Writing Prompt

“This note… it’s from the nation’s most wanted man Jack!” My boss shrieked, the whole station heard him. There is a dog that’s turned up at the police station with a note attached to its collar, we all didn’t expect it to be from the nation’s most wanted man. The bounty for this man was 25 thousands bucks, my coworkers were all motivated by his bounty to catch him. The note announced that he will ...

"This dog will lead you to me. Yours, the Throat Slasher."

The police officers looked at each other, and down at the note again. The dog was sitting in the doorway, a tiny white curly-haired poodle.

"Pooch like that comes from some rich lady's purse," said Officer Jones. "Not from the Throat Slasher."

"Like we know anything about the Throat Slasher," said Officer Mann. As the corkboard in the e...

The doorbell chimed, echoing through the house. I’m already late to work as I brush my teeth scrambling to collect my gear.

“Honey! Get the door!” I shout, garbled by the steady building froth of toothpaste.

“Dad’s already gone to work, Mom,” Rachel said, peeking her brown, freckled face around the door. Her thick mop of coils swung wildly as she dashed from the room screaming, “I’ll get it!”

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John sits in the conference room scrolling his phone and sipping the cheap, bitter coffee that was slightly viscous Joan, the receptionist, had made that morning. She went home early when everyone realized this is a slow day, and it has been unusually slow. Usually there would be walk ins, visitors, nice old ladies bringing cookies, the odd petty criminal being escorted in in handcuffs but today t...

On Thursday, the 23rd of June, a Pug in a bow tie sprinted through the entrance of the Celestial City precinct. “Reginald? What are you doing here?” Said Officer Mulligan. “I left you at home.”

Picking up the dog, he reached under the bow tie to find a note. It read, “Read the entire note before you speak to anyone. I’m sure you’re curious why your perro would drop out of the blue. My name is Ju...

The early morning sun poured into the small office lighting up the room. The smell of freshly printed papers and burnt coffee filled the small space. Men and woman dressed in their daily routine walked through the from lobby, clutching their liquid caffeine. John stood at the front in the lobby staring out into the world beyond trying to wake up enough to focus on the computer screen in front of h...

The police sheriff gripped the paper tightly. He was sitting cozily behind his desk in his quiet little city of Lincoln, Nebraska. He gazed sharply out of the window. Outside he observed an overcast of clouds in the sky that was relentlessly dumping snow on his little town. His mouth went dry, and he could feel beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

“Where did you get this?” Th...

Sargent Parker and officer Danielle, were standing outside the police station talking.

When a strange dog with a note tied to its collar came up to them. At first they thought the dog was being friendly. They were both petting the dog when officer Danielle , noticed something attached to the inside of its Collar. Look there is note attached, this dog was sent here to deliver a message. Sargent Par...

Just ignore it...

It was a punishingly cold night in February when Jake said goodbye to the only creature he’d ever loved and been loved by in return. After months on the run, cash was hard to come by and he could no longer risk being recognized in the supermarket when he managed to scrounge up enough change for a bag of dog food. He saw the posters almost daily now, sketches of his face just below the words “WANTE...