It’s been over a month since my last writing prompt, because life has been crazy! I attended the New England SCBWI spring conference at the beginning of May, then went on a family vacation at DisneyWorld, and this coming weekend I’m heading off to NYC for Book Con… all of which left me little time to write blog posts. However, I did finish that super secret WIP over the long weekend!!

This prompt is sort of a silly one and doesn’t involve much creative writing. But it should be fun and might spark an idea or two!

The Prompt

Use the following graphic to generate a horror novel title (or use the transcribed text).

Choose your birth month:

• Jan: Whispering
• Feb: Screaming
• March: Killing
• April: Murder
• May: Sacrifice
• June: Abduction
• July: Disappearance
• August: Creeping
• September: Devouring
• October: Haunting
• November: Burning
• December: Exorcism

The first letter of your first name:

• A: Occult
• B: Mysterious
• C: Ominous
• D: Dark
• E: Black
• F: White
• G: Red
• H: Bleeding
• I: Stolen
• J: Dead
• K: Possessed
• L: Eerie
• M: Luminous
• N: Grotesque
• O: Eldritch
• P: Eerie
• Q: Macabre
• R: Twilight
• S: Pagan
• T: Funereal
• U: Moonlit
• V: Dark
• W: Dreaded
• X: Fearful
• Y: Ghostly
• Z: Lugubrious

The last letter of your last name

• A: Child
• B: Woman
• C: Ghoul
• D: Castle
• E: Demon
• F: Witch
• G: Heart
• H: Creature
• I: Night
• J: Moon
• K: Vampire
• L: Phantom
• M: Ghost
• N: Raven
• O: Skull
• P: Bones
• Q: Vault
• R: Werewolf
• S: Mind
• T: Tomb
• U: Doll
• V: Forest
• W: Necromicon
• X: Man
• Y: Shadow
• Z:Tree

Now take those three words and insert them into the formula.

The [birth month] of the [first initial] [last initial].

My horror novel would be titled The Abduction of the Possessed Castle, which makes no sense whatsoever!

Bonus

Write the first chapter of a horror novel!

Happy writing! I’d love if you shared your title in the comments, and suggest future genres of writing-related generators.