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 Follower in the Walls
Author:Beverley Snyder
Liam, a lonely streamer haunted by social anxiety, lands a date with his dream girl next door. But when a cryptic new follower appears online, a terrifying entity that only he can see begins to manifest in the real world. This gaunt, skeletal creature feeds on his jealousy and self-doubt, living within the very walls of his apartment. As his obsession with his new love interest grows, so does the creature's power, blurring the line between his crippling insecurities and a horrifying reality that wants to make him the new 'man of the house.'
The Caretaker of Blackwood Elementary
Author:Elias Croft
A man is forced to confront the horrifying truth of his childhood when his best friend's body is discovered four years after he vanished from an abandoned school. The boy he left behind wasn't just murdered—he was kept. Now, plagued by a guilt that has festered for years, he must return to the place where his nightmares began and face the inhuman evil that has been hunting in the woods for generations, before it takes another child.
The Rider's Debt
Author:Bonnie Green
When Alex Vance’s estranged brother, Peter, vanishes into the vibrant underbelly of New Orleans, a cryptic call drags him into a world of voodoo and decay. He finds Peter not lost, but taken—a vessel for an ancient, malevolent spirit. What begins as a rescue mission spirals into a terrifying battle for his own soul, as the entity that rode his brother to the grave now wants a new horse. And Alex is next in line to pay the Rider's Debt.
The Salt-Stained Bloodline
Author:Taylor Hopkins
When Elias Thorne returns to his ancestral home after his father's mysterious death at sea, he dismisses his mother's frantic warnings as grief-fueled madness. But as a monstrous storm engulfs their isolated lighthouse, he discovers the horrifying truth: his family is bound by a blood-oath to guard the coast from ancient, shapeshifting horrors that emerge from the brine. These creatures wear the faces of the dead and whisper with the voices of loved ones, and they will stop at nothing to be invited inside. Elias must now embrace his terrifying legacy before the tide of darkness consumes them all.
The Memory Eater's Game
Author:Teresa Lopez
Trapped in a dead-end life, Aaron discovers a door in his pantry leading to a twisted game show. The prize: anything he desires. The cost: his most guarded memories. But as he trades his past for a better future, he realizes the game's host is a predator, the audience is starving, and the rewards are tainted with a creeping horror. Soon, he'll have nothing left to give but his soul.
The Locker That Forgets
Author:P. L. Thorne
When twelve-year-old Alex moves to a dying town, his only escape is a decrepit gym with a dark secret: a numberless locker. The local legend says it's a gateway to hell, but the truth is far worse. It's a place where things go to be forgotten. First, it's a gym bag. Then a treasured possession. Soon, it's memories. And when Alex's only friend becomes its next target, he must uncover the gym's terrifying history before the locker forgets his friend out of existence entirely.
The Veridian Curse
Author:Zoe Howard
In Veridian Bluffs, a child vanishes every summer solstice. They call it the Selection. My sister Amelia was the last. They say it’s an honor, a communion with nature. But I found her hidden journal, filled with sketches of a maggot god and a town built on a bedrock of lies. Now, the whispers have started in my head, the ticks are gathering at my door, and the town elders are watching me. They think I'm next. I'm not waiting to be Selected. I'm going into the dark to uncover the truth Amelia died for, even if it means facing the mother of all horrors.
The Upside-Down Grin
Author:Elias Thorne
I used to joke with the ghosts I thought were watching me. Then one night, one of them showed itself—an upside-down girl with bloodshot eyes grinning from under my bed. My mother warned me that belief can make things real. Now, I'm trapped in a nightmare of my own making, hunted by a creature that feeds on my fear. To survive, I have to un-believe it, but how do you kill a thought that's already looking right at you?
Par for the Damned
Author:Felix Willis
A nostalgic trip to a closing mini-golf course turns into a nightmare when five friends are trapped by its sinister mascot. Forced into a deadly game where every stroke is a matter of life or death, one man must unravel the secrets of the cursed grounds before he and his friends become permanent attractions. The only rule is to get a hole-in-one. The only prize for winning is another game.
The Echo Chamber
Author:Julian Blackwood
Elias Vance lives a life of sterile precision, a fortress against memories he can't recall. But his fortress is cracking. Whispers of 'Zero' bleed from the walls, and cryptic photos appear, showing a hallway he's never seen. As reality dissolves, he's dragged into a breathing labyrinth of infinite doors, each a portal to a buried fragment of his past. He soon discovers he is not just a prisoner in this mental asylum; he is its architect. And its first patient, a shadowy warden, is determined to make him remember every last scream.
The Sorrow Eater
Author:Marek Thorne
When a suicidal man's cry for oblivion is answered by a thing lurking in the woods, he discovers there are fates far worse than death. A creature born of shadow and despair hears his wish and offers a trade: his body for its existence. Now, he must fight a war within his own mind against the predator that wants to wear his skin, or become another silent statistic in a town that feeds on misery.
The Last Showbiz
Author:Barnaby Grimm
Leo took a job at the last Showbiz Pizza to reconnect with a piece of his childhood. He loved the old animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion. But the childhood icons he remembered are gone, replaced by something starving for attention. Now, locked inside after closing, Leo discovers the show isn't over. The band demands an audience, and they'll create one from the screams and broken bodies of anyone who dares to forget them. He was their biggest fan; now he's their unwilling warden.