Noir writing prompts

Noir is rain, debt and the wrong woman. Hand the prompt to the next writer and trust them to make every choice cost something.

1. A private detective is hired to follow himself.
2. A widow walks into the office with a photograph of her late husband — taken yesterday.
3. The bagman drops the bag.
4. A reformed thief is asked to teach one last apprentice.
5. Two cops realise they are working the same case from opposite ends and one of them is lying.
6. A jazz singer finds her stage name on a death certificate.
7. A bookmaker's ledger predicts the next mayor's heart attack.
8. The bartender knows everything and is finally being asked.