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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
The Perfect Gift
Eileen is horrified when she gets just what she wants for Christmas.
Rated: 18+
~2,327 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Whispering Pines
Someone is making trouble at Whispering Pines. A short story.
Rated: ASR
~2,191 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Special
"The girls in Waterton High go to Homecoming wanting more than anything else to be queen."
Rated: E
~802 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Teen
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 1,001 GPs per review
A Love Story
A man keeps trying to find his youthful lover desperately
Rated: 13+
~727 Words
Romance/Love, Mystery, Spiritual
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 1,001 GPs per review
Sunrise
Someone is running on the seashore in the wet sand with a headache after a party
Rated: 13+
~1,316 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 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
The Mighy Pen
The heroes face off against a tyrannical villain with a magic pen: the Author himself!
Rated: E
~2,991 Words
Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Underwater Adventure
Jack tries to find hidden treasure! But can he do it?
Rated: E
~200 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Unknown
A sentence that turned into a short story.
Rated: E
~238 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Haunted Story for Art
A scary story that I created in my Art class 3 years ago for Halloween.
Rated: 13+
~5,627 Words
Mystery, Dark, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Demon Baby
prompt: stone baby
Rated: 13+
~456 Words
Dark, Gothic, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Time
If there's one thing Emit knows, it's time. Now he's losing it, minutes, seconds, moments.
Rated: 18+
~4,477 Words
Other, Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
A moment of love
She has that moment where she is finally happy.
Rated: E
~612 Words
Romance/Love, Emotional, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Lost Boy (part 1)
A boy has moved to a new home and is about to find out alot more than he expects
Rated: E
~383 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Thirst
A strange creature is on the prowl. Story in 55 words.
Rated: 18+
~56 Words
Dark, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Crux
The end of a life and the start of a mystery.
Rated: 13+
~415 Words
Mystery, Death, Adult
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Brain Buzz 1
This is one of the many fragment scenes that buzz around in my brain. Standalone.
Rated: E
~933 Words
Mystery, Nonsense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Voice
It's another short, short based from a prompy
Rated: E
~651 Words
Action/Adventure, Melodrama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Road to Hat Head
We took a wrong turn and are in Hat Head, but why is it so difficul to leave?
Rated: 13+
~2,077 Words
Action/Adventure, Sci-fi, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Manor
A man receives a mysterious phone call requesting help at a deserted manor...
Rated: E
~895 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Luck Of The Draw
Detective Jeffries is a character I have 2 stories w. This is 1 when older from Long Ridge
Rated: 13+
~1,577 Words
Crime/Gangster, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Watching
The little girl always sees the lady staring at her, who is she?
Rated: E
~759 Words
Emotional, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
A thud, the blood and a chest
A man finds a note in a chest.
Rated: ASR
~449 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Cruel and Unusual
A fun farse written for a creative writing class, branched out from a writing exercise.
Rated: 13+
~2,716 Words
Entertainment, Mystery, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Company of Myes
A blend of horror and mystery with a new perspective introduced per section.
Rated: E
~2,169 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The Ring of Galatea (2nd Place)
Could a strange ring found in a fountain change Sally's life?
Rated: 13+
~322 Words
Mythology, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Wander
My short stories: a wander through my mind, the characters' minds - and probably your own.
Rated: E
~7,011 Words
Drama, Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Muzzy Predictions
78 cards; 22 Major Arcana; 56 Lesser Arcana
Rated: 13+
~198 Words
Mystery, Occult, Political
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Rated: 13+
~1,136 Words
Psychology, Mystery, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Alien Intruders!
What if the Aliens are us?
Rated: 13+
~673 Words
Cultural, Mystery, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Tower
A collective consciousness exists in the middle of a dark forest.
Rated: E
~469 Words
Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
The Quest for Knowledge
Action ,Adventure ,Mystery ,Ancinecnt Relics lost to the sands of time uncovered again!!!
Rated: E
~1,516 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Travel
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
"Released" ;
This story tells the dangers of unmonitored/incomp lete cosmetic item approval processes.
Rated: 13+
~968 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Interlude
Mt first try at Daily flash fiction. It's sort of a moment in the characters life.
Rated: E
~163 Words
Contest Entry, Experience, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Small Steps
A couple on the run from the government are given a shocking piece of information...
Rated: E
~1,517 Words
Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
The Egg
Jack finds a large, greenish egg sitting in a nest of sea weed on the beach.
Rated: E
~824 Words
Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Subway Scrying
Of subway mirrors at the crossroads of sights...
Rated: E
~339 Words
Mystery, Philosophy, Occult
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Down the Rabbit Hole
I wrote this in ninth grade. Hope you like it!
Rated: E
~607 Words
Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
the wall
IF YOU'RE HERE FROM TUMBLR, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ON MY BLOG. ty ;) xx
Rated: E
~249 Words
Dark, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
To Capture the Turtle
The Turtle was too much to handle alone, we needed back up.
Rated: 13+
~850 Words
Comedy, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 113 GPs per review
Man in the Mirror
The man was his reflection; he had his red hair, his seven-foot frame, and his lanky body.
Rated: ASR
~916 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
*Dollar* 82 GPs per review
mystery between future and past
this is a story about a man who goes back in time to find his father but it goes bad
Rated: E
~585 Words
Travel, Mystery, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Arder
My devotion to ye, dear Arders... Crossro ads '29th cycle
Rated: E
~376 Words
Personal, Philosophy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
My people Part 2.
Story of Ricardo moves back a month and half and a few thousand miles. New York Ricardo.
Rated: 18+
~1,101 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
It's The End of the World as We Know It.
What does it mean when the sun starts setting in the wrong direction?
Rated: 13+
~2,541 Words
Experience, Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
When i Died
ever wondered what happens after death....well i did
Rated: E
~845 Words
Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Burglars For Hire Pt.5
Blaine and Diane bring everything to a close
Rated: E
~720 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Whispering Shadows : A Murray Barber..
Chapter 1 of the latest case
Rated: 13+
~912 Words
Detective, Ghost, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Burglars For Hire Pt. 4
Blaine and Diane are on the verge of getting their revenge
Rated: E
~788 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Burglars for Hire Pt.3
The obstacles continue for Blaine and Diane
Rated: E
~726 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Burglars for Hire Pt. 2
Cat Burglars Blaine and Diane continue their adventure.
Rated: E
~630 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
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