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Top 1 Most Read Mystery - Caper Light-hearted mystery that is easy to read, witty and not too intense. Can also be more comic in nature. Examples: Clue, Scooby Doo, Hardy Boys, or Janet Evanovitch books A Ticklish Thriller (Revised) by Ticklishboy30 Complete Top 6 Most Read Mystery - Cozy Mystery also referred to as "cozies", are a sub-genre of crime fiction in which sex and violence occur off stage, the detective is an amateur sleuth, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. This is also a sub-genre with strong tropes that define it WHISPERS by PhillMakracken Temporary Hold A Ticklish Thriller (Revised) by Ticklishboy30 Complete Murder of a Moral Man by St. George Complete River City by Bill W Complete Bellini by Cole Matthews Complete Ticklish Descendants by Ticklishboy30 In Process Top 6 Most Read Mystery - Detective stories where the protagonist is a sleuth of some sort, ranging from nosy neighbor to retired detective that is puzzling out the details of why a crime was committed and who did it. More intense than a cozy, more serious than a caper, but not as hard core has hard boiled/noir. Example: Agatha Christie books Keeper of the Rituals by Libby Drew Complete Dating Rules And Pretty Fools by Laura S. Fox In Process The Theocracy - The Blackened Cross by ValentineDavis21 Temporary Hold The Kid On The Bike by RichEisbrouch Complete Fix It by RichEisbrouch Complete Youngblood by metajinx Long-Term Hold Top 6 Most Read Mystery - Historical Mystery The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a sub-genre of two genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. Raiders of the Lost Ark Carême in Brighton — a mystery novel by AC Benus Complete Blades of Ashes by lilansui In Process Here Be Dragons, Charlie Boone! by Geron Kees Complete The House of Storms by Geron Kees Complete Demon Dream by AC Benus Complete MARDI - At the Crossroads of Life and Art - A Film Script by AC Benus Complete Top 10 Most Read Mystery - Light Mystery Contains light mystery elements such as crimes to solve, but solving a crime is not the focus of the story. The Innocence Of Night by Remijay Complete Circumnavigation by C James Complete Bearpaw: An Old West Tale by Headstall Complete The Alpha by WolfM Complete Tristan's High School Life by AquariusGuy Complete 0's and 1's: CBDT by W_L Complete The Wink by grahamsealby Complete Sidewinder by Headstall Complete Acts of Deception... by Naptowngirl Complete The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X In Process Top 2 Most Read Mystery - Noir/Hard-Boiled (Strong Trope Alert) in noir the protagonist isn't a detective, but a victim, a suspect, and/or a perpetrator of crime. Hard-Boiled is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction). The genre's typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence of organized crime that flourished during Prohibition (1920–1933) and its aftermath, while dealing with a legal system that has become as corrupt as the organized crime itself. Detectives of hardboiled fiction are often antiheroes. Notable hardboiled detectives include Philip Marlowe, Mike Hammer, Sam Spade, Lew Archer, Slam Bradley, and The Continental Op. The Theocracy - The Blackened Cross by ValentineDavis21 Temporary Hold Scene: An Abandoned Alleyway Leading to a Doorway by Young Sage Complete Top 2 Most Read Mystery - Police Procedural is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on either a private detective, an amateur investigator or the characters who are the targets of investigation River City by Bill W Complete Solitary by RichEisbrouch Complete

Top 10 Most Read Horror - Horror - Modern General Horror stories set in modern times The Innocence Of Night by Remijay Complete The Talents of the Fallen by JMH Complete GFD 12: Blood Ties by Comicality Long-Term Hold Savage Moon 06 - The New Breed by Comicality Long-Term Hold Resident Evil: Epidemic by PatrickOBrien Complete Bouquet of Poems by Ieshwar Complete GFD 10: Nights Eternal by Comicality Complete To Have and to Hold by Nephylim Complete The Easiest Thing in the World by AC Benus Complete Shelter by Comicality Long-Term Hold Top 8 Most Read Horror - Monster a genre of literature that combines good and evil and intends to evoke a sensation of horror and terror in its readers by presenting the evil side in the form of a monster. Ex Dracula, Frankenstein The Mantis Continuum - Book Four by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete The Mantis Equilibrium - Book Two by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete Corrupting the Innocent by kbois Complete Vampire Jared by dkstories Complete Unearthly Delights by Littlelovestories Long-Term Hold The Vile Prize by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete Incy Wincy Spider by northie Complete The End of the World, NY by Dandy Lam Temporary Hold Top 10 Most Read Horror - Psychological Emphasizing the psychological aspects of fear, these stories often delve into the mental and emotional torment of characters. The horror is often rooted in the characters' minds rather than external threats. Ex: Hannibal Lector novels The Easiest Thing in the World by AC Benus Complete The Book of Leaves by ValentineDavis21 In Process Wicked Games by CasualWanderer82 Complete Teaching Horrible Lessons by W_L Complete The Old Man by CarlHoliday Complete Demon Dream by AC Benus Complete WHITE-JACKET – A Man at War – A Filmscript by AC Benus Complete Walking Through Dark Places by W_L Complete A June Memorial for New Orleans, Orlando and Colorado Springs by AC Benus Complete When Pain comes Back by Georgie DHainaut Complete Top 1 Most Read Horror - Splatterpunk distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence, counter cultural alignment, ex: Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Purge Vampire Jared by dkstories Complete Top 4 Most Read Horror - Weird Science Weird fiction either eschews or radically reinterprets ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and other traditional antagonists of supernatural horror fiction. Ex: Stories by H.P. Lovecroft The Mantis Continuum - Book Four by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete The Mantis Equilibrium - Book Two by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete The Mantis Corruption - Book Three by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete The Vile Prize by Adam Andrews Johnson Complete Top 8 Most Read Horror - Zombie civilization collapses due to overwhelming swarms of zombies. Typically only a few individuals or small bands of survivors are left living. Ex: The Walking Dead, World War Z Shelter by Comicality Long-Term Hold Z is For Zombie by Geron Kees Complete Safehaven by Comicality Long-Term Hold Miles To Go by Comicality Complete Walker Road by Comicality Complete Rotting Apples by Comicality Complete Release Me by Comicality Long-Term Hold Homophobia and the Zombie Menace, plus other essays by AC Benus Temporary Hold Top 0 Most Read Horror - Body Snatcher Revolving around the invasion or replacement of human bodies by extraterrestrial beings, parasites, or other entities, body snatcher horror explores the loss of control over one's own body. No stories Top 0 Most Read Horror - Gothic (aka gothic romanticism; and dark romanticism): fiction mixing themes of horror, romance, and death No stories Top 0 Most Read Horror - Haunted House Horror Focused on haunted or cursed locations, haunted house horror plays on the fear of the unknown and the supernatural events that occur within a particular dwelling. Ex: Amityville Horror No stories

I'd like to remind every author here that you should be using the Stories Archive to the fullest in promoting your story. That means you need to have a good book blurb in your Description. You need to have the proper tags on your story. You need to have the proper genre(s) on your story. And for the love of all that is holy, if you have a story that is in a Series, use the series settings! If you have a story in a series, this is not optional. I've asked the moderation staff to assist in contacting authors or outright correcting it in the system. This blog will help if you are stuck. Now, if the stories are related, but not in a series, which is to say, they occur in the same story world, then you do not have to use series. We are working on a new feature "Worlds" that will be used to tie together stories that exist in the same story world but are not strictly a series. A lot of us that have multiple stories are in this boat, so the new feature should work to address that. Otherwise, please take the time to review all of your published works and make sure that all the metadata is filled out and updated. This can only help you. This will be especially true of older stuff. Since I've been repromoting a lot of the old anthologies, I've found that most of them are very poorly represented in the system. Now would be a great time to review all of your stories and make updates.