Cryptic Stories

350 Stories

The Pit Beneath the Ashes by LindaTaanning
The Pit Beneath the Ashesby LindaTaanning
When archaeologists uncover a mass grave in the ruins of a forgotten village, they awaken an ancient, buried horror marked by ritual and violence. As the bones whisper a...
Randal x Reader by Angelicadihhehf
Randal x Readerby
Getting kidnapped and taken to a human adoption center was not fun, although it seemed to get worse when you were adopted by a strange man before blacking out. Now, you...
The Whisper in the Teeth by LindaTaanning
The Whisper in the Teethby LindaTaanning
A perfectly preserved mummy is unearthed beneath a salt flat - skin tightly drawn, mouth wide in a silent scream, revealing unnaturally white, pristine teeth. Though sea...
The Watcher Below by LindaTaanning
The Watcher Belowby LindaTaanning
Archaeologists uncover a buried chamber with a seated skeleton watching over another body. After disturbing the site, nightmares plague the team, one dies mysteriously...
The Sewers Below  by Jubran120
The Sewers Below by Jubran
Who opens it... never returns the same." After finding a cryptic message outside his school, 14-year-old Clark descends into the city's abandoned sewer system-where...
Stellar Engine by MarleyPiccone
Stellar Engineby Marley Piccone
In the breathtaking realm of Grandevol, where evolution has brought humanity to the cusp of immortality, Obby, a young native, joined by friends, co-opted invaders, and...
SIGNAL LOST, SOUL FOUND (Ongoing) by hwnryz_
SIGNAL LOST, SOUL FOUND (Ongoing)by hwnryz_
Local Blackstone High girl, Chloe Haelan, gets to be friends with the rich queens of their school, where she discovers gossip, scandals and how's life being upper-classe...
A dream by Spurred_Ash
A dreamby The One Time Sailor
A very short story of a person exploring a recurring dream. It is written in the style of a journal as they desperately scribble onto the paper what they remember before...
JJK || Eyes That Don't Know Me by boringstoriesss
JJK || Eyes That Don't Know Meby boringstoriesss
It took less than five hours to turn Itadori Yuuji's life upside down. The last thing he remembered was sitting down on a staircase in- what city was he in? how long had...
LOCKED IN by TonyMontana3891
LOCKED INby Curious Jamal
(This is fanmade lore for the Locked in Alien meme made by @breachextract on TikTok.) An unknown transmission from an alien being called The Seer hails humans, acting st...
Flowers RE by Wizzy_z_
Flowers REby Wizzy_z_
Step into a town which hides a plethora of secrets. Once a family gets accused of murder things take a trastic turn for their kids. Read as Hillard, Howard, Jessy and Ra...
1301 by RansomKing
1301by Ransom King
The walls breathe like they remember things. Tenants whisper things they shouldn't. A floor that doesn't exist keeps calling out to him. Fazil can't stop noticing the in...
Cryptic Asunder [Ver. 3 outdated] by HorRawrg0d39
Cryptic Asunder [Ver. 3 outdated]by Robin Dobi
This is considered the 3rd version of the story, I am editing the 4th version for publication with Windmill ink. The official book is planned to come out somewhere aroun...
Somebody by Lumiyano
Somebodyby Project Zentol
Some brief, impulsively written collections of my thoughts and feelings.
Jade Fire | Origins of The Great Wall by JoelleSC
Jade Fire | Origins of The Great W...by Joelle S.C.
🏆WINNER of September '23 on Wattpad's @HistoricalFiction! Previously titled "Mysteries of Jade Fire" ══════════ After a harrowing hike towards The Great Wall...
Prelude by TheYeetMaster3071
Preludeby TheYeetMaster
A brief foreshadowing for what is to come within my novels. Please keep in mind that this is meant to be unclear and cryptic. As I publish more releases, this will incre...
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That very someone by SuperWriter170
That very someoneby SuperWriter170
A man discovers cryptic notes in his house, and he begins to doubt something very wrong is stalking his house.
anatomy of a fading soul by aethergrave
anatomy of a fading soulby 𐦍
﹟ 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 ㅤׂ : "fractured thoughts. forgotten moments. a glimpse into a mind, ...