A special Heated Rivalry Halloween fanwork event.Each day has been assigned a prompt for you to follow as you publish your work. All prompts are open to interpretation - be as literal or figurative as you want. Keep it light, or go full horror movie. The decision is yours!Stuck? Check out the inspiration behind the prompts.Please use the tag #heatedrivalween when posting on social media, or tag @heatedrivalween.All completed works will be added to the Heated Rivalween Collection on ao3.No harsh deadlines - continue submitting work even after the event is over!

Rules

1. Fics must be tagged appropriately. Author chose not to use archive warnings acceptable.2. Works must fit the theme to be added to the collection.3. No generative AI assisted content.4. Works in progress welcome, however only completed works will be added to the collection.5. Anonymous works permitted.6. Works may combine prompts as long as it is posted on one of the relevant days.7. Following the prompts, works may be posted beginning October 1st.8. No hard deadlines - relevant works may be posted to the collection after the event ends.

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DAY 1: DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLEWitches, spells, and potions


DAY 2: ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHYVampires, werewolves, or a secret third thing.


DAY 3: WOLF LIKE MEWerewolves and shifters.
The TV series with Isla Fisher.
Or maybe the song by TV on the Radio


DAY 4: THIS IS THE APOCALYPSEZombies. Aliens. Nuclear wasteland.
The end of the world is your oyster, and you've
still got Imagine Dragons stuck in your head.


DAY 5: REANIMATE MY HEARTNecromancy. Frankenstein.
Major character death fears you!


DAY 6: SUCCUBIThe stripper who loves you
might actually be a succubus


DAY 7: FUTURE PASTGo back in time to save the future,
X-Men style. Or just regular time travel.


DAY 8: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FORHaving everything you think you want
comes at a steep cost.


DAY 9: BOY WHO CRIED MONSTERThe real question is, friend or foe?


DAY 10: WHO YA GONNA CALL?Rival ghost hunters, or a believer and a skeptic?

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DAY 11: INVISIBILITYWhat would you do if you could be invisible? What would you do if you didn't know how to stop?


DAY 12: THINGS GO BUMP, BUMP,
BUMP IN THE NIGHTWe're going to the haunted cottage


DAY 13: BLACK CATBad luck (or not). A witch's familiar.
Shapeshifters. Superstitions.


DAY 14: HEXEDYou think you're having a bad day
and then someone puts a curse on you.


DAY 15: SCREAMING MEEMIES"I held him so long that he went cold in my arms. But that was just a dream. Just a dream. The worst dream. A screaming meemie."(The Haunting of Hill House)


DAY 16: POSSESSEDSpirits, demons, or maybe a mind controller.


DAY 17: INTO THE WOODSBeing chased through the woods.
A camping trip gone horribly wrong.
Or maybe you're the hunter, not the hunted.


DAY 18: DO YOU LIKE SCARY MOVIES?Movie night, or something more sinister.


DAY 19: CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
"Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!"(Dracula by Bram Stoker)


DAY 20: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORSBuzzfeed Unsolved. Occult enthusiasts. Ghost whisperer.

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DAY 21: PREMONITIONSIf you could see the future, would you try to stop it?


DAY 22: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD"Eyewitness accounts described the assassins as ordinary-looking people, misshapen monsters, people who look like they're in a trance, and creatures that look like people but behave like animals.Some tell of seeing victims that looked as if they had been torn apart.This whole ghastly story began developing two days ago, and from that point on, these terrible events kept on snowballing in a reign of terror that has not abated. "(Night of the Living Dead, 1968)


DAY 23: SEASON OF THE WITCHParanoia and bad omens.
Or maybe something inspired by yaga.


DAY 24: CRYPTIDSBigfoot. Mothman. The Loch Ness Monster.


DAY 25: LOOK BEHIND YOUMurder mystery. Home invasion. Or maybe just an excuse to rewatch that Verizon ad for inspiration.


DAY 26: IF I COULD READ YOUR MINDA wish to know what someone's thinking, or maybe an ability they've possessed all along.


DAY 27: OUIJA BOARDA dare gone wrong. A desire to speak with a lost loved one.


DAY 28: ACCIDENTAL MATCHING COSTUMESWhat do you do when you and your rival you swear you hate show up looking like you planned a couple's costume together?


DAY 29: CORN MAZEA sweet and spooky date,
or the beginning of a slasher film?


DAY 30: DOPPELGANGERAn evil lookalike determined to ruin your life, or a version of you from another universe trying to save it.