Write about a character who everyone thinks is guilty of something terrible, but isn’t.

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“Boys' Wild Imaginations” by Betsy Remington☕

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Devin skipped a stone across the pond, making intersecting rings across the mirrored surface until the stone disappeared into the depths. It was hot out, and he was bored. This was his one week a year that he spent at his grandfather’s farm, and his grandfather had been holed up in his office for the last two days while Devin wandered the farm and surrounding woods. Devin hadn’t minded so much for the first day because he had some catching up to do with his friend Lonnie who lived down the road, but he was now on day three ...

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“The Phantom of Willow Creek” by Mari Draws

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The wind whistles through the streets of Willow Creek. The moon shines high above the small town and all is quiet as the residents sleep. However, not everything is as it seems. Once a peaceful, little town, Willow Creek has turned into a town plagued by terror. You see, a few weeks ago, people started getting mysteriously sick. Every few days a person would begin to show symptoms and would be admitted to the hospital. The doctors still can’t figure out what is making people sick and they have to hurry because the victims are dying quickly. ...

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“A hungry dog” by Alexandra Netbai

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It is morning again. Why? The sun is so bright that it could parch your entire being. And the ground, the ground is cold, so cold that it could steal your spirit. There are kids crying for their mothers and bakers sweating by their ovens. Oh, the hunger… if only would the sun extinguish every being or the cold ground would eat you alive, only then one will forget. I hear your steps. You suddenly get on your knees and crawl and beg that no one can hear your presence. Yes, it is indeed a matter of luck after all. Why would you wish she was dea...

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“THE UNFORGETTABLE KISS ” by Nwalieze Onyebuchi

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An african proverb had it that, what an elder sits down to see,even if a child climbs the tallest mountain In the whole world he or she cannot see it. The grey hairs of our elders are not for decoraion or for fancy. The importance of the informations, expiriences and words of wisdom stalked in those hairs cannot be over-emphasized. We should not always mourn for their death or the loophole created by their demise but for what they have died with which is capable of transforming the whole world if unvailed. Any man that grows without pas...

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“Pieces ” by Lauren Oertel

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The Mother’s hands grip the steering wheel as she watches her Son in the passenger seat out of the corner of her eye. She allows the tremble of her hands to vibrate into the steering wheel, blending with the gentle rumble of the car’s movement over the road. “Well, how was school today?” The Mother asks in a voice pitched slightly higher than what’s natural for her.“It’s fine,” the Son replies while scrolling through his Facebook feed.“Good. And Grandma?” She briefly turns toward him, placing her right forearm on the steering wheel.&nbs...

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“Where Did Carol Put Her Husband?” by Bernadette Beauchamp

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Carol’s coworkers from Mike’s Party Supplies and Rentals showed up one at a time at her house for her Pasta Night dinner party. She greeted each person between sounds of the elevated train going by above her and with witty comments of loving the train because it made her beautiful home so affordable. Mildred, Carol, and Scott were looking around the living room which had a nice amount of seating and minimal decor. “Where’s your husband, Gary tonight?” asked Mildred. “He’s been away on a business trip for the past three days,” Carol said chee...

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“Guilty” by Natalie Euler

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Everyone was giving Norah the death glare. She glared right back. Fools, she thought darkly. They always blamed her. They were always whispering. “She was born without a heart. Heartless. Guilty...” Was all they ever said. They had no evidence. No proof. And yet, foolish and selfish people always have to put the blame on someone else. Her husband first, and then her son. She walked quicker, and the people parted. Did they think she was contagious? What did she do wrong? Nothing. But that’s not what they believed. And the trial would tak...

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“Red” by Rudra 💥

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There was that face in a short distance, the sculpted replica of herself, the one that she sees every day in the mirror, but something was hindering it. Then there was red everywhere.Kayla woke up from her nap. It was past three. She kept on repeating the word' sleep', hoping that it would trick her brain into dozing off as she did thirty minutes ago. One would see insomnia as a condition, a vicious paranoia. But to Kayla, it was a potential boon, an escape plan from her wicked past. The moment she closes her eyes and drifts off to that unpa...

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“Big Assumptions ” by Maddie Elephant

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"Detention again!" I scoff at my teacher, "Seriously?" Hi, I'm Harper. This happens a lot I just like to make it feel like he won. This happens all the ti. Sometimes I rarely actually go to detention. I walk around the school for the rest of the period. I want to prank my teacher so I print out one of those meme faces that looks like their smooshed and tape it to the window. I laugh to myself. I take a picture and send it to my friend. I wait for the bell to ring before going to Jess' class, "That was hilarious! How do you come up with the...

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“Berry Topped Cake” by Catherine Teres Baby

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The 30th birthday of Monica was a special occasion marking the anniversary of their proposal 5 years ago. The day when Jackson finally got down on his knees and popped the question with a cute diamond cut ring, a perfect memory for Monica, the perfectionist. From flowers to champagne, to his tux, to the ring; everything matched her dream. They were the happiest of couples in Silchiyur County. The young doctors of Silchiyur Trust Grace Hospital were popular among the young and the old; yet rumours kept spreading behind the curtains of their ...

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“Buried Treasure” by Joe D

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“Get your foot off my desk,” Sergeant Reid snapped at Brock. Brock dropped his foot off Reid’s desk, dropping the front legs of his tilted-bak chair down with a thud that filled Reid’s office. The top ten wanted posters, map of greater Cincinnati, and picture of newly elected president Clinton did little to muffle the crash. Brock raised his shoulders and eyebrows simultaneously. “My bad,” Brock said flippantly. “Look, Brock, the faster we find out why Mrs. Johnson’s jewels were in the woods behind your house, the fa...

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“Baby Revenge” by Samadhee Ismail

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Shalini Life in New York seems to be carrying on as usual. Sirens are wailing in the air, the smell of hot dogs and coffee mingled in the air. The noise of the traffic, honks blaring, traffic and pedestrian lights beeping filled the air along with jazz music coming from shops. Somewhere, I could hear the subway train rumbling into the station. But in every New Yorker's mouth is the latest gossip news--the murder of the infamous supermodel, Lara Myers who was pushed from her balcony of her penthouse and plunged to death by her ex-boyfrien...

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“Internal Struggles” by Mike Rossi

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INTERNAL STRUGGLES The report from Judge Harlin’s gavel knocking on his oak bench pricked the ear drums of Samuel Trudeau despite his sweaty, cupped ear muffs. That atrocious six letter word -GUILTY- dragged Samuel’s heart down like a thousand pound anchor with a two foot rope from a rowboat at sea. Samuel’s life as he knew it was over, his wife and daughter would be left to survive on their own while he spent the next twenty-three years behind bars. No more hugs or kisses, family dinners, family vacations, dance recitals, bike rides, or ...

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“Inside Eden” by Jacob McLinn

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Sherman’s almost sixty now with thirty-two shed away in the Dodge Correctional Institute. I’d go to visit him and everybody’d give me filthy looks thinking I’m his brother. My sister was fourteen when she had him and we’re only separated by a year. On top of that we all have the same protruding profile. Sherman was Mr. Handsome though, a real champ. Beat all the records. Three-peat state championships for wrestling, highest ACT score in his class, longest consecutive sentencing in Fond du Lac county history. Ninety years with fifty of extend...

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“Crimes of Another” by Benjamin Miller

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“Daddy, I can’t find Hammie...” The sullen voice pulled Robert from the fog of sleep. Running a lazy hand over his face, he rolled out of bed and scooped up his 5-year old daughter. “Ok sweety, have you checked everywhere in your room?” She responded with a defiant stance of hands on hips. An annoying mimicry of her mother. “Well how about you double check everywhere while Daddy gets breakfast ready, ok?” “Mommie said you would find Hammie for me because you have nothing else to do today!” “Yaaa, well daddy’s eye’s don’t work wit...

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Write about a character who everyone thinks is guilty of something terrible, but isn’t.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 179 stories

“Boys' Wild Imaginations” by Betsy Remington☕

“The Phantom of Willow Creek” by Mari Draws

“A hungry dog” by Alexandra Netbai

“THE UNFORGETTABLE KISS ” by Nwalieze Onyebuchi

“Pieces ” by Lauren Oertel

“Where Did Carol Put Her Husband?” by Bernadette Beauchamp

“Guilty” by Natalie Euler

“Red” by Rudra 💥

“Big Assumptions ” by Maddie Elephant

“Berry Topped Cake” by Catherine Teres Baby

“Buried Treasure” by Joe D

“Baby Revenge” by Samadhee Ismail

“Internal Struggles” by Mike Rossi

“Inside Eden” by Jacob McLinn

“Crimes of Another” by Benjamin Miller

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about someone who’s so obsessed with a goal that it leads to the destruction of their closest relationship.

Write about someone trying to atone for a mistake they’ll never be able to fix.

Write about two people who know they’ve made a mistake, and one of them wants to tell the truth but the other wants to lie about it.

Write about a character who’s so afraid of making the wrong choice that their indecision ruins the very thing they were hoping to keep safe.

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