Mystery Stories
Explore our collection of 221 amazing stories tagged with mystery. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Anomaly of May 24th
Author:Amanda Pierce
After a fatal accident, a young man finds himself a ghost, witnessing his own death and his mother's grief. But his journey into the afterlife is violently interrupted by a terrifying, angelic being that judges him unworthy. When he's inexplicably returned to his broken body in a hospital bed weeks later, he realizes the horror isn't over. He didn't come back alone. The cosmic entity that rejected him is still watching, and it wants to correct its mistake.
Shatter the Ice
Author:Seraphina Gray
Elara Vance is the ice queen of Northwood University, a beautiful, untouchable bully who reigns with a silver tongue. Caleb Sterling, the campus's golden boy, has always despised her. But a forced partnership reveals the cracks in her frozen facade. He sees fear in her eyes, a terror she hides behind cruelty. The more he pushes, the more he realizes her reign isn't one of power, but of desperation. And he might be the only one who can save her from the secrets that threaten to shatter her completely.
The Solstice Child
Author:Logan Gonzalez
Elara prayed for a miracle child and received one. But her prayer was not answered by any god she knew. Eighteen years later, on his birthday, her son vanished, leaving only a shadow and a promise: he would be returned in one year. Now, the year is almost up, and inhuman whispers fill the silence of her home. She is about to discover the terrible price of her miracle, as the thing that was once her son comes back to claim his birthright.
The Restoration Protocol
Author:Kaelen Ashworth
Greg believed his dream job was about saving nature. He was wrong. As a project manager for a clandestine government agency, he discovers that 'Restoration Projects' aren't about planting trees—they're about feeding people to the ancient, hungry earth. When his insubordinate coworker becomes the latest 'project,' Greg is forced to watch a livestream of his gruesome end. Now, the new director knows he saw everything, and Greg is trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare where diversity quotas are met with blood, and every new assignment could be his own death sentence.
Shadow's Echo
Author:Aurelia Nox
At Aethelgard Academy, the powerful rule and the weak are prey. Seraphina Vaduva, queen of shadows and cruelty, sets her sights on Kaelen Thorne, the only student with no power—a Null. Her goal is to break him. But every time her darkness touches him, it returns… changed. He doesn't just endure her torment; he reflects it, amplifying her power and stirring a dangerous obsession within her. Now bound as partners in a deadly trial, they uncover a secret that links their families in blood and betrayal. She came to destroy him, but she might just find her own salvation—or damnation—in the boy she can't break.
The Echo Eater
Author:Eric Garrett
When his friend Hope vanishes from existence, erased from every photo and memory but his own, Adam is the only one who knows she was real. His desperate search leads him back to the abandoned Bondwick Mine, a place that whispers promises in the dark. The mine offers to return what was lost, but the price is a piece of your soul. As Adam descends into the earth's hungry maw, he must confront an ancient entity that feeds on desire, trading memories for eternal servitude. He is hunting for a ghost, all while being haunted himself.
The Crowbar Contract
Author:Lexie Thorne
Art student Ellie Vance just wanted to survive college and win the heart of the campus golden boy. But after impulsively saving the university's most dangerous outcast, Dane Blackwood, from a brutal attack, she's offered an irresistible deal. He'll use his bad-boy expertise to deliver her dream guy on a silver platter. The only price? Following his every rule. As their lessons in seduction blur into late-night confessions and stolen moments of heart-stopping tension, Ellie discovers the man she's supposed to want and the man she's starting to crave are two very different people. And the danger Dane saved her from is far from over.
The Glimmer in the Frame
Author:Rhys Cipher
Twenty years ago, a photographer captured an image of an impossible, faceless creature in the woods. He forgot. Now, he's found the photo, and the memory has returned with a vengeance. But the creature is no longer in the picture. It's escaped the digital frame, leaving a trail of blood from his laptop to his window, and now it's haunting his family, leaving shredded remains on his doorstep. He didn't just take a picture; he trapped it, and now it's free and wants revenge.
The Pin Collector
Author:Christina Duncan
Grieving widower David is relieved when his seven-year-old daughter, Maisyn, creates an imaginary friend to cope with her mother's death. But 'Mr. Pins' is no ordinary friend. He's a collector. He collects stories, he collects secrets, and he collects the lonely. As strange pins appear around the house and Mr. Pins' influence spreads like a virus through the neighborhood's children, David realizes his daughter's playmate is a terrifying entity grooming them all for its collection. Now, he must fight a creature he can't see to save his daughter from a friendship that promises to last forever.
The Scapegoat's Ledger
Author:Joyce Bailey
Framed, betrayed, and pushed to the brink of death by her venomous boss, marketing manager Elara Vance awakens from a near-fatal illness with a single purpose: revenge. Armed with secrets hidden in company emails and falsified budgets, she orchestrates her boss’s spectacular downfall. Years later, when the woman who nearly destroyed her applies for a job under her, Elara decides that simply rejecting her isn't enough. It's time for a final, face-to-face reckoning. This is not just a story of survival; it's a masterclass in corporate retribution.
Branded by Fire
Author:Erica Newman
Elara Vance believes she's a freak, hiding a dangerous secret: an uncontrollable fire that sparks at her fingertips. Her quiet life shatters when a mysterious, tattooed guardian named Logan appears in a blaze of shadow and flame, telling her she's being hunted. Forced to flee with this grim protector, she's thrust into a hidden world of elemental magic and deadly secrets. But the sanctuary he promises might be more dangerous than the monsters chasing her, and the strange connection between her forbidden fire and the brands on his skin could either be their salvation or the spark that burns their world to ash.
The Hoagie of Judgment
Author:Al Dente
For twelve weeks, Leo Vance’s gourmet sandwiches vanished from the office fridge. For twelve weeks, HR did nothing. But when his stolen lunch contains a secret ingredient prescribed by his doctor, it’s not just about a missing meal anymore. It’s about a stolen prescription, a federal offense, and a high-flying Vice President about to have the worst afternoon of his life. This isn't just revenge; it's a perfectly executed corporate takedown, served cold, with a side of explosive avocado sauce.