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25 Most Recent Mystery/Suspense Short Stories

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Adrift by Laura Rittenhouse
A lonely night watch on a yacht adrift at sea..
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Aiden Stone Marine by Raven Newcastle
Excerpt from The Body Hunters. Aiden Stone as a Marine...
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Aiden Stone's introduction from The Body Hunters by Raven Newcastle
Excerpt from The Body Hunters, Aiden Stone's introduction...
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Almost Time? by Samuel Connelly
Short fiction from a dream. ..
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Alone by the Sea by Adam Powers
A reporter stops at a small tavern to eat on his way to a small town in Maine to cover a festival and write a story. But, he had no idea he was about to cross paths with a story even he wouldn't believe.....
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Along the Line by Melissa Mendelson
The darkness never sleeps, and life continues to ring along the line...
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AN EDGY READ by RICHARD SATTANNI
a reader dies as he leisurely reads a book...
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Read excerpt from An Inside Job An Inside Job by WG Eggleton
When the bank's vaults are finally opened, where's the money?..
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View Photo of An Ocean of Fate Read excerpt from An Ocean of Fate An Ocean of Fate by Peter Cooper
A routine robbery goes very wrong, and Duke has to hide out in his nephew's basement until the heat is off. When his nephew's wife starts charging for food and... more, the proceeds from the heist start to dwindle and jail starts to look like the only way out of the basement...
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An Open Letter From Audrey Jackson to all of her friends by Sarah Tagert
Audrey Jackson writes a letter of thanks to all the people who were involved her attempt at freedom, Louisa Mason, Naomi Cohen, Kendra Williams, Lousiana Sandusky...
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And The Song Plays On Prologue by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
The dream never changed and the song was always the same. Not a sad country song, something more mournful, like something you hear in the climax of a good movie,..
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AndTheNeverAfter by Vinit Kumar
The stories are of a genre I refer to as "screenplay of the mind"..
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Angel by Hijab Minahil
Just something I wrote. Feedback welcomed..
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Audrey Jackson writes Kendra Williams by Sarah Tagert
Audrey Jackson responds to Kendra's powerful letter..
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Audrey Jackson writes Louie by Sarah Tagert
I hope you are able to get your life back in order. I won't bother you with my problems ever again. ..
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Audrey Jackson Writes Louie Sandusky by Sarah Tagert
I wish I could tell you about the night I was attacked, but the truth is I don’t remember...
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Aurora Holmes Boss Hog by LEON EARWOOD
A State Senator is missing. He is the most powerful man in North Carolina. Aurora Holmes must find him. Dead or Alive..
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Author/Reader Review by Jeannie Walker
Award Winning Author - John W. Huffman gave5 STARS to "Fighting the Devil". This is what award winning author John W. Huffman had to say about "Fighting the Devil"..
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Author/Reader Review by Jeannie Walker
Author Al Boudreau gave "Fighting the Devil" a 4 Star Rating...
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Available Now! Love Among The Thorns by Empress LaBlaQue
Celeste Vincent is an admirable wife and mother. When she comes home early she finds her husband in the very act of making love--to his best friend, Clint. Jeff has always been a family first man and feels he has brought shame upon his family. Now, he is tormented and there is no way out. When Je..
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Bait Drop by E. Farrand
This is a work of fiction based on fact. Some of the towns are real, and I'll let you guess which characters are actual. I began writing this 2 nights ago, and although it is in need of editing, it is only the beginning. My thought process is taking this beyond a short story. ..
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Bait Drop -- Part 2 by E. Farrand
As it says, here is the continuation of Bait Drop..
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Bait Drop -- Prologue by E. Farrand
As I wrote this, I realized that it worked better as a prologue rather than following the other 2 parts. Oh well...
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Bait Drop Chap.2 Pt.2 by E. Farrand
It's been awhile since I could devote some brain cells to another installment, but here it is. ..
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Bait Drop Chap2;Pt1 by E. Farrand
developing characters is difficult...
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Bait Drop: Chap. 3 by E. Farrand
Building characters, I have learned, is the most difficult part of writing. ..
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Ballad of Henry Morgan by Peter Hills
The situation appears grim for Henry as he ponders his fate...
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Barmuda Triangle (Meeting with Evils) by Deep Rajvansh
This story is a part of my mystery fiction for teens named 'Krolin Group in Mysteries World'....................
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Bats In The Belfry by Janice Scott
When the tower captain is found hanging in the bell rope, the DCI is called in. But is it murder or suicide?..
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View Photo of Beating Victim Found Read excerpt from Beating Victim Found Beating Victim Found by m j hollingshead
Beating victim is found on little traveled road just outside Arlington, Virginia city limits..
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Best Friends by Sandra Ceren
A young judge is blackmailed. Conflicted with indecision, she seeks support of her best friend. ..
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Betraying Scents by Richelle Putnam
A husband and lover is murdered, but who did it. The wife? The mistress? This story is filled with twists and curves. BETRAYING SCENTS Night’s breath tapped against the window, and though it failed to reach her, shivers froze the blood running in her veins. Wispy clou..
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Beware, The Glass Hangman Part 1 by Joel Young
Once there was a gallows I made from shallow glass And everywhere detectives went I always kicked their ass! The Hangman It was a hard case. The hardest I ever had before I went legit. Legit that is as a friend of the common man. The private h..
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Beware, The Glass Hangman 2 by Joel Young
Yellowstone Beware the glass gallows Blown by hand and ash Sand is made from bones And the blood of English fellows. The Hangman The rhyme wasn't the worst of it. John Michael Collins and his wife Adrian were English professors at Wyoming University. The locals..
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Beware, The Glass Hangman 3 by Joel Young
Once there was a hangman Who always dressed in black Now he sleeps in silence Inprisoned without a sentence. Karl Glass Endings Two weeks later, Mary Jane and I were getting used to our new surroundings in a Pennsylvan..
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Dennis Gelbaum by Dennis Gelbaum
Chapter One..
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Big Money by Jack Getze
A New Jersey stockbroker battles local and imported mobsters, a hit man called The Creeper, and a naked woman with a shotgun...
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Bill's Journal: Crisis!! :( by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Bill Sandusky is worried about some friends who are going through some incredibly hard times...
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View Photo of Blond Bullets Read excerpt from Blond Bullets Blond Bullets by James Marry
Predictably Gritty and a real HOOT! A short ride on a street that most of us have never seen- the other side of NYC. ..
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Blood on the Moon part 1 by Richard Kallao
original..
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Blue Eyes by Birgitte Heuschkel
You never know who -- or what -- you meet on the night train...
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Bold Mount by Lily Alex
For this girl he would go through water and fire; for her he would happily die...
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Boo by Donald Roberts
QJ. Rouge takes a journey into the Devils Den on Halloween...
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Booby Trap by Michael Ault
Generated from a noise in the dark of the night..
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BOTFLIES & PRISON SEX by The Grim Reverend Steven Rage
sneek preview of The Grim One's full-length novel: 'PHARMACIDE'..
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Breaking Laws by D. P. Roseberry
There's a story behind the story here! I was asked to write a short-short story for a contest for one of my day-job associate's business. I rattled this out over a lunch break. The reason I'm putting it here is because I actually won a prize for it! But I can't tell you until the end of the ..
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Bring me the head of Nessie Chapter's 1 & 2 by Hank Salvacion
A visitor out of the blue propositions our hero with a once in a lifetime chance, to prove existence (or not) of some of Cryptozoology's most infamous creatures. ..
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Broken Apart by Richard Kallao
original ..
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Buried Truths A Marishka Tanya Alexei : Chapter Seventeen by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
“Isha are you ready?” Sophia asked, Sophia was going along with me, because she too wanted to see Anna. We were still having a hard time processing the fact that our baby sister was really alive, that she was raising a daughter she had named Mechela. Vania had a half sister, that I knew some..
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Buried Truths Chapter 18: A Marishka Tanya Alexei Mystery Book 3 by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
The rest of the trip was eerily quiet. I could not help but think of the quiet before the storm. I wanted to believe that everything was going to go smoothly that we were going to have the reunion with my sister, and we were going to catch up and somehow we would find a way for Anna to see Vania aga..
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