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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
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Excerpts From Pam Taylor's Diary
Will Pam Taylor's nightmares come back to haunt her.
Rated: 13+
~2,996 Words
Drama, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Frog
A frog takes over a person's house (it turns out to be just a dream)
Rated: E
~660 Words
Mystery, Comedy, Entertainment
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Rated: 18+
~543 Words
Horror/Scary, Gothic, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Barren Beneath
Mystery surrounds a fathers death and his son must dig to clear his name.
Rated: E
~1,969 Words
Mystery, Family, Cultural
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
"Forgotten 4;
Short story that may become a novel at a later date.
Rated: 13+
~543 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 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
Marionette
Like a puppet on a string...
Rated: 13+
~1,684 Words
Gothic, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
My Scariest Moment At Camp
The scariest moment of my life was at camp.
Rated: E
~200 Words
Friendship, Mystery, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Sense the Rainbow
Here the colors of the rainbow mingle with the senses they invoke.
Rated: E
~451 Words
Mystery, Emotional, Nature
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Atilano's Blues
The mystery of a child guitarist locked in a room, with supernatural overtones.
Rated: 13+
~2,250 Words
Mystery, Occult, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The Black Widow
Three friends followed some spiders and that is the worst thing they could have done.
Rated: 13+
~1,930 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Sora's Detective Capers #1
Sora, an ace crime-solving sleuth, has to solve a crime with his friend Wren!
Rated: E
~2,948 Words
Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Stranger
Strange things begin to happen when a mysterious man arrives in Linden Ridge.
Rated: 18+
~4,208 Words
Spiritual, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Dinner
A woman who finally makes a final hard decision about her life
Rated: 18+
~622 Words
Emotional, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
*Dollar* 375 GPs per review
Mock Epic
A Battle of wills is tearing apart the seams of reality
Rated: ASR
~455 Words
Comedy, Mystery, Scientific
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Pizza and Wolves
I didn't even know werewolves ordered pizza! How could I know what would happen?
Rated: 13+
~814 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
*Dollar* 135 GPs per review
Shine on me
An assignment I had to do for English - a short story about one man and his 'friend'
Rated: ASR
~1,097 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Gothic
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
the turn
short story, bit strange, open ended
Rated: E
~1,635 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Occult
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Hunted
This is a short story that I wrote for a piece of homework set.
Rated: E
~1,414 Words
Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
*Dollar* 94 GPs per review
Princess Grace and the Tugboat
A tugboat pulled up in the marina. She fell in love.
Rated: 18+
~1,141 Words
Romance/Love, Environment, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Glitter Green Nails
A narcissistic woman without boundaries...
Rated: 18+
~4 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Billy and Ms. Morra
Billy is a twelve year old boy who lives with his mother. An assignment I did for school..
Rated: E
~2,948 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
How I Love to Swim
How I love to swim amongst the mysterious lights. A short story: Twisted Tales Contest.
Rated: E
~669 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Black Window
A short horror/mystery story about a boy, and the mysterious reflection in a black window.
Rated: E
~641 Words
Mystery, Supernatural, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Mr. Tepes
Twenty orphans come to live in a very mysterious house.
Rated: 13+
~447 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Of Fruit and Fetish
a fictional short story about a family with strange obsessions for fruits
Rated: 13+
~1,303 Words
Family, Psychology, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Hidden Knowledge
Max finds hidden-protected knowledge mayhap ancient definitely mysterious
Rated: 13+
~1,291 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
En un momento / in a minute
a note found on a nineteenth century styled kitchen counter
Rated: E
~691 Words
Mystery, Emotional
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Vanished
Two young boys, left alone find something in the basement
Rated: E
~1,442 Words
Horror/Scary, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Swap Gas
The 60's. Reports of a UFO sighting and a high school adventure
Rated: 13+
~686 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Thoughts of Me
An artful work on the mind of a psycho. Not finished, just a portion.
Rated: 18+
~2,328 Words
Drama, Biographical, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Shadow With Dark Eyes
He moves like a shadow, he never talks, his room is always locked. What happened to him?
Rated: 13+
~1,985 Words
Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Rated: 18+
~331 Words
Other, Gothic, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
It's Only Dinner
Though this is a short story, it may end up being a series of detective books.
Rated: 18+
~2,199 Words
Mystery, Detective, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Deadly Kiss
Who can withstand the Vampire's Deadly kiss?
Rated: 18+
~1,043 Words
Fantasy, Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Eighteen Forever?
Can you really be eighteen forever? The story of a man and a woman. I suppose.
Rated: 18+
~1,370 Words
Drama, Mystery, Entertainment
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Scavenger Hunt
When Jeffrey finds a note taped to his window, it turns into a day he'll never forget...
Rated: 18+
~1,149 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Interrogation of 'Phillip Gregg'
A dubious mortician is suspected of murdering his friend and mutilating a corpse
Rated: 18+
~5,196 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Unknown
A short story of a person trying to delve into the depths of the unknown...
Rated: E
~1,202 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Three Hours
A cop spends three hours searching an empty store. Little does he know he is not alone.
Rated: 13+
~1,258 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The New Kid
I think I'm done with this for now!
Rated: E
~2,261 Words
Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
A College Nightmare?
The beginning of a tale of a writer and her inspiration.
Rated: 13+
~913 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Dollar Bill
You find a dollar bill with a web address and a pass word. What can this lead to?
Rated: E
~909 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Mystery in the Mountain
While hiking a teen, Anna, runs away and gets lost. Luckily, she is mystreiously rescued.
Rated: E
~1,265 Words
Action/Adventure, Teen, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Frog King
Gemma journeys into forbidden Lorien Glades and finds more than what she could imagine.
Rated: 13+
~1,213 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Mysterious Imploding Ship, J. Hannan
A short tale about an exploding boat.
Rated: 13+
~722 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Winsome
A woman on the run from the Police, is there more chaseing her than she thinks?
Rated: 13+
~15,652 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Closure
Justice is served in the most unexpected way.
Rated: 13+
~1,182 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Rated: 18+
~421 Words
Mystery, History, Gothic
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
The Phone Booth
Assignment: Use a phone and all our senses. Also try not to use the word "I".
Rated: E
~242 Words
Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
Secrets of the Country (New Title)
Written for Shadow and Light Contest, but I never entered it.
Rated: E
~1,362 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 years ago
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