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Whodunnit? How was it done? What is the secret? We love a good mystery. These are prompts, ideas, and tips for those that want to write mystery stories.

Three retired ladies share a secret.

They know what happened here 18 years ago. They keep it to themselves as no one would believe them anyway.

Today you learned a disturbing secret.

The town you grew up in doesn’t exist.

A man with a wooden leg walks into a nightclub and applies to become a pole-dancer.

Your imaginary friend has been kidnapped. The kidnappers demand a strange ransom…

A loyal dog sits and waits. He used to be a person.

An old man’s hearing aid begins picking up strange transmissions.

A lady walks into a bookshop with a flint-lock pistol in her purse.

The model who woke up as a bricklayer

When you went to bed you were a well-paid fashion model. When you woke up you are shocked to discover you are some bloke who lays bricks for…

Unlocking the Power of Inspiring and Mind-Blowing Writing Prompts

Welcome, dear writers and creative souls, to The Muse of Last Resort! Today, we delve into the enchanting realm of crafting writing prompts that will ignite your imagination,…

You, a detective, learn the world is bigger and darker than you imagined

As a detective in a bustling metropolis, you’re used to investigating crimes and catching criminals. But when a series of bizarre murders start happening, you realize that the…

I see your memories

A young girl with a strange ability to see into people’s memories is recruited by a secret government agency to help solve a series of high-profile crimes. As…

That which is forgotten

When a woman wakes up with no memory of the past three years, she discovers that she has a husband and child that she doesn’t remember. As she…

Escape the village

A group of friends on a road trip stumble upon a mysterious town that seems to be stuck in time. As they try to leave, they realize that…

Was it a ghost?

A detective investigating a series of murders begins to suspect that the killer may be a ghost. The evidence seems to point to a man who died 50…

The object on Mars

A group of astronauts on a routine mission to Mars discover a strange object buried on the planet’s surface. As they begin to study it, they realize that…

Colin Blaze and mermaids’ missing pearls

Colin Blaze is hired by a group of mermaids to investigate a string of missing pearls from their underwater kingdom. However, when Blaze tries to dive down to…

The woman and the hospital room

A woman wakes up in a hospital room with no memory of how she got there. The last thing she remembers is going to bed in her own…

The captain who never aged

He enlisted in 1944. His rise through the ranks to Captain he put down to luck. Now, in 2023, collecting his pension while looking the same as he…

Writing dare: Your protagonist uncovers a huge secret

Your protagonist uncovers a shocking secret of conspiracy theory levels of scope, scale, and bizarreness.

Grid world

You are part of the first deep-space exploration expedition. You have landed on a planet covered with an exactly sized hexagonal grid. You are able to move or…

The letter from future you

Today you received a letter from your future self. How does the letter affect you and in what ways does it change your life?

A tower appeared overnight

Overnight, a tall tower of metal beams appeared on the outskirts of town. No one seems to know why it is there or who made it. Local birds…

The weather-beaten piano: From Wayfarer Writing Prompts

The library mystery: A prompt from We Write Dragons