Mercynarie | mystery | Complete
Living your life on the edge is all fun and games, until the ground shifts before your feet and you wind up dead on the streets with a hole in your head. Informant Jonathan Warner is perfectly content with living his life one exciting night at a time. But when his cop friend asks him for help regarding a dead auctioneer and a missing jewel, he finds himself suddenly dragged into the hidden world of vampires and immortals. What do immortals want from him? Who killed the auctioneer? Why is this jewel so important? And will his life ever be the same again? This is the tale of the Immortal Stonekeeper.
19.86 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:55
VanessaFletcher | mystery | Complete
(COMPLETE STORY) 'One bite and you're gone' - That's what the boutique bakery usually boasts about its invisibility cakes but this batch has a deadly secret ingredient - so one bite really does mean you're gone...Who would want to kill the young girl no one seems to know outside Valencia Veemer's bakery - 'Spellbinding Treats'?Who is the scruffy man who they see hanging around - but who disappears just as quick?Who was the girl?Why are they trying to frame Valencia for the murder?And who has stolen her fairies? To make matters worse, no one in Spellica trusts half-witches like Valencia, it only makes their suspicions deepen.Can she and her best friend Talbot Acres discover who the murderer is, or will Valencia lose her business - and her life, trying?
8.01 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:57
L. A. Sirius | mystery | Complete
Five child prodigies are invited to an elusive tech CEO's private island. Surrounded by enigmatic geniuses, Daniel is forced to face his past through everlasting, haunting, memories. Unravel the mysteries of the island along with the characters inside, but try not to get killed. How does one move on? Must you forget about your past to truly overcome it? If this is going to be the future, why live in the present? Complete
22.76 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:58
In the depths of an abyss, a young man awakens to a world of strange images and inky blackness, his memories lost to amnesia. With hope gone, he finally succumbs to his solitary new life when, out of the blue, a voice calls to him. "Hollis!" With hope ignited, he finds himself venturing into the unknown, though regret is never far behind. Through this, he encounters a mysterious young man who sets forth a series of events that force Hollis to question everything; even his own state of being.
29.12 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:59
New Adult | Dystopia | Speculative | Slipstream | Science Fiction Kyla has finally broken into the Worker class of Skycross. But when she is cast aside by society and witnesses the plight of the Abandoned, she must make a choice between her own future, and the wellbeing of thousands, before she loses her grip on reality. Author's Note: Serial Novel, new parts to release every Wednesday -- I'm writing this as I post, so I'd love to hear your feedback and thoughts on where the story might lead! I have a vague plan in mind but I'm excited to try out this process of posting as I go :)
42.76 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:43
Jay Campbell | mystery | Complete
Prologue to Deep Mettle Ten years before the story of Florian Flint, night falls over the isolated monastery of Valeun. It ushers in a darker shadow, stretching out across Naemia. And as a nation's legend rests here, body broken, voices whisper of coming doom.
0.57 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:37
Jay Campbell | mystery | Complete
Epilogue to Deep Mettle Ten years before the story of Florian Flint . . . On the edge of the Rivan Gulf stands Fallstone Bastion, home of the Celestri. In the wake of Naemia's fall, its doors will close to the world forever. Below the bluffs, the harbour is silent but for two tall figures walking the grey stone.
0.56 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:37
OnionByLuck | mystery | Complete
Someone sent a distress call from the North Point station. The rescue team is on the way, battling its way through the snowstorm. What happened? Will they make it in time? What awaits them?
3.07 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:37
AJ_Agreste | mystery | On going
With her mom constantly out of the house and no one to talk to at school, 15-year-old Mona has no trouble rushing into the forest when it mysteriously calls out her name. When Mona is pulled into another world, she is greeted by a red-haired boy named Peter, who insists on spending time with her. But whenever Mona thinks about home, Peter tries to distract her with fun and games. Will Mona gain newfound comfort, or will this dreamscape turn into a nightmare?
3.02 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:11
When Brian inherited his grandfather's house, he expected to do a lot of work to fix it up. What he didn't expect, though, is that his grandfather's house was once a brothel, and the women who lived there are still around. When they start to show themselves, Brian must find some way to deal with these ghosts and their history with his house.
28.27 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:24
Kit Crane | mystery | Complete
It begins with a number of werewolves found dead, their blood drained. For Riley Averline, a Centurion with the Order, the immediate suspect is avampire. When the three vampire covens of Boston proclaim their innocence, however, it forces Riley to look deeper. Into the case, and into himself. Enter the world of the Order of Cerberus, one filled with magic and the supernatural, but also the very human concepts of loss, grief, and what we are willing to do in order to heal from tragedy.
32.81 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:22
The value in our encounters, the ones around us and the foundation for our dreams.Matsumoto Isamu, a high school junior, is obsessed with his ambition to be remembered. To become someone great or doing something of significant impact. With strengths that he can't use properly and weaknesses that bind him, he lives his life constantly in doubt. He has also been troubled due to a mysterious silhouette appearing in the park near his home at times.What will happen when he unravels the silhouette's identity?Told mostly through dialogue and comedy, this is a story of a group of individuals, each on their own journey, and how much they influence each other without realizing it.Do humans really resonate? Or is it just fiction?
14.17 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 13:26
MrHatman26 | mystery | Complete
As the world ends, a group of soldiers make their way to the last human facility. Their last mission is to deliver a code for the last flower; the last hope.
0.47 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:41
Goreman the Gormless | mystery | Complete
The strange record of a cult that worshipped honey and the mysterious death of their leader
0.64 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:41
SinceBecomesWhy | mystery | Complete
In the near future a news reporter uncovers an interplanetary story he hopes will mark a high point in his career.
1.40 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:41
Gryphon10 | mystery | Complete
A short story about someone climbing a mountain that no one has ever successfuly climbed. He will have to overcome obstacles and come to the truth of why the mountain has never been successfully climbed.
2.18 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:41
Radiant Summer moon (TravisW) | mystery | Complete
A civilization on a planet starts to discover it's past Loriane gray head archeologist leading a team of researchers some hired guns and AI to study ancient ruins of a lost civilizations past.
13.86 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:40
A couple passes the time in their living room, sitting on a couch together at night.After a totally normal day, on an ordinary, stormy evening...However, everything might not be as it seems. A very short story inspired by the song "Sanon Sinulle", by the Finnish band "Disco".
0.66 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:41
The Red desert. It was their home now. There was not many of them left. There would be even less in a month from now. Especially if they did not manage to chase down the thief. With lives hanging on a thread Noah and three others have no choice but to head out in the desert. Based on a dream I had. - Klingeris
2.70 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:41
ArcaneSaga | mystery | Complete
Steel Sky is a nation with a large population. And this brings problems in case you happen to confuse a professional private detective with a total amature. Anton Stock got hired to find a missing robot in this massive city. Not knowing that things are going to get out of hand as he gets way over his head!
2.06 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:41
