Well, imagine a couple who checks on their twin children at bedtime. One night, they find that one of the twins is missing from the bed. They search the house frantically. When they finally find the missing twin, he is in a trance - like state in the basement, surrounded by strange symbols drawn on the floor. It turns out that an otherworldly being has been luring the children through their dreams, and this is just the beginning of a series of terrifying events that will put their family in great danger.
Here's another example. A father checks on his son one evening and notices that the boy is sleepwalking. But instead of just walking around the room, he is walking towards a locked attic door. Every time the father tries to stop him, the son becomes violent. The father later finds out that there was a tragic event in the attic years ago, and a malevolent spirit is trying to use the son to relive that horror.
It could be about a horror story where something terrifying happens when people check on their children. Maybe it involves some kind of supernatural entity that targets children when the parents come to check on them, like a ghost that appears only at that moment.
There could be a plot where a group of kids explore an abandoned house. They find a room filled with ribbons of all colors. One of the kids decides to take a ribbon as a souvenir. But once they leave the house, strange things start to happen. The ribbon seems to have a mind of its own and starts to lead the kid to dangerous places. It also starts to cause nightmares for the kid, and in the nightmares, the ribbons are covering the whole world, suffocating everyone. As the kid tries to get rid of the ribbon, it just keeps coming back, and the horror escalates as the ribbon begins to physically harm the kid's family.
Imagine a millennial named Lily. She lives in a big city and is always worried about her appearance because of the pressure from social media. One day, she buys a new beauty product that is all the rage. But after using it, she starts to notice strange changes in her body. Her skin begins to peel off in a very unnatural way, and she feels like she is losing her identity. She tries to find out what's in the product but discovers that the company is hiding a dark secret. As she delves deeper, she realizes that she is part of an experiment gone wrong, and now she has to stop the company from causing more harm while dealing with her own physical and mental horror.
Sure. There could be a dollhouse that a young girl finds in an attic. At first, she's fascinated by it. But then, at night, she starts to hear strange noises coming from the dollhouse. When she looks closely, she sees the dolls moving on their own. They start to act out a violent scene from the past, like a murder that once occurred in the house where the dollhouse was made.
In a small town, there is a legend about a 'hand licking demon'. A journalist comes to town to investigate. He starts to notice that some of the locals have a strange habit of licking their hands. As he digs deeper, he finds out that there was an ancient pact made with the demon long ago. Now, the demon is slowly taking over the town, and the hand licking is the first sign of its possession. The journalist has to find a way to stop the demon before everyone in the town is doomed.
Imagine a group of hikers who get lost in a forest that seems to have a life of its own. One of them gets seriously injured and is 'barely breathing'. As night falls, they start to notice strange lights and hear unearthly howls. The injured hiker's condition deteriorates, and the group realizes that there are malevolent entities in the forest that are attracted to the 'barely breathing' state. They have to fight for their survival while trying to keep their dying friend alive.
Sure. There's a girl who inherits a set of Russian dolls from her deceased grandmother. When she starts opening them, she finds that each doll has a small piece of a torn photo inside. As she gets to the smallest doll, she pieces the photo together and sees a picture of her grandmother in a spooky, old - fashioned asylum. Then, she starts having nightmares about the asylum and seeing shadowy figures around the dolls.
Sure. In a 'goldfish bowl horror story', the plot could be about a girl who wakes up inside a large glass dome in the middle of a desolate landscape. She can see out, but there's nothing but emptiness. She tries to break the glass but it's unbreakable. As days pass, she notices strange markings appearing on the glass from the outside. Then, she starts to hear whispers. One night, she sees a pair of eyes staring at her through the glass. She realizes she's trapped in this 'goldfish bowl' - like prison and something is coming for her.
It can create fear through the unknown. For example, when a parent checks on a child and sees something unusual like a strange mark on the child's skin that wasn't there before. It makes the reader wonder what could have caused it.
Sure. In one possible plot, the black girl is lost in a magical forest. She comes across the insect children who live in a hidden grove. At first, she is scared, but she soon realizes they are friendly. The insect children show her their world, which is full of amazing things like glowing flowers and tiny houses made of leaves. Together, they face a threat to the forest from an evil force, and with the black girl's human knowledge and the insect children's unique abilities, they save the forest.