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Short Stories - By Genre: Mystery
in the "Mystery" genre

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The Music Box
Honorable Mention Winner in the 75th Writer's Digest Competition.
Rated: 18+
~2,572 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Mythology
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 months ago
Paradise, CA
Spouse Goes Missing
Rated: 13+
~557 Words
Contest, Mystery, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
A Change of Perspective
A fortune-teller is in trouble when she loses her talent.
Rated: ASR
~714 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Walls are The Walls
A desert-based story of confusion and desperation.
Rated: ASR
~1,548 Words
Philosophy, Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Presence.
You can’t see them, but they are there, singing and waiting along that road…
Rated: E
~1,078 Words
Mystery, Supernatural, Occult
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Scream
A journey from a tortorous scream towards narrow alleys,dark relationships&occu lt rituals
Rated: 13+
~1,240 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Melodrama
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
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The Atlantis Discovery
Framed for a grisly crime, Jericho must find Atlantis, save the girl and clear his name.
Rated: 18+
3 Entries
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Novel
Updated 19 years ago
Night Flight
Night time encounter with the unknown
Rated: 13+
~1,582 Words
Supernatural, Mystery, Occult
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Wishful Thinking
A paper bag, a key, and a business card turn out to be more trouble than expected.
Rated: 13+
~829 Words
Mystery, Detective, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Derelict
Flash Fiction, use: fog, breeze, candle. Lone prospecter makes a find in deep space.
Rated: 13+
~251 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Double Sided
This is a story about a detective who recieves a phone call about strange activity.
Rated: ASR
~408 Words
Other, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Sweet Dreams
While lying in bed, a person hears noises in a dark, shadowy room.
Rated: 18+
~169 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
TEEN DETECTIVES- the first mystery case
hi me rishabh from india and its my first book written.its about detectives and mysteries
Rated: 13+
~6,645 Words
Crime/Gangster, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The mystery
(Winner - writer's cramp daily contest)
Rated: 18+
~327 Words
Mystery, Fantasy, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Tailor
He is a slow-wasting effigy—a man without a chosen memory—witho ut a history.
Rated: 13+
~2,222 Words
Dark, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Life Isn't Fair
A mans struggle to escape a hit man.
Rated: 13+
~1,441 Words
Action/Adventure, Contest Entry, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 188 GPs per review
Divorce Laywers
A divorce lawyer handles a case in a unique way for his client. But how far will he go?
Rated: E
~675 Words
Drama, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The Ghost Dog
story of abuse and revenge; a published story. I want to expand it into a novel
Rated: 18+
~2,177 Words
Tragedy, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Rated: 13+
~1,869 Words
Mystery, Emotional, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Shadows
Short Story: a young boy and evil things that happen
Rated: 13+
~778 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Gift
Talon gets an unual annonimous gift that vreates a mystery and maybe love.
Rated: 13+
~964 Words
Romance/Love, Emotional, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 188 GPs per review
Oblivion first rough chapter
The intro to the king
Rated: 13+
~1,097 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
As time goes by
A story of about a kid who gets beat up!
Rated: E
~187 Words
Romance/Love, How-To/Advice, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Rated: ASR
~1,075 Words
Dark, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Doctor
Short Murder Mystery
Rated: E
~2,225 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Dream Tales
You can find yourself in a magical adventure as Camille
Rated: E
~1,660 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Oil
A man starving and trapped within his own home by the evil that haunts his own mind.
Rated: 18+
~6,447 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Rated: 18+
~860 Words
Crime/Gangster, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
In the mist she was standing...
a part of a larger story i wrote for a friend...
Rated: E
~452 Words
Mystery, Fantasy, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Headlines
the homeless man that wasn't...
Rated: 18+
~1,519 Words
Mystery, Drama, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 375 GPs per review
A Moment for Silent Reflection
An old and unusual character reflects on his long, tragic life as one who reflects.
Rated: 13+
~849 Words
Supernatural, Mystery, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The Long Way home
It's for the contest.
Rated: E
~426 Words
Dark, Satire, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Alley
A detective may have bitten off more than he can chew. (suggestions for ending welcome!)
Rated: 13+
~824 Words
Dark, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Feathers
I find it hard to recall Scott's face; the strange boy with the feathers in his hands..
Rated: E
~3,061 Words
Mystery, Tragedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Rated: E
~1,208 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The House in Falls
Laura's husband and sister were having an affair then come up dead.
Rated: E
~397 Words
Horror/Scary, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
And the Lamps Expire.
A short story about a ballerina.
Rated: E
~719 Words
Dark, Psychology, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Short Story
This is a story based on the experience of going a bit crazy while writing a PHD.
Rated: E
~1,093 Words
Philosophy, Mystery, Research
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Gulag
A man awakes in a cell and finds not everything is as it seems.
Rated: 13+
~691 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Catch Of The Day
An old man catches more than fish in this horror story.
Rated: 13+
~512 Words
Mystery, Death, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 375 GPs per review
A Son's Love For His Mother
Can Christopher keep a promise he made to his mother now that she's had a severe stroke?
Rated: 18+
~2,444 Words
Mystery, Death, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Terrain--prologue
The past comes back to haunt a young blind man.
Rated: 13+
~315 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
Cruellest Month (working title)
Julian is unsure how to respond to the young man he meets on his hill.
Rated: E
~1,293 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Travel
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
A Pirate's Exile
The last days of an old Pirate
Rated: E
~2,367 Words
Action/Adventure, Philosophy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
THE GREAT YEAR
An excerpt of a "journal" found in a open, rusted gun safe the size of a Porta-Potty.
Rated: E
~686 Words
Fanfiction, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Glimpse
Glimpse tells the harried tale of Carter and his escape from a clandestine compound.
Rated: 13+
~3,548 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
The Ghost of River City
Christy and Megan are the main characters in this story.
Rated: E
~2,622 Words
Mystery, Fantasy, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
A Familiar Place
The old road that looks new...why? Please rate/review - and I'll do the same for you!
Rated: E
~479 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
unfinished story.
This story is still a working progress, but i wanted to know what someone thinks?
Rated: 13+
~1,268 Words
Death, Melodrama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Collateral Damage
Two people view the same experience so drastically differently.
Rated: 13+
~3,654 Words
Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
Unwelcome Passenger
I really didn't want to give the man a ride . . .
Rated: 13+
~2,311 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Experience
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The Nightshift
A newly-hired retail worker is baffled by strange things happening.
Rated: E
~1,506 Words
Spiritual, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 15 years ago
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