Mystery Stories
Explore our collection of 267 amazing stories tagged with mystery. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Roadside Collection
Author:Harvey Moore
For twelve years, Jack Riley cleaned up the dead from Route 340. It was a simple, gruesome job. But then, the bodies started disappearing before he could get to them. Something unseen, something silent and impossibly fast, was doing his job for him. He ran, burying the secret for years under the Arizona sun. Now, a new disappearance has pulled him back to the haunted Virginia blacktop. He was the road's keeper once, but he's about to discover what happens when the road, and the things that hunt it, decide to collect.
The Soul-Alchemist of Aethelgard
Author:Isaiah Steeves
Caelen McDowell, last heir to a disgraced line of alchemists, is a gilded prisoner of a fanatical religious empire. To escape execution, he must embrace his forbidden heritage and orchestrate a public murder. But his plan is overseen by the one man he can't fool: a beautiful, ruthless Inquisitor whose own faith is beginning to crack. Hunted and desperate, they are forced into an unholy alliance, discovering a conspiracy that could either liberate the city or drown it in blood and fire. Survival is no longer enough; now, they crave revolution.
Blood & Balance Sheets
Author:Felicia Sutton
Caleb Helsing, legendary slayer and war hero, thought conquering vampires was the hard part. Now, he's the reluctant CEO of a supernatural empire, armed with a sharp suit and a sharper stake. He'd rather be sipping whiskey than signing memos, but his hyper-competent human assistant won't let him off the hook. When a favor for the vampiric Doge of Venice uncovers a conspiracy reaching the highest echelons of his own company, Caleb must trade his boardroom battles for the ones he truly understands. The war may be over, but for a slayer in a corner office, survival is a hostile takeover.
Radiant Rot
Author:Silas Thorne
A man of faith and reason, Julian Knight, watches in horror as his best friend twists an academic interest into a deadly sun-worshipping cult. After his friend's ritual suicide, Julian is haunted by his ghost and marked by a supernatural, hand-shaped burn. Now, a malevolent entity that calls itself a god wants Julian to be its next sacrifice. He must fight the encroaching darkness with his own light, before he too is consumed by the blinding, rotting radiance of a god that should not exist.
What the River Takes
Author:Morgan Thorne
Four friends embark on a camping trip, seeking an escape from their city lives. But the serene river by their campsite holds a chilling secret. One by one, they are drawn to its banks by an irresistible, whispering compulsion, only to vanish. Alex is the last one left, his mind fraying as he pieces together the horrifying truth. The river is hungry, and it wears the faces of his friends. He can hear it calling his name, and he knows it's getting harder and harder to resist the urge to look into the water.
The Queen of Bones
Author:Asher Stone
A childhood game in a forbidden cave ends in tragedy when Kai's cousin vanishes. The adults blame the mountain; the elders whisper of ancient things that steal children. Fifteen years later, another child is gone, and Kai must return to the reservation to confront the guilt that haunts him and the terrifying truth behind the game they played—a truth that now calls him the new king for its Queen of Bones.
Nyx's Bloom
Author:Vespera Thorne
By day, Elara is a ghost, a scholarship student hiding behind oversized sweaters and art supplies. By night, in dreams she can't remember, she is Nyx—a white-haired predator ruling the city's supernatural underworld. But the dream is bleeding into reality. Her hair is changing, shadows stalk her in daylight, and a mysterious death puts a target on her back. Three dangerous men, a vampire, a shifter, and a fae lord, are closing in. They don't know if they want to kill her, claim her, or worship her... and neither does she.
Nexus Noir: The Necrotic Bloom
Author:Silas Thorne
In a city run by magic and strangled by bureaucracy, disgraced investigator Kaelen 'Ran' Voranov is dragged back into the shadows. Hired for a simple missing persons case, his unique ability to see magical residue reveals a dark truth: a necromantic plague is spreading through the city's arcane infrastructure, and the dead are starting to walk. With no badge and the ghosts of his past haunting him, Ran is the only one who sees the rot in the system is becoming horrifyingly literal. He must race against his former colleagues and a fanatical cult to stop the 'Necrotic Bloom' before Nexus City drowns in its own corrupted magic.
Soul-Forged Scars
Author:Tomothy Weaver
Kaelen Vance, a disgraced mage-knight, runs a support group for magic addicts, desperate to forget the power he carved from his own soul. But when a member is found as a soulless husk, Kael's old life crashes back. A spectral system interface flickers to life, a monstrous entity hunts the magically gifted, and a skeptical detective sees him as the prime suspect. To stop the killer, Kael must embrace the very magic that broke him, knowing each spell pushes him closer to a euphoric, soul-shattering relapse. But the true enemy isn't just a monster—it's the consequence of his own past sins.
The Road That Eats
Author:Silas Blackwood
Three urban explorers chase the high of a lifetime, stumbling upon a phantom road that only appears under a cloak of fog and darkness. At its end lies a parking lot of impossible size, a silent graveyard for cars and secrets. But this discovery isn't a random glitch in reality; it's a trap. Now marked by the road, they are hunted by its sinister gatekeeper, a man who harvests the wreckage. To survive, they must unravel the terrifying rules of a place that isn't on any map—a place that's hungry for new arrivals.
The Crimson Countdown
Author:Lillie Long
A mysterious, blood-red number appears etched beneath Leo’s skin, counting down from seven. Each descending digit triggers terrifying new abilities and draws the attention of a shadowy organization determined to capture him. Plunged into a world of sentient blood and deadly conspiracies, Leo must unravel the secret of the countdown before it reaches zero. It’s not a countdown to his death—it’s a countdown to what he will become.
The Bartender's Revenge
Author:Harper Frost
Her boyfriend was a good man, a loving father trapped in a legal nightmare. His supposed friend was a snake, ready to strike with an affidavit full of venomous lies. As a bartender, Chloe knew everyone's secrets, including the snake's. She saw the perfect weapon lying in plain sight—a bitter debt, a repossessed car, and a pair of dangerous brothers. She would orchestrate a quiet, brutal revenge that would leave no fingerprints, proving that in a world of liars, the truth is a weapon best served cold.