\"Writing.Com
*Magnify*
SPONSORED ITEMS
BY ONLINE AUTHORS
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/list_items/type/genre/item_type/genre/genre/400/sub_type/17500
RSS Feed

DETECTIVE Writing

Genres are used by our writers to categorize their works into 96 common themes. Readers can more quickly find Items of interest by browsing topics of interest. Genre listing pages include items of every type within Writing.Com.
Settings
  • only with Covers
  • only Auto Rewards
  • only Paid Members
  • only by newbies
  • by Registered Authors
  • by Memorial Portfolios
  • by Preferred Authors
  • by Moderators
  • by Senior Moderators
  • by Staff
<   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   >
Search results for:

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


SHORT STORY
The Scarecrow's secret: Chapter One  Open in new Window.
by LightinMind Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Detective • #2259428
Jack and Sarah take a walk to her special place on the hill by the Scarecrow.
*Dollar* Rewards 1,001 GPs per review
SHORT STORY
The Sound of Broken Glass  Open in new Window.
by Lonewolf Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Detective • #2339523
Charles Hastings has been murdered and Jackson Graves is trying to find out who did it.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
I have a little story for you -990 Words  Open in new Window.
by John Author Icon
Rated: E • Crime/Gangster • #2349668
When an irreplaceable document is stolen, an unlikely person tells a story.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Stained in Red - Writer's Cramp - 11/20  Open in new Window.
by John Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Mystery • #2350348
After six deaths within five months, the detective needs a clue-no matter how small.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Awardicon
No Appointment Necessary  Open in new Window.
by Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥ 2026 Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Detective • #1402303
Lou Ryan's new case: Dames, Gams, Goons, Goners & Bribes
Static Items
SHORT STORY
The Mystery of Stony Lane  Open in new Window.
by Creative Writer Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Mystery • #2044392
This story is a lateral thinking puzzle, a murder mystery, and a horror story combined.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Longfellow At The Cabin  Open in new Window.
by Rojodi Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Drama • #2348641
Longfellow Darke spends some time at the Adirondack cabin to unwind
SHORT STORY
The Third Man - Chapter One  Open in new Window.
by LightinMind Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Detective • #2261411
Jonathan takes his new girlfriend Genevieve to a lighthouse to tell her a story.
*Dollar* Rewards 500 GPs per review
SHORT STORY
Ju's sisters - Chapter One  Open in new Window.
by LightinMind Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Detective • #2262817
A murder brings a Detective and a Chinese Psychologist together to help little Ju.
*Dollar* Rewards 500 GPs per review
Static Items
SHORT STORY
October 7 2025 Plot Climax  Open in new Window.
by Rojodi Author Icon
Rated: E • Detective • #2348095
The Climax to one of Longfellow's stories
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Dixon Night  Open in new Window.
by Bearclaw Author Icon
Rated: E • Detective • #2043420
Part of an idea for a detective-mystery story.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
The Portraits on the Studio Wall  Open in new Window.
by TheNoMonster Author Icon
Rated: E • Detective • #2336388
Edgar Allen Poe meets Agatha Christie in this story about paintings and fate.
SHORT STORY
The Ghost Intervention  Open in new Window.
by Amethyst Snow Angel Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Paranormal • #2340151
Her dream car comes with a hidden nightmare... 2nd Place, May '25 What a Character
SHORT STORY
Awardicon
Dr. Whoa-ha’s Spiritual Treatment  Open in new Window.
by Kotaro Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Detective • #2257339
A detective enlists help to sting a fraud on a train, but…
SHORT STORY
The Scent of Deceit  Open in new Window.
by Lonewolf Author Icon
Rated: E • Mystery • #2346035
Nate begins a case that has lasting ramifications.
SHORT STORY
The Last Shaved Mango in Gallows Bay  Open in new Window.
by Rick Dean - Dinosaur Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Action/Adventure • #2337819
A beautiful woman, a dead body, a tropical storm. Not just another day in paradise.
SHORT STORY
Welfare Check  Open in new Window.
by dragonwoman Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #2343810
Bilson and Dent catch a perp. 300 words
SHORT STORY
Membranes  Open in new Window.
by Jack of Diamonds Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #2332877
There is great risk in choosing to play with the devil's toys...
SHORT STORY
The Indian  Open in new Window.
by Jack of Diamonds Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Crime/Gangster • #2339039
Detective partners with a difference of opinion.
SHORT STORY
Awardicon
I Get Carried Away  Open in new Window.
by Amethyst Snow Angel Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Detective • #2341733
A tense situation: racketeers and a husband and wife detective team
SHORT STORY
Mayday  Open in new Window.
by Amethyst Snow Angel Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Detective • #2338408
A missing child, a crowded nightclub and a young detective couple's first case...
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Katherina  Open in new Window.
by PureSciFiPlus Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Detective • #2338185
Where is Katherina Weston? That's what Private Detective Sharoni Bennett wants to know.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Another Day in Paradise  Open in new Window.
by L.A.Saxe Author Icon
Rated: E • Paranormal • #2337333
A work in progress short story about a private detective. Adding chapters as I go. Cheers!
Static Items
SHORT STORY
the daisy duck suit  Open in new Window.
by maximus Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Dark • #2178887
a creepy pasta I have written
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Awardicon
The Surprise  Open in new Window.
by Josh T. Alto Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Action/Adventure • #2323613
Birthday; waking up in an abandoned factory building, hands and feet tied with a duct tape
*Dollar* Rewards 1,500 GPs per review
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Robocop Prototype  Open in new Window.
by Kotaro Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Sci-fi • #2329735
Things go wrong.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Tin Star  Open in new Window.
by Kotaro Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Sci-fi • #1161230
A robot detective has to bend the law, when all humans have left.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
The Robot and the Ghost  Open in new Window.
by Kotaro Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Crime/Gangster • #2270465
A case for a robot detective.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
The Great Cedarwick Pie Heist  Open in new Window.
by WriterRick Author Icon
Rated: E • Mystery • #2334085
Harry Marston's first case.
SHORT STORY
The owls are not what they seem  Open in new Window.
by Adherennium Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Mystery • #2329672
When in Rome.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Itch  Open in new Window.
by Kotaro Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #1777779
I wrote this story when I was suffering from a constant itch.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Oct 26 Plot Background Story  Open in new Window.
by Rojodi Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Ghost • #2329468
What Longfellow Wright can see
SHORT STORY
Following  Open in new Window.
by Sumojo Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Drama • #2182105
Short story. Jim Private Detective cleans up.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
The Wick Effect  Open in new Window.
by Kotaro Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #2325757
Prompt fire no demons A detective comes on a possible case of spontaneous human combustion
Static Items
SHORT STORY
On Thin Ice  Open in new Window.
by jackiesmuse Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Crime/Gangster • #2325310
George's ex-wife has a problem on her hands.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
I Saw the Whole Thing WC 294  Open in new Window.
by jackiesmuse Author Icon
Rated: E • Crime/Gangster • #2312635
What we do for friends...
SHORT STORY
Holdfast's Big Case  Open in new Window.
by Beholden Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Detective • #2322249
Holdfast lands a case for a millionaire.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Party Dress  Open in new Window.
by Winter Wonderin' Wanderin' Author Icon
Rated: E • Mystery • #2319138
A party who-done-it.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Discovery  Open in new Window.
by Winter Wonderin' Wanderin' Author Icon
Rated: E • Mystery • #2266161
A twenty-year old memento reveals a secret.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Awardicon
The Case of the Diamond Watch Glass  Open in new Window.
by Kotaro Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Steampunk • #1782780
A Sherlock Holmes adventure. My first in the steampunk genre.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
TALES FROM TOBLITCHE: EXTRA MILE #2  Open in new Window.
by ELC Author Icon
Rated: E • Mystery • #2316705
A man's desire results in his own downfall
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Serial Assistant  Open in new Window.
by Damon Nomad Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Crime/Gangster • #2316533
A famous detective's assistant has hidden talents. (WC 1980)
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Shift  Open in new Window.
by Eight-7 Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2315338
Two lives cross paths amidst a dark, life changing night.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
The Mystery of Rainbow Street  Open in new Window.
by Creative Writer Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Mystery • #2111979
A murder mystery. There are college students looking for the jewel of Rainbow Street.
SHORT STORY
Awardicon
Highway of Tears  Open in new Window.
by Nightkeeper Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Thriller/Suspense • #2307301
...the right thing is always right: David Cottrell. ~1079 words.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Oct 24 Plot Complications  Open in new Window.
by Rojodi Author Icon
Rated: E • Detective • #2307115
Longfellow knows something's up
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Oct 14 Protagonist Background  Open in new Window.
by Rojodi Author Icon
Rated: E • Detective • #2306503
NaNa contest, too. Duane Harrison.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
Ball Lightning  Open in new Window.
by Damon Nomad Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Detective • #2298780
A laboratory accident or something more sinister? Longer story, around 5500 words.
SHORT STORY
Awardicon
Revenge  Open in new Window.
by Beholden Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #2298199
Detective Inspector Mallory takes on a mysterious case.
Static Items
SHORT STORY
The Elephant Spirit  Open in new Window.
by Weirdone-Back in the games Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Detective • #2294373
An attempt at Historical Fiction
402 Items • *Magnify*
Page of 9 • per page   < >
<   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   >


Narrow Listings By Static Item Sub Types
Narrow Listings By Specific Sub-Type: Appendix, Article, Assignment, Bulletin, Chapter, Column, Critique, Documentary, Draft, Editorial, Essay, Fiction, Interview, Letter/Memo, Lyrics, Monologue, Non-fiction, Novel, Novella, Outline, Poetry, Preface, Prose, Review, Sample, Script/Play, Serial, Short Story, Thesis, Other

Other Writing.Com Genres
Action/Adventure, Activity, Adult, Animal, Arts, Biographical, Business, Career, Children's, Comedy, Community, Computers, Contest, Contest Entry, Crime/Gangster, Cultural, Dark, Death, Detective, Drama, Educational, Emotional, Entertainment, Environment, Erotica, Experience, Family, Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fashion, Finance, Folklore, Food/Cooking, Foreign, Friendship, Genealogy, Ghost, Gothic, Health, History, Hobby/Craft, Holiday, Home/Garden, Horror/Scary, How-To/Advice, Inspirational, Internet/Web, LGBTQ+, Legal, Medical, Melodrama, Men's, Military, Music, Mystery, Mythology, Nature, News, None, Nonsense, Occult, Opinion, Other, Paranormal, Parenting, Personal, Pets, Philosophy, Political, Psychology, Reference, Regional, Relationship, Religious, Research, Reviewing, Romance/Love, Satire, Sci-fi, Scientific, Self Help, Spiritual, Sports, Steampunk, Supernatural, Technology, Teen, Thriller/Suspense, Tragedy, Transportation, Travel, Tribute, War, Western, Women's, Writing, Writing.Com, Young Adult
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/list_items/type/genre/item_type/genre/genre/400/sub_type/17500