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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
Burglars for Hire Pt. 2
Cat Burglars Blaine and Diane continue their adventure.
Rated: E
~630 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Burglars for Hire
Blaine Campbell is a Cat Burglar who partners with Diane Ruzak who also is a Cat Burglar
Rated: E
~1,093 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Hearing, The Hanging
A short story for English III with dark themes; assignment was to mimic Dark Romanticism.
Rated: 13+
~2,021 Words
Mystery, Dark, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
A cold and ancient rite
A mysterious stranger on the Trans-Siberian railway seduces an introspective traveler
Rated: 18+
~4,788 Words
Mystery, Philosophy, Folklore
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
She just fell.
She thought everything was perfect until one night when she was alone with her step mother
Rated: 13+
~895 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 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
Accident, or Intentional?
Did I really just slip? Or was I pushed?
Rated: E
~381 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Out Beyond - Part 1
The first part in a short story about what might happen if Earth had to be evacuated.
Rated: E
~864 Words
Sci-fi, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Vengeance
Evil can sometimes give rise to more evil.
Rated: 13+
~746 Words
Mystery, Tragedy, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
A Step Back in Time
The next instalment for Murray Barber P.I. Chapter 1.
Rated: 13+
~1,903 Words
Detective, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Kidnapping on Flight 579
A woman discovers the child sitting next to her on Flight 579 is beng kidnapped.
Rated: 18+
~592 Words
Drama, Mystery, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Prince Vingo (Revised)
How much are you willing to sacrifice or tolerate in order to gain the love you want?
Rated: E
~3,865 Words
Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Solving A Federal Case
Why did two Federal Agents shoot each other? Detective Halloran is on the case.
Rated: ASR
~300 Words
Detective, Mystery, Satire
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
A Federal Case
Two feds are down; who took them out is Mike Halloran's first challenge.
Rated: ASR
~330 Words
Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Figure
Short story. First paragraph is a prompt. must be under 500 words. Thanks for reviewing
Rated: E
~433 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Summer Day
A confused teen who hates her mother
Rated: E
~4,073 Words
Drama, Melodrama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Moment Before Death
Thoughts that going through one head before their final time
Rated: E
~271 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Stranglehold
A piece of Micro-Mystery fiction starring Kevin Vidocq
Rated: 13+
~2,253 Words
Detective, Mystery, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
You had a friend, my dear.
Prachi excelled only at studies, she failed at Life, but taught a valuable lesson.
Rated: 13+
~2,802 Words
Emotional, Parenting, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Foster Boy
A yakuza boss, a police captain, and a judge have an unususal relationship.
Rated: 18+
~3,038 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 251 GPs per review
Rated: 18+
~5,587 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
The Other Side- Warped
Kate didn't realize that when her car broke down, her life would change....
Rated: 18+
~5,611 Words
Fantasy, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
45 minutes
A man rides a train that takes him to the middle of a field.
Rated: E
~1,639 Words
Fantasy, Travel, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
My Love for a Monster
Im not too sure why but I'm sort of in love with this :)
Rated: E
~523 Words
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
Rated: E
~679 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
The Creation
A girl awakens to find that she is no longer in time, or place. She has to get home.
Rated: 13+
~388 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
Forgotten chpts 1-4
Last Murray Barber P.I. case written to date..
Rated: 18+
~4,928 Words
Detective, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
the wright rock
we should think twice before acting or else bear the consequences!
Rated: 13+
~647 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The Time Keeper (2nd Place)
I was tasked to secure the Kleinikker property. What I found was something unexpected.
Rated: E
~313 Words
Mystery, Detective, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
The Labor Day Mystery
A Labor Day picnic was planned, but a dead body got in the way.
Rated: ASR
~1,422 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
The Collection
A collection of old knitting needles from a second-hand shop brings Margot visions.
Rated: E
~2,336 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
The Mystery of the Water Hole
Whimsical play with morals and values. Adults who think they know what is best
Rated: E
~875 Words
Fanfiction, Mystery, Nonsense
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Beware the Blood River (1st Place)
Illusions, dreams and reality can mix in the strangest of fashions...
Rated: E
~312 Words
Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
There Comes A Time
There's no rest for the wicked of most vile, for there is always a due date.
Rated: E
~535 Words
Dark, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
Ship Graveyard
Emotive, melancholic feelings gliding on the soul as lost seagulls over a despairing sky.
Rated: E
~124 Words
Emotional, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
The Lady or the Tiger 2
Ever heard of the Lady or the Tiger? Which door did he chose? I hope you like it!
Rated: E
~311 Words
Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
"The Painting"
S story of a child being abused and then sucked into a mystical word through a painting.
Rated: E
~2,122 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Teen
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
Linger: The Light Above the Spring
A prototype for a series revolving around two people and a little known group of beings.
Rated: E
~5,052 Words
Fantasy, Supernatural, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
*Dollar* 750 GPs per review
Gone up in Smoke
After a house burns down, a lot of things go mysteriously wrong in Tiffany's life.
Rated: E
~2,823 Words
Mystery, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
A deaths dream
Short story of a man
Rated: 13+
~551 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
DISTURBING MESSAGES
A woman discovers via Facebook that a nephew is dead; but is he? (short story contest)
Rated: E
~1,149 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
The Deadly Affair
An affair can have severe consequences--even deadly.
Rated: 13+
~511 Words
Mystery, Death, Tragedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
*Dollar* 750 GPs per review
The Power of Productivity
In an unknown location a mysterious figure gives a speech to his willing herd.
Rated: E
~469 Words
Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
Webs
A Trickster gives selfish Elaine a choice: her freedom or the lives of her 'friends'.
Rated: 13+
~6,243 Words
Supernatural, Mystery, Teen
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
Apartment 2B
A woman does not suspect she shares her apartment with a convict.
Rated: 13+
~270 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
Fiction 6: Potential
A brilliant, but tormented child finds a way to get even. Permanently.
Rated: E
~285 Words
Drama, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
The Haunted Mansion
A story stuck in my brain. Unfinished but you are welcome to review what is written.
Rated: 13+
~2,255 Words
Ghost, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
*Dollar* 375 GPs per review
Gone Overboard
A holiday cruise turns out to be a nightmare.
Rated: E
~2,466 Words
Mystery, Relationship, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Space Games (1st Place)
Jacob insisted he saw something. He had to convince the observatory to swing the scope.
Rated: E
~348 Words
Comedy, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
An Ordinary Life
The discovery of David's body uncovers long buried secrets.
Rated: E
~3,920 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
*Dollar* 300 GPs per review
Rated: 13+
~2,517 Words
Drama, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 years ago
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