Welcome To The Steemit Story Chain

A massive hello Steemers and welcome to the fourth Steemit Story Chain where you write the story. The contest is now in its fourth week and I am very proud to be sponsored by the amazing Whaleshares team. I want to thank all of those who wrote in last week's story and so I must give a big shout out to @mikepm74, @dreamingirwin, @krazykrista, @nikflossus, @chuckyfucky, @cryptojake and @thatindianlady.

The quality of contributions continues to impress and the decision is provingly increasingly tough because so many of the story parts are extremely well written. This week was in actual fact the toughest and me and @blueskieson-mars, the second judge on the panel, had an extremely tough choice. Anyway we have now come to a decision.

@thatindianlady

The part contained great detail and gave us a real change in direction for the narrative, as well as changing the genre from a mysterious and sinister story to a romantic one - who'd have thought it?! Anyway you're the winner of the Steemit Story Chain #3. You have won 100 Whaleshares. Please reply with your Bitshares account information and I will send the Whaleshares to your account immediately. Enjoy! If you don't have an account don't worry it's very simple and completely free to set one up here - https://bitshares.openledger.info/?r=akrid-1.

If you want a reminder of the winning entry, @thatindianlady's part of 'Derailed' is here:

"It's simple really. Mr Thompson, I want you to kill someone."................said the lady from behind when I boarded the train and sat on the seat. I turned while shaking in fear, as if she is a ghost? Suddenly her eyes turned Red and she started laughing like a "WITCH HUNTER".

MY SLEEP BROKE, I WOKE UP WITH HEAVY BREATH, realising, the boy fainted me with methanol after handing me the letter and I just had the worst nightmare that could have given me a heart attack, I quickly opened the letter with a snap of eyes. The letter read :

"Get Down on the last station, this train is destined to, and show up on address :

Hotel Park Plaza,
34, Carls Street,
Texas"

Startled in fear, I could not decide whether to go to the address mentioned or take the train back to home. Thoughts of going back to the office literally annoyed me and I decided to face what is about to come. The last station came, I got off, took a taxi to the hotel Park Plaza. Just when i went to the reception, the receptionist asked "ARE YOU JAKE THOMPSON?" . With feeble voice, I replied "YES I AM". She said "Sir Please take the lift, and we have our restaurant on 14th floor, terrace area, someone is waiting for you there."

Listening this, totally confused, a bit shaken in fear, I took the lift imagining if someone would throw me from the terrace restaurant and kill me if I say NO. 14th floor came, I took a deep breath and went ahead, MY FAVOURITE MUSIC STARTED PLAYING. A rain of Rose petals started. I see my girlfriend SAMMY waiting for me, wearing a red dress looking more beautiful than ever. A BIG SIGH, seeing no one is killing me, no witch lady there.

I collected my voice and said "SAMMY WHAT YOU DOING HERE?" She put her index finger on my lips and asks me to stay quiet. Lights got dim. We were in the spotlight. Sammy took out a ring from nowhere and said "WOULD YOU MARRY ME JAKE?" Smiling with tears I replied, "of course I would and hugged her tight." Lights turned on. Just when I was about to narrate what happened with me in my dream while I was coming here, a heard a gunshot...............people screaming on the roads................

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Now moving on to this week's new story chain entitled An Innocnet Man Betrayed By Guilt, if you wish to take part you will first need to upvote and resteem this post. After that it is all down to you and your imagination. Take the story wherever you want to, be creative and ambitious. Develop it in whatever style you want. Flex that underworked creative muscle you have. And have fun. Remember to number the part you are writing. Don't forget your part of the story chain does not have to be long, a short paragraph is sufficient.

This contest is sponsored by Whaleshares and I owe a big thank you to @akrid. There is 100 Whaleshares for the winning entry. If you would like to learn more about Whaleshares and how they can significantly increase your post rewards please visit https://steemit.com/whaleshares/@eirik/guide-on-how-to-use-whaleshares-updated-versionwhere @eirik will gladly explain more to you.

I have a new judge on the panel this week so please welcome @nikflossus who will be helping me to decide which one of your entries deserves the winning prize. We are looking for:

• A strong sense of imagination
• Creative intelligence
• Originality
• Narrative fluidity (ensuring the story chain links smoothly)
• Use of language, grammar and syntax (we need to understand what you're saying!)

The winner will be announced in a week's time. A new post will be published then announcing the winner along with a new story chain.

So here it is, the first part of An Innocent Man Betrayed By Guilt.

Here I was sat in the public gallery of the courtroom. A free man. And there he stood, in the dock. The man I knew to be innocent. A man who I could prove was innocent, yet I'd said nothing all along. The police never once questioned me. Even though I was the man who should be on trial and standing in that dock. I was the one who had done it, not this poor guy. They had got the wrong man, thankfully. They had framed this man for murder when they knew damn well it wasn't. If he was found guilty I would feel bad, very bad. But it is extremely important my work continues. The jury enter, they sit. The Clerk stands, 'Would madame foreman of the jury please rise?' she says authoritatively. A pretty and petite middle age lady stands. The Clerk asks, 'Have you reached a verdict upon which all of you are agreed?'. 'Yes' she says. The Clerk continues, 'On the count of murder laid before Michael Anthony Simpson how do you find the defendant, guilty or not guilty?'