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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 about a month ago
Wandering along a platform at night
Night at a lonely railway station where we encounter beauty and macabre figures
Rated: E
~1,654 Words
Ghost, Spiritual, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Every Fire Has a Spirit
A typical story with a twisted ending.
Rated: 13+
~2,377 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
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A Smidgeon of Knowledge
A man and his love of facts entertain a town -- most of it, anyway
Rated: 13+
~1,899 Words
Mystery, History, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Strengths and Weaknesses
Everyone has them. What are yours?
Rated: E
~1,071 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Story Without A Byline
Reporter investigates a mystery and doesn't find a story: no byline.
Rated: E
~459 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 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 18 years ago
One Single Bone
What do the words sleep, drum and bone have in common. Read on to find out.
Rated: E
~312 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Galactic Prison
After almost forty years there was a Mysterious Death at The Galactic Prison.
Rated: ASR
~903 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Like A Moth To A Light
2 best friends, 1 boy, 1 night, 1 prank gone wrong
Rated: E
~2,529 Words
Young Adult, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Truth About Bubbles
Lance and Tracy want to know why the latest beverage is so successful - or do they?
Rated: 18+
~1,020 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Murder
A south indian family takes a journey to find the truth
Rated: ASR
~2,188 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Family, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The mysterious room.
The view of a little girl who is intrigued by a mysterious room at her mother's office.
Rated: E
~1,225 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Rated: 13+
~810 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Martin's Landing
He walked through the apparent ghost town and found the Hardware store open.
Rated: E
~851 Words
Contest, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Poetic Nonsense Stories 1
I am not sure the new words can be translated. The words come out of me like a flow.
Rated: 13+
~247 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Tammy's Morning
Who knew the newsroom could create a mystery all its own?
Rated: E
~258 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
All About Abbili
What would you do if you got a Note like this.
Rated: E
~901 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
It's So Beautiful
Some painting can take you away. This is one of those paintings.
Rated: E
~1,308 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Fly
A short story about the last man on Earth.
Rated: 13+
~921 Words
Dark, Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Why the Blue Leaves Were Blue
All the houses, and yards, are the same - except for that one.
Rated: E
~793 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The fifteenth's trial
Alex is faces with revelations that shock him after watching an attack on the news.
Rated: 18+
~1,421 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
You First Then The World
This is my entry into the Outworld Contest - and Round One
Rated: E
~2,643 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
First You Then The World
Round Two of the Outworld Contest
Rated: E
~6,873 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
You First Then The World - Part One
This is Part One of a three part, three month, story I created for the Outworld contest.
Rated: E
~1,949 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Writing While Cruising
Meeting the Storymaster and the Storymistress.
Rated: E
~540 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
You First Then The World
This was originally posted in the Outworld 'World Domination' Contest - as a Two Rounder..
Rated: E
~8,545 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Blue
Why do you always wear blue?
Rated: ASR
~823 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Greatest Secret Of The Universe
Want to know what the greatest secret of the universe is? Well, let's get started.
Rated: E
~787 Words
Nonsense, Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Blue Box of Mystery
A mysterious object riles up the people of the world
Rated: E
~637 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Going Home
A man is lost after a funeral
Rated: ASR
~466 Words
Mystery, Supernatural, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Guitar Lessons
A man buys a new guitar and consequently finds someone to teach him
Rated: E
~961 Words
Music, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Rated: E
~2,560 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Clandestine Service
An incident in rural New Jersey drives an ambitious CIA officer to face unknowable truths.
Rated: 13+
~3,043 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Political, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Notes of Jasmine
A short piece of writing practice.
Rated: E
~187 Words
Writing, Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Wall
He often thought of telling someone about the wall but he always dismissed the idea.
Rated: ASR
~1,651 Words
Supernatural, Mystery, Occult
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Silence is a Great Healer.
When all you want to do is rest your mind and body, no one will ever let you!
Rated: 18+
~397 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Steampunk
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
INVASION
What will be will be - maybe!
Rated: 13+
~847 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, History
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Wall
He taught me to open my eyes and I saw a world I never imagined existed.
Rated: 13+
~1,520 Words
Drama, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Constriction
An NYC thief, gets more than he bargained for when he steals from a Chinese businesswoman.
Rated: E
~1,340 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Into the Great Unknown
...watch your step!
Rated: 18+
~881 Words
Mystery, Death, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Bus Stop
A twist of fate at the end of the line...
Rated: ASR
~2,065 Words
Contest Entry, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Power Giver
Some people will do anything to get power
Rated: E
~419 Words
Mystery, Fantasy, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Secrets of Horse Meadows
Are the Legends of The Forest of the Dark Shadows true?
Rated: E
~2,919 Words
Children's, Mystery, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Earning It All
A hair-stylist gets a loan
Rated: E
~1,290 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Career
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Dead End
The investigator for defense has amorous hopes concerning the pretty defendant.
Rated: ASR
~926 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
NURSERY RHYMES
A detective cracks a case thanks to a parrot
Rated: 13+
~997 Words
Mystery, Detective, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Malice Intended
Who is the slapdash, foolish criminal behind a crime scene in a hotel?
Rated: ASR
~909 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Business
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Real Perpetrators
If the missing fiancé is found. . . For Wannabe's mystery contest
Rated: 13+
~910 Words
Mystery, Romance/Love, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
THE WRONG NUMBER
Noah Benton answers his phone and later wishes he hadn't.
Rated: 13+
~267 Words
Mystery, Detective, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Dixon Night
Part of an idea for a detective-mystery story.
Rated: E
~1,073 Words
Detective, Mystery, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Olympic Medal Mystery
Lisa solves a mystery to further her life's dream to become a detective.
Rated: E
~457 Words
Detective, Children's, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
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