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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
Halloween in Oz?
There’s a lot of crazy characters in Oz and it’s a great place for a Halloween event
Rated: 13+
~1,336 Words
Contest, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The dark mansion
A Halloween story
Rated: E
~807 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Case of the Man in the Mummy's Case
How could a man be dead only a week after being buried for a thousand years?
Rated: ASR
~984 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Not-So-Hidden Truth
A woman is keeping a secret from her partner and will go to any length to keep it hidden
Rated: E
~785 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Paranormal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Auburn Hair Amidst The Brambled Woods
Giving new life to an old idea I had years ago. Enjoy!
Rated: E
~1,403 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Paranormal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year 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
Rain Boy
A boy stands in the rain.
Rated: E
~607 Words
Fantasy, Entertainment, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Tenure of Terror
Publish or perish! What might a meek literature professor do to ensure he gets tenure?
Rated: 13+
~3,062 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
BREAD
Bread is a mystery story about a soon to be couple who never ended up together.
Rated: 13+
~96 Words
Mystery, Self Help, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Murphey's Law
For the last day of The Writer's Cramp birthday week celebration!
Rated: E
~439 Words
Mystery, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Destiny Awaits - Choose Wisely
A young man must make a choice between two doors leading to his future.
Rated: 13+
~715 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Rated: ASR
~534 Words
Mystery, Parenting, Children's
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Backwards
This short story has multiple endings but this is the one that my heart resigns to. Enjoy.
Rated: E
~822 Words
Mystery, Tragedy, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Once a NewsFinder
To take something, I pretend to be a NewsFinder. But doing this gets me into some trouble.
Rated: 18+
~1,684 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Rated: E
~4,577 Words
Action/Adventure, History, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
*Dollar* 401 GPs per review
SSS Sole Survivor Standing
One day. Just survive one more day. Survive and escape their wretched games…
Rated: E
~1,875 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Wandering Child
A quest for clarity leads Tom to encounter a desert traveler.
Rated: E
~440 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
A Magical Ending.
It's about a young woman who possesses a power and with it manages to save her people.
Rated: E
~629 Words
Fantasy, Friendship, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Rated: E
~638 Words
Mystery, Paranormal, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Dawson and Dragons
When two strange boys arrive at a suspicious academy, They must fight for their lives.
Rated: 13+
~4,642 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
The Fortune Teller
An eclectic fortune teller divines the death of a cheating husband with a smile.
Rated: E
~1,867 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
An Unveiling In Bardstown
Okay, I have solved this mystery in twenty scintillating sentences...
Rated: E
~1,350 Words
Mystery, Melodrama, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Take your damn pills
English is not my native language. Feel free to correct me.
Rated: E
~431 Words
Mystery, Philosophy
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
The midnight train mystery
This is a true story that I and my friend experienced together.
Rated: E
~1,324 Words
Experience, Paranormal, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
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Rated: 13+
~2,769 Words
Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
*Dollar* 1,500 GPs per review
A Special Gift (3rd Place)
An elderly lady has a surprising revelation. (2 EDITOR'S CHOICE/3RD PLACE TWISTED TALES)
Rated: E
~2,657 Words
Mystery, Spiritual, Inspirational
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
The Narrative Device
A whirlwind of short scenes across genres, connected by a troubling reoccurrence.
Rated: 13+
~3,435 Words
Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
The Mystery of Green Street
Rachel witnesses a murder, and then she makes an amazing getaway from two men with axes.
Rated: ASR
~2,906 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Amber's Strange Encounter
A hi-profile case takes a turn for the worse for Amber and best friend, Belle.
Rated: E
~1,936 Words
Mystery, Action/Adventure, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Ides of March
The Sequel to March 1st, 2056.
Rated: E
~3,272 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Young Adult
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Zombie apocalypse
Zion is now dealing with a outbreak of a virus which had turned people into the undead.
Rated: E
~789 Words
Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
Leviathan Rises - Chapter One
Leviathan is unleashed from a tomb of sediment and rocks by shifting ocean currents
Rated: 13+
~599 Words
Nature, Mystery, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
The Mystery of Stony Lane
This story is a lateral thinking puzzle, a murder mystery, and a horror story combined.
Rated: ASR
~1,868 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Marla's Adventures WC 297
Two teens share an adventure at a spooky old house.
Rated: E
~336 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Custody Battle
Matilda solves a grieving mother's case in a way that neither woman ever expected
Rated: 13+
~2,255 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Can you keep a secret?
A dark, comedic Screams story with lots of atrocious language :)
Rated: 18+
~2,219 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
The young girl
A young girl sits in a dark room and has no idea why she's there.
Rated: E
~946 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Achromic
A world where Ciro’s (a gem embedded in everyones chest) decides your place in society
Rated: E
~967 Words
Fantasy, Young Adult, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
DreamScape
Three friends in film school try to bring horror to life in their new movie.
Rated: 13+
~2,024 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Level 7 - Reading 1A
Students will read and get the new words
Rated: E
~2,426 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
A GOOD HAND
A gifted surgeon was summoned to an insane asylum. A decadence story.
Rated: E
~2,480 Words
Mystery, Religious, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
The Detective WC: 298
He finds the evidence. So what?
Rated: E
~293 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Hotel Transylvania
It was an story in hotel Transylvania
Rated: E
~802 Words
Experience, Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
Finding Spring in Winter
Stifled creativity leads to the exploration of uncharted lands.
Rated: E
~1,432 Words
Experience, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
Alone in an Uber
I wrote a second-person perspective story. I hope you like it!
Rated: 18+
~303 Words
Dark, Mystery, Tragedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
The ghost who dared to dream. Part 1
To be imprisoned in one's own mind, that much I know, is the last circle of hell.
Rated: E
~2,532 Words
Mystery, Psychology, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
The house
A man wandering the streets finds an empty house. Or what he thought was an empty house.
Rated: E
~934 Words
Mystery, Action/Adventure, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
My Mother Is Back
My mother returns
Rated: E
~244 Words
Mystery, Emotional, Paranormal
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
*Dollar* 300 GPs per review
Socked In
Things can hide in plain sight. It might be dangerous to find them.
Rated: 13+
~2,207 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
The Shadow That Came (2nd. and 3rd.)
"What is beyond darkness?" It asked me. (1st. SUPERNATURAL WRITING CONTEST)
Rated: 18+
~2,559 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
The MADNESS Terror
A short story about a small town dealing with a little bit of murder.
Rated: 13+
~2,306 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Paranormal, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
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