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2026 Spring Short Stories

Spring Mystery Short Stories

Read a collection of Mystery short stories and flash fiction pieces from the Spring Short Stories project.

Spring Mystery Short Stories

9 Titles
A Pivot To The Grave

A Pivot To The Grave

by Eva Suluk

The glass walls showed the numbers. The numbers meant the end. There was nowhere left to run.

Motivational Read →
Black Slush

Black Slush

by Leaf Richards

My battery hit one percent, forcing me out of my digital coma and into the rotting community centre.

Coming-of-Age Read →
Blueberry Patch Blood

Blueberry Patch Blood

by Jamie F. Bell

Miller finds a scrap of flannel caught on a jack pine while Elissa explains why wild things stay wild.

Literary Fiction Read →
Bowl of Olives

Bowl of Olives

by Eva Suluk

A celebratory spring toast turns lethal when Silas realizes his business partner has gambled their entire firm away.

Psychological Read →
Cold Tub Therapy

Cold Tub Therapy

by Tony Eetak

Ole discovers a hidden server partition that holds the life he forgot while erasing others for a living.

Psychological Read →
Copper Wire Static

Copper Wire Static

by Jamie F. Bell

Jeff traces a ghost signal in a crumbling building while his digital life is deleted in real time.

Science Fiction Read →
Cracked Burner Phone

Cracked Burner Phone

by Jamie F. Bell

Stacey stood in the freezing slush, waiting for the brother of the missing girl to cross the abandoned playground.

Coming-of-Age Read →
Cracked Car Windshield

Cracked Car Windshield

by Tony Eetak

Lucy treks across ten feet of April snow to find Shawn's car, discovering only glowing lichen and mystery.

Romance Read →
Dead Pixel Ghost

Dead Pixel Ghost

by Jamie F. Bell

Detective Lane investigates a murder where the cameras see nothing, relying on his failing eyes and a shard.

Speculative Fiction Read →

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