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 Periphery Effect
Author:Silas Edge
A burnt-out mental health worker quits, haunted by a chilling pattern in her clients' paranoid delusions. When a Live Photo reveals an impossible figure hiding in the trees, she's dragged into a terrifying reality where paranoia is survival. The things you see at the edge of your vision are real, and they know you're starting to watch them back.
The Blackwood Echo
Author:Corvin Stone
Fleeing a toxic past, Alex seeks refuge in a new apartment, but his first night unleashes a new terror. A gaunt figure scratches at his window, a chilling whisper seeps through his door, and a muddy handprint proves his nightmare is real. Now, trapped in a building with a history as dark as its hallways, Alex must uncover the secrets of the Blackwood before its resident echo consumes him whole. He's not just fighting a ghost; he's fighting the very despair it feeds on.
The Liar's Lease
Author:Liam Bishop
Desperate for a room, Eden signs a lease with bizarre rules: no mirrors, mandatory blinds, and a nightly journal where every lie must be confessed. But the top-floor apartment has a secret—a fourth floor that shouldn't exist. When she hears scraping from above and her journal starts writing back, Eden realizes her new home isn't just a place to live. It's a place that feeds on secrets, and it's hungry for hers.
The Neighbor Who Doesn't Age
Author:Evelyn Thorne
After her mother's death, 20-year-old Lily discovers a terrifying secret about her neighbor, the ageless Mr. Bell. An old photograph and a hidden journal reveal that he is not human, but a timeless predator who has haunted her family for years. As she uncovers the horrifying truth behind her mother's 'illness' and her father's disappearance, Lily realizes she is not just sorting through the past—she is fighting for her own life against the monster next door, a creature that feeds on minds and memories.
Sorrow's Ridge
Author:Thorne Croft
To escape the ghost of a horrific car crash that claimed his sister, seventeen-year-old Leo and his father move to the idyllic town of Old Ridge for a fresh start. But their new home offers a sinister cure for grief. A neighbor's cryptic warning becomes a terrifying reality as Leo discovers the town doesn't just welcome the brokenhearted—it feeds on their sorrow. They are not residents; they are prey in a place where forgetting comes at the price of your soul.
The Window Rule
Author:Eleanor Vance
For years, the rule was simple: never open the bedroom window. But when ten-year-old Luis breaks that one sacred law, he unleashes a whispering terror that latches onto his family. Now an adult, his sister Elara must delve into a history of jealousy, murder, and a dark family secret to confront the vengeful spirit their parents tried to keep locked away. What came through the window was never a stranger—it was family. And it wants justice.
The Listener of Andalusia
Author:Silas Thorne
A gifted guitarist fakes homelessness for easy cash, his melodies charming a small Alabama town. But his lucrative lie awakens an ancient, unseen entity that feeds on deceit. The town's forgotten people are its keepers, and they don't appreciate outsiders playing their master's song. When he's cornered in their sacred space, he learns his deception has a price, and it will follow him long after he leaves town, echoing in every song he ever plays.
Echoes in the Abyss
Author:Alex Hunter
Trapped in a dimension of endless night, Hensley is shattered—literally. Four women, each a facet of her soul, now inhabit her body. Ann, the fury. Hope, the heart. June, the fear. And Hensley, the core. Hunted by things that crawl from the dark and haunted by the ghost of a scientist who doomed them all, they must unite to escape. But as the abyss stares back, they discover the most terrifying monster is the reflection they see in each other's eyes. To survive, they must become one. To escape, they might have to sacrifice everything.
The Tarps of Whisper Creek
Author:Marion Sanchez
In a forgotten desert town, the children are given one rule: never enter the fields. When Leo takes his little sister through the forbidden expanse to escape a local threat, she vanishes into thin air. He runs home for help, only to be met with his mother's chillingly calm question: 'Where is she?' Leo quickly learns his sister's disappearance was no accident. It was a sacrifice. Now, he must unravel the town's horrific pact with the entity that dwells in the fields, before it comes to claim him next.
Her Lunar Hunger
Author:Hugh Carroll
Leo thought he was just cleaning out his grandfather's house. He remembered the old man's eccentricities, the strange way he'd stare into his cupped hands and giggle. But when he finds a box of moonlit photographs chronicling the growth of a secret 'baby girl,' Leo realizes his inheritance isn't a house or money. It's the pale, wriggling parasite that lived in his grandfather's gut. And now, it's hungry again, living inside him, whispering its alien desires and turning his body into a horrifying vessel for something ancient and lunar.
The Smiley's Codex
Author:A. R. Ledger
At Smiley's, the customer is always right, even when they aren't human. For night-shift worker Andrew, survival depends on a cryptic rulebook. But when a creature that isn't in the book appears—a silent mime that deals in real pain—Andrew must write a new rule in his own blood. He soon discovers that the monsters you can see are far less terrifying than the ones who wear a familiar face and a perfect, plastic smile.
The Drowning Echo
Author:Willow Strand
A lifeguard's routine day turns into a nightmare when a spectral woman at the pool leaves him with a horrifying curse: he coughs up her long, black hair. Now, he's trapped in a race against time to uncover the pool's dark history before he drowns in her vengeful sorrow, far from any water. Every shadow holds her form, every drop of water whispers her name, and the thirst for both life and death is becoming one and the same.