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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Echoes in the Holler
Author:Tyrone Andrews
A family's idyllic summer retreat to a remote Appalachian cabin descends into a nightmare of impossible geography and terrifying encounters. When the woods begin to warp reality itself, they discover the true horror isn't just the creatures that stalk the trees, but the ones that can wear the faces of those they love. They thought they were escaping the city, but they only escaped the familiar. What the mountain wants, the mountain keeps.
The Operator's Call
Author:Meghan Harper
A man haunted by guilt discovers a series of phantom payphones appearing throughout his city. Each time one is answered, the caller is driven to a horrific, public suicide. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, he devises a plan to hear the deadly message without falling prey to its curse. But the voice on the other end isn't a monster—it's something far more personal and insidious, a whisper of regret that promises an eternity of silence. He sought an answer, but all he found was a slow, agonizing dial tone to his own demise.
The Sins of the Eyetooth
Author:James Stanley
When Dahlia's adoptive mother dies, she leaves behind a horrifying inheritance: a letter detailing a demonic pact and a dental plate fitted with enchanted teeth. Dahlia's biological parents sold her soul as an infant, and a supernatural clock is ticking down to the moment she'll be collected. To survive, she must follow her mother's last, desperate instruction: find her parents and bite back. But severing one dark contract might just attract the attention of the cosmic horror who wrote it in the first place.
The Funny Story
Author:Rafael Rogers
When his best friend sends him a link to a cryptic website, college student Alex Vance is dragged into a terrifying game orchestrated by a ghost from his past. A mysterious entity is rewriting his memories, haunting his technology, and isolating him from everyone he loves. To survive, he must return to the haunted woods of his childhood and confront the horrific truth behind his brother's death—a truth that is not only still alive, but wants to play again.
Messy Hands
Author:Rhys Macabre
Every Tuesday, five friends gathered for game night. It was their sacred ritual, a refuge from adult life. But one night, a new game appears—a dusty, forgotten box from an attic called 'Messy Hands.' The rules are simple: draw a card, do the dare. But when the basement door seals itself with solid stone and the dares turn from childish pranks to brutal acts of self-mutilation and betrayal, they realize this is no ordinary game. To survive, they must play. To win, they must destroy each other. Because in the game of Messy Hands, the only thing messier than your hands is your conscience.
Black Halo Over Grimwood
Author:Ian Sutton
When a chemical storm locks down the city of Grimwood, Elias Thorne believes the real danger is outside. He's wrong. The L-7 Black Halo isn't just a chemical; it's a psychoactive contagion that feeds on memory and regret. Now, phantoms from his past are knocking at his door, led by a little girl with black teeth who calls him 'Dad.' Trapped in his home, Elias must confront the ghosts he buried long ago, or be consumed by a horror that knows his name, his secrets, and his deepest fears.
The Man in the Mirror
Author:Brian Spencer
Julian thought the Michael Jackson impersonator was just another street weirdo. A harmless creep. But after a strange encounter at his box office, the man's chilling words begin to haunt him, warping his reflection and twisting his sanity. Now, the iconic 'HEE-HEE' isn't a sound of pop music—it's the herald of a terror that wants to wear his skin. He's not just being watched; he's being erased.
The Blinkville Exterminator
Author:Corvin Grimm
In the eerily quiet town of Blinkville, exterminator Jack Carter takes on jobs that go far beyond rats and termites. His latest call is for a simple roach infestation, but he soon finds the lonely homeowner is nurturing a horrifying secret. She believes a giant cockroach is the reincarnation of her dead ex-husband, and it's growing. As delusion turns to body horror, Jack realizes he's not just fighting a pest—he's fighting an ancient entity with a parasitic hold on his client, and the entire house is its nest.
The Heartbreak Burger
Author:Eleanor Carver
To escape her desolate life, Caroline takes a job at a women-run burger bar, a supposed sanctuary. She finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Brenda and the diner's charismatic owner, Miranda. But belonging to this 'family' comes at a price. The secret to their famous burger is hidden in the basement, a secret of fresh meat, a humming grinder, and the people who disappear in their small Texas town. As obsession and horror intertwine, Caroline learns that some ingredients are to die for.
The Solenvol Ritual
Author:Levi Simmmons
My grandmother left me a single, terrifying story: a town that celebrates Christmas every day, a gift of socks from a thing called the Merry Man, and the price my great-aunt paid for forgetting her gift—her own severed legs. Now, I'm going back to that town, Solenvol, a place erased from every map. They say a ritual keeps them safe. I think it's what's keeping them prisoner. And I'm about to find out what happens when you tell the Merry Man you don't want his gifts anymore.
The Sinner's Carousel
Author:Tiffany Curtis
To find the man who stole his family at a nightmare carnival decades ago, a haunted ex-soldier descends into a subterranean labyrinth of living horrors. But to hunt the monsters, he must embrace a parasitic power that will devour his soul. In this twisting hell of forgotten joys and predatory attractions, every memory is a trap, and salvation is just another word for damnation. He is becoming the very thing he despises, and the carousel never stops turning.
My Shadow's Smile
Author:Roland Allen
A boy is haunted by a smiling, childlike shadow that only he can see. To fight back, he discovers a horrifying ritual in his dreams: by mutilating himself in the dream world, he can inflict real pain on the creature. But every victory brings him closer to a terrifying truth, and the shadow's final, widest smile promises a fate worse than death. He thought he was hurting his tormentor, but he was only feeding it, piece by piece.