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


Tin Star
A robot detective has to bend the law, when all humans have left.
Rated: 13+
~1,124 Words
Sci-fi, Detective, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
The Robot and the Ghost
A case for a robot detective.
Rated: 13+
~1,322 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Robocop Prototype
Things go wrong.
Rated: 13+
~1,493 Words
Sci-fi, Crime/Gangster, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Rated: 18+
~428 Words
Mystery, Detective, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Itch
I wrote this story when I was suffering from a constant itch.
Rated: 18+
~2,422 Words
Horror/Scary, Supernatural, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Oct 26 Plot Background Story
What Longfellow Wright can see
Rated: 13+
~883 Words
Ghost, Dark, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
*Dollar* 1,001 GPs per review
The Scarecrow's secret: Chapter One
Jack and Sarah take a walk to her special place on the hill by the Scarecrow.
Rated: 18+
~704 Words
Detective, Romance/Love, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
The Third Man - Chapter One
Jonathan takes his new girlfriend Genevieve to a lighthouse to tell her a story.
Rated: 13+
~1,268 Words
Detective, Ghost, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
Ju's sisters - Chapter One
A murder brings a Detective and a Chinese Psychologist together to help little Ju.
Rated: 13+
~986 Words
Detective, Psychology, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
Following
Short story. Jim Private Detective cleans up.
Rated: 13+
~1,428 Words
Drama, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
*Dollar* 1,500 GPs per review
The Surprise
Birthday; waking up in an abandoned factory building, hands and feet tied with a duct tape
Rated: 13+
~1,255 Words
Action/Adventure, Psychology, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
The Wick Effect
Prompt fire no demons A detective comes on a possible case of spontaneous human combustion
Rated: 18+
~897 Words
Horror/Scary, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
On Thin Ice
George's ex-wife has a problem on her hands.
Rated: 13+
~270 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 months ago
I Saw the Whole Thing WC 294
What we do for friends...
Rated: E
~290 Words
Crime/Gangster, Relationship, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 months ago
Holdfast's Big Case
Holdfast lands a case for a millionaire.
Rated: 13+
~957 Words
Detective, Drama, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 months ago
Party Dress
A party who-done-it.
Rated: E
~655 Words
Mystery, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 months ago
The queen has returned, hear ye
The queen has come back, the reaction of the people
Rated: 13+
~4,262 Words
Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 months ago
Discovery
A twenty-year old memento reveals a secret.
Rated: E
~803 Words
Mystery, Detective, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 months ago
THE CAR WAS WHERE THEY WENT
The enemy attacked a court house, disabled the forces sent there to protect the trial.
Rated: 13+
~1,415 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
The Case of the Diamond Watch Glass
A Sherlock Holmes adventure. My first in the steampunk genre.
Rated: 13+
~4,086 Words
Steampunk, Detective, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
TALES FROM TOBLITCHE: EXTRA MILE #2
A man's desire results in his own downfall
Rated: E
~1,219 Words
Mystery, Detective, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
Serial Assistant
A famous detective's assistant has hidden talents. (WC 1980)
Rated: 13+
~2,494 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
Shift
Two lives cross paths amidst a dark, life changing night.
Rated: 13+
~332 Words
Dark, Death, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
The Mystery of Rainbow Street
A murder mystery. There are college students looking for the jewel of Rainbow Street.
Rated: ASR
~2,009 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Highway of Tears
...the right thing is always right: David Cottrell. ~1079 words.
Rated: 13+
~1,100 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Dark, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Oct 24 Plot Complications
Longfellow knows something's up
Rated: E
~266 Words
Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Oct 14 Protagonist Background
NaNa contest, too. Duane Harrison.
Rated: E
~526 Words
Detective, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Ball Lightning
A laboratory accident or something more sinister? Longer story, around 5500 words.
Rated: 13+
~5,669 Words
Detective, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Revenge
Detective Inspector Mallory takes on a mysterious case.
Rated: 18+
~1,718 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Elephant Spirit
An attempt at Historical Fiction
Rated: ASR
~709 Words
Detective, Occult, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Flaming News
Fire couldn’t stop itself from turning a newspaper to ash. It could in 1953 England.
Rated: 18+
~1,945 Words
Mystery, Detective, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Coffee-Pot Caper
What kind of person would steal a coffee pot?
Rated: 13+
~539 Words
Biographical, Comedy, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Top Secret
A detective sets up in business. Third place in No Dialogue Contest.
Rated: E
~605 Words
Comedy, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Malaco Malone
A young girl is abducted, but then... - 2nd Place Distorted Minds Contest April 2017
Rated: 18+
~3,011 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Flash of Lightning
The second Installment of the Country Sheriff Series. A Thunderstorm spells danger.
Rated: 13+
~2,658 Words
Detective, Crime/Gangster, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Rated: E
~465 Words
Detective, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Quantum of Reasonable Doubt
Jury Nullification using physics, surely it will not work.
Rated: 13+
~5,336 Words
Detective, Crime/Gangster, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Interrogations
A nephew and uncle try to find out who committed a robbery they've been implicated in.
Rated: 13+
~1,091 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Wrong Address
When one gets it all wrong
Rated: E
~198 Words
Comedy, Detective, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
"I Hate Early Morning Visitors"
Lou Ryan, 1930's Private Detective, in the Windy City.
Rated: 13+
~3,379 Words
Detective, Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
The Mystery of Green Street
Rachel witnesses a murder, and then she makes an amazing getaway from two men with axes.
Rated: ASR
~2,906 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
Perceptions
You must understand, I was a hunted man.
Rated: 13+
~956 Words
Detective, Philosophy, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
The Mystery of Stony Lane
This story is a lateral thinking puzzle, a murder mystery, and a horror story combined.
Rated: ASR
~1,868 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
The Scent of a Stalker
Featuring private investigators, London commuters and bacon sandwiches.
Rated: E
~282 Words
Mystery, Detective, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
The One-Eye Dog
A detective goes on a mysterious case involving a dog, but things go out differently.
Rated: 13+
~705 Words
Mystery, Supernatural, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
What We Became - Ch 1
Fresh off of his probationary period, Clyde is told to select a partner
Rated: 13+
~1,659 Words
Detective, Crime/Gangster, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
Its Coming up Green
A forensic anthropologist finds her new project a bit too familiar
Rated: 18+
~644 Words
Detective, Scientific, Research
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
World's Greatest Detective
First attempt at mystery.
Rated: E
~1,100 Words
Detective, Scientific, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
Who? Me?
How well do you know yourself?
Rated: 13+
~498 Words
Contest Entry, Detective, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
Autumn and Jamie
Autumn and her friend are walking around Cincinnati, Ohio, when something happens..
Rated: E
~1,349 Words
Mystery, Detective, Friendship
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
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