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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
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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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
Rebirth-day
Monika receives an unexpected gift for her forty-fourth birthday.
Rated: E
~617 Words
Mystery, Supernatural, Spiritual
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Dive
story using only dialog
Rated: 13+
~1,069 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
3 Weeks
Joshua finds some strange things in his dreams
Rated: 13+
~1,082 Words
Horror/Scary, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Crimson Rose
Her obsession made him jealous, but her transformation confirmed his worst fears.
Rated: 18+
~1,638 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
My Grandmother's Comb Clip
All about a lost ancestral comb clip, owned by Tiffany Cruz, and has been found by Chito.
Rated: E
~894 Words
Experience, Friendship, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Just - Charade of the Teshtaars
Unsightly events occur in a kingdom as a young man strives to fulfill his ruinous resolve.
Rated: 13+
~1,392 Words
Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
*Dollar* 750 GPs per review
The Butler Did It
A marriage of Ayn Rand and Karl Marx
Rated: E
~403 Words
Mystery, Business, Entertainment
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
What if?
Daydreams can be better then real life sometimes
Rated: ASR
~2,469 Words
Mystery, Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Lonely
A strange meeting in the woods on a dark, stormy night.
Rated: E
~2,496 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Water Bond preview
It's a little scary and i don't really know what to say about it. enjoy?
Rated: E
~4,747 Words
Horror/Scary, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Time Runs Out
A girl must make a choice, with little time.
Rated: E
~574 Words
Crime/Gangster, Emotional, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Family Reunion
Is the mansion haunted?
Rated: 13+
~1,396 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
One Long Day in Chicago
Private Detective Lou Ryan, 1930s Chicago.
Rated: 18+
~1,902 Words
Contest Entry, Crime/Gangster, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
My Co-Passenger
It describes how a simple looking person carried out a dangerous attack on a train
Rated: 18+
~676 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
*Dollar* 375 GPs per review
A New Sky - Revised
Meet Dex. He's having an unusual day, and it seems to be getting stranger.
Rated: E
~478 Words
Mystery, Experience, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
A New Sky
Meet Dex. He's having an unusual day. Nothing seems "right", and it appears to get worse.
Rated: E
~258 Words
Psychology, Mystery, Experience
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Fear Not the Dark
Things aren't always what they seem.
Rated: 18+
~1,009 Words
Mystery, Death, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
*Dollar* 375 GPs per review
Artist Misunderstood
Two artists tussle like water and oil.
Rated: 13+
~7,856 Words
Arts, Nature, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Kalida: Secrets Swept
Written for the Partner up Contest!
Rated: E
~146 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
The Mind Borrower
Story about using minds and reading thoughts
Rated: E
~1,440 Words
Psychology, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
A Solemn Voyage
A person lost in melancholy finds their destination on the precipices of reality.
Rated: E
~744 Words
Dark, Mystery, Occult
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 years ago
Mr. Linden's Library
A short story based on "Mysteries of Harris Burdick" picture book.
Rated: E
~1,098 Words
Mystery, Fantasy, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 300 GPs per review
The Case of Edmund Greene
Sometimes our crimes are not what we think they are. Embrace the beast and let go.
Rated: 18+
~6,667 Words
Mystery, Comedy, Tragedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 203 GPs per review
A Fool Out Of Me
My first ever mystery. Some feedback is always appreciated.
Rated: 13+
~2,543 Words
Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Crossword Case
Three siblings Webster a police officer, Ace and Juniper an author, Jones find a murderer.
Rated: E
~1,796 Words
Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Corn Maze Mystery
Everyone around is with police did one of them do it, or did they bring a murderer along?
Rated: E
~1,656 Words
Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Jonquil in Spring
Cowboys mysteriously dying. Can you figure it out?
Rated: 13+
~2,612 Words
Western, Medical, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Something Wrong, Something Right!
Trouble arises in the lord's absence, and his minions struggle to discover and contain it.
Rated: E
~2,113 Words
Fantasy, Children's, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Time Hackers
What if you can stop time or reverse the events of your life at a cost? Will you do it?
Rated: E
~2,192 Words
Fantasy, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Tip Toe
being careful not to get caught...
Rated: E
~298 Words
Dark, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Thing Under the Bed
Sometimes the monster isn't under the bed.
Rated: E
~443 Words
Horror/Scary, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 105 GPs per review
Reality Rift
Experience reality through fractures of events; do you know which is real?
Rated: E
~193 Words
Contest Entry, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Path of God
A man on the path to remembering who he is and what he has done in his past
Rated: E
~3,940 Words
Tragedy, Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Actor
A twisting tale of a gruesome mass murder
Rated: 18+
~2,184 Words
Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Necessary Evil
The story of an assassin
Rated: 18+
~648 Words
Mystery, Contest Entry, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
My Wife In VR
What if losing your password meant losing your family.
Rated: 13+
~4,659 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Ghost In The Machine
The Hardy Boys meet Neuromancer
Rated: E
~6,730 Words
Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 1,500 GPs per review
The Box in the Corner
A woman discovers something missing. (3 EDITOR'S PICK & HON. MENTION)
Rated: 13+
~2,434 Words
Emotional, Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Prompt #12 - Scorpio
Who has the bigger stinger?
Rated: 13+
~305 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
How I live now
About this courageous young boy , who finds hope when its all lost .
Rated: E
~500 Words
Emotional, Mystery, Teen
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Touched By an Angel
Should read it and find out more
Rated: E
~409 Words
Dark, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Spilt Milk Part part two
A rough draft of the second installment on the mystery of Oliver and Peter.
Rated: 13+
~558 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
A Fare to Remember
Written for the prompt(s): A man gets into a cab at the airport.
Rated: 13+
~536 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Experience
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
OLD
He wasn't in the present, at least the one we were in, but he needed to grieve her.
Rated: 13+
~1,388 Words
Other, Emotional, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Murderous Swine
An unsavory mobster discovers he cannot run away from fate
Rated: 13+
~3,658 Words
Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
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