Mystery Stories

Al Onia

The Raccoon

Dec 9, 2018 · 5,948 words (22 minutes) · 1 like

Mystery

Aaron Sterns

The Rapture

Nov 30, 2018 · 3,364 words (13 minutes) · 3 likes

Fantasy Horror Mystery Science Fiction Strange

His fear leaves him as he brings his face even closer, inches away now. He can hear his skin sizzling with the exposure and his hair whips, aching to be drawn into the maelstrom. He forgets everything. Forgets Jennifer. Forgets Cal. Forgets everything but the white light streaking past his eyes, its answers so close. It would always come to this...

Tim Waggoner

Best Friends Forever

Nov 25, 2018 · 7,026 words (26 minutes) · 1 like

Horror Mystery Strange

The stuffed dog abandoned on the side of the road looked harmless enough, but Ron never should've stopped to pick it up.Because sometimes a dog, real or not, isn't always man's best friend.

Alan Baxter

Mirrorwalk

Nov 21, 2018 · 4,635 words (17 minutes)

Fantasy Horror Mystery Strange

A young man finds a mysterious scroll after his grandfather dies. The scroll unlocks supernatural secrets, but it's magic not to be fooled with. Originally published in Murky Depths Magazine, issue 16, April 2011.

Chris Cooper

The Dreadful Objects - Chapter 3

Nov 20, 2018 · 1,923 words (7 minutes)

Fantasy Horror Mystery Strange

When his reclusive uncle commits suicide in a mansion full of curiosities, Jamie Lawson is left to clean up his dusty estate. As Jamie peels back the layers of his uncle’s life as a semi-famous horror author, he discovers an eerie connection between his uncle’s works and real life tragedies. Now, he must uncover the truth behind his uncle’s books while trying to rebuild his life in a new town. But, the bizarre facts he uncovers may just threaten his new life and everyone in it.

Chris Cooper

The Dreadful Objects - Chapter 2

Nov 17, 2018 · 1,374 words (5 minutes)

Fantasy Horror Mystery Strange

When his reclusive uncle commits suicide in a mansion full of curiosities, Jamie Lawson is left to clean up his dusty estate. As Jamie peels back the layers of his uncle’s life as a semi-famous horror author, he discovers an eerie connection between his uncle’s works and real life tragedies. Now, he must uncover the truth behind his uncle’s books while trying to rebuild his life in a new town. But, the bizarre facts he uncovers may just threaten his new life and everyone in it.

Tim McDaniel

Renewal

Nov 17, 2018 · 800 words (3 minutes)

Humor Mystery

James -- a, shall we say, secretive man -- waits for his license to be renewed.

Chris Cooper

The Dreadful Objects - Chapter 1

Nov 15, 2018 · 1,535 words (6 minutes)

Fantasy Horror Mystery Strange

When his reclusive uncle commits suicide in a mansion full of curiosities, Jamie Lawson is left to clean up his dusty estate. As Jamie peels back the layers of his uncle’s life as a semi-famous horror author, he discovers an eerie connection between his uncle’s works and real life tragedies. Now, he must uncover the truth behind his uncle’s books while trying to rebuild his life in a new town. But, the bizarre facts he uncovers may just threaten his new life and everyone in it.

Alan Baxter

All The Wealth In The World

Nov 12, 2018 · 1,997 words (8 minutes) · 1 like

Fantasy Mystery Strange

A dark fantasy short story exploring the consequences of messing with time. Originally published in Lakeside Circus, it's now only available here or in my collection, Crow Shine.

Aaron Sterns

The Rest is Silence

Nov 11, 2018 · 4,020 words (15 minutes) · 5 likes

Horror Mystery Strange

He understood then, understood everything, and he crouched and waited for the first to come through; these people from his past, the dead and the living...