Write a story that involves a mystery — it doesn't need to be crime-related, it should just include something that remains unexplained until the end.

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“Oblivion” by Juliet Martin

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“Where on Earth did you get a plane from?” Dad asked with alarm. A moment before, he had called on the Good Lord to explain what he saw before him. They were in a large, stark, wood-and-concrete hangar on a disused airfield. Tom stood there beside a plane.Actually, it was more of a plane-in-progress. Mum and Dad came to realise this as their initial shock wore off a little. When you got a side-view of it, you couldn’t help but notice that it had no seats and that where there should be a control panel, there was nothing but a view into the ho...

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“WHAT!!!” by Mry M

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She does not know whether to laugh or cry when she hears him say, ''I love you. May you please be my girlfriend?" so she jails her feelings inside her which results in a tear escaping her eyes and landing on the ground. She can't offer any other answer except, "YES I WILL.'' Getrude's cheeks turn pink with happiness and amazement. She sits there on that rock and suddenly feels his warm soft hands hugging her. And in her mind she asks, ''Why did you not say this all this while?'' They look at each other and an amazed face turns into a smile a...

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“Phenomenally Changing Man ” by Riyad Ghabashi

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Maximizing the simple is igniting the complexity, it’s minimizing the simplest approach to absorb the unbearable. When we believe in something, it becomes the string that connects people and gathers them around a perfectly balanced life. These were the thoughts Hassan was having, when he suddenly started to cling to his pillow, and started to drop tears. He felt suffocated, he barely could breathe. Hassan leaped out of his bed and checked his phone, it was Half past two in the morning, he thought it was a perfect time, “it’s either now or ne...

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“The circle of death” by Harley Quinn

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Chapter 1 : los Angeles There was a girl named Isabelle she lived with her two sisters Sofia, Emma and her mother Amelia. Then ko One day Emma, Sofia and Isabelle moved to los Angeles from London with their mother. Emma was very nervous. Isabelle asked her ‘hey Emma why are you looking so nervous?’ Emma said ‘oh issie I am nervous about los Angeles. There will be a new school new friends new malls new….you get the idea right?’ ‘ ya ya. How about you sof? Are you nervous?’ said Isabelle. ‘nah I’m not. I’m exited to go to LA!’ said S...

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“A cookie full of secrets” by Smera P

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You have known her since you were only three, her hair smells like the fresh blue sea. Her eyes are a mix of brown and green, While her hair is the colour of a cocoa bean. There might be a knife stopping her breath, because she saw something that causes death. You only have 12 hours to spare, So go save her if you know where. It felt like the world crashed down on me as I realized who the fortune cookie was talking about. My sister. Lyra Smith. My stomach dropped and I felt empty even though I just ate. Why her? She saw ...

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“THE MISSING LAKE” by Rifa Cc

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She walking back up into the woods after across the lake. She standing right there, staring at the lake, and said ‘thakyou for brought me back into my past’ and then she return slowly to her home. “Holly, bring me that honey, please!” her mom call “i’m coming” Jane and her child are famous as a herbal medicine and candy maker in their smalling village, who didn’t have a hectic activities, and doesn’t have a lot of populations. They didn’t knows their leaders or the government who will protect and guarantee the safety of their people. Al...

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“The Necklace” by Karen McDermott

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“That’s it? That’s all I get?” “I’m afraid so, Mrs Daniels.” Ian Wilkes of Wilkes Atkinson Johnson Solicitors twisted the piece of paper on his desk so it faced his distraught client. He tapped the offending paragraph with his pen. He folded his hands on his ample stomach (of which he was rather proud; many expensive meals had gone towards building that mound). He leaned back slightly, as though that would afford his ears some protection from the howling peroxide spectacle in front of him. “But…but that’s not fair!” The woman Ian had...

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“In Circles” by Joshua G. J. Insole

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I just woke up in this place, and I don’t know how I got here. I’m not alone, but I don’t know any of the people that are with me. We’re all dressed rather formally, so perhaps there was a party or a ceremony of some sort?The thing that really puzzles me is why we’re all covered in dirt.And why we’re just walking around the same plot of land, over and over, going round in circles, going over our old footsteps, over and over. I’m just following those in front, and I have the sneaking suspicion that the ones behind are just following me. But w...

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“Devil Take the Hindmost” by Charles Stucker

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Author's note- this is written around a novel about Red Ronin. I have posted five, one for each prompt, as an ambitious attempt to support the big anniversary of Reedsy. They all follow separate characters, but I recommend reading "Devil Take the Hindmost" last because it has the largest cast, several of whom are introduced earlier. . Devil Take the HindmostYou're waiting to see Kentaro. He's so handsome and everything. Everyone talks about how he's polite to everyone, but you can tell it's different with you. You are the Golden Hind and a m...

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“The Flamingo Legs” by Sreedevi Mahapatra

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“Clink clank “, the sound of the metallic shovel hitting the mounds of coal was the familiar sound with which Kabir grew up. After his father, who died of his excess love for spirits, Kabir took up this job of loading coal in the train carriages. The job provided him both money, and shelter in the railway yard. Kabir took up the work when he was barely eleven and never realized how eight years passed. A young man now, strong muscular body and dark skin almost camouflaged in the backdrop of heaps of coal everywhere. Only, once a mont...

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“The Coral Island!” by P. Jean

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(Write a story that remains a mystery until the end)He lays flat on his back, his arms outstretched, his body in total relaxation. His hunger is waking from a deep sleep. In his mind he can picture his surroundings, the sand, the shells and beautiful things he has scavenged from the sea. He feels the sea breeze and hears the sea birds calling as they wheel overhead. He must get up soon. He knows soon he will again be in the depth of the coral reef with the colors and shapes so beautiful....

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“In a Dark Moor with the Beast of Bodmin” by John Steckley

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In a Dark Moor with the Beast of Bodmin I am in the midst of a misty moor. It is the kind of place that fills my mind with scary images, of Dartmoor, with huge ghostly dogs like the Hound of the Baskervilles and of escaped prisoners hiding, ready to pounce on unsuspecting travellers. And this is Bodmin Moor, where, in a Daphne Du Maurier classic, Jamaica Inn, a fanatical fictional gang-leader named Joss Merlyn led a mad, drunken band of wreckers. In the book and in my mind they lured ship’s captains to founder their vessels...

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“The Disappearance of Ethan Stein” by Ethernia Thiadi

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It had been three days since a boy was reported to be missing. He was last seen by his mother in his room, tinkering away with makeshift inventions for a school project, on the night of June 23rd. His mother, who filed the report, claimed to have heard him still clanging away in his room as she fell asleep. Upon investigation of the room, which was requested not to be disturbed any more than it had been when the boy's mother turned the room upside down in a frenzy. There were no indications found as to where he could hav...

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“Unknown Encounter” by Priyanka Thapa

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I woke up by a sudden sound coming from the other room. It’s our parents’ room. It sounded like someone is trying to open a cupboard (metal cupboard ) but only on a aggressive manner.Our parents are away from town for two months now. Me and my sister (younger) are only at home. WAIT!!!!!!!! Is that a thief?????? No WAY!!!!!! “me being a light sleeper” I would have heard someone trying to break and enter the room since the main door was locked and even the gate, I’ve locked mys...

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“The woman on the hill...” by Qazi Zufar Jamal

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A cold breeze coupled with mesmerising fragrance of mountains was the key setting as I descended towards a hut on a mountaintop, approximately 4 kms away from the beautiful town of mcleodganj in himanchal. The hut was was actually a sort of shop serving warm tea and ever so yummy Maggi. As I started my journey yesterday through Dharamshala, I saw an old beggar must be in his 90s, was lying on the side of the road and the police and medical officers confirmed him dead. He was then taken for cremation. So the setting now is much mo...

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Write a story that involves a mystery — it doesn't need to be crime-related, it should just include something that remains unexplained until the end.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 206 stories

“Oblivion” by Juliet Martin

“WHAT!!!” by Mry M

“Phenomenally Changing Man ” by Riyad Ghabashi

“The circle of death” by Harley Quinn

“A cookie full of secrets” by Smera P

“THE MISSING LAKE” by Rifa Cc

“The Necklace” by Karen McDermott

“In Circles” by Joshua G. J. Insole

“Devil Take the Hindmost” by Charles Stucker

“The Flamingo Legs” by Sreedevi Mahapatra

“The Coral Island!” by P. Jean

“In a Dark Moor with the Beast of Bodmin” by John Steckley

“The Disappearance of Ethan Stein” by Ethernia Thiadi

“Unknown Encounter” by Priyanka Thapa

“The woman on the hill...” by Qazi Zufar Jamal

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Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

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Write about someone who returns as an adult to a place they last visited as a child.

Write a story about someone who's haunted by their past.

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