Teachers Crime Writing Prompts

You open the front door to see a layer of fresh snow, with footprints leading out of your house... but you haven't been outside yet...

Continue the story.

"Even the dead tell stories."

Using this as the opening or closing line, try writing a horror or thriller poem.

You are stuck in a room with a psychopath who wants to kill you. You have five minutes to convince them otherwise.

Write a short speech to convince this desolate individual to spare your life.