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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
Destiney's Decision
This was a short story written for class.
Rated: E
~2,559 Words
Animal, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Family Relations
Noir Private Detective story set during the 1940's
Rated: E
~3,205 Words
Detective, Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Paper Gamble
A Senior moment.
Rated: E
~470 Words
Mystery, Drama, Tragedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
My darker desires
It speaks of how the best of us can fall into temptation and don't want to get out of it.
Rated: 13+
~379 Words
Erotica, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
On the Grill
What's cooking on the grill has an accountant worried
Rated: 13+
~977 Words
Mystery, Comedy, Health
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 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
THE LEGACY
Every writer's FANTASY, in just 1000 words?
Rated: 18+
~987 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Writing
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
From the Pen of Sarah Brighton
For the Writing Assignment Scenario One
Rated: 13+
~9,005 Words
Mystery, Drama, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
PUZZLED
A gift for Rod's girlfriend goes wrong when the gift decides it wants something in return.
Rated: E
~2,819 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Fanfiction
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Worst Night of my Life
First chapter, written for my GCSE Origional Writing Coursework. Please Enjoy =)
Rated: E
~1,448 Words
Mystery, Young Adult
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Oak Park White Inn
Will Carter get on Draper's bad side in the midst of an investigation.
Rated: 13+
~2,522 Words
Death, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
The Secret of Growing Up
Rudy wants to be the world's greatest explorer. Perhaps the Island of Mystery is the key?
Rated: ASR
~2,568 Words
Action/Adventure, Emotional, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
No Comfort
a short story of a boy coming of an age to understand
Rated: E
~874 Words
Family, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Weekender
The secret's in the bait.
Rated: 13+
~1,574 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
James
Ever feel like you are going crazy and no one believes you? So does James.
Rated: 13+
~924 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Unsolvable
One more mystery investigators will never figure out.
Rated: 13+
~1,201 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Path
John Mercer finds himself in an unusual situation where things are not what they seem.
Rated: 13+
~2,181 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Tucker Street
After this years fire works event, the night took on a mind of its own for Fin Harrison.
Rated: 13+
~1,107 Words
Mystery, Drama, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
He told me to smile...
A journal entry of a night out in Ireland where I meet Mr. Opportunity. Please Rate...
Rated: 13+
~1,852 Words
Emotional, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Case of the Missing Guinea Pig
5 hungry cats + 1 missing Guinea Pig = 1 cute and funny mystery.
Rated: ASR
~2,812 Words
Children's, Animal, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Crown Royal Diamond
Searching an old abandon house for hidden treasure Maggie gets an unexpected surprise.
Rated: E
~1,845 Words
Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Mr. Mystery
redefine abnormality in a bizarre world
Rated: E
~1,357 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Stuck in Love City
Mom sent Mary Lou to Love City to get her away from an older boyfriend.
Rated: 13+
~1,499 Words
Mystery, Teen, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Behind the Steel Doors
You wake up in a dark cell and you hear something evil waiting for you. what now?
Rated: 13+
~4,750 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Obscuro
A very short vignette written for class. The theme was "darkness." ;
Rated: 13+
~471 Words
Dark, Mystery, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Just wandering
In the limits of paranoia and precaution
Rated: E
~830 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Chapter 3 (The Genuine Phony)
Ziti Bombaker, amateur detective, finds himself neck deep in a mystery.
Rated: 13+
~2,751 Words
Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Picture of death
A cozy mystery written for a whodunnit contest.
Rated: 13+
~3,065 Words
Mystery, Contest Entry, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Lonely
This is a very short story I wrote one night out of boredom. It's rather depressing.
Rated: E
~560 Words
Family, Mystery, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Two
this is a short story about two special people
Rated: E
~365 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Religious
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
love leter for Tessa
This is a story written loosely framed around a letter I found under the floor boards.
Rated: 13+
~1,456 Words
Emotional, Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
LUCKY O'TOOLE : THE STONE COLD SCULPTOR
A light hearted whodunit set in the future on a planet called Vega.
Rated: 13+
~1,931 Words
Sci-fi, Comedy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Between Twilight and the NIght
A man steps out to buy some groceries, and six years disappear. Lets get some C&C,
Rated: 13+
~1,112 Words
Mystery, Relationship, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
a dark and drizzly dusk
who cares if it was dark and stormy or not, this is sure to make you laugh
Rated: E
~375 Words
Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Findlay's Table: A Mystery
Parlour-type mystery short story influenced by Agatha Christie novels
Rated: 13+
~1,089 Words
Mystery, Family, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
My Dear Melinda
Those eyes. Those mystifyingly beautiful eyes. I had to have them.
Rated: 18+
~1,466 Words
Gothic, Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Nero's (Work in progress)
Its a short story of urban magical realism. Two friends and a mysterious lady.
Rated: 18+
~1,458 Words
Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Amends
Sonny must help his uncle unravel the mysteries of his own death.
Rated: E
~3,549 Words
Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 263 GPs per review
White Room
What is the point behind these bizarre thefts? Is there a point?
Rated: E
~2,062 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
A Serpent in Paradise
A family at a beach house and a puzzle to solve
Rated: 13+
~5,967 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Animal
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Collision
Ty Powers is a fugitive of the circus who must confront the effects of living two lives.
Rated: 13+
~7,132 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
ISLAND OF THE LORD: PARTE DOS
continuing the saga of the Duradero and her crew into the mysterious island.
Rated: 13+
~2,077 Words
Thriller/Suspense, History, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
EMPTY GLASS
A BURGLAR BECOMES A VICTIM
Rated: E
~1,420 Words
Mystery, Tragedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Sweeter Than Sugar
My first short-story mystery. Read and review it.
Rated: E
~690 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
To Be Continued
A dark tale told by a man who experienced an abusive childhood which led him to a tragedy.
Rated: 13+
~1,001 Words
Dark, Mystery, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Dress
Joe's wife is dead, but what is it about the dress hidden in the back of her closet?
Rated: E
~1,142 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
One Word
A secretive occupation leads to an unwanted death...
Rated: ASR
~474 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 375 GPs per review
The Dinner Party
Don't you hate swinger parties?
Rated: 18+
~2,678 Words
Erotica, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Calling the Threats
Nikolai makes a choice to protect his goddaughter no matter what after he sees her alive.
Rated: 18+
~3,975 Words
Mystery, Women's, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
Sarah Ann
Haunting little girl
Rated: E
~551 Words
Supernatural, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
A Stalkers Revenge
One girls Struggle with a deise
Rated: 13+
~1,214 Words
Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
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