Welcome to Wattpad's Crime profile, where Crime is endorsed (in writing, of course, not sure what you're thinking) and praised. Halloween is just around the corner, so sharpen up pencils (or the weapon of your choice. We don't judge!) and prepare to let those creative juices flow. Come along writers and readers, we have something criminally delicious for you all. 

Prompt:

An abandoned house in your neighborhood turns its porch lights on for the first time since you moved to town on Halloween night as you and a couple of your friends trick-or-treat. You cautiously approach the house and see bloody footprints on the porch. The door opens, beckoning you to enter, while curiosity demands that you see the end of this prank. However, when you take a peek inside you find.....

In 500 words or less, describe the events which unfold as soon as you're inside the house. 

Crime-specific Guidelines

Only English entries will be accepted.

Entries must be written specifically for this contest.

The main theme of the entry must involve some form of Crime.

For Readers:

You're locked inside the house with danger afoot. It's dark and there's no way out except for one door. To unlock the door you need a crime-related password, which is the first letter of every answer to a series of questions. The questions are not arranged in order and once you have the answers you'll need to rearrange the letters to find the Password.

The answers to the questions will be found in our reading lists or in the description of the books found in our reading lists. You do not need to read beyond the description to find the answers.

Password: ***** ********

Here are your questions:

⛏ This author wrote a book which features Detective Shale & Forensic Psychic Jake Taberner.

⛏Title of the book with a character who works as a sales girl in 1954 New York.

⛏Title of book one in the Redemption series

⛏The title of this book is a translation of the word Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh which is the inanimate form of the word for spider

⛏The word you're looking for is on a book cover of a man holding a gun with a red background. The opposite of the end is the ________________

⛏The name of the main character in the previous clue.

⛏The title of this book is a synonym of Excluded

⛏This book has baked goods in the name

⛏What's the town name where a bridge of fire is set?

⛏Name of reading list where ghosts and demons are featured.

⛏Name of a type of weapon used in one of the books on the reading list

⛏Name of reading list with themes of crime and science fiction

⛏_________, murder, and twelve dreadful children

Have you figured out the password or is there no escape for you? Good luck!

Submissions 

For prompts entries, submit here!

For hunt responses, submit here!

Deadline: 7th of November 2019 @midnight EST

Winners: December 1st

Prizes

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Best entries will be featured in our Crime Anthology