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2026 Spring Short Stories

Spring Mystery Short Stories - Page 3

Read a collection of Mystery short stories and flash fiction pieces from the Spring Short Stories project. (Page 3)

Spring Mystery Short Stories - Page 3

9 Titles
The Cardboard Map

The Cardboard Map

by Leaf Richards

Javi finds a hidden map on a discarded protest sign, leading him into a corporate conspiracy to destroy his park.

Coming-of-Age Read →
The Copper Key Box

The Copper Key Box

by Jamie F. Bell

Simon digs for corruption under a cherry tree but finds a box of addresses that leads to something worse.

Literary Fiction Read →
The Glass Robin

The Glass Robin

by Leaf Richards

A detective destroys a child's inhaler to keep the spring festival looking perfect in a city called Neon-Eden.

Literary Fiction Read →
The Glazed Surface

The Glazed Surface

by Jamie F. Bell

Eli carves into the Easter ham, only to find his neural interface drowning in a flood of malicious code.

Speculative Fiction Read →
The Green Glass Eye

The Green Glass Eye

by Tony Eetak

Leo digs in the cold spring mud while his friend Blue watches from a swing that never moves.

Thriller Read →
The Hive Mind Lullaby

The Hive Mind Lullaby

by Eva Suluk

The neighborhood was quiet. No chaotic dream dumps, no static. Just a monolithic, suffocating gray wall.

Speculative Fiction Read →
The Locked Greenhouse

The Locked Greenhouse

by Eva Suluk

Andy wiped his nose, cursing the spring pollen, completely unaware the empty dirt held a murdered telepath's scream.

Speculative Fiction Read →
The North End Fridge

The North End Fridge

by Eva Suluk

Oliver finds a brick of drugs in a frozen food donation while a neighborhood kid films it for TikTok.

Coming-of-Age Read →
The Perimeter Fence

The Perimeter Fence

by Eva Suluk

A boy on a high wall spots a shadow in the mist where the world is supposed to end.

Dystopian Read →

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