Friday Fictioneers – Whodunnit in 100 words

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot

Mustard, Plum or White? Which of them entered and left a locked room? Mustard is not who he claims—no Colonel he. But a murderer? Likewise, White is trying to conceal her liaison with Plum, but perhaps only out of delicacy.

Let’s consider our assumptions, mes amis . Well, since the murderer could not have got out, they did not do so. They were still in the room when the body was discovered, escaping when the chambermaid set up the hue and cry. And that means the killer is Mustard, because Plum and White were seen together at the time.

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Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here

41 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – Whodunnit in 100 words”

  7. oh Neil I do love a game of Cluedo great tale – but is Mustard the killer … What if Mustard was in the room not as the killer, but as a witness who was also hiding – while the real killer is one of the two lovers who orchestrated the discovery? My little grey cells are working overtime 😅

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  14. But then Mustard accuses the chambermaid. He hid, because he’s had an illicit affair with the murder victim and saw it all. Can the chambermaid prove that it wasn’t her? Who is lying?

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