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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 3 months ago
A need for going back
An elder man talks to his deceased friend about the research he has been hiding from him.
Rated: ASR
~383 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
An unexplained, dreadful encounter.
The first dream in a short narrative, a dreadful event to start an episodic adventure!
Rated: 13+
~383 Words
Mystery, Teen, Nonsense
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
Chapter One: The Quest
Emily's search for her father
Rated: 13+
~613 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Children's
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
Encounter
Two strangers meet in a crowd.
Rated: E
~384 Words
Cultural, Mystery, Philosophy
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
The Dream Recorder
What happened to him? Why did he keep saying, “A million dreams are keeping me awake.”
Rated: 18+
~1,884 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 months 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
Ball Lightning
A laboratory accident or something more sinister? Longer story, around 5500 words.
Rated: 13+
~5,669 Words
Detective, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 months ago
There's no room for you in my boat
What can await me when I get into the boat and go into my secret thoughts?
Rated: 13+
~717 Words
Psychology, Writing, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Unfortunate Memory Lapse WC 253
A friends' getaway to a desolate cabin. What could go wrong? Right?
Rated: 13+
~249 Words
Contest Entry, Friendship, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Wanya's Day
A forest elf in the city.
Rated: ASR
~638 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
The King's Man
Some questions are too dangerous to ask.
Rated: 13+
~1,596 Words
Mystery, Political, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Skeleton Bones
Suspicious Sunday Challenge on the Community Page
Rated: E
~2,573 Words
Death, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice put simply
Rated: E
~430 Words
Mystery, History
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Enchanted Cave
Amelia on her quest to uncover a legendary treasure hidden deep within a forgotten cave.
Rated: E
~404 Words
Fantasy, Experience, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Detectives
It takes skill, patience and hard work to solve a deep mystery. 2nd Place, Journey Genres
Rated: ASR
~1,550 Words
Mystery, Children's, Parenting
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
A Private Professional
On Korcion, only Professionals could solve crimes. No Amateur Sleuths allowed.
Rated: 18+
~1,949 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Meeting
Garcia is late and accompanied. First place in Only Short Stories, July 2021.
Rated: 13+
~851 Words
Mystery, Drama, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Ill-Timed
Can a bad morning really lead to a bad future? (written 4 Journey through Genres-Mystery)
Rated: E
~2,059 Words
Drama, Mystery, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
A hint of cinnamon and something else
The old man postponed making a decision, but figures it out.
Rated: E
~552 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Seventeen Deaths
Someone was somehow causing deaths on their spaceship. Who was doing it and why?
Rated: 18+
~1,975 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
When Einstein Went Missing
Einstein has gone missing. And that's the least of Alice's problems right now.
Rated: E
~3,375 Words
Sci-fi, Comedy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Someone's Knocking WC 297
A man is awakened from a sound sleep by a mysterious knocking on his front door.
Rated: E
~266 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Do You Believe in Ghosts
A study showed that 1 in 3 Americans believe in extraterrestrials, but what about ghosts?
Rated: E
~769 Words
Ghost, Experience, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
*Dollar* 225 GPs per review
Terrifying night in Manchac Swamp
Four people decided to go to Manchac Swamp on Halloween night. How many came out alive?
Rated: 13+
~2,485 Words
Ghost, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Flaming News
Fire couldn’t stop itself from turning a newspaper to ash. It could in 1953 England.
Rated: 18+
~1,945 Words
Mystery, Detective, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
An Alchemist Recipe
An unscrupulous chemistry professor searching for riches.
Rated: 13+
~2,229 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Dream and The Rain
Meets a brother she never knew had left her with a lot of questions and emotions.
Rated: E
~392 Words
Mystery, Nonsense, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Lasting
Take a walk to find a familiar place where shadows never fade.
Rated: E
~310 Words
Mystery, Experience, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Feeling Gassy
Why the pump house exploded
Rated: E
~335 Words
Comedy, Biographical, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Mabel And The Mob
Mabel ends up with the mob's money
Rated: 13+
~1,939 Words
Comedy, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
A Garden Rejuvinates
Zayda's aunt comes to explore the garden and they are visited by the ghost of her uncle.
Rated: 18+
~1,851 Words
Paranormal, Contest Entry, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Mystery in the Woods
this is a short story mystery of a group of kids going into the woods
Rated: E
~2,139 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Top Secret
A detective sets up in business. Third place in No Dialogue Contest.
Rated: E
~605 Words
Comedy, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Mystery of Bo's Obsession
Bo dug up a gun, a metal box with cash. Where will he dig next?
Rated: E
~798 Words
Mystery, Drama, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Unearthly lesson Part - 1
A story about school students. who met the alien.
Rated: E
~637 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Final Countdown
Policemen and pie shops (Proud to win CRAMP)
Rated: 13+
~1,013 Words
Mystery, Nonsense, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
super she naturally imposed
what I have so far about someone who uses an ability to stop crime
Rated: E
~254 Words
Supernatural, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Rated: ASR
~650 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Time for a Change
A sickness has taken over the planet of Jooflin. Only Time Travel can save them now.
Rated: 18+
~2,015 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Destroyer
Faye sets out on a mission to kill her father. But why?
Rated: E
~847 Words
Death, Family, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Frankenstein diary entry
An old story written about characters from Frankenstein.
Rated: ASR
~453 Words
Fanfiction, Gothic, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
Why just me?
The question without an answer
Rated: 13+
~1,212 Words
Death, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Station
Two siblings with different relationships to their father visit his abandoned work site.
Rated: 13+
~1,522 Words
Mystery, Drama, LGBTQ+
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Nightly Campsite Visitors
Keep your marshmallows locked up at night.
Rated: E
~851 Words
Steampunk, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Lighthouse in the Mist
The story contains elements of mystery, fiction and has a touch of gothic.
Rated: E
~215 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Medium
She could sense the spiritual, unearthly elements around her.
Rated: 13+
~2,633 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Pretend To Be Dead
When mom arrived home from hospital by ambulance, there was another quiet person with her.
Rated: E
~362 Words
Death, Mystery, Transportation
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Love of His Life
True love can be a very one sided affair......
Rated: 13+
~4,670 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Jimmy's Story
From something good, something bad will come. But from a tragedy, something good did come.
Rated: 13+
~464 Words
Death, Experience, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Calling Card
Twisted Tales Contest
Rated: E
~811 Words
Contest, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
The Good Witch
Living alone she has no desire to be a part of the magic wars of those who rule this world
Rated: 13+
~1,687 Words
Supernatural, Mystery, Paranormal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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