Write a murder story where the murder weapon is the knife used to carve a pumpkin.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Oct 21, 2022

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“The Pumpkin Murder” by Michael Regan

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By the time Detective Michelle ‘Mickey’ Mantle arrived, the Homicide Team had the street cordoned off. The narrow tree lined streets of Vancouver’s Southlands-Dunbar were a stark change from the usual homicide calls of the Lower East Side. Mickey took a moment to assess the area. Cars parked on both sides of the street; ‘Residence Parking Only’ signs at each end of the block; a few empty parking spaces; fall leaves had settled on the remaining cars.Constable Brian Carson is talking to the coroner Jim “JJ” Johnson. Mickey joins them.“Brian–JJ...

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“Murder On Main Street” by Melinda Madrigal

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The knife was found next to the body soaked with blood from the blade to the handle. The knife wasn't your typical murder weapon, this knife is used to carve a pumpkin. Nobody deserves an ending like the one I'm seeing right now. This young lady's life didn't deserve to end with so many knife wounds. This young lady deserved to live a wonderful life with her friends and family. Who do something like this? Why would anyone do something like this? Looking out into the crowd of on lookers I'm wondering if the killer is among them watching h...

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“What Wus Witnessed” by Maureen MacLennan

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What Wus Witnessed The weather was cooling, he could feel the chill through the window over the sink, the light too was changing it no longer made his steel shine when the sun shone on him. His full name was Wusthof Classic (TM) but his friends called him Wus, at least to his face. He was created in Germany but only when he was in use could you truly appreciate his eight inches of superiority. He’d been spending most of his time lately standing at attention on the magnetized knife shelf with his siblings...

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“A Halloween Tale” by Lisa ClimensonSeedsie

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Who would guess a jack- o’- lantern carved to look like Edgar Allan Poe would become an internet sensation? The carver, Velveeta Cooksey of the little town of Rhodie (named after rhodendrons) in the Pacific Northwest, had captured Poe’s strange, off kilter, asymmetrical face in the media of pumpkin. Most people didn’t know that Poe’s face was off-balance. Velveeta did, because when she was a teenager reading horror stories, she looked up Poe on the internet to see what he looked like. Her brother. who was snooping over her should...

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Write a murder story where the murder weapon is the knife used to carve a pumpkin.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 49 stories

“The Pumpkin Murder” by Michael Regan

“Murder On Main Street” by Melinda Madrigal

“What Wus Witnessed” by Maureen MacLennan

“A Halloween Tale” by Lisa ClimensonSeedsie

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