Mystery Stories
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The Blackwood Cargo
Author:Stella Carter
Veteran trucker Jack Renner thought he knew the loneliness of the road, but his latest haul carries a chilling secret. A cryptic warning, whispers in his cab, and a glimpse of something impossible in his trailer thrust him into a nightmare of splintered wood and ancient horrors. When the creatures in his cargo break free, Jack discovers the crash was no accident—it was a delivery. Now, hunted by monsters and a shadowy organization, he must unravel the conspiracy behind the Blackwood Cargo before the whispers in his own mind consume him.
The Stone That Crawls
Author:Merrick Thorne
Liam thought it was just an old curio, a stone scarab found in a derelict house. But the stone is hungry. It teleports into his hand, no matter how he tries to discard it. Now, pieces of it are appearing from inside his own body. As he coughs up its jagged legs and feels it gestating within him, Liam must unravel the mystery of the previous owner's disappearance before he is consumed from the inside out by the stone that crawls.
The Keeper of the Deepwood
Author:Maeve Shadowen
A girl raised on bizarre rituals discovers her life is a lie. Her home is not a sanctuary, but the stomach of a sentient, hungry forest. When her grandmother falls, a single broken rule unleashes a nightmare, revealing that the strange superstitions were the only things keeping them off the menu. Now, she must unravel her family's dark pact with the woods before it decides to feast.
The Hollow Brood
Author:Vance Eidolon
My best friends saved me from the brink, pulling me from a deep depression with a night of poker and beer. But when I found a rotting corpse stuffed under my friend's bathroom sink, I thought I was trapped with a killer. The truth was so much worse. The body was his. The man I called my friend was just an echo. And the most terrifying part? The monster staring back at me from the mirror... was me.
The Lazarus Echo
Author:Janice Ramirez
To resurrect his dead son, a grieving father turns to a shadowy clinic that promises miracles. He gets his boy back, a perfect copy. But five years later, a DNA test reveals a horrifying truth: the child isn't his. He's a clone of the son his wife had from a secret assault. Now, with the boy's true mother hunting them and the child beginning to change in monstrous ways, he must confront the fact that what the clinic brought back wasn't just his son... it was something else entirely.
The Can Man of Elderwood Manor
Author:Juan Davis
A drunken dare sends four college students to an abandoned mansion, a place from Leo's half-forgotten childhood. He remembers a creepy but harmless squatter who built nests from trash and empty bean cans. But the truth buried in his memory is far more monstrous. The thing in the house remembers him, and after a night of terror, it follows him back. Now, the scent of rot and moldy beans clings to him, a promise of the slow, creeping horror that has been waiting decades to finish what it started.
The Eighth Day's Hunger
Author:Bernice Morris
When Howard moves to the sleepy town of Forsyth, he finds a new best friend and a church with a monstrous secret. The locals believe God created behemoths on the eighth day, but as his classmates start to vanish, Howard learns that the town's god is always hungry. He came for a fresh start, but soon finds himself caught in a decades-old tradition of sacrifice, where the only way out is to become the next offering.
The Stillness Protocol
Author:Vicki Neal
They promised a digital detox, a return to inner peace. At the exclusive 'Aethel' retreat, overworked tech CEO Elara Vance sought refuge from her chaotic life. But the silent guests, the smiling, ageless guides, and the nightly whispers in her locked room hinted at a darker purpose. Now she's back, with a fresh scar she can't explain and a terrifying gap in her memory. The 'stillness' they gave her wasn't peace—it was an empty space. And something else is starting to fill it.
The Rabbit's Debt
Author:Morgan Crypt
My obsession began with a pair of shoes, black sneakers with little white rabbits on the heels. I got the first pair for a kiss, and the owner was never seen again. Years later, I see them again on a stranger in a club, a figure they call Rabbit. To get close, I'll follow them into the city's hidden underbelly, a world of secret raves governed by impossible rules and brutal games. But in this world, every truth has a price paid in flesh and blood, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm the hunter... or the hunted.
The Caller in the Static
Author:Lloyd Pierce
For Liam, it was just a tacky old phone, a relic from his grandmother's demolished house. An orange plastic eyesore nailed to the kitchen wall, completely unplugged. But then it started ringing. At first, it was a strange family joke. Then Liam answered, and he heard the whispers—faint, childlike murmurs no one else could hear. Now, the calls are becoming more frequent, the whispers more insistent, and the voice on the other end knows his name. The thing that haunted his childhood home has followed him, and it's using this dead line to reach out and drag him back into the darkness.
The Lantern Road Toll
Author:Julian Thorne
Jake's cross-country drive with his girlfriend becomes a descent into a personal hell when they pick up a mysterious hitchhiker. This passenger knows Jake's darkest secret—the one about his brother, Noah. Now, on a road that doesn't exist on any map, under the light of impossible lanterns, Jake must pay the toll for his past. And the price is a reunion he won't survive.
The Echoing Stall
Author:Silas Murmur
A quick trip to the cinema restroom turns into a descent into madness. Trapped in an infinite labyrinth of sterile white tiles, Alex must survive on what crawls in the dark. But this prison has rules, and its only other occupant is a chilling echo of his own future. To escape, he must become the very monster that trapped him, caught in a cycle of horror where the only way out is to begin again.