Nº 02 — A reading site of strange tales
Mystery
Things that cannot be explained, just beside everyday life.
Mystery is a reading site of strange tales: stories of stepping into another world, experiences that cannot be explained, and kind encounters with the unseen. A new story is published every day. The stories are written in Japanese.
What cannot be explained is always just beside the everyday.
About
The usual way home, a familiar room, an app you use every day: many of the stories begin in places like these, which is why they make you want to look around once you have finished.
I read every story and refine its wording before it is published, choosing stories that leave an afterglow over those meant only to startle. There are gentle ways in for readers who do not like frightening stories. The site is in Japanese.
You can follow themes such as stepping into other worlds, unexplained experiences and kind encounters with the unseen. For longer reading, there are collections of stories of three to seven thousand characters.
Rather than trading on fear, I value stories that slightly change how the everyday looks once you have finished. Enjoy them one at a time, as the night grows deep.
Themes
- Strange experiencesEveryday events with no explanation
- Other worldsFinding yourself somewhere not quite usual
- Kind encountersGhost stories that leave warmth rather than fear
- Mildly eerieStories that send a slight chill
- The unexplainedThings that change when counted, things that come back
Recent Stories
A few examples of the stories published (in Japanese).
- Other worlds
The proprietress at the bathhouse counter
A night when a bathhouse that had closed two years earlier showed as open in the map app.
Read the story ↗ - Strange experiences
Delivering to an address that does not exist
The address in the delivery app sat in the middle of a river on the map.
Read the story ↗ - Collection
Fifteen long stories
Long stories of three to seven thousand characters, chosen through three doors: roads and villages, houses and buildings, people and things.
Read the story ↗
How to Read
One story a day
A new story is published every day. Enjoy the day's story at the end of yours.
Choose by length
From stories you can read in minutes to long ones of more than three thousand characters, with collections of long stories alone.
Choose by theme
Follow the themes that draw you, from family and love to other worlds and strange experiences.
Support and Membership
Mystery is free for anyone to read. A single act of support hides ads for good (no subscription).
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