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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
Happenings at a Haunted House
Two boys try to solve a mystery at an abandoned old house.
Rated: 18+
~1,776 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Remembrance
"I don’t think we need secrets now, Grandma" - A Journey Through Genres Entry (Mystery)
Rated: 13+
~1,190 Words
Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Shreds of betrayal
Its for you to find out for me to know .
Rated: E
~1,155 Words
Death, Emotional, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Unexpected
A girl gets lost in the woods and finds more than she expected.
Rated: 18+
~4,607 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Adult
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The parcel
I used another writing prompt which intrigued me
Rated: E
~351 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 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
*Dollar* 375 GPs per review
Thief In The Night
A thief breaks into people’s houses and steals just to cause problems
Rated: E
~3,570 Words
Mystery, Drama, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Memories' End
My first memory was of moonlight winking off the mostly empty glass bottle in my hand....
Rated: 13+
~2,914 Words
Mystery, Experience, LGBTQ+
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 300 GPs per review
Dante's Story--Hansel and Gretel prelude
A prelude to Hansel and gretel, from the perspective of a young 16 year old girl.
Rated: E
~2,292 Words
Mystery, Fantasy, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
March
A man's issues with the calendar goes awry
Rated: 13+
~228 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Voodoo Doll (1st. Twisted Tales)
Once he bought the doll, she warned him - voodoo dolls are downright… bad mojo!
Rated: ASR
~2,639 Words
Mystery, Occult, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Memory
One boy and forward that turns deadly.
Rated: 13+
~357 Words
Action/Adventure, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Quaint
A life between two realms.
Rated: 18+
~3,508 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Hamilton Motel - Part 2
Hard rain...cold weather... lonely roads... What couldn't happen?
Rated: E
~172 Words
Family, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Hamilton Motel - Part 1
Hard rain...cold weather... lonely roads... What couldn't happen?
Rated: E
~464 Words
Family, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
A Witch's Scorn
Oh, a woman scorned? That's bad. But that has nothing on a witch's scorn. (SS NL 4/9/14)
Rated: E
~297 Words
Mystery, Relationship, Political
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Centrifugal Rush, I'm Anonymous
Wilbert Schmidt, the curator of the Pergamom museum is followed by anonymous people.
Rated: 13+
~1,843 Words
Mystery, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
the woods- a short story
i took a stab at a short story writing tell me what you think!
Rated: E
~956 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Cyber Friend
A nice twist to a story.
Rated: E
~1,109 Words
Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 225 GPs per review
Uppity
2nd place winner in the short shots contest
Rated: 13+
~825 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Briefcase
Suspenseful to the twisting finish
Rated: E
~1,639 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Split Truck
Incomplete, however, would like to finish.
Rated: E
~1,120 Words
Dark, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Phantom of a Car Crash
This is a true story which happened in Dec 2002 in A3 highways running through Burpham.
Rated: 13+
~166 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Wonders
A Powerful Prince inlove with Poor Girl
Rated: E
~173 Words
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 225 GPs per review
Stranger than Fiction
On a 12 hr train with a stranger who talks nonstop. 995 wds for contest, now 1080 wds.
Rated: E
~901 Words
Mystery, Family, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
If At First You Don't Succeed
A woman wakes up in a grass field and has a lot more to her than it at first seems.
Rated: 13+
~754 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Women's
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 300 GPs per review
Circuitous Fire
Livi's secret admirer is ruining her marriage. But why is her husband so paranoid?
Rated: 18+
~1,264 Words
Emotional, Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
No Title is Needed
No title is needed because I honestly cannot think of one. Please tell me what you think
Rated: 13+
~1,411 Words
Folklore, Mystery, Teen
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Cyber Friend
Young Jamie meets a lovely boy online but little does she know about him.
Rated: E
~1,055 Words
Mystery, Death, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
ABCD : Any Body Can Die
A crime is going on in the city. Can ACP Debda prevent it from happening?
Rated: 13+
~1,079 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
The Monastery
Daily Flash Fiction Challenge. Trespassing to visit a mysterious place.
Rated: 13+
~216 Words
Crime/Gangster, History, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Creaking In The Basement
A boy and his family move into an old house but something about that house wasn't right.
Rated: E
~314 Words
Dark, Mystery, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
A cold summers day
In a small town a man finds himself in the middle of a big problem when its snows.
Rated: E
~521 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Environment
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Trapped
About a boy that gets trapped under a rock in the woods and he is all alone.
Rated: E
~512 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Finding the Black Sheep
A story about a detective who finds a lost jewel.
Rated: E
~783 Words
Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
Utopia
Is there really such a thing as perfection?
Rated: ASR
~969 Words
Mystery, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Powers of Thought, Where Could You Go?
She is more powerful than anyone but her dares to comprehend.
Rated: E
~277 Words
Supernatural, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
A Day Night
Untamed......
Rated: E
~1,073 Words
Mystery, Sci-fi, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
Shay Collins
Small mystery, Shay is one of my favorite characters that I've made, even if lame mystery.
Rated: E
~2,830 Words
Mystery, Action/Adventure, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
*Dollar* 300 GPs per review
Mr. Smith in SantaLand
Mr. Smith seems an unlikely Macy's Santa. What's his secret?
Rated: E
~1,391 Words
Contest Entry, Entertainment, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
Simple Deduction
As a normal high school student detective work isn't a reality but for two it's very real.
Rated: 13+
~2,543 Words
Detective, Mystery, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
The Spiritual Consultation
"I see that you are a psychic too; you feel and know things so...why do you come to me?"
Rated: E
~1,970 Words
Mystery, Occult, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
Detective HyperCube
A detective argues with a computer designed to solve murders.
Rated: 13+
~921 Words
Computers, Mystery, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Reflector.
A man wants to be left alone.Why?Is his fear for mirror/glass reflection of his own mind?
Rated: 13+
~946 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
Writing Prompt.
A man sits next you on the bus hands you a letter before leaving.
Rated: 18+
~1,106 Words
Emotional, Mystery, Inspirational
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
The Carving of the Dolphin Earrings
Detective Hunter recalls the moment before his downfall, caused by a genius serial killer.
Rated: E
~1,025 Words
Detective, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
Shay Collins 2
Small mystery, not as good as the first one but still pretty good. Maybe to be rewritten.
Rated: E
~2,747 Words
Detective, Mystery, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
The Window
A window to another world.
Rated: 13+
~409 Words
Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
The Girl in Red
Short poem, I have no idea why I made this, honestly.
Rated: 13+
~82 Words
Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
The Secret Rewrite
a secret is reviewed
Rated: 13+
~5,009 Words
Contest, Contest Entry, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Mind Games (1st Place)
Barney stumbled to the kitchen the next morning for a bite. What had he done?
Rated: 13+
~288 Words
Mystery, Dark, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 years ago
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