Write a thriller about someone who witnesses a murder… except there’s no evidence that a murder took place.

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“Moon Cut” by Joe Swanson

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Moon Cut He wiped the bloody blade on his shirttail. She watched from the keyhole, afraid to breathe for fear of being found out. She felt her heart beating through her night shirt, droplets of fear seeping from beneath her head band, and closed her eyes. She had watched him drag the body, or what she imagined a body, wrapped in the curtain he’d taken from the window. He opened the rear doorway to the exterior staircase and disappeared. She listened to the plodding steps grow faint. She opened her eyes once again an...

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“Escaped” by Connor Abate

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Diallo was stopped on his way to his apartment by a fighting couple in the hallway. His place was just a few doors down but just out of his reach with this raging double ball of fire in his way it was next to impossible to get there without literally getting in the middle. Diallo couldn’t even step foot near them to ease his way by them before the lady of the relationship made a lunge at her boyfriend, locking her hands around his neck and backing him against the wall as she tried to strangle him. Diallo wanted to stop her and to help the po...

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“Peculiarity” by Anusha Anindita

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Red wood floor doesn't necessarily have to be red, at least not a dark eery shade like snow whites apple. She was blessed to have survived poison, but the cadaver on the sequoia wood didn’t have a four leaved clover to rescue her from a knife stab. I was there, watching — through the creak in the wall that was probably unnoticed because of the taupe wall paper of the room. I watched as a man in shady attire stabbed my dear neighbour Ms.Gray. His mannerism revealed that he wasn’t an expert but that personage did not need more than one try to ...

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“kasmaat” by Bhavya Trivedi

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It’s been two days since he has been here. we are investigating for two days but there are no outcomes. “he comes, speaks, and ruins the day”. our sleep is destroyed, no one has reached home from 8th. we all are here waiting for proof or a victim. forensics will be here soon. the moment I filed the complaint was not auspicious. the only thing we know about this man is his name,’ Mugil’. we have been constantly asking him questions about the day, he killed his brother. to remember everything he said we have the report, that was the only time ...

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“Elizabeth, Who Lives Upstairs” by Story Time

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Elizabeth, who lives upstairs, hasn’t been home in hours. I alerted the super, and he told me that she travels. I asked him what she does that requires her to travel. He wouldn’t tell me. It’s personal. He flicks the last bit of a cuticle off his hand. His sandwich smells of red onion and vinaigrette. I feel queasy, even though I’m starving. When I starve, I only want plastic straws, and everything else nauseates me. “I’m sure she’s fine,” the super says, but the night before, I heard three quick whacks of a blunt object, and then what s...

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“A Mother's Love” by Mel Shield

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Oswald readied himself to spend the night like every other, to sit on his bunk-bed and glare patiently out of his high window into the darkness of the pine woods beyond, to wait for one of the woodland creatures to trigger the lights and spark his imagination. The outside world fascinated him. A world he could see, but never truly touch. During the day he marvelled at the ever-green leaves and the thick grass onto which the pinecones fell. He wondered of their touch, their smell. The only scent familiar to Oswald was that of disin...

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“Death Until The Moon Rises” by Judith Buskohl

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She loved to walk after dinner to get exercise because she sat at a desk all day long, hearing her boss’ voice drone on about how he wanted his letter to sound. Telephone had been going off all day long about orders that had gone to the wrong place and orders that should have already been sent out. She heard her boss cussing and yelling at people to do their jobs right, all day long about how much a screw up some people that he had on the payroll were. He had talked about firing two people that were on his payroll, one which w...

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“The Empty Notepad” by Iona Cottle

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The interview room was cold and dark. No; not actually dark, not with all the bright lights overhead, it just felt… like the wrong sort of light. No windows, Alice thought, no natural light. She’d never realised how much of a difference that could make until now, but then she couldn’t remember the last time she’d spent so long sat in a windowless room. The door buzzed as someone outside scanned their security pass, and Detective Inspector Hall came in, clutching two take-away coffees. “Here we are,” he said. “One coffee, with milk and tw...

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“Insomnia” by Sjan Evardsson

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Unable to sleep again, Miria padded around the escort cruiser Karan barefoot. She wasn’t due on shift for another four hours, so she wandered with no fixed destination in mind. Stopping at one of the viewports, she touched the control to turn the window clear. The even, dull grey of super-c travel filled the view; changeless in all directions and so flat in color that the distance of the warp bubble wall could be just outside the window or hundreds of kilometers away. She knew the distance to the bubble, of course. From this section of the ...

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“Gone” by Kate Woodford

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She is gone. I stare, startled, at the place she was not three seconds ago. I whip my head around. Nothing but air.“Jane?” There is only silence. “Jane!” I call, louder. I am not a very brave person. I have always been scared of everyone around me, scared of my own shadow even. The dark of the street is too much. “Jane!” My cries are shrill, and lost in the echoes. I turn and begin walking back the way we came from. She is just hiding behind a trash can somewhere, waiting to burst out and scare me. I will not flinch. I always flinch, bu...

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“Right Beside Me” by Kiamesha Denise Sims

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“I always knew you hid to protect those you love, but I never thought I’d see you like this,” Anna wept. His blood was underneath him, staining the boardwalk. As much as Anna wanted to grieve properly, her college graduation was the next day. She threw herself into her bed as her navy blue short dress and her cap and gown stared her down. “I will honor you by finding who did this and why,” The graduation was swift, a blur for Anna thankfully. She went straight to Danny’s wake. Anna looked around and sat. Ho...

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“Moon Worshippers” by Alina Starling

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“I just think ’s dumb, that all.” “You’re dumb.” “Your mom’s dumb!” “Shut up? What are you, twelve? It’s just a story.” “And ’m just sayin’, it’s a dumb story!” Their voices crackled gently in the night, flickering and hushed alongside the soft crunch and sizzle of the campfire flames. Shadows elongated against the looming trees, though there was nothing menacing nor foreboding about their dance between the branches – the rustle of the leaves was comforting in the darkness, and the stars shone brightly overhead. It was a quiet November, one...

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“Mrs. Stanford in Apartment 3G” by Marcia H.

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“Shut the front door!” Aisha shouted. It was Halloween night and Aisha was dressed up in her Mae West costume. She chose that costume because she had curves just like her idol, Mae West. She brought a bright red dress that was fitting her form just fine according to her husband, Fred. She found a blonde wig and a small red hat at a thrift store and paired it with some ruby red 2 inch heels. She looked fierce. Mae West had nothing on her. The boa she borrowed from her sister set the whole costume off and she was glad she chose it. Fre...

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“Killer is... umm.. whatever” by SIMON Prathap

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It was my usual night at my office, and that day the rain was heavy. It was not usual rain pattern. Our rain pattern use to be high that season but not that high. Entire city was flooded with vehicles, noises of horns were increasing my blood pressure, when I couldn’t focus on my work I logged off and walked out and started to walk away without knowing my destination, actually, I know the destination, let me put it this way like I don't know the destination. Who ever said earth is a peaceful place to live, I wanted to prove them this is no...

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“Out of a Nightmare” by GRACE LARSON

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Falling, through a delirious tangle of dreams, vanishing like smoke, unsubstantial, unreal and indescribably strange. The world suddenly becoming focused and clear-cut as my steps turn onto a familiar road. The sun is dancing over the pavement, beautiful in the golden light, but my stomach clenches. I have been here before. I walk on, and an alleyway suddenly looms to my right, deep and dark and cavernous. I hesitate, but my feet pull me into the alley before I can stop them. My eyes adjust to the half-light, and I see an endless tunn...

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Write a thriller about someone who witnesses a murder… except there’s no evidence that a murder took place.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 218 stories

“Moon Cut” by Joe Swanson

“Escaped” by Connor Abate

“Peculiarity” by Anusha Anindita

“kasmaat” by Bhavya Trivedi

“Elizabeth, Who Lives Upstairs” by Story Time

“A Mother's Love” by Mel Shield

“Death Until The Moon Rises” by Judith Buskohl

“The Empty Notepad” by Iona Cottle

“Insomnia” by Sjan Evardsson

“Gone” by Kate Woodford

“Right Beside Me” by Kiamesha Denise Sims

“Moon Worshippers” by Alina Starling

“Mrs. Stanford in Apartment 3G” by Marcia H.

“Killer is... umm.. whatever” by SIMON Prathap

“Out of a Nightmare” by GRACE LARSON

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Write about a pirate captain obsessed with finding a mythical treasure.

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