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

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“Tommy's Risky Ride” by Tim Bonczar

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“I think she’s a vampire,” Jimmy rolled three red dice. Tony rolled two white dice. Clenching his pudgy fist in victory, Jimmy pushed his plastic cannons into Brazil. “Ha, South America is mine!”“She’s too old to be a vampire,” Tony leaned across the table and reluctantly pulled his two armies from the board. “Everybody knows vampires don’t get old.”“Oh, and you’re the expert, huh?” Jimmy drew a card and passed the three red dice to his left. He reached into a bowl of chips and grabbed a handful.Catching the word ‘vampire’ as he finished was...

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“It Lurks” by Melina Verhoff

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“The day was January 13, 1982. I was camping with my friends; Emily, Dalton, Irene, and me, Melina. Emily, she's the type of gal that is a hardcore athlete. She's this tall, fit lady with long blonde hair that is always put up in a hair tie and a stereotypical athletes headband with a soccer ball stitched in the middle of it. I've never seen her once without it. God I hope she washes it. Then there's Dalton. He's a slightly shorter juvenile male, with thick, curly black hair that is always fluffed up. He has horrible dandru...

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“Guilt is a Mother” by Chris Culpepper

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Well, she'd done it again. She was the enemy... again! The day had started well, everyone was happy and excited about the trip. Her son had erupted into the room at the crack of dawn ready to pack the car. Her teenage daughter was out of the bathroom with hair and makeup already applied. My, she was growing up so fast! Even her husband, who normally slept in on Saturdays, was in the garage. The sounds of the clanging tools were mixed with the occasional muttered explicative. This told her that he was checking the oil, preparing for travel. ...

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“Who Will Take Care of Vitamin?” by Cassie Poormokhtar

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Trigger warning: suicide I was out walking the dog when she did it. I came home to find her, gun in limp hand, blood spilling from giant hole in her head. Grey matter splattered out across the refrigerator doors, slowly slipping down toward the tile flooring. “At least she did it on the tile,” I said. Vitamin was sniffing her head, and I realized we were contaminating the scene. Quickly attaching the leas...

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“Woman Killed in Convenience Store Robbery” by Deana Estes

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The article had achieved headline status in the local paper: “Woman Killed in Convenience Store Robbery”. Tammy read, feeling sick and horrified, but also strangely thrilled. Marie Sendano was dead at 19. Tammy never knew Marie well, but recalled that year in middle school vividly. Marie was beautiful, and their lockers neighbored each other. It was four months before they first encountered each other at the lockers. The article said Marie, although young, had been engaged to be married. This was not e...

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“Wrongly Accused ” by Haven W

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As I walk through the crowd of people, they late and sneer at me. Making a path for me, they make it clearly evident that they would like to be nowhere near me. In their eyes you can see a pang of instilled fear. The media and press turned me into a monster. Everyone fears me now. They fall silent until I pass through and continue my trek alone. Left with only my thoughts and the click clacking of my heels on the sidewalk. People whisper, point and stare as I walk by. I can’t even leave my house anymore without feeling like I’m...

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“Peyton” by Kai Easterbrook

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(Lydia, 9:05am) Apparently Mickey Bivanchi is coming to class today. (Bea, 9:05am) Bullshit. (Lydia, 9:05am) No fr he’s walking down the hall rn. (Bea, 9:06am) There’s no way. Cops wouldn’t let a murderer walk free (Lydia, 9:06am) Not enough evidence apparently. (Bea, 9:08am) Mickey just entered and ignored everybody??? Just sat at the back?? (Lydia, 9:11am) You’re in a classroom with a murderer. (Bea, 9:11am) He definitely murdered Peyton. <><><><> Mickey Bivanchi did not murder Peyton. Not th...

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“Poisons vile” by Amelia Smallwood

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This is the air I breathe. The taste so bitter burning down a vile. What am I to do but this? I sat on a second stair, it veered round up to the final curtain. That's what awaited me, behind the ensnare of deceitful heads, neither one turned. The hammer and nail flipped up and hit me hook line and sinker, only I wasn’t the bate. We were together, just us. It was valentine’s day, our first together after four blissful months. Alistair prepared us a picnic at central park, just us and a few early...

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“the innocent mermaid” by Serenity IM ELEVEN YEARS OLD NOT 31

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Hi, I'm nixie, I'm a mermaid I have a few friends and I have a boyfreind. Today me and my family are going on a trip to atlanta’s sea that is were all of the games and neon fish are. We are staying all summer so I better pack my bags. Me and my family got in the shell car and drove of it was a long ride. Then when we were halfway there I fell asleep. Mom dropped of the shell station so we could snacks and drinks . When we were back on the road my little...

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“False Assumptions” by Elliot G

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The heavy rain drops landed resonantly on the front window of my vehicle before slowly sliding down its smooth glass. It was a grey and chilly afternoon as I drove silently down the empty and rural country road. Both sides of the highway were covered in trees and fields save for a few houses scattered about. In some ways, I was thankful for the silence. It gave me time to think--to mentally prepare myself for the confrontation. In other ways, the stillness was driving me mad with anticipation, feelings of uncertainty and anxiety fill...

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“Thursday March 27th” by Sidnie Paisley

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Today is Thursday March 27th 2019 and today by the end of the day, I will be arrested and charged with murder. I didn’t do it. And I know that’s what everyone says and that you’re not going to believe me but I swear just hear me out. A week ago today, the 20th, I woke up in a cold sweat at 3am. I have frequent night terrors so this isn’t anything new. After they happen I usually just step out onto my balcony to get some air and go back to bed, but that night I decided to take a walk. I pulled a hoodie over my head, shoved on a...

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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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“Redemption” by John Laird

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REDEMPTION Although seated some distance away, the woman had distracted Simon enough to cost him his speed chess game against Charlie—one of the oldest chess hustlers in Roosevelt Park—along with their ten-dollar bet. She was sitting at a table under one of the giant cottonwood trees scattered throughout the green, urban oasis, staring at the chess game laid out in front of her, her defeated opponent having already vanished. A sense of unease, of apprehension, grew within Simon as he approached her. The young woman wore a tailored,...

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“THE HIGHEST AWARD” by Louise Legrand

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‘Here she comes!’ Hissed Mary over her shoulder. Gordy must have dropped the red scarf, which is the signal. He’s our lookout, on account of being the only one with a pair of binoculars, but also because he’s in the Scouts. His mission today was to keep an eye on the front door and warn the rest of us, crouching behind the church wall, if it opened, even a crack.Mary is the brains of the outfit, mainly because she’s six months older than the rest of us, and also because she always comes first in arithmetic. Finlay, is our clue-keeper, he kee...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 179 stories

“Tommy's Risky Ride” by Tim Bonczar

“It Lurks” by Melina Verhoff

“Guilt is a Mother” by Chris Culpepper

“Who Will Take Care of Vitamin?” by Cassie Poormokhtar

“Woman Killed in Convenience Store Robbery” by Deana Estes

“Wrongly Accused ” by Haven W

“Peyton” by Kai Easterbrook

“Poisons vile” by Amelia Smallwood

“the innocent mermaid” by Serenity IM ELEVEN YEARS OLD NOT 31

“False Assumptions” by Elliot G

“Thursday March 27th” by Sidnie Paisley

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

“Redemption” by John Laird

“THE HIGHEST AWARD” by Louise Legrand

“Boys' Wild Imaginations” by Betsy Remington☕

🌟 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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