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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 2 months ago
Dual Reality
Dreams can be decieving, but they can also symbolically foreshadow.
Rated: 13+
~1,209 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
The Rope
A little suspense on the wild westcoast
Rated: E
~543 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Night At The Hotel
A thriller that fled in my head when i was supposed to be studying for exams!
Rated: 13+
~745 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Writing
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
No Calls After Hours
A dentist cares for a mysterious patient after hours. Writer's Cramp winner.
Rated: 18+
~1,047 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Her Purfume
A one page short story written in second person, a little mysterious, a little sad
Rated: 13+
~511 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Tragedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 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
Hitchhiker
Paul Renfro picks up a hitchhiker on a back road at night and his whole life changes.
Rated: 13+
~2,111 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Mystery, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Dolorus
Whispering soft secrets
Rated: 13+
~369 Words
Fantasy, Romance/Love, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Midnight hour:times up
my 2nd short story! About a girl and a mysterious clock tower...
Rated: E
~637 Words
Children's, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Trapped in a wall
1st short story! About a woman sent to rescue her friends...
Rated: E
~569 Words
Children's, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
An occupational hazard.
Short mystery story relating a man's occupational hazards.
Rated: 18+
~727 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Lost and Found
When is obsession with toys taken too far? Or is it obsession? Maybe something more...
Rated: E
~4,371 Words
Children's, Mystery, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
My first sci-fi story
First foray into sci-fi that's not Star Trek.
Rated: 13+
~5,954 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Another Storm
Storms and nightmares foretell horror.
Rated: 13+
~5,491 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Thunder Tree
An innocent child and his mysterious tree.
Rated: E
~229 Words
Death, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 750 GPs per review
Scared? No Silly!
A fun story about a haunted house, or a haunted story about a fun house
Rated: 13+
~4,889 Words
Comedy, Mystery, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
the walls
two children are dared to go over a wall that has weird noises coming from behind it.
Rated: E
~223 Words
Horror/Scary, Comedy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Time
The moment of truth.
Rated: E
~110 Words
Mystery, Religious, Spiritual
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Charlie and Me Find a Legend
Two buddies solve a 50-year-old mystery.
Rated: 13+
~2,896 Words
Action/Adventure, Supernatural, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Meeting The Mugger
A boy has a dream about being mugged on the way to school which will later save his life.
Rated: 13+
~1,164 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
So, what was that noise ?
They hear a loud noise at the office one day ? What is it ?
Rated: E
~485 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Universe
What if the door you shouldn't open is satisfyingly loose?
Rated: 13+
~3,354 Words
Mystery, Horror/Scary, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
First Day On The Job
Detective Horton, back when he was a rookie.
Rated: E
~2,313 Words
Occult, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Deserted Hideaway
Mystery can be found anywhere
Rated: 13+
~11,949 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Sleepy time
A bed time story
Rated: E
~290 Words
Mythology, Family, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Mystery of Reelfoot Lake
The tale of a century old murder in the murky waters of Reelfoot Lake.
Rated: E
~16 Words
Mystery, Folklore, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Traitor
Very short story about a powerful man and one of his three aides who is a traitor
Rated: 13+
~422 Words
Entertainment, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
A Boy and a Girl (revised)
A short story I wrote
Rated: E
~911 Words
Mystery, Death, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Charity Shops On Saturday
heartwarming story about a lady who discovers something of great interest
Rated: E
~1,166 Words
Inspirational, Friendship, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Worthington Hat
The story of a hat found in the ceiling of an old house.
Rated: E
~389 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Eternal Silence
I wrote this for my English class. We had to write a story based on our fears.
Rated: 13+
~563 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Friendship
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Creepy Grandma
A story about a little girl who spends a night at her grandmother's house.
Rated: E
~782 Words
Children's, Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 101 GPs per review
All Is Right in Ookah Doon
A young boy and the silence of change.
Rated: ASR
~921 Words
Action/Adventure, Death, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Hide!
A short story about identity.
Rated: 18+
~1,447 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Santa’s Little Blackmailer.
A Twilight zone Christmas story. 1,200 words
Rated: 13+
~1,101 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Fishing For the Past
A victim ends up meaning more to a vacationing detective
Rated: 13+
~2,418 Words
Mystery, Crime/Gangster, Detective
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Morning Drive
couple gets lots while driving and end up trapped in a mysterious world
Rated: 13+
~1,584 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
The Appointment
A psychotherapist has a mysterious visitor from an unexpected realm.
Rated: ASR
~1,407 Words
Mythology, Mystery, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
October Entry - 100 words contest
My entry for the 100 words October contest.
Rated: 13+
~97 Words
Action/Adventure, Detective, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Bus Stop
The Bus Stop - a place of pure bliss...or is it?
Rated: 13+
~898 Words
Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Mixed Marriages
Strongly condembed by Pope Urban VII, Clement XI, Benedict XIV, Pius IX and Leo XIII
Rated: E
~204 Words
Fantasy, Mystery, Opinion
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Wild boy
abandoned at an early age, surviving in the wild(streets) a child encounters love.
Rated: E
~587 Words
Mystery, Emotional, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
"Plot"
Can Detective Bill Grey stop a serial killer obsessed with an old mystery writer?
Rated: 13+
~1,346 Words
Mystery, Psychology, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 188 GPs per review
Derrin
Not your usual detective story or who-dun-it. Choppy, precise, graphic. Science-fiction?
Rated: 13+
~7,173 Words
Detective, Mystery, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 75 GPs per review
Another Sunday
Sunday nights are breaking up the family.
Rated: 13+
~1,469 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
The Perp
For the 300 word Daily Flash contest- "Something isn't right here"
Rated: E
~274 Words
Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
*Dollar* 150 GPs per review
Missing papers
My Titanium tragedy as I would love to call it
Rated: E
~1,055 Words
Mystery, Fanfiction, Children's
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Burned
She was hot on the trail of the arsonsist, but was she getting too close....?
Rated: 13+
~1,300 Words
Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
A Different Vampyre
A twist on your normal vampire!
Rated: E
~990 Words
Fantasy, Mythology, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Destiney's Decision
This was a short story written for class.
Rated: E
~2,559 Words
Animal, Fantasy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
Family Relations
Noir Private Detective story set during the 1940's
Rated: E
~3,205 Words
Detective, Mystery, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 years ago
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