Mystery Stories
Explore our collection of 267 amazing stories tagged with mystery. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Soul-Cursed Reaper of London
Author:Hazel Stone
Kael is the Reaper, a being cursed to kill with a single touch. For centuries, he has served as the silent enforcer of London's hidden magical underworld, a duty he despises. But his cold, ordered existence is shattered when he meets Lena, a vibrant empath whose touch doesn't kill him—it makes him feel. Now, a string of impossible murders threatens to expose their secret world, and this unlikely pair are the only ones who can stop it. He feels nothing but death; she feels everything for everyone. Together, they must hunt a killer while fighting a forbidden attraction that could either save them or doom them both.
The Marionette's Lament
Author:Silas Grimwood
In a town silenced overnight, the only sound is the screaming of those dragged into the sky by unseen strings. Alex and Matt are trapped, hunted by grotesque human puppets controlled by an unknown puppeteer. Their only hope is to escape the city, but the Marionettes are everywhere, their limbs contorting, their voices mimicking the dead, desperate to add new puppets to their collection. Every shadow could be a predator, and every cry for help could be a lure.
Warden of the Umbral Codex
Author:Cassian Thorne
When Leo, a data-entry clerk whose life is a monument to mediocrity, inherits a strange obsidian artifact from his estranged great-uncle, he dismisses it as junk. But that night, a creature of living shadow tears through his apartment, hungry for the relic. Now, hunted by monsters and thrust into a hidden world of magic and mayhem, Leo discovers the 'junk' is the Umbral Codex, a key to unimaginable power and a prison for a forgotten god. He's not just a target; he's the new, completely unqualified Warden. And the inmates are breaking loose.
Borrowed Skin
Author:Silas Reed
I woke up in a stranger’s life, a perfect imitation in a home that isn't mine. Every day is a desperate charade to protect the family who loves this face I wear. I thought my only secret was that I'm not their son. I was wrong. A mysterious call shatters my fragile reality with a single, chilling phrase: 'I thought you were dead.' Now, I'm not just an imposter; I'm wearing the skin of a murdered man, and the person who knows the truth is watching my every move.
The Crimson Brush
Author:Ember Quill
Orphaned and raised by a crime lord, Elara Vance is the city's most daring art thief. But her latest heist goes horribly wrong, bonding her to a beating, magical heart and putting her in the crosshairs of a man who kills with a single touch. Now, hunted by her former mentor and a deadly assassin, Elara must master her newfound power—the ability to bring her art to life. With every sketch and brushstroke, she bends reality, fighting to uncover the truth of her parents' murder and survive in a world where magic is a weapon, and loyalty is a commodity.
The Solstice Child of Glass Harbor
Author:Silas Thorne
Every year, the town of Glass Harbor sends a child into the whispering pines to be 'perfected' by an ancient entity. They return whole and healthy, but with vacant eyes. This year, Ethan is the Selected. But unlike the others, he doesn't believe the lies. Armed with forbidden secrets and fueled by his sister's mysterious death, he walks into the darkness not as a sacrifice, but as a hunter. He will uncover the town's rotten core, even if it means being consumed by the truth that waits in the deep.
The Maplewood Meadows Rebellion
Author:Toni Torres
A working mom's quiet suburban life is upended by a corrupt HOA's blatant scam. When they leave a line of saplings to die on her lawn, they awaken a sleeping giant. Armed with a teacher's research skills, a mother's fury, and a stroller full of pamphlets, she launches a one-woman war to dismantle their fraudulent empire. From late-night accounting to courtroom showdowns, this is the story of how one woman took back her neighborhood, proving that the most powerful force on earth is a pissed-off mom with a spreadsheet.
The Alchemist's Heart of Dunhill
Author:Jacob Clark
In the gaslit city of Dunhill, Cole McDowell, the last heir of a disgraced alchemical line, lives in the shadow of the fanatical Order that executed his parents. On his 21st birthday, he inherits a forbidden legacy: a sentient, alchemical Heart that bonds with his soul, granting him immense power and an instant death sentence. Now hunted by the Order's most ruthless Inquisitor, Cole must dive into the city’s criminal underworld, mastering the very arts that destroyed his family. To survive, he must become the heretic they fear he is.
The Grief Eaters
Author:Brooklyn Obrien
A desperate filmmaker takes a job at a mysterious studio that turns real trauma into art. But when they start filming his darkest memories, he discovers the price of their art isn't just pain—it's the soul itself. He wanted to make something that mattered; now he's just trying to survive being made into something monstrous.
The Empath of Dunedin
Author:Kim Stewart
In the windswept city of Dunedin, a brilliant advertising executive harbors a dangerous secret: she's an empath witch who feels the emotions of everyone around her. She uses her power to craft perfect campaigns, but when a psychic scream of pure terror derails a crucial meeting, she's pulled into a hidden war. A shadowy predator that feeds on human emotion stalks the city's streets, and Elara's unique sensitivity makes her both the perfect hunter and the ultimate prey. Teaming up with a grim, mysterious Warden, she must master her volatile powers before the monster consumes the city's heart—and her own.
The Confession of Angels Chapel
Author:Malachi Stone
Four popular ghost-hunting YouTubers receive a cryptic tip: Angels Chapel. Ignoring ominous warnings, they venture into the wilderness and find a place that defies reality. The chapel doesn't want their lives; it wants their secrets. To survive, they must enter a demonic confessional and reveal the sins they buried long ago. But forgiveness is not freedom. It is a curse that traps you forever in a choir of the damned. They thought they were hunting ghosts, but now, they are the ones being haunted by their own past.
The Charlie Whiskey Contagion
Author:Silas Thorne
Trapped miles beneath the Idaho mountains, four college students stumble into an abandoned Cold War bunker. But they are not alone. A decades-old experiment, a parasitic entity known as "Charlie Whiskey," lies dormant, waiting. When one of them is contaminated, a gruesome transformation begins. Now, hunted by their former friend and stalked by the whispers of another they thought lost, they must unravel the facility's horrifying secrets. In this concrete tomb, infection isn't just a sickness—it's an evolution. And the hive-mind is hungry.