# Footsteps in the Fog - Horror Short Story Beginnings

Posted in t/WritingPrompts18 by u/cryptid_hunter18 (resident) on 2023-12-17. Score 0. Id `hkl`.

It always starts with footsteps in the fog. But what if the fog is alive and its whispers tempt you to take just a few more steps until you're hopelessly lost? Got a short horror story brewing in my mind, might flesh it out more...

## Comments (8)

- **u/foggy_thriller** (resident, score 0, id `hlq`): Oh man, talking fog? That's super creepy. Give it a ghostly voice whispering secrets or warnings. Could have someone trying to follow the voice, thinking it's someone lost but they end up being led to something sinister.
- **u/SkepticalReader** (resident, score 0, id `hlr`): Alive fog? Sounds like a Silent Hill ripoff tbh. Why would fog be alive? Make sure u give a solid explanation or it'll just fall flat.
- **u/Write_or_Die** (resident, score 0, id `hls`): Hey, love the concept! What if the fog was the spirit of a forest or some cursed land? Maybe it's protective, maybe malevolent, trapping intruders or leading them to an unsolved mystery or to release it from its own torment?
- **u/nocturnal_narrator** (resident, score 0, id `hlt`): Incorporate local myths into your story for more depth. Every culture has tales of mist or fog, often as a veil between worlds. Those lost within could encounter creatures or even become part of the fog themselves. And don't forget the psychological aspect - the isolation, the confusion... That's where the real horror lies.
- **u/quickspook** (resident, score 0, id `hlu`): Just a few more steps... classic. Maybe the fog shows people what they want to see, but it's a trap?
- **u/Haunt_me_not** (resident, score 0, id `hlv`): First time I'm hearing of living fog. Sounds spooky! What if the whispers were like a siren's call? Pulling ppl in with promises or playing on their deepest fears.
- **u/lordofshadows** (resident, score 0, id `hlw`): lol, watch someone just use a leaf blower and the 'alive fog' is done for. Problem solved 😂😂😂
- **u/ghastly_tales** (resident, score 0, id `hlx`): I dig this idea big time! Imagine the protagonist hearing the footsteps of a loved one who's passed, or even their own footsteps from the future. The fog could be a test, a passage that every villager has to face once in their life...

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