Sci Mystery Novels & Stories

I asked myself, my brows furrowing as I drifted back into thought, wondering why they really had to hide in the darkness to do whatever they had to do. As my thoughts stretched on, it dawned on me that they were actually whispering among themselves, and my brows twitched immediately. "Something is not right," I stated, realizing that I was only able to hear them because it was part of my gift, which was why I heard them whispering as though they were speaking loudly. Not to mention the nudge I had felt in my heart. I felt as though the moon goddess kept drawing my attention back to them, trying to convey something to me, and I didn't need anyone to tell me that something was wrong somewhere.

Conversations among mystics and scholars centered around the significance of the Astral Cipher, a key to unlocking the deepest cosmic truths hidden within the enigmatic realm. Aurelius, armed with newfound knowledge, engaged in conversations with Cassiopeia, who revealed herself as the guardian of the Astral Cipher. The Chronicle Prism projected images of cosmic gateways converging, forming a celestial sigil that pointed to the location of the Astral Cipher at the nexus of the realm's cosmic mysteries.

out of everything why mushrooms? "Well hello there Alpha Jackson...." One of the rogues stated. I knew that voice...where did I know it from? "Oh great...." I muttered as the rogue laughed maniacally in front of me. I definitely knew this guy. But why had he come now?

Ophelia is calm, Ellon is aggressive, and Monais timid: they are grouped to work on their weak points and stabilize their strong points. ”We can’t always expect things to be straight and open; if that criminal were straight, then he would have already been caught when he was murdered for the first time. And the police wouldn’t take so much time and let another nine murders happen; if they can find the clue at first, then there is no need for nine other girls to die; this case may be tricky. But at least we can fight hard and try to get justice for all the girls if we can; this is our main priority also, so let’s move on and work on our best to fight hard” Ophelia knows that this case is a li

That’s what saved you from ending up like those other poor guys. I just grinned and tapped my nose. Sitting alone at the kitchen table, I popped open a pack of ramen and flicked on the TV. "Today, our city was rocked by a spree of break-ins and murders, all targeting rich single men. The cops cracked the case wide open, rounding up a whole gang of suspects.” As I listened to the news anchor's report, I could not help but think there was some truth to the saying that after the storm is when the flowers bloomed.

We made it back to base about halfway through the day. Drake had mysteriously vanished in the middle of the night, leaving us by ourselves. We thought it was fishy at first. But then after all it was better than being peppered by questions. I don't know why he was so interested, or anyone for that matter. We kept our heads low and did as we where asked. I suppose its the mystery that's so appealing. What wasn't appealing was the truth behind our secrecy. The less that people knew, meant the less chance people tried to become our friends.

It would be 12 AM soon and the deed need to be done before 11:59 PM. "Have a nice sleep." She said with a malicious smirk as she disappeared. She walked away from the backyard and put her cloak over her head as she moved towards the pack borders. "Who is there?" One of the pack patrols yelled and she hurriedly ran and crossed the log of wood that indicated the end of the pack. She looked back and smiled victoriously. "Wait for me." She thought with a giggle before stomping away in the dark night. * * * Lyra sat up instantly. Something pricked in her mind and she could not sleep. She does not know why. She sniffed in the air and this pungent smell made her wrinkle her nose. "Whose scent is th

“There are things that you should not dig any further, detective Mingyu. For example, coming here on your own. If you want to stay alive, you should stop asking these things.” Mingyu suddenly felt his head swam. He pressed his temples, as he experience sever headache. He was confused why he suddenly felt sick when he was feeling okay before. With eyes that starting to lose their focus, Mingyu stared at the old woman. Then he noticed the weird smell around the store. The scent is sweet and spicy that brought to mind lilacs, garlic, horseradish, onion and mustard. He traced where the strong scent came from and then found the incense near him. The white smoke reached him, and it was too late fo

I suddenly remembered Elle’s words back in the car. “The moonstone is rare because it only blooms occasionally under the moonlight for a short while. It will return to the ground and never be seen again. Perhaps till another moonlight but that could take months or years in fact.” My eyes widened in horror as I watched it sink into the altar gradually. This was my chance to get the final ingredient to cure my curse! But then, Elle was already freezing, her skin was gradually becoming that of a statue. Who was I going to choose?!

My hands started shivering as I looked around. There was something going on in here, something I had no idea about; something cruel, something bad. “Aaaaaaaaaaaa! Anshuman, pleaseeee leave me!” another scarem made me shiver; Ansh? My Ansh? My Ansh was where these—these screams were coming from? Taking deep breaths, I forced my legs to move in the direction of the screams. They just got louder and louder. “What do you think, bastard? Can you steal from us? What you stole is worth millions, even selling your organs would not help!” Ansh’s voice. That was Anshuman’s voice.