《Mystery Contests & Writing Prompts》Prompt 5: Murder Mystery
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Your writing challenge this week is to create a murder mystery a la Clue - you know, the board game and 80s classic film (seriously, go watch it if you haven't already). Typically, these murder mysteries take place in one location (like a mansion, beach house, fan convention, office building) for a party or gathering of some kind. There's a murderer and the guests must determine who it is. These murder mysteries can either start with a murder, and the guests spend the rest of the time investigating, or various murders occur throughout the story and the guests must solve the crime while trying to stay alive. Get creative with it and put your own spin on a classic whodunit.
This isn't a contest, but rather a PERSONAL WRITING CHALLENGE to give you inspiration and a new appreciation for the mystery genre. There is no winner or deadline for this challenge, but we will be adding some of our favourite stories to a new reading list. Be sure to tag your story with
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Within a valley of a ruined Earth, lies the last remaining bastion of humanity. Survivors of the war only knew capitalism. The exchange of goods and services, to work under a company, to pray for employee benefits. The free market must be allowed to exist. Every last human should work under the Company. Under the all-encompassing corporate overlords, are millions of employees. One such employee is Gin, a boy who looked far younger than normal. How will he survive in such a world? Would he be able to achieve the dream of every employee? To have enough money to become a capitalist? To retire early and to enjoy the boons of life? Only time can tell.
8 138(Dropped) The Story Previously Known as: NeoRealm - Staring back into the Future
This story has been dropped. I will be writing a new story with a similar backstory but based on a fantasy VR. The name will be the same because I couldn't think of a better one... Jason has just turned 18 and will be finally be able to play The VR game everyone is into, NeoRealm. Wishing only for a normal time he will be disappointed as his past (life) will throw him into the deep end. Who knew just a little cultivation could cause so much trouble. ~NeoRealm~ the most realistic VR game to date. A cunning mix of Sci-Fi and the Supernatural spread across a galaxies worth of planets just waiting for you to dive in. Want to experience the mysteries of psionic powers? Become one of the Talented and work to improve your rating all the way up to 1 and move moons. Do you just desire to wield sheer power? Join one of the main factions and work your way up so you can be the one who with the press of a button can wipe a planet off the face of the universe. Or maybe you just want to know what its like to be a cat person. We have those too. Come on in and join us at 5x the speed of boring old reality (you heard us right, not your average everyday 4x time compression!). *WARNING - limited to those age 18 and up, we are not responsible for any minor losing their grasp on reality, sanity, or species Mature - Most likely violent, Maybe language, No bedroom wrestling
8 159SMG4: Infinity Woomy (Mario X Meggy)
It's a squidtastic war between the good guys lead by Meggy, and the bad guys lead by Dark Squid. If you are a fan of many Splatoon GMOD/SFM animations and SMG4 (and Mario X Meggy as well), then this story is for you. Make sure you read both parts of Ask Meggy Anything first, because what's inside those are important to the story.
8 195Jealousy... (Argos X Mr. Plant)
Argos is obsessive over Mr. Plant. What would happen if Argos were to ever find out that Mr Plant was hanging out with another entity?This is a fanfic of a TikTok ship from user @ashurgharavi⚠️ Profile Art is Not Mine!⚠️Argos × Mr. Plant is canon and was proved in the Valentine's video this year.Entity is another word for people but in a Dreamcore/Weirdcore world.
8 154Eviternity
"Wife. I want attention." This tall, drop-dead gorgeous man whined like a little kid to her. Is this an act? If it is, ain't he pushing himself too far? They got married because they have a situation and they are left with no choice but this guy won't just leave her alone. "Wife, give me a kiss. I'm sick." "Arius Barclay, you seem to forget that you're a vampire. You don't get sick." He just snorted as a sign of defeat.Eleanor couldn't help but chuckle. He would do anything to get what he wants huh?This husband of her are too persistent and he kept pestering her every single day. But wait, this isn't the biggest problem at hand, it is that she seems to kinda like it too?!-Eleanor has to marry the oldest son of the vampire clan to maintain peace and harmony in their kingdom. He was ethereal, his beauty is incomparable. He is a conqueror, the undefeated beast. Could Eleanor learn to love this abominable man without putting a stake through his heart? This is a story of love which transcends time and boundaries. How do you think a love story between this beautiful human and a maverick vampire unfold?
8 359It was always you jordan Phillips
It's always been me and him
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