Mystery Stories

In the unforgiving deserts of the Wild West, legends are born from gunfire, grit, and the scars left behind. Mika Thorn—petite, charming, and sharper than the sting of desert wind—was once one of the finest headhunters alive. But after a string of brutal encounters with outlaws and a mysterious teacher who trained her through pain and humiliation, Mika’s body bears the marks of every fall, every near-death, every lesson.

A young woman suspects a hypnotherapist of being a serial rapist, and winds up entangled in a mystery that's seemingly unsolvable.

The school called at 4:02pm. A little girl hadn't been picked up. She was asking for me by name. I don't have a daughter. I have never had a daughter. I drove to that school to prove it. I was wrong.

She has been quietly watching people for ages. Listen carefully... and she may share her secrets with you.

An orphan kid - David encounters in unknown past and the family he never knew.

Debbie is already struggling with adolescence, an absent mother and feelings she cannot explain. Then a mysterious presence begins visiting her room after dark, leaving only questions, a lingering perfume and the certainty that something has changed. When her father introduces an unexpected dinner guest, dream and reality suddenly collide.

A story in the Beyond the Wall of Sleep Universe
Part of Gothic Horror Challenge
She's a killer gift.