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 Salvation Collector
Author:Rosemary Holt
I thought losing my job, my home, and my future was rock bottom. I was wrong. Under a grimy city bridge, a man in a half-pristine, half-tattered suit offered salvation to the forgotten souls around me. For the low price of their worldly possessions, he gave them a ticket to another place. I watched them take the deal. I watched their smiles twist into silent screams as they vanished into nothingness. He looked at me, the last one left, and said I wasn't ready. Now, I'm haunted by their faces, and I have to find out what 'ready' means before he comes back for me.
The Law of Camp Chaos
Author:J.D. Justice
For nine days, I endured the summer camp from hell, run by a boss who abused children and exploited her staff. On the tenth day, I stopped being a victim and started being her judge, jury, and executioner. She thought she could break us, but she didn't know she'd hired a law student. This isn't just a story of quitting a bad job; it's the meticulously planned, legally-sound destruction of a monster's empire, one paid sick leave at a time.
The Valensi Protocol
Author:Julian Vance
Detective Sean Byrne thought he’d seen every kind of monster the city could birth, until a killer's signature spans a hundred years. His only suspect is a ghost, an impossibly old predator hiding in plain sight. To hunt this new breed of monster, Byrne must ally with a creature of the night, a brilliant biochemist who reveals the chilling truth: vampires are not myth, but a biological reality. In a world governed by a protocol of blood and science, Byrne must walk the line between hunter and prey, before he becomes the next experiment.
Echoes of the Merlin
Author:Lisa Steward
Kai is a history nerd, obsessed with deciphering forgotten texts with his brilliant partner, Velma. Their quiet academic life shatters when a reality-tearing sound brings a crashing blue box and a terrified man warning of a coming storm. The storm has a name: Merlin. A dangerously charming man wielding a staff of captured starlight, he hunts for the same ancient scroll Kai holds—a map not of land, but of reality itself. Now caught in a war between forgotten legends, Kai must learn to rewrite the rules of existence before Merlin erases his world for good.
The 5 PM Rule
Author:Yvonne Castillo
For Lena, the job at the Orphic Library was a dream: eight hours of paid silence. But the dream has rules. Clock in at 9 AM. Clock out at 5 PM. Not a second early, not a second late. When a ghostly woman from 1986 appears with a frantic warning and the library's charming owner reveals a predatory obsession with the clock, Lena realizes she hasn't been hired—she's been trapped. The books are screaming clues, the shelves rearrange themselves into a maze, and every tick of the clock brings her closer to becoming a permanent part of the collection.
The Hypocrite's Homecoming
Author:Vernon Scott
He built a hospitality empire on loyalty, sponsoring workers from across the globe. But when a trusted driver's pious facade crumbles to reveal a predator who stalks and assaults a young waitress, a line is crossed. The system won't deliver justice, so he will. One phone call is all it takes to burn a hypocrite's world to the ground, an ocean away, ensuring the predator's homecoming is not a celebration, but a reckoning.
Tenebrous Hound of London
Author:Zoey Mckinney
Half-demon detective Sabre Harper stalks the gaslit alleys of a supernatural London, cursed with a power to witness death through a single touch. When a string of impossible murders threatens to shatter the veil between worlds, he must hunt a killer that's neither human nor demon. Forced into a tense alliance with a celestial enforcer who despises his very existence, Sabre must confront the city’s darkest secrets and the hellfire raging within his own soul before London is consumed by darkness.
The Chhayagarh Line
Author:Renee Wheeler
To escape his haunted village, Arjun breaks a generations-old taboo and boards a train with his father. But this is no ordinary train. It is a living, breathing predator of steel and flesh, and the price of a ticket is far more than money. Trapped in a carriage that digests its passengers, Arjun discovers the horrifying pact that binds his village to the monstrous engine, a deal that is about to expire. The ride has just begun, and the final destination is damnation.
Trial by Firelight
Author:Silas Pyre
He was a rookie hiding a rotten core behind a hero's smile, preying on the kindness of a beloved mentor. But in the tight-knit world of firefighters, secrets don't stay buried. One man, armed with a printer and a thirst for justice, is about to ignite a firestorm of righteous revenge that will burn the liar's world to the ground. In the firehouse, betrayal is the one blaze you can't extinguish.
Echoes of the Thirsting Sand
Author:Flint Calder
A cynical drifter returns to his high desert hometown to find his conspiracy-theorist father missing. He soon discovers the whispered legends are real. An ancient desert god is dying, a tech-billionaire's cult seeks to devour its power, and he is the only one who can hear the whispers on the wind. To uncover the truth, he must become the desert's champion, wielding the power of sand and sun against an enemy that blends dark rituals with cold technology. The desert is watching, and it has chosen its avatar.
What Liora Keeps
Author:Vesper Thorne
To find his missing sister, Elio must use his volatile psychic ability—a power he can only access when blackout drunk. His desperate search attracts an old shadow from his past: the enigmatic Liora, who offers him answers at a terrible price. Pulled into her world of sensual depravity and occult horror, Elio discovers the truth about his sister is tied to a monstrous secret Liora keeps in her gothic mansion—twin entities that feed on souls. He must master his power before they consume his sister completely, but some doors, once opened, can never be closed.
Zero-Day Betrayal
Author:Kristen Walters
My wife and my best friend shattered my world. They thought they left me with nothing but the ashes of our life together. They were wrong. They left me with a single-minded purpose: revenge. I was a loving husband, a devoted father, a top cybersecurity analyst. Now, I'm the ghost in their machines, the architect of their ruin. They'll learn that the man who built their digital world can just as easily tear it all down, and I'll do it with a smile.