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

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The Heroes of Corvus: Roulette (Preview)
A contract villain investigates the cause of a former opponent's death.
Rated: 13+
~2,247 Words
Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Type: Sample
Updated 3 years ago
CLUE-LESS
IT'SADETECTIVE STORY.THISONE CONTAINSHOWTHEPOLI CEIS INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TOBEATTHEICULPRITS .
Rated: 13+
~761 Words
Detective, Crime/Gangster, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
One Night
A one night stand with a stranger. One mans search for happiness Follow the clues.
Rated: 13+
~886 Words
Drama, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Duck And Cover-up
Weekly flash fiction contest entry. Based on a true story, sort of. 300 words.
Rated: ASR
~286 Words
Comedy, Detective, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Saboteur
The Second Inspector D.C. Pickles Mystery
Rated: 13+
~2,287 Words
Detective, Mystery, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Loved and Lost
a short story about a strict father
Rated: 13+
~958 Words
Other, Drama, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Invisible Poison
The First Inspector D.C. Pickles Mystery
Rated: ASR
~3,606 Words
Detective, Mystery, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
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Touch and Go
A race against time through the streets of London, England
Rated: E
~2,284 Words
Action/Adventure, Romance/Love, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
Astrobot Scandal
A Short mystery story, the second written in my current 3 piece series.
Rated: E
~759 Words
Children's, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
A Winter Heist
A VERY short mystery story, the first one written in my current 3 piece series.
Rated: E
~371 Words
Children's, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
The End of the Beginning
It's about a guy whose crazy. Very simple. And he tries to rob a bank.
Rated: 13+
~428 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
The Tale of the Failing Orchard
Another fascinating case for Sherlock Holmes to solve.
Rated: E
~2,994 Words
Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
Holmes Again
A mental patient claims to be Sherlock Holmes.
Rated: 13+
~4,449 Words
Mystery, Drama, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
The Rose of New York
NOT FINISHED! Work in progress. My first attempt at a short story.
Rated: 13+
~1,663 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
The Mean Streets of Malvern
Detective drama, deliberately written as purple prose.
Rated: E
~1,469 Words
Detective, Comedy, Cultural
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
The Mystery "Crews"
What happens today does not guarantee tomorrow
Rated: E
~4 Words
Detective, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
Confessions to a priest
watch out who you confess to.
Rated: 18+
~1,163 Words
Crime/Gangster, Death, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
Clue's Too Kind
A stubby old detective goes to find a mustache.
Rated: E
~380 Words
Comedy, Detective, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
Rated: 13+
~1,201 Words
Detective, Fantasy, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
The Chase
Alex Black and Jason Green are in a high speed pursuit with a dangerous felon.
Rated: 13+
~383 Words
Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
The Brute
His ugliness was his best defense.
Rated: 13+
~4,343 Words
Horror/Scary, Detective, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
The Unexpected.
My first attempt at writing, also an assignment for an english college course.
Rated: ASR
~703 Words
Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 18 years ago
Theoden's Revenge
Blaze, a P.I., takes a case that leads her into the spooky Theoden woods.
Rated: 13+
~1,210 Words
Detective, Horror/Scary, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
The Copycat Competition
The night is still young.
Rated: 18+
~807 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Detective, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
When New York City Goes Silent
This is a beginning of my short story that is about a detective, working on a case in NYC.
Rated: E
~953 Words
Crime/Gangster, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
The Thing from the Fridge
A pair of chemistry students clean out the department refrigerator.
Rated: E
~313 Words
Comedy, Detective, Food/Cooking
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
Lily the Lollipop Girl
Hope everyone likes my very first writing.com story!
Rated: E
~214 Words
Children's, Detective, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
"Kind Word and a Gun"
A Master Thief "jumps the fence" and aims at the crooked cop that put him in...
Rated: 18+
~2,104 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
Why Disappearance is Describable
The insight of my friend Sean Brian is explored, with assurance, quite effectively.
Rated: E
~1,031 Words
Comedy, Detective, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
Compelled to beg
Surely, the fellow has not perceived the obvious--but this error can be swiftly omitted.
Rated: E
~415 Words
Crime/Gangster, Comedy, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
A Wilting Umbrella
The violent guests at Mossman's estate incur an authoritative method-He summons Sean.
Rated: E
~2,338 Words
Comedy, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
Predicting a Theft
The first efficient demonstration of my friend's powers of analysis.
Rated: E
~1,803 Words
Crime/Gangster, Experience, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
Brushing the Law
This is a short story about a detective who had a very difficult crime to solve.
Rated: E
~644 Words
Mystery, Detective, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
WITH SLIGHT OF HAND
A daring bank robbery with crazy twists and turns
Rated: 18+
~12,330 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
The Shadow
Since the 1930's The Shadow has thrilled the fans of comics, books, TV, movies, radio.
Rated: E
~192 Words
Detective, Drama, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
Heirlooms
A woman runs from her past-to find that she should look further into it.
Rated: 13+
~6,108 Words
Detective, Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
Chrysalis
What if superheroes were ordinary people? Summer's gifts are more than meets the eye.
Rated: 13+
~1,791 Words
Mystery, Detective, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
Heavy Feet & Pretty Faces
A 1930s detective recounts a memorable night.
Rated: 18+
~1,400 Words
Detective, Satire, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 years ago
A Deadly Errand
Detective Hart comes face to face with a case that her life depends on.
Rated: 13+
~4,426 Words
Mystery, Detective, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 20 years ago
Truth Be Told
Syvert died on a Wednesday.
Rated: 13+
~2,365 Words
Mystery, Detective, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 20 years ago
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Starlet Brace
The first in the Mathew Brace detective series. I never did fiz the errors...
Rated: E
~3,211 Words
Detective, Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 20 years ago
Mystery (Draft-not finished)
A humorous mystery about the missing Dooby statue from Readalot Central School.
Rated: E
~1,028 Words
Children's, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 20 years ago
The Missing Scene
The title says it all. My muse made me write it.
Rated: 13+
~147 Words
Detective, LGBTQ+, Emotional
Type: Short Story
Updated 20 years ago
Sinister
In this case the end does justify the means.
Rated: ASR
~662 Words
Detective, Fantasy, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 20 years ago
Death Angel
This is my entry for Froggy's cop story contest.
Rated: 13+
~1,591 Words
Horror/Scary, Detective, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 21 years ago
Countdown
Can he stop it in time? Will this be his end? please R+R
Rated: 13+
~961 Words
Action/Adventure, Thriller/Suspense, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 21 years ago
Rated: ASR
~879 Words
Detective, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 22 years ago
BAA, BAA, BAA
Frick and Frack ride again.
Rated: ASR
~885 Words
Detective, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 22 years ago
Streets of Chicago, 1930
A story of the 1930's mob scene!
Rated: 13+
~2,997 Words
Crime/Gangster, History, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 22 years ago
Jonah's Challenge
A young woman is murdered and New York's finest detective is on the case.
Rated: 13+
~2,474 Words
Detective, Crime/Gangster, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 22 years ago
Dogs and Canes
A dog, a payphone, a dead 80 year old. What's the link? (1000 words)
Rated: 13+
~955 Words
Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 22 years ago
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