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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
Twenty-three
A man finds a strange message on a beach. 2nd in No Dialogue Contest, September 2023.
Rated: E
~626 Words
Mystery, Nature, Environment
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 months ago
Saint Peter of Artesia WC 298
A theft of long ago continues to cause pain and suffering in the town of Artesia.
Rated: E
~257 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Rated: E
~295 Words
Contest, Crime/Gangster, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
A Reasonable Doubt
A letter to Richard Dawkins
Rated: 13+
~691 Words
Dark, Mystery, Philosophy
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
The 23 Enigma
For the Writer's Cramp. Dreams and Visions under a full moon on the 23rd day of the month.
Rated: E
~565 Words
Mystery, Contest Entry, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months 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 23 Enigma
Cramp Entry: Chelsea and Dillon await the news that he may receive a power untold.
Rated: E
~846 Words
Contest Entry, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
23 Cows Are Missing
For the Writer's Cramp. Dialogue only format. A mysterious disappearance.
Rated: E
~675 Words
Comedy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Where's the Beef?
Cramp Entry: Simon and Jerry are news reporters and they're trying to meet a deadline...
Rated: ASR
~833 Words
Contest Entry, Comedy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
23 Cows Are Missing
A short story about a kid visiting his grandfather amongst a strange phenomenon.
Rated: E
~867 Words
Comedy, Mystery, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Shadowbrook
Short story, not yet finished but now I have block.
Rated: E
~138 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Rated: ASR
~702 Words
Comedy, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
The Angel
A hitchhiker in a silver suit.
Rated: E
~850 Words
Music, Mystery, Religious
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Probable Circumstances...
A faithfully true story of my discovery one innocent summer morning.
Rated: E
~3,116 Words
Comedy, Mystery, Psychology
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Mystery of an Old Photograph
Emma finds a sixty year old photograph on the sidewalk and searches for answers.
Rated: 13+
~2,817 Words
Mystery, Emotional, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
The Final Journal
A man's family history involves a mysterious disappearance.
Rated: 13+
~2,365 Words
Mystery, Family, Inspirational
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
The Private Secretary
An Introduction to a mystery in the UK.
Rated: E
~323 Words
Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
Grimsley Manor
This is just the introduction. I'm posting because I've been lazy.
Rated: E
~270 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
A need for going back
An elder man talks to his deceased friend about the research he has been hiding from him.
Rated: ASR
~383 Words
Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
An unexplained, dreadful encounter.
The first dream in a short narrative, a dreadful event to start an episodic adventure!
Rated: 13+
~383 Words
Mystery, Teen, Nonsense
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
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Date with the Night
A man is on a perfect date when all of a sudden... ... ...
Rated: 18+
~302 Words
Comedy, Environment, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
Chapter One: The Quest
Emily's search for her father
Rated: 13+
~613 Words
Crime/Gangster, Mystery, Children's
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
Encounter
Two strangers meet in a crowd.
Rated: E
~384 Words
Cultural, Mystery, Philosophy
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
The Dream Recorder
What happened to him? Why did he keep saying, “A million dreams are keeping me awake.”
Rated: 18+
~1,884 Words
Thriller/Suspense, Drama, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 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
There's no room for you in my boat
What can await me when I get into the boat and go into my secret thoughts?
Rated: 13+
~717 Words
Psychology, Writing, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 months ago
The Unfortunate Memory Lapse WC 253
A friends' getaway to a desolate cabin. What could go wrong? Right?
Rated: 13+
~249 Words
Contest Entry, Friendship, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 months ago
Wanya's Day
A forest elf in the city.
Rated: ASR
~638 Words
Action/Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 months ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
The King's Man
Some questions are too dangerous to ask.
Rated: 13+
~1,596 Words
Mystery, Political, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
Skeleton Bones
Suspicious Sunday Challenge on the Community Page
Rated: E
~2,573 Words
Death, Mystery, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice put simply
Rated: E
~430 Words
Mystery, History
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
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