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To welcome in the magical month of October, we have decided to create some creative prompts to stir your imagination! 🖤✨
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#prompts #poetryprompts #artprompts #October #Halloween #spookyprompts
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#prompts #poetryprompts #artprompts #October #Halloween #spookyprompts
In celebration of gothic literature having a well deserved mainstream moment, what is your favorite gothic story? 👁️ (We might want to add some to our ever growing TBR lists!)
#gothicliterature #frankenstein #TBRlists
#gothicliterature #frankenstein #TBRlists
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In celebration of gothic literature having a well deserved mainstream moment, what is your favorite gothic story? 👁️ (We might want to add some to our ever growing TBR lists!)
#gothicliterature #frankenstein #TBRlists
#gothicliterature #frankenstein #TBRlists
October Prompts Day Thirty-One:
Danse Macabre 💀
This prompt was inspired by the “dance of death”, a genre of art which depicts the dead, usually skeletons, in the act of dancing.
Did you guess the genre behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Danse Macabre 💀
This prompt was inspired by the “dance of death”, a genre of art which depicts the dead, usually skeletons, in the act of dancing.
Did you guess the genre behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
October Prompts Day Thirty-One:
Danse Macabre 💀
This prompt was inspired by the “dance of death”, a genre of art which depicts the dead, usually skeletons, in the act of dancing.
Did you guess the genre behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Danse Macabre 💀
This prompt was inspired by the “dance of death”, a genre of art which depicts the dead, usually skeletons, in the act of dancing.
Did you guess the genre behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October Prompts Day Thirty:
Resurrection 🐈⬛
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Pet Sematary” by Stephen King.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#horrorprompts
Resurrection 🐈⬛
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Pet Sematary” by Stephen King.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#horrorprompts
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
October Prompts Day Thirty:
Resurrection 🐈⬛
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Pet Sematary” by Stephen King.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#horrorprompts
Resurrection 🐈⬛
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Pet Sematary” by Stephen King.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#horrorprompts
October Prompts Day Twenty-Nine:
Mask 🎭
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Phantom of the Opera” by Gaston Leroux.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Mask 🎭
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Phantom of the Opera” by Gaston Leroux.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
October Prompts Day Twenty-Nine:
Mask 🎭
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Phantom of the Opera” by Gaston Leroux.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Mask 🎭
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Phantom of the Opera” by Gaston Leroux.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Today we present “Motherhorror: On the Uncanny Art of Raising the Unknowable in Schweblin and Ferrante’s Novels”, an essay by Mirela Dialeti
Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link in our bio or below.
hyacinthreview.org/mirela-diale...
#essay #literature
Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link in our bio or below.
hyacinthreview.org/mirela-diale...
#essay #literature
Motherhorror: On the Uncanny Art of Raising the Unknowable in Schweblin and Ferrante’s Novels - The Hyacinth Review
“Strange can be quite normal. Strange can just be the phrase, ‘That is not important,’ as an answer for everything. But if your son never answered you that way before, then the fourth time you ask him...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Today we present “Motherhorror: On the Uncanny Art of Raising the Unknowable in Schweblin and Ferrante’s Novels”, an essay by Mirela Dialeti
Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link in our bio or below.
hyacinthreview.org/mirela-diale...
#essay #literature
Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link in our bio or below.
hyacinthreview.org/mirela-diale...
#essay #literature
October Prompts Day Twenty-Six:
Dissection 🩻
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday
Dissection 🩻
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
October Prompts Day Twenty-Six:
Dissection 🩻
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday
Dissection 🩻
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday
October Prompts Day Twenty-Five:
Carnival 🎠
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason
Carnival 🎠
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
October Prompts Day Twenty-Five:
Carnival 🎠
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason
Carnival 🎠
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason
October Prompts Day Twenty-Four:
Moors 🌫️
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#literaryprompts
Moors 🌫️
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#literaryprompts
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
October Prompts Day Twenty-Four:
Moors 🌫️
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#literaryprompts
Moors 🌫️
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#literaryprompts
October Prompts Day Twenty-Three:
Disappear 🫥
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Invisible Man” by H. G. Wells.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday #apookyseason
Disappear 🫥
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Invisible Man” by H. G. Wells.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday #apookyseason
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
October Prompts Day Twenty-Three:
Disappear 🫥
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Invisible Man” by H. G. Wells.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday #apookyseason
Disappear 🫥
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Invisible Man” by H. G. Wells.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday #apookyseason
One of our authors just published their first poetry chapbook!
You can check out “All the best superheroes are born here” by Daniel A. Rabuzzi at the link below! ✨
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You can check out “All the best superheroes are born here” by Daniel A. Rabuzzi at the link below! ✨
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October 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
One of our authors just published their first poetry chapbook!
You can check out “All the best superheroes are born here” by Daniel A. Rabuzzi at the link below! ✨
moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/rabu...
You can check out “All the best superheroes are born here” by Daniel A. Rabuzzi at the link below! ✨
moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/rabu...
October Prompts Day Twenty-Two:
Punishment 😈
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason
Punishment 😈
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
October Prompts Day Twenty-Two:
Punishment 😈
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason
Punishment 😈
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason
October Prompts Day Twenty-One:
Shipwreck ⚓️
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Shipwreck ⚓️
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
October Prompts Day Twenty-One:
Shipwreck ⚓️
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Shipwreck ⚓️
This prompt was inspired by the novel “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October Prompts Day Twenty:
Nightmare 😴
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Nightmare” by Henry Fuseli.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Nightmare 😴
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Nightmare” by Henry Fuseli.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
October Prompts Day Twenty:
Nightmare 😴
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Nightmare” by Henry Fuseli.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Nightmare 😴
This prompt was inspired by the painting “The Nightmare” by Henry Fuseli.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October Prompts Day Nineteen:
Madness 🧠
This prompt was inspired by the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Madness 🧠
This prompt was inspired by the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
October Prompts Day Nineteen:
Madness 🧠
This prompt was inspired by the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Madness 🧠
This prompt was inspired by the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October Prompts Day Eighteen:
Cannibal 🥩
This prompt was inspired by the painting “Saturn Devouring His Son” by Francisco Goya.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s prompt!
Cannibal 🥩
This prompt was inspired by the painting “Saturn Devouring His Son” by Francisco Goya.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s prompt!
October 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
October Prompts Day Eighteen:
Cannibal 🥩
This prompt was inspired by the painting “Saturn Devouring His Son” by Francisco Goya.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s prompt!
Cannibal 🥩
This prompt was inspired by the painting “Saturn Devouring His Son” by Francisco Goya.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s prompt!
Today we present “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way”, a poem by Anne Eyries
Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link below
hyacinthreview.org/anne-eyries-...
Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link below
hyacinthreview.org/anne-eyries-...
If they give you ruled paper, write the other way - The Hyacinth Review
In the desert there’s no signthat says Thou shalt not eat stones, though behind every great fortune there’s crime as Offred can confirm from the front linein Margaret Atwood’s scarlet tomes.In the de...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Today we present “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way”, a poem by Anne Eyries
Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link below
hyacinthreview.org/anne-eyries-...
Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link below
hyacinthreview.org/anne-eyries-...
October Prompts Day Thirteen:
Raven ⌛️
This prompt was inspired by the famous poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.
Did you guess the poem behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts
Raven ⌛️
This prompt was inspired by the famous poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.
Did you guess the poem behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
October Prompts Day Thirteen:
Raven ⌛️
This prompt was inspired by the famous poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.
Did you guess the poem behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts
Raven ⌛️
This prompt was inspired by the famous poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.
Did you guess the poem behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts
October Prompts Day Twelve:
Cult 🐙
This prompt was inspired by the short story “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P Lovecraft, as well as other stories in the author’s shared universe.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday #spookyseason
Cult 🐙
This prompt was inspired by the short story “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P Lovecraft, as well as other stories in the author’s shared universe.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday #spookyseason
October 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
October Prompts Day Twelve:
Cult 🐙
This prompt was inspired by the short story “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P Lovecraft, as well as other stories in the author’s shared universe.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday #spookyseason
Cult 🐙
This prompt was inspired by the short story “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P Lovecraft, as well as other stories in the author’s shared universe.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#promptoftheday #spookyseason
October Prompts Day Eleven:
Psychic 🔮
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #writingprompts #promptoftheday
Psychic 🔮
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #writingprompts #promptoftheday
October 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
October Prompts Day Eleven:
Psychic 🔮
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #writingprompts #promptoftheday
Psychic 🔮
This prompt was inspired by the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #writingprompts #promptoftheday
October Prompts Day Ten:
Skeleton 💀
This prompt was inspired by the painting “Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette” by Vincent Van Gogh.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #promptoftheday
Skeleton 💀
This prompt was inspired by the painting “Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette” by Vincent Van Gogh.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #promptoftheday
October 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
October Prompts Day Ten:
Skeleton 💀
This prompt was inspired by the painting “Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette” by Vincent Van Gogh.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #promptoftheday
Skeleton 💀
This prompt was inspired by the painting “Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette” by Vincent Van Gogh.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #promptoftheday
October Prompts Day Nine:
Possession 😈
This prompt was inspired by “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #Halloween #promptoftheday
Possession 😈
This prompt was inspired by “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #Halloween #promptoftheday
October 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
October Prompts Day Nine:
Possession 😈
This prompt was inspired by “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #Halloween #promptoftheday
Possession 😈
This prompt was inspired by “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #Halloween #promptoftheday
October Prompts Day Eight:
Horseman 🐎
This prompt was inspired by “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #Halloween
Horseman 🐎
This prompt was inspired by “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #Halloween
October 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
October Prompts Day Eight:
Horseman 🐎
This prompt was inspired by “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #Halloween
Horseman 🐎
This prompt was inspired by “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving.
Did you guess the story behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
#spookyseason #spookyprompts #Halloween
October Prompts Day Seven:
Poison ☠️
This prompt was inspired by “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson. A staple of the gothic genre in which we delve into the mystery of a family’s undoing.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Poison ☠️
This prompt was inspired by “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson. A staple of the gothic genre in which we delve into the mystery of a family’s undoing.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
October Prompts Day Seven:
Poison ☠️
This prompt was inspired by “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson. A staple of the gothic genre in which we delve into the mystery of a family’s undoing.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
Poison ☠️
This prompt was inspired by “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson. A staple of the gothic genre in which we delve into the mystery of a family’s undoing.
Did you guess the novel behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s #prompt!
October Prompts Day Six:
Spirit 👻
This prompt was inspired by the beautiful and melancholy painting titled “Spirit”, by George Roux. It’s one of our favorite paintings of the supernatural.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s prompt!
#prompt #spooky
Spirit 👻
This prompt was inspired by the beautiful and melancholy painting titled “Spirit”, by George Roux. It’s one of our favorite paintings of the supernatural.
Did you guess the painting behind the prompt? If not, try again with tomorrow’s prompt!
#prompt #spooky
October 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM