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

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The Heroes of Corvus: Roulette (Preview)
A contract villain investigates the cause of a former opponent's death.
Rated: 13+
~2,247 Words
Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Type: Sample
Updated 3 years ago
Rated: E
~635 Words
Mystery, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about 7 hours ago
Discovery
A twenty-year old memento reveals a secret.
Rated: E
~803 Words
Mystery, Detective, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated a day ago
What has happened to our King
What was the cause of the attack in the castle
Rated: 13+
~2,080 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated a day ago
Jordan has died
The sheriff did not know of Jordan's death
Rated: 13+
~928 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 days ago
The desire to quash the attacks on them/
The Queen wants to find out who has brought this their attention and how to stop it.
Rated: 13+
~940 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 days ago
The Bishop's wrath
What the towns people as the Pope's army began to march toward where their new enemies lay
Rated: 13+
~1,055 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 days ago
Marissa's surprize
The deamon meets Marissa in her chamber.
Rated: 13+
~1,982 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 days ago
Rated: 13+
~179 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Military
Type: Short Story
Updated 23 days ago
Where the unit was headed
The group was supposed to find the defendant with beings had altered DNA .
Rated: 13+
~924 Words
Action/Adventure, Military, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 24 days ago
Hard To Believe And Even Harder To Prove
Sherlock Watson and John Holmes on another case. 289 words
Rated: 18+
~318 Words
Detective, Mystery, Activity
Type: Short Story
Updated 26 days 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 28 days 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 28 days 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 about a month 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 about a month ago
The queen has returned, hear ye
The queen has come back, the reaction of the people
Rated: 13+
~4,176 Words
Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Shift
Two lives cross paths amidst a dark, life changing night.
Rated: 13+
~332 Words
Dark, Death, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
The arrest of Meeko
what happened when they tried to arrest Meeko.
Rated: 13+
~1,347 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
The bounties on nobles and merchants.
Tabius told the watch commander, what victor told them as well. The nobles were slain.
Rated: 13+
~3,423 Words
Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
One Last Task
This is a story of the most tenuous situation on the police force.
Rated: 13+
~450 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
What Jules had been doing?
What Marissa learned when speaking with the council and what Jules intended to send
Rated: 13+
~1,693 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
An attempt made on the Queen
Someone tried to kill the Queen, what has happened>
Rated: 13+
~1,564 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
we could be on the brink of war
What they learn from the assassin and the bounties on the nobles of other kingdoms by who
Rated: 13+
~2,021 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
We've been lied too
What Sir Grey realises has happened, there must be a reason for them to have done this,
Rated: 13+
~1,186 Words
Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
I Saw the Whole Thing WC 294
What we do for friends...
Rated: E
~293 Words
Crime/Gangster, Relationship, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 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 5 months 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 6 months ago
Oct 24 Plot Complications
Longfellow knows something's up
Rated: E
~266 Words
Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 months ago
Oct 14 Protagonist Background
NaNa contest, too. Duane Harrison.
Rated: E
~526 Words
Detective, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 months 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 10 months ago
Revenge
Detective Inspector Mallory takes on a mysterious case.
Rated: 18+
~1,718 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 months 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 about a year 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 about a year ago
Rated: E
~465 Words
Detective, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year 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 about a year 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 about a year ago
Rated: E
~198 Words
Comedy, Detective, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year 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 about a year ago
The Robot and the Ghost
A case for a robot detective.
Rated: 13+
~1,307 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Ghost
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 2 years ago
Perceptions
You must understand, I was a hunted man.
Rated: 13+
~956 Words
Detective, Philosophy, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years 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 years 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 years 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 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 2 years ago
Tin Star
A robot detective has to bend the law, when all humans have left.
Rated: 13+
~1,116 Words
Sci-fi, Detective, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 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
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