Story Idea: The Stolen Paintings

Few things come easy for Retired Major Kenny Day. So when the package arrived, he was unconvinced. When he told his wife that a package containing rare paintings have been delivered through their door, she was instantly excited. They checked the package contents and true enough, they were the descendants of Bon Castalleneti, the renowned renaissance artist- and there in their possession were all of his works. Total value: 151 million dollars.

Purr

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The Plot:

The CEO of a million dollar company is murdered, and there is no witness-except for his cat. Now, the race is on to gather evidence, decipher the clues and find out who killed him. As details are revealed piece by piece, it becomes apparent that the murdered CEO is actually a nice guy, with no enemies who had enough motives to have him killed...

Corruption Kills

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The Plot:

President Jeremy Smith isn't the most honest public official. He blatantly steals from the public funds and lavishes his friends with expensive gifts while his people starves. He helped his sons and daughters get public office positions so that they, too, can get rich off the people's coffers.

Me & The Martian

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The Plot:

A Martian had come to your office to warn you of an impending giant rodent attack. He said it was only a matter of time before the swarm of the overgrown rats finish off the last Martian and turn its attention to Earth.

Everybody laughed it off, even though upon inspection the Martian wasn’t your officemate and resident prankster Jeffrey wearing a mask. In fact, Jeffrey was right beside you when the Martian appeared. Everybody got back to work except you, because for some reason the Martian thought you would believe his story. You ignored him for the rest of the day.

Fish Gone Cold

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The Plot:

Upon visiting an old junk shop, Jimmy the accordion player stumbles upon an old fishbowl and a note. The note says:

Fish gone cold

Fish gone gold

A Thousand Lakes

A Single Way

Having piqued his curiosity, Jimmy takes the fishbowl and puts the note in his pocket. When he gets home, he shows the note to his wife and cleans the bowl before putting it on the table.

Blue Skin Disorder

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The Plot:

Robert is a medical researcher trying to find a cure for a rare disease called Blue Skin Disorder, characterized by a bluish mottling of the skin, usually on the legs. He travels far and wide to find a cure, or else his family, held hostage by a prominent clan in Nigeria, will die.

Tic-Tac-Murder

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The Plot:

As a former police officer, Richard McTougher  made a lot of enemies: both from inside the ranks (the corrupt officials) as well as outside (the criminals he pursued and brought to justice). So when his entire family was kidnapped, he had absolutely no idea who the perpetrator of the crime was.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), the criminal contacted him a few hours after the kidnap. It was Danton, the lunatic who was convicted of killing 200 people in a carnival who escaped after two years in jail. Richard was the one who arrested him before, and so Danton swore revenge when he got free.

The Hanger:

When Richard finds Danton’s lair, he learns that each of his family members are in separate rooms, and in order for him to rescue them, he has to solve one puzzle per person. Never having been academically smart, Richard must use all of his logic-analyzing skills to solve the puzzles laid out before him.

The Twist:

The last “puzzle” is a game of Tic-Tac-Toe with Danton, wherein if Richard gets defeated, he will be murdered with his family. If he wins, Danton will surrender to the police and allow Richard to go home with his family. If the game is tied, they play again.

Hunt

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The Plot:

Miguel Riviera is infected with a deadly disease, for which there is no cure, that could potentially infect and kill the entire population. However, only he knows the secret codes to stop nuclear missiles from being launched in North Korea (the other people who knows were assassinated). He was kept in a secluded place to protect him from the North Korean assassins and at the same time, protect the world from him.

The Hanger:

When the Government finally learns the Secret Codes, do they kill Miguel or let him be killed by the North Koreans?

The Twist:

In the end, the nuclear bombs weren't North Korea's greatest weapons, rather, it was the disease that Miguel had.

The Hacker

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Genre: Action/Science Fiction

Plot:

You are a former hacker for a company, and you were good at it. For reasons unknown to everybody, you left the company you were working for and just disappeared.

Several years later, while tilling the land in a remote town, you receive a letter from a former colleague, he needs your hacking skills to "destroy a force far greater than your own". You hesitate, because you know that there are tons of better programmers/computer experts in the field today. You tell this to your colleague when you meet him, but he tells you that all the computer programmers, hackers and experts in the world were kidnapped by the agents of a supercomputer gone sentient. It is up to you to save the world, or at least figure out how to.

The Twist:

Your colleague is an agent of the supercomputer. You figure this out halfway through the story, but much later, after you kill him to save the world, he reveals that he was fighting the supercomputer all along, and he was covertly helping you in some of the things you did to get to that point. He didn't reveal this when you found out he was an agent because he believed you would be more determined if your state of mind was that of a betrayed person.

Top Gang

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Genre: Romance/Action

Plot:

A man joins a gang and becomes its leader. With his leadership, his gang becomes the top gang in the City.
The City, alarmed by the sudden rise of gang wars, launches an all-out campaign to capture the leaders of the gangs.
When the man is captured, along with leaders of the other gangs, he discovers that the leader of their most-hated rival is also his first love, who is still bitter after he left her ten years ago.

The Hanger:

Will they set aside personal feelings to help each other escape?

The Twist:

The City Mayor is the girl's father.