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All Mystery/Suspense Short Stories

25 Most Recent Mystery/Suspense Short Stories

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Chapter One by Bob Liter
A mystery novel with a lot of sexy stuff...
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Chicago Dawn by Linda Mickey
Things are rarely the way we assume they are. All Heather's solid beliefs about who killed her husband are wrong, as she tragically discovers...
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Chicken Legs at the Dollar Tree!!! by Beverly Mahone
I got more than I bargained for at the discount store. ..
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Child Soldier by Leopoldo Barge Álvarez
Memories of a child soldier...
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Childhood Shadows by Diane Hundertmark
This is the fictional account of an actual incident I witnessed as a child. Some names have been omitted and others changed. Oh, and I have embellished a bit. This is my first attempt at suspense in who knows how many years...
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Chinese Checkers by Richard Kallao
original..
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Chinese Checkers 4-The Key by Richard Kallao
original..
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Chinese Checkers ll: Spotted Checkers by Richard Kallao
original..
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Chinese Checkers,part lll by Richard Kallao
original..
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Chopped Wood Clean Stove by Evelyn Schulle
True as told by grandparents..
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Christmas in Killarney by Susan Furlong
Maureen is facing the prospect of a depressing Christmas after her husband Bob loses his job and she's forced to clean hotel rooms. When Bob's former boss is murdered, she thinks there's a chance that the couple's luck has changed. Unfortunately, for Maureen, her luck just got a lot worse..
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Claire's French Recipe by ShyPoet 1
As her majestic ship reached a crowded New Orleans dock, a sacred peace awakened her long suffering senses.  The fragrance of post-Civil War New Orleans was unbelievably spicy and the spirit of the city was incredible.  Claire knew she had found her new home.  For so very long, Claire had ..
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Clairvoyance by Franz Kessler
Some call it superstitions, others call it reality... 12 July 2004. It was the overwhelming theme of the day. It haunted the local press on the island for several days. A helicopter, on a commercial flight over remote jungle areas of the island of Borneo, disappeared from the radar screen d..
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Comeuppance by Linda Posey
Published 2005 in the "TechnoNoir" anthology. ..
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Compute This by Alan Cook
Return with us now to those days of big computers in icy rooms with raised floors. But wait--something is terribly wrong.....
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Cracked by Richard Kallao
original what happens when you become to depended on drugs ? never find out...
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Cranberry Sauce!! by Cody SEA
ladies and gentlemen, for your entertainment, the best d.mn short story about cranberry sauce -ever-..
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Creating Franklin by Tony Eldridge
What happens when an author's character comes to life?..
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Crocodile Rock by Richard Kallao
original ..
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Cry Of The Workers by Paul Mc Cann
Having special gifts and abilities are the little miracles that offan make the world a better place ..
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Curse of Nilofer by Rekha Ambardar
Long mystery. An archeologist finds the sarcophagus of a long-dead Egyptian queen, but does anticipate the destruction that is to follow...
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Curse of the Missing Sandals and the Old Oak Tree by John Coppolella
Curiously things disappear. Odd socks, Georg Mateos and other lost things explained...
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Cut by Starr Gardinier
AWARD WINNING short story. ..
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Danielle and Grand Mere Ghost Hunting by Raven Newcastle
Here is a short story featuring our heroine, Danielle Labouleaux and her grandmere. Enjoy!..
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Danielle Labouleaux at 16 by Raven Newcastle
Here's something fun! Just to get an idea of why she is the way she is, here's a short story featuring the heroine of our book, The Bodyhunters at the tender age of sixteen. Enjoy!..
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Danielle Labouleaux meets Aiden Stone by Raven Newcastle
Excerpt from The Body Hunters. Danielle Labouleaux heroine of The Body Hunters meets Aiden Stone for the first time...
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Danielle Labouleaux's Fight by Raven Newcastle
This is an excerpt from our novel, The Body Hunters. Danielle Labouleaux is begrudgingly having dinner with her fiance's co-workers and their wives. Needless to say, things don't go as planned...
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Danielle's Mardi Gras by Raven Newcastle
Danielle is a psychic teen with a major attitude. Another backstory to the adult heroine of the Body Hunters...
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Dark and Stormy by Mark Low
A man drinks alone on a stormy evening on a island in the Caribbean whilst a storm brews around him..
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Darkness Three by Odin odin@aflx.com
This is a short story lift from my published novel 3 WAY MIRROR. It is a pivotal part of the story, circa the '80s, and the introduction of two characters, Max and Julian who serve as central catalysts for the protagonist, Charlie, an amnesiac victim searching to find the lost time of his memor..
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DARKNESS THREE by Odin odin@aflx.com
This is a short story lift from my published novel 3 WAY MIRROR. It is a pivotal part of the story, circa the '80s, and the introduction of two characters, Max and Julian who serve as central catalysts for the protagonist, Charlie, an amnesiac victim, who searches to find the lost sect..
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Daylight by Kathleen Clauson
A tenured homicide detective from Chicago finds an unexpected clue at a bakery. ..
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Dead Giveaway by Susan Furlong
Upon returning for her father's funeral, Julie finds that not much has changed in her hometown-including her evil stepmother, Rose. Suspicious of the circumstances surrounding her father's death, Julie embarks on her own investigation. She soon finds herself entangled in a mystery with a million d..
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Deadly Keys by Janice Scott
Who killed Robert Frobisher and his step-daughter Chelsea, and why?..
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Deadman's Cave by Eric Barkley
After high school students find a dead body under a bridge, their lives are turned upside down and spun into a world of conspiracy and mysterious deaths...
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Dear Diary (Part 1) by Sarah Tagert
Susie Jackson starts writing a journal since arriving at her new home which is not at all what she or her sister expected!..
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Dear Diary (Part 4) by Sarah Tagert
Susie Jackson once again picks up her diary to write of yet another stunning turn of events!..
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Dear Diary (part 5) by Sarah Tagert
I don't think we are going to have a miracle. No one is going to find us. For some reason, I feel like this is all my fault. Maybe if I had been a better daugther, Mama would not have felt like she could no longer care for us. ..
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Dear Diary (Part 6) by Sarah Tagert
I keep praying SOMEONE will press the issue of checking on us in our new home but I really don't see this happening. I am beginning to think no one cared in the first place..
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Dear Diary(Part 2) Story 100!!!! by Sarah Tagert
Susie Jackson writes another entry into her journal, detailing the events of the past few days since she last wrote...
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Dear Diary(part 3) by Sarah Tagert
Susie Jackson writes in your diary after receiving a letter from a friend..
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Dear Louie (a distraught mother reaches out for help) by Sarah Tagert
Audrey Jackson writes to her friend in Tennessee, desperate for advice...
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Dear Louie (a heart broken mother writes) by Sarah Tagert
Audrey Jackson writes with a stunning decision!..
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Dear Louie (Audrey Jackson writes again) by Sarah Tagert
Audrey Jackson writes to her friend in Tennessee..
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Dear Louisa by Sarah Tagert
Deb Alexander writes to Louisa upon hearing of the safe arrival of Audrey Jackson's girls to California..
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Dear Louisa (Deb writing again) by Sarah Tagert
I only wish I had known of the situation sooner but it seems he did an excellent job of totally isolating the family from the world around them...
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Dear Louisa (Deborah Writes) by Sarah Tagert
What Audrey needs right now the most is someone who can come and take care of her and the children while she recouperates. Would you be able to make such arragements? ..
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Dear Mrs Sandusky (Deb writes) by Sarah Tagert
Social worker Debroah Alexander writes to Lousiana Sandusky after recieving her heart felt letter..
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Dear Ms. Sandusky by Sarah Tagert
Susie Jackson writes to her mother's friend in Tennessee..
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Dear Sisters by Sarah Tagert
Susie Jackson writes to her sister who are far away from her in Californina, from her hospital bed...
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