounters alien ghosts on different planets, each with unique haunting methods based on their own cultural beliefs and traditions.
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Cybernetic Specters
In a future where people’s consciousness can be downloaded before death, one such consciousness becomes a much-feared digital ghost, creating chaos in the system.
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Extra-terrestrial Apparitions
An astronaut exploring a distant world encounters the ghost of a long-extinct alien species.
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Post Apocalyptic Phantoms
After the nuclear apocalypse, the only remaining lifeforms are artificial intelligences and the imprinted souls of the dead.
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Stellar Specters
Pen a tale about an extraterrestrial ghost who visits you in dreams to share stories about the cosmos.
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Spectral Solace
Write a narrative about a comforting ghost that appears in a dream to provide guidance during difficult times.
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Shadow Sleepwalkers
Write about a ghost who visits you in dreams and guides you on spectral sleepwalking adventures.
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Ethereal Therapist
What if a therapist’s office was haunted by a psychologist who still tries to help people with their emotional struggles?
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Unseen Stagehand
Explore a scenario where a theater has a ghost that continues to help set up and manage stage performances.
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Spectral Librarian
Write about a librarian ghost that helps readers find books or information they seek.
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Nocturnal Haunting
Script a chilling account of a sleepwalker who behaves oddly under the influence of a ghost.
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Ghosts of Past, Present, and Future
Choose one Christmas of your own to visit as “The Ghost of Christmas Past,” “The Ghost of Christmas Present,” or “The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.”
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The Playful Poltergeist
Pen a tale about a ghost who cheerfully haunts a boarding school, causing harmless mischief and offering help when needed.
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Historical Guide
Imagine a benign spirit guiding a historian to unearth the hidden truths about a historical event.
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Guardian of the Mansion
Write a tale about a benevolent ghost who lives in an old mansion and protects it from harm.
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The Invisible Guide
Narrate a story in which a person is guided by a benevolent ghost through a series of challenges.
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Lost in Time
Imagine traveling back in time, only to realize you are being haunted by a vengeful ghost that insists you amend a mistake from the past.
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Haunted Afterlife
Create a ghost story set in an afterlife where ghosts themselves are haunted by ‘super-ghosts’.
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City of Ashes
After a dormant volcano erupts, turning a city into a smoke and ash-filled ghost town overnight, a firefighter risks her life to find her missing daughter.
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Historical Haunting
Describe a ghost that is stuck in the time period they died in, their continued presence marked by their outdated clothing and style.
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Shadowy Spectre
Create the profile of a ghost that doesn’t possess a solid form, but instead appears as an ominous, irregular shadow.
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Flickering Phantasm
Imagine encountering a ghost that flickers, its form unstable as though it’s caught in a glitch or stuck between two realms.
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Ghostly Translucence
Write about a ghost that appears as an almost transparent, ethereal apparition where its physical form seems to blend with the environment.
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Ghostly Reflections
Write a short story where the main character starts seeing a ghost in any reflective surface.
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Haunted Homestays
Pen a story about a traveler who encounters various cultural spirits through their homestay experiences.
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Ancestral Crossover
Concoct a tale where a young person can communicate with their ancestors across cultures.
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The Restless Guide
Create a narrative about a ghost from a foreign land who guides lost spirits in their homeland.
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Buried Grudges
Describe a scenario where grudges held by spirits from two different cultures cause chaos.
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The Unseen Narrator
Write a short story but from the perspective of an unseen entity, perhaps an item in the room or a ghost.
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The Undying Captain’s Quest
Your character, a retired sailor, is visited by a ghost of his old captain who tasks him with an unfinished, dangerous mission.
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Ghost of Mistaken Identity
Weave a story around a ghost who got mistaken for another spirit and is now trying to establish its true identity.
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Haunted Mirror
Create a ghostly character that only exists in mirrors and describe how it influences the world around it.
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The Ghostly Companion
Imagine your childhood imaginary friend was a ghost and detail the adventures you both had.
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Ghost Ship Adrift
Weave a tale around an ancient shipwreck or a ghostly seafaring vessel seen only under certain conditions.
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The Ghost Town’s Tale
Conjure up a description of a haunted ghost town, once bustling with life and now abandoned.
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“Footsteps in the Foggy Night”
Write a short story about a character who starts hearing unexplained footsteps in the foggy nights.
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Ghost Village
Spin a suspenseful story set in an empty village where the inhabitants mysteriously vanished overnight.
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Ghostly Comedy Club
A ghost decides to start a comedy club for other spirits but struggles with getting his spectral audience to laugh.
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5. The Ghost Whisperer’s Blooper Reel
Picture a renowned “ghost whisperer” who attracts an audience for all the wrong reasons—the ghosts they “banish” simply can’t resist pulling pranks and cracking jokes.
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4. Spooky Stand-Up
Create a narrative about a ghost trying to make it as a stand-up comedian, with the catch being that only the drunk patrons can see him.
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2. Ghastly Roommates
Write a story about a human and a ghost forced to cohabitate due to some cosmic mix-up.
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1. The Laugh Track Ghost
Craft a tale about a ghost who haunts a sitcom set, but instead of scares, it only contributes well-timed comedic input.
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Chronicles of Coral
Describe the journey of a coral reef in transition from a vibrant ecosystem to a bleached ghost town due to warming seas.
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Unsettling Portrait’s Secret
Write about a portrait with eyes that seem to follow you around the room.
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Phantom Ship
Tell the tale of a spectral ship seen near a coastal town with a history of shipwrecks.
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Soundless Visitor
Write about an insistent ghost that follows the main character around trying to get their attention.
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Nightly Lullaby
Craft a story where an old, abandoned house is said to be haunted, not by screams or moans, but by a ghost child’s innocent lullaby heard every night.
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Lost in Time
Write about a young child who finds an antique doll in the attic, which is possessed by the spirit of its former owner, a child ghost from a bygone era.
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Handprints on the Wall
Compose a narrative in which a family sees small handprints appear mysteriously on freshly painted walls, revealing a child ghost trying to communicate.
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Invisible Playmate
Pen a tale where a young child has a friendship with an invisible playmate, only for the parents to learn that their child’s friend is actually a ghost.
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Echoes from the Playground
Write a story where the joyful sounds from a children’s playground turn out to be ghostly echoes of children from decades past.
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Loveletter to a Ghost
Write a love letter to someone who has left, making sure to express all unresolved feelings and unanswered questions.