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Imagine you find yourself on a jury for a murder trial, and the eleven other jurors are convinced the suspect is guilty. You think the suspect is innocent. How do you convince your peers of their innocence? Challenge sponsored by Random House Books and THE HOLDOUT by Graham Moore, the Academy screenwriter of The Imitation Game.
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Ended September 16, 2020 • 69 Entries • Created by RandomHouse in Crime
You are young, vicious and sexy but the most important - a hired assassin.
Saturday morning, you receive a call from an unknown number but this is usual for you. You answer and on the other side, there is a woman's voice. She offers you the humble amount of €50,000 and asks you to kidnap the daughter of a well known local businessman. If that man does not fulfil her instructions she will give you a sign to kill the young lady.
A murder has been committed, and your suspect is one of three Prosers you know. Your only clues are a broken plate, used tissues, a knocked over chair, and a bloodied golf club.
Come up with your own murder mystery and have 3 prosers as your suspects. The catch is to have your readers figure out which proser committed the crime based off the evidence and subtle clues you provide. Write who the victim is, what the prosers may have been doing at the time, and make it fun! Be sure to tag your suspects too!
Ended August 25, 2017 • 0 Entries • Created by Harry_Situation in Crime
Write a detective story, preferably with 1) a murder, 2) suspects, and 3) a detective who's there to solve the case. Try to create a fair-play whodunit which can be solved by the astute reader.
Make sure you have a clear method the detective uses to solve crimes. Sherlock Holmes uses physical observation and induction. Monsieur Dupin uses the logic of puzzles and psychology. Father Brown knows human nature. Miss Marple uses domestic intuition, analogy, and logic. Sam Spade has his fortitude and constant cynicism. Good luck!
Ended July 4, 2018 • 1 Entry • Created by desmondwrite in Crime
Write a locked-room mystery.
Ended July 4, 2018 • 0 Entries • Created by desmondwrite in Crime
Create a compelling detective character. (More in description.)
Make sure you have a clear method the detective uses to solve crimes. Sherlock Holmes uses physical observation and induction. Monsieur Dupin uses the logic of puzzles and psychology. Father Brown knows human nature. Miss Marple uses domestic intuition, analogy, and logic. Sam Spade has his fortitude and constant cynicism. Good luck!
Ended July 6, 2017 • 0 Entries • Created by desmondwrite in Crime
Write a detective story, preferably with 1) a murder, 2) suspects, and 3) a detective who's there to solve the case. Try to create a fair-play whodunit which can be solved by the astute reader.
For more information on what a "fair-play whodunit" is: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FairPlayWhodunnit
Ended July 6, 2017 • 0 Entries • Created by desmondwrite in Crime
Write a locked-room mystery.
According to Wikipedia: "The locked-room mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction in which a crime—almost always murder—is committed under circumstances which it was seemingly impossible for the perpetrator to commit the crime and/or evade detection in the course of getting in and out of the crime scene. The crime in question typically involves a crime scene with no indication as to how the intruder could have entered or left, i.e., a locked room."
Ended July 6, 2017 • 0 Entries • Created by desmondwrite in Crime
Write your own buddy-cop short story.
Ended April 29, 2017 • 0 Entries • Created by Harry_Situation in Crime
Write about revenge.
Ended January 1, 2017 • 3 Entries • Created by AlexandreDumas in Crime
Write a story in which the protagonist was forced to commit a crime. Whether being coerced, an act of self-defense, etc. Be creative and have fun with it.
Ended February 25, 2016 • 2 Entries • Created by fantastical in Crime