Mystery Stories
Explore our collection of 454 amazing stories tagged with mystery. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Echo of Hooves
Author:Harper Lane
Jennifer wanted a quiet weekend housesitting. Instead, a terrified friend brought a warning from the woods: a creature that sounds like a goat, and a rule that can't be broken. Don't look at it. Now, trapped by a secret that spreads like a virus, she's hunted by a horned shadow that whispers in familiar voices. It only wants one thing—for her to see it. And as the hoofbeats echo closer, Jennifer learns that some knowledge is a death sentence, and the only way to survive is to condemn someone else.
The Concordance of Concrete and Chaos
Author:Clarence Roberts
Corbin Pierce, a disgraced mage hiding as a community college professor, just wanted a quiet life. But when he leaps off a skyscraper to save a mystical raccoon, he's dragged back into a world of magic and murder. A secret cabal is sacrificing souls to awaken a sleeping god beneath the city streets. Armed with a cryptic System interface and a burgeoning apprentice, Corbin is the only one who can stop them. But to save his city, he may have to sacrifice his own soul.
The Reseller's Revenge
Author:A. L. Gorithm
I was just a small-time online reseller, a ghost in the digital marketplace, until a single message ignited a war. He called me stupid, a waste of his time. He didn't know he was insulting the one person who could dismantle his entire illegal empire, one click at a time. He thought he was a king ruling his shady corner of the internet, but he forgot that even kings can be toppled by a ghost with a grudge and a deep understanding of the rules. My revenge won't be loud, but it will be devastating.
The Reaper of Sunny Side Up
Author:Mortimer Wry
When down-on-his-luck Kael Vance takes a temp job from a shady agency, he expects to be stacking boxes, not souls. Now, as the newest field agent for Death himself, he's tasked with cataloging the impossibly weird deaths plaguing his desert hometown. The rules are simple: observe, record, and never, ever get involved. But when a dark conspiracy begins to unravel, Kael must choose between keeping his supernatural job and saving the home he's always tried to escape, even if it means dying over and over to do it.
Grimm's Gloom: The Case of the Stolen Child
Author:Cassandra Perry
A down-on-his-luck PI with the power to see through the glamour of the fae takes on a simple missing-child case. But in the neon-drenched, rain-slicked streets of Evernight, 'simple' means a one-way ticket into the treacherous politics of the Unseelie Court, a confrontation with a creature of forgotten nightmares, and the discovery that the child he's looking for might be the key to a supernatural war.
The Root-Taker's Echo
Author:Diana Garcia
Twenty years ago, a childhood game in the woods ended with a missing friend and a glimpse of a faceless horror. Now, the disappearances have started again. Leo, the sole survivor, is drawn back to the haunted forest, where the scars on his leg burn with a chilling memory. He must confront the monster that stalks the trees and find the strange, one-armed girl he left behind—a girl who may be more dangerous than the monster that raised her. He wasn't the only one who returned from those woods, and this time, the forest wants to keep what it claims.
The Pantry Game
Author:Armando Ramos
When Aaron moves into a new apartment, he discovers his pantry is a portal to a bizarre game show hosted by a hypnotic, predatory woman. The rewards are tempting, offering solutions to all his problems. But the questions demand his darkest secrets, his most painful memories, and pieces of his very soul. Every night, the lights flash and the music calls, forcing him to play a game where the only prize is survival and the ultimate risk is losing himself to the unseen, cheering audience that waits in the dark.
Echoes of the Smoldering Hag
Author:Rune Cinder
Kai wasn't just invited to a dead man's wake; he was summoned. Haunted by a terrifying encounter with a mythical beast that left him with a phantom power, he discovers the deceased antique dealer knew his secret. Now, a missing photograph and a cryptic legacy plunge Kai into a hidden war fought in the shadows of Bastion City. To survive, he must master the ability to see the unseen and unravel a truth that burns hotter than the Smoldering Hag herself.
The Scribe of Rot
Author:George Sanchez
A lonely plumber discovers a hidden crawlspace that produces perfect, bestselling novels. But the stories are a drug, an infection that consumes both him and his millions of readers. Now, a withered addict to the words, he must feed the world his poison to get his next fix. The price of fame isn't his soul—it's his sanity, his body, and the minds of everyone who dares to turn the page.
The Vinted Collection
Author:Joshua Nelson
Elara's thrift-shopping addiction leads her to the perfect find: a handwritten horror manuscript from 1967, sold as "cursed." She scoffs at the warning, but after reading the terrifying tales, she finds the book won't let her go. It appears by her bedside, haunts her dreams, and resists destruction. Now, with the book's malevolent presence turning her home into a prison and her life into one of its stories, Elara must uncover the manuscript's dark origins before she becomes its final, handwritten chapter.
Charm and Catastrophe
Author:Rowan Thorne
Piper Holloway is a witch whose magic is as chaotic as her love life. To protect her new boyfriend, Leo, she crafts a simple charm. But a moment of distraction and a surge of raw power accidentally binds him to her, not as a lover, but as a familiar—a magical death sentence. Now, with Leo’s life force draining away, she must navigate a world of vampire mobs, corporate fae, and a vengeful demon hunting her every step. To save the man she loves, she may have to make a deal with the very darkness that wants to consume them both.
The Anesthesia Strain
Author:Rebecca Bates
For senior OR nurse Elara Vance, control is everything. But after a terrifying entity from her sleep paralysis nightmares begins to cross over into her waking world, she discovers a horrifying truth: anesthesia is a doorway. Her patients are now the prey, their vulnerable minds a gateway for a thing that doesn't kill—it infects. As reality blurs and her own mind becomes a battlefield, Elara must find a way to close the door before she, and everyone she loves, is lost to the smiling thing that waits in the dark.