Mary
@msamios.bsky.social
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1666: winking
#haikuhorrorprompt #notahaiku
advocate
some say they saw you winking
I know I saw you shrinking
defending obscene thinking
02-15-2025
#haikuhorrorprompt #notahaiku
advocate
some say they saw you winking
I know I saw you shrinking
defending obscene thinking
02-15-2025
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1666: winking
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
February 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1666: winking
#haikuhorrorprompt #notahaiku
advocate
some say they saw you winking
I know I saw you shrinking
defending obscene thinking
02-15-2025
#haikuhorrorprompt #notahaiku
advocate
some say they saw you winking
I know I saw you shrinking
defending obscene thinking
02-15-2025
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1665: flat stare
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku
you stand with contempt
a suzanne vega cipher
flat stares upon the wall
02-15-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku
you stand with contempt
a suzanne vega cipher
flat stares upon the wall
02-15-2026
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1665: flat stare
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1665: flat stare
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku
you stand with contempt
a suzanne vega cipher
flat stares upon the wall
02-15-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku
you stand with contempt
a suzanne vega cipher
flat stares upon the wall
02-15-2026
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2094: ragged cut
#horrorprompt
a jagged edge
just a ragged cut,
not an intended fatality.
just an addled bluff
served with a deadly banality.
I lay your body down,
your face upon the ground.
it was just a ragged cut.
02-14-2020
#horrorprompt
a jagged edge
just a ragged cut,
not an intended fatality.
just an addled bluff
served with a deadly banality.
I lay your body down,
your face upon the ground.
it was just a ragged cut.
02-14-2020
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2094: ragged cut
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
February 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2094: ragged cut
#horrorprompt
a jagged edge
just a ragged cut,
not an intended fatality.
just an addled bluff
served with a deadly banality.
I lay your body down,
your face upon the ground.
it was just a ragged cut.
02-14-2020
#horrorprompt
a jagged edge
just a ragged cut,
not an intended fatality.
just an addled bluff
served with a deadly banality.
I lay your body down,
your face upon the ground.
it was just a ragged cut.
02-14-2020
If you see this, post a character that starts with the letter M.
February 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
If you see this, post a character that starts with the letter M.
Your regular reminder that the Universe is a vast and wondrous place:
🔭 Roses are Red
Image Credit & Copyright: Raffaele Calcagno
Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)
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Image Credit & Copyright: Raffaele Calcagno
Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)
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February 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Horror Writing Prompt no. 2095: razor sharp
#horrorprompt
exsanguination
your razor-sharp gaze
precedes my grim hemorrhage
slaughtered, I stain
your feet of stone
02-14-2026
#horrorprompt
exsanguination
your razor-sharp gaze
precedes my grim hemorrhage
slaughtered, I stain
your feet of stone
02-14-2026
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2095: razor sharp
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
February 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2095: razor sharp
#horrorprompt
exsanguination
your razor-sharp gaze
precedes my grim hemorrhage
slaughtered, I stain
your feet of stone
02-14-2026
#horrorprompt
exsanguination
your razor-sharp gaze
precedes my grim hemorrhage
slaughtered, I stain
your feet of stone
02-14-2026
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1663: tallow
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku #senryū
unworthy
melting like tallow
your rigid countenance falls
you can't take the heat
02-14-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku #senryū
unworthy
melting like tallow
your rigid countenance falls
you can't take the heat
02-14-2026
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1663: tallow
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
February 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1663: tallow
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku #senryū
unworthy
melting like tallow
your rigid countenance falls
you can't take the heat
02-14-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku #senryū
unworthy
melting like tallow
your rigid countenance falls
you can't take the heat
02-14-2026
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1662: sinew
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku
inebriety
once the feast is through,
skin and bone, fascia, sinew--
these we leave behind
02-13-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku
inebriety
once the feast is through,
skin and bone, fascia, sinew--
these we leave behind
02-13-2026
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1662: sinew
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Randy Graf x.com/RandyGrafCanada for sparking this month's terrors! #RandyGraFebruary
February 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1662: sinew
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku
inebriety
once the feast is through,
skin and bone, fascia, sinew--
these we leave behind
02-13-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt #nothaiku
inebriety
once the feast is through,
skin and bone, fascia, sinew--
these we leave behind
02-13-2026
I've been out of the "is it Fae or is it Fungus" loop for so long that I'm not going to try right now. But I still say turkey tail mushrooms remind me of the layers of a sedimentary rock cliff.
February 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I've been out of the "is it Fae or is it Fungus" loop for so long that I'm not going to try right now. But I still say turkey tail mushrooms remind me of the layers of a sedimentary rock cliff.
Hopefully, a return to the regular reminder that our Universe is a vast and wondrous place:
February 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Hopefully, a return to the regular reminder that our Universe is a vast and wondrous place:
Oh, my. It's been a week, which means it's dusty in here...and I haven't been writing any poetry. On the positive side, it also means that I haven't been wading six feet deep into the social media ocean, so that's a good thing, right?
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Oh, my. It's been a week, which means it's dusty in here...and I haven't been writing any poetry. On the positive side, it also means that I haven't been wading six feet deep into the social media ocean, so that's a good thing, right?
I just listened to the Fear Daily episode with The Haunted Rope piece. I just gotta ask, Brennan -- could you write a stronger metaphor that stands for both depression and addiction? That one really hit me.
@largelythetruth.com
@largelythetruth.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I just listened to the Fear Daily episode with The Haunted Rope piece. I just gotta ask, Brennan -- could you write a stronger metaphor that stands for both depression and addiction? That one really hit me.
@largelythetruth.com
@largelythetruth.com
And now for a little bit of good news...we all need a little bit of good news, right?
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Good News in January (you might have missed)
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January 25, 2026 at 11:43 PM
And now for a little bit of good news...we all need a little bit of good news, right?
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Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1643: whisper
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
petrification
trapped in stone, you howl
if only you could whisper
then you might break free
01-23-2026
#APoemADay
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
petrification
trapped in stone, you howl
if only you could whisper
then you might break free
01-23-2026
#APoemADay
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1643: whisper
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Vivi for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Vivi for sparking today's terror!
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1643: whisper
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
petrification
trapped in stone, you howl
if only you could whisper
then you might break free
01-23-2026
#APoemADay
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
petrification
trapped in stone, you howl
if only you could whisper
then you might break free
01-23-2026
#APoemADay
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2075: afterlife
#horrorprompt
by-and-by
after life, after death,
after ever after
we hold our strife, we hold our breath,
and drown in waves of laughter
01-23-2026
#horrorprompt
by-and-by
after life, after death,
after ever after
we hold our strife, we hold our breath,
and drown in waves of laughter
01-23-2026
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2075: afterlife
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Tea party x.com/loadsoftea for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Tea party x.com/loadsoftea for sparking today's terror!
January 23, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2075: afterlife
#horrorprompt
by-and-by
after life, after death,
after ever after
we hold our strife, we hold our breath,
and drown in waves of laughter
01-23-2026
#horrorprompt
by-and-by
after life, after death,
after ever after
we hold our strife, we hold our breath,
and drown in waves of laughter
01-23-2026
If you were my earbud charging case, where would you be hiding?
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
If you were my earbud charging case, where would you be hiding?
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1642: writhe
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
abeyance
you writhe and gasp
bound by cords of woven pain
waiting to be free
01-22-2026
#APoemADay
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
abeyance
you writhe and gasp
bound by cords of woven pain
waiting to be free
01-22-2026
#APoemADay
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1642: writhe
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Gravitas Free Zone @gravitasfreezone.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Gravitas Free Zone @gravitasfreezone.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1642: writhe
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
abeyance
you writhe and gasp
bound by cords of woven pain
waiting to be free
01-22-2026
#APoemADay
#haikuhorrorprompt #senryu
abeyance
you writhe and gasp
bound by cords of woven pain
waiting to be free
01-22-2026
#APoemADay
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2074: premonition
#horrorprompt
silent calculations
she hesitates with her admission
and struggles with the recognition
that she has wrapped her bold ambition
under the guise of the premonition.
01-22-2026
#APoemADay
#horrorprompt
silent calculations
she hesitates with her admission
and struggles with the recognition
that she has wrapped her bold ambition
under the guise of the premonition.
01-22-2026
#APoemADay
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2074: premonition
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Gravitas Free Zone @gravitasfreezone.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Gravitas Free Zone @gravitasfreezone.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2074: premonition
#horrorprompt
silent calculations
she hesitates with her admission
and struggles with the recognition
that she has wrapped her bold ambition
under the guise of the premonition.
01-22-2026
#APoemADay
#horrorprompt
silent calculations
she hesitates with her admission
and struggles with the recognition
that she has wrapped her bold ambition
under the guise of the premonition.
01-22-2026
#APoemADay
Your regular reminder that the Universe is a vast and wondrous place:
🔭 LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion
Image Credit & Copyright: Chris Fellows
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Image Credit & Copyright: Chris Fellows
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January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Your regular reminder that the Universe is a vast and wondrous place:
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1640: fairies
#haikuhorrorprompt
go seek
it's too late to hide
when you see Faeries from the
corner of your eye
01-21-2026
#APoemADay
#haikuhorrorprompt
go seek
it's too late to hide
when you see Faeries from the
corner of your eye
01-21-2026
#APoemADay
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1640: fairies
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Megan Certeza for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Megan Certeza for sparking today's terror!
January 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1640: fairies
#haikuhorrorprompt
go seek
it's too late to hide
when you see Faeries from the
corner of your eye
01-21-2026
#APoemADay
#haikuhorrorprompt
go seek
it's too late to hide
when you see Faeries from the
corner of your eye
01-21-2026
#APoemADay
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2073: red wine
#horrorprompt.
just a little cut
it was not the red wine
that quenched my biding thirst.
it was the lifeblood, the joy, and the pain,
and all I did was cut a little vein.
01-21-2026
#horrorprompt.
just a little cut
it was not the red wine
that quenched my biding thirst.
it was the lifeblood, the joy, and the pain,
and all I did was cut a little vein.
01-21-2026
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2073: red wine
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to MG @kuronokaze.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to MG @kuronokaze.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2073: red wine
#horrorprompt.
just a little cut
it was not the red wine
that quenched my biding thirst.
it was the lifeblood, the joy, and the pain,
and all I did was cut a little vein.
01-21-2026
#horrorprompt.
just a little cut
it was not the red wine
that quenched my biding thirst.
it was the lifeblood, the joy, and the pain,
and all I did was cut a little vein.
01-21-2026
Your soon to be regular reminder that the Universe is a vast and wondrous place:
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Your soon to be regular reminder that the Universe is a vast and wondrous place:
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2050: cemetery light
#horrorprompt
a play of light and dark
for shadows to fall
upon tombstones, there must be
cemetary lights
01-20-2026
#APoemADay
#horrorprompt
a play of light and dark
for shadows to fall
upon tombstones, there must be
cemetary lights
01-20-2026
#APoemADay
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2050: cemetery light
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Tea party for sparking today's terror!
Craft a terrifying tale inspired by the prompt and share your work with #horrorprompt.
Big thanks to Tea party for sparking today's terror!
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Horror Writing Prompt no. 2050: cemetery light
#horrorprompt
a play of light and dark
for shadows to fall
upon tombstones, there must be
cemetary lights
01-20-2026
#APoemADay
#horrorprompt
a play of light and dark
for shadows to fall
upon tombstones, there must be
cemetary lights
01-20-2026
#APoemADay
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1641: black ocean
#haikuhorrorprompt
castaway
this pool of ink bleeds
its tribute to black oceans
where your lost dreams float
01-20-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt
castaway
this pool of ink bleeds
its tribute to black oceans
where your lost dreams float
01-20-2026
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1641: black ocean
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to MG @kuronokaze.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to MG @kuronokaze.bsky.social for sparking today's terror!
January 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1641: black ocean
#haikuhorrorprompt
castaway
this pool of ink bleeds
its tribute to black oceans
where your lost dreams float
01-20-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt
castaway
this pool of ink bleeds
its tribute to black oceans
where your lost dreams float
01-20-2026
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1624: lump
#haikuhorrorprompt
the enemy inside you
never "just" a lump
it hides deep within your chest
consuming your light
01-19-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt
the enemy inside you
never "just" a lump
it hides deep within your chest
consuming your light
01-19-2026
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1624: lump
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Jaime Bree for sparking today's terror!
Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt.
Big thanks to Jaime Bree for sparking today's terror!
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1624: lump
#haikuhorrorprompt
the enemy inside you
never "just" a lump
it hides deep within your chest
consuming your light
01-19-2026
#haikuhorrorprompt
the enemy inside you
never "just" a lump
it hides deep within your chest
consuming your light
01-19-2026