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 Silvanus Curse
Author:Tracey Mitchelle
Three toads. That's how it always begins. For Leo, a state park worker, it started as a joke—a blown cart belt after shooing away the strange trio. But when a child vanishes and mutilated animals appear, the joke curdles into terror. An old-timer speaks of a drowned town beneath the park's lake, and a vengeful guardian that demands tribute. Now, with his crewmates missing or broken, Leo is the last one left to face the ancient horror that rises from the depths, a horror whose arrival is always announced by three silent, watching toads.
The Closer He Gets
Author:Salvador Meyer
Disowned and on the brink, Silas thought his life couldn't get worse. Then he saw the man. A figure in black at the edge of his vision, always watching, always still. But every morning, he's closer. Silas tries to run, to rationalize, to medicate the terror away, but the man's patient, relentless approach is an omen. He isn't just a hallucination. He's a collector, and he's come for the one thing Silas has left to lose: his soul.
The Girl in the Glass
Author:Warren Reid
Since she was nine, Elara has been haunted by a girl who wears her face—a rotting, broken version of herself that crawls from mirrors and lurks in the dark. It whispers to her in sleep-paralysis-induced nightmares, leaving real bruises and a single, chilling demand: "Follow me." After years of failed exorcisms and therapies, a fragile peace is found in the arms of her husband. But the girl has returned, no longer screaming, but smiling. She’s waiting for Elara to finally break, to get tired of fighting, and to take her cold, dead hand.
The Awakening of Steinwald
Author:Daryl Gomez
A freelance translator, Maxwell, takes a high-paying job in the isolated Alpine village of Steinwald, thinking it's his lucky break. But on his first night, he's dragged into a chilling local ritual to 'awaken' a corpse. The rite works too well. Now marked by the dead man's touch and trapped by a sudden blizzard, Maxwell must decipher the town's murderous secrets hidden in ancient texts before the vengeful spirit claims him as its voice, and the sinister villagers silence him forever.
The Locker That Hungers
Author:Corvus Thorne
A forgotten locker with no number holds a town's darkest secret. When newcomer Alex befriends the haunted Jason, he learns the locker is more than a legend—it's a gateway. A year ago, it claimed Jason's sister. Now, the two boys have made a pact to sneak back into the old gym and expose the truth. But the locker is always hungry, and the man who tends to it is waiting for them.
The Glimmer in the Smog
Author:Mattie Wheeler
In the sun-bleached jungle of Los Angeles, private investigator Jack Thorne sees the monsters hiding in plain sight. His curse, a second sight he calls 'The Glimmer,' reveals the parasitic entities masquerading as Hollywood's elite. When rising star Seraphina Vance hires him to stop a stalker, Jack sees the truth: her adoring fan isn't human, and he isn't just watching. He's wrapping her in a web of sickly-sweet magic, a love so perfect it kills her every night, only for her to wake up smiling for the cameras the next morning.
The Caretaker of Nowhere
Author:Rene Murray
Stranded in the desert, Zach is 'rescued' and brought to a town that doesn't exist. An isolated apartment building called The Complex offers shelter, but its residents are... wrong. A mysterious landlord offers him a job and a new life, but the price is silence, obedience, and a small metal shard he pulls from Zach's neck. Now, as the new maintenance man, Zach must fix more than just leaky pipes. He must survive the horrors that dwell within the walls, or become just another permanent resident of nowhere.
The Songless Siren
Author:Melody Grimm
Leo can hear the music of every soul, a gift that has become his entire world. But when he meets a beautiful, enigmatic woman who is a void of perfect, predatory silence, his reality shatters. Drawn into a toxic obsession, he tries to write a song for the one person who has none, only to discover she isn't just songless—she's a monster who devours melodies and the musicians who create them. He has become her new favorite instrument, and she plans to play him until he breaks.
The Glitch in Reality
Author:Rhys Vance
An old video game is a door, and something inhuman is walking through. Liam Carter survived it once as a child. Now, he hunts every copy of the cursed game "Getting Closer" to stop the pale, smiling man that steps out of the screen. But the game is evolving, the code is spreading, and the entity that once haunted his childhood now remembers his name. He is no longer just a survivor; he is the target.
The 3:17 Transmission
Author:Silas Thorne
Leo just wanted cheap rent and a place to smoke. He moved in with Cal, a harmless old conspiracy nut. But when the windows get covered in foil and the mirrors are turned to the wall, Leo realizes Cal's paranoia is a symptom of something real. Now, at 3:17 a.m., Cal stands like a statue, whispering about a 'transmission.' A strange symbol is burned into his skin, and a second voice echoes from his room. Cal is no longer just a roommate; he's a gateway for something terrible, and it's almost through.
Scarlet Closure
Author:Silas Thorne
A disgraced journalist, haunted by her father's violent suicide, starts a morbid business: writing final goodbyes for the dead. But for every lie she sells as closure, a vengeful spirit is born. Now, the ghosts of her clients are clawing their way into her world, led by a faceless horror that wears her father's ghost. To survive, she must confront the truth she's been running from—a truth more terrifying than any specter.
The Echo of the Maw
Author:Cassandra Edwards
When architect Elias Thorne is randomly teleported to a hellish shore, he becomes the latest meal for a cosmic horror. He is devoured alive, only to awaken back in his reality, physically whole but spiritually shattered. Now, he can see the other survivors—the haunted, the broken, the "Marked"—hiding in plain sight. He discovers he wasn't just a victim; he was a witness. And the entity that fed on him is getting hungrier.