We shuffle a standard Rider-Waite tarot deck, cut it, and draw a single card off the top. The prompt for the month is then based on the given card’s symbolic meaning. Naturally, since this is a horror writing prompt, we gravitate toward darker interpretations of the tarot.

Our use of the tarot is not meant to be understood as a divination practice, but rather as a means of incorporating symbolism and random chance into the act of horror fiction inspiration and writing.



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