Mystery & Detective / Short Stories / Original Books / Most Popular

The Ghost, the Girl, and the Gun

by Ted Boone

Casper O'Neal is a private investigator. He's good at his job: his clients respect him, his targets fear him, and nobody particularly likes him. When Casper wakes up in his office with a throbbing headache,...

Free

Download

short story

hardboiled

& 2 tags

The Defective Detective : The Curious Case of the Kilchester Courier

by Adam Maxwell

Chasing a parcel delivered to a neighbour, Clint is sucked into a remarkably civilised but mildly deranged crime scene. There he encounters almost-blackmail, not-actually prostitution, probable-sex scandals,...

Free

Download

dark comedy

short story

& 14 tags

Noir - Case of the Sphinx

by Emmanuel Obi, Jr

The second installment in a short story series featuring Bruce Howard; the lady-killing private investigator. In this case, one of his “bed buddies” comes to him for help when a serial killer has targeted...

Free

Download

Private investigator

noir

& 11 tags

Sangre Falls

by Sandra Madera

Alexis Adeluna has a secret... She is a vampire. While exploring one of her favorite haunts, she finds a body and discovered a gift she never knew she had. She can see the dead. Now, she can't rest until she...

Free

Download

supernatural creatures

supernatural

& 9 tags

Overboard

by Sandra Madera

Brenna Maren just graduated high school and is in desperate need of some fun and relaxation. When a group of her closest friends decide to spend their summer sailing to the Florida Keys, Brenna is all in......

Free

Download

mystery action

mystery thriller

& 12 tags

Seasons Readings

by A Group of Talented Authors

A collection of short stories from talented authors who write in the genres of romance, mystery, thriller and fantasy. -Home for Christmas by Lia Fairchild (Approx. 7,000 words) -Christmas Without You by Mel...

Free

Download

short stories

anthology

& 5 tags

Offerings

by Stewart Felkel

Retired, and recently widowed, FBI agent Tommy McCain moves to a small town in Louisiana in search of a missing friend. What he finds is a community of characters who are sometimes quirky and sometimes sinister....

Free

Download

dark fantasy

novella

& 3 tags

Noir - Case of Bruce Howard

by Emmanuel Obi, Jr

This time Bruce Howard is the target but he won't go down without taking somebody with him. The fourth installment of the Noir series forces Bruce Howard to show a little of his dark side. Previous short stories:...

Free

Download

Private investigator

noir

& 11 tags

Bruce Howard - Gentleman with Brass Knuckles

by Emmanuel Obi, Jr

All ten short stories currently available! If he can’t talk you out of your panties then you probably don’t speak English – and even if you don’t speak English the odds are still in his favor. The charmingly...

Free

Download

Private investigator

noir

& 10 tags

The Glove Letters

by Kurt Ulmer

Letters from the edge as the search for the mysterious glove touches people’s lives in simple ways, in sad moments, at turbulent times, under pitiable circumstances and in ways that will touch your heart and...

Free

Download

Short story with adult themes

occasional coarse language

& 1 tag

The Calm White Brow

by Eille Somersby

When four war-weary people met at Keal Hall, early in 1946, it was to compare notes about an adventure they had unwittingly shared. At dinner one evening, William Ashby and Bertram Lennox-Brock were beguiled...

Free

Download

italy

travel

& 3 tags

The Case Of The Invisible Man

by Ray Daley

An unusal look at the life of Sherlock Holmes through the eyes of Doctor John Watson. It's Holmes, but as you've never seen him portrayed before!

Free

Download

short story

Nursery Crimes - Case 1

by Ray Daley

A sideways look at the real life of nursery rhyme characters, inspired in no small way by Robert Rankin.

Free

Download

alternate reality

reality shifting

& 5 tags

Blood Trust

by Roderick Gladwish

1927: in London's East End something strange is happening in a convent.

Free

Download

nun

horror

& 4 tags

Crime Stories Mother No Law

by Alex Whitfield

Family can be so messed up.

Free

Download

Alex Whitfield

Second Sight

by RoseMary McDaniel a.k.a. Amy Hayle

What is there to see in the old mirror that sits in the 100 year old house that Brooke and her siblings have inherited from their Great Aunt Lydia, and what truths does it reveal? This is Book #8 in the Fruithills...

Free

Download

old house

mysterious mirror

& 1 tag

Nestbusters

by Roderick Gladwish

Winner of the BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition. The war is over, but secrets remain.

Free

Download

sf adventure

alien worlds

& 5 tags

Ameristocracy

by Paul Moxham

When a conspiracy theorist cop stumbles upon the secret society responsible for the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy, he becomes convinced that they now have the newly elected President squarely in their...