Forced Proximity Stories
Explore our collection of 222 amazing stories tagged with forced proximity. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Ossuary Isle
Author:Theodore Gomez
A corporate surveyor, hired to chart Earth's last unknown island, discovers they are not the first to arrive. On a shore of black sand, under the gaze of a silent, bloodthirsty god, his mission to map the unknown descends into a desperate struggle to escape a forgotten tribe's ritualistic slaughter. When technology fails and the screams begin, the only thing left to chart is the geography of his own terror.
The Terminal Rulebook
Author:Elias Thorne
When the lights in the airport die, Liam Carter is plunged into a nightmare reality governed by a set of impossible rules. Surrounded by passengers twisted into smiling monsters and hunted by silent, faceless staff, his only guide is a cryptic list that appears on every screen. But the rules are lying. To survive this endless terminal where every flight is a trap, he must decipher the deadly game before he becomes another permanent resident with a broken smile.
The Echo of Hooves
Author:Harper Lane
Jennifer wanted a quiet weekend housesitting. Instead, a terrified friend brought a warning from the woods: a creature that sounds like a goat, and a rule that can't be broken. Don't look at it. Now, trapped by a secret that spreads like a virus, she's hunted by a horned shadow that whispers in familiar voices. It only wants one thing—for her to see it. And as the hoofbeats echo closer, Jennifer learns that some knowledge is a death sentence, and the only way to survive is to condemn someone else.
Dream-Eater's Mark
Author:Alistair Thorne
For 25 years, Daniel's nightmares have been his only constant. But when the monstrous wolf from his dreams starts leaving real claw marks on his door and bruises on his skin, he discovers a terrifying truth. He is being hunted. The creature is a Mare, a dream-eater who has been feeding on his fear his entire life. And now, revealing herself as a beautiful, terrifying woman, she has come to claim him, body and soul, dragging him into the darkness where the nightmares are born.
The Pantry Game
Author:Armando Ramos
When Aaron moves into a new apartment, he discovers his pantry is a portal to a bizarre game show hosted by a hypnotic, predatory woman. The rewards are tempting, offering solutions to all his problems. But the questions demand his darkest secrets, his most painful memories, and pieces of his very soul. Every night, the lights flash and the music calls, forcing him to play a game where the only prize is survival and the ultimate risk is losing himself to the unseen, cheering audience that waits in the dark.
The Scribe of Rot
Author:George Sanchez
A lonely plumber discovers a hidden crawlspace that produces perfect, bestselling novels. But the stories are a drug, an infection that consumes both him and his millions of readers. Now, a withered addict to the words, he must feed the world his poison to get his next fix. The price of fame isn't his soul—it's his sanity, his body, and the minds of everyone who dares to turn the page.
The Lacquered Smile
Author:Rita Tucker
Remi works the graveyard shift, lives a quiet life, and is terrified of dolls. So when her sister sends her a souvenir from a ruined Japanese temple—a vintage geisha doll with a serene, painted smile—her life unravels. At first, it's just whispers in the static and moved objects. But the doll's attention becomes an obsession, watching her favorite shows, spending her money, rearranging her home. Now, a message has appeared on her wall in blood-red crayon: 'MY TURN.' The doll doesn't just want to haunt her apartment; it wants to live her life.
The Aperture
Author:Wanda Hopkins
Desperate for cash, college student Leo Vance accepts a mysterious job paying an impossible $500 an hour. The task is simple: sit in a white room and watch an antique mirror. But the thing looking back from the glass isn't his reflection. It's a predator wearing his face, learning his secrets, and waiting for the perfect moment to switch places. Trapped in a sterile nightmare, Leo must unravel the mirror's secrets before he loses himself to the man in the glass.
The Mannequin on the Boardwalk
Author:Cassandra Bailey
My dream job at a seaside haunted house becomes a living nightmare. A bizarre street performer, a twisted mimic of Michael Jackson, sets his sights on me. What starts as an unnerving prank escalates into a terrifying obsession, as this man reveals a power to distort reality, time, and even his own body. He whispers things my mind can hear but his lips never speak. He wants more than a scare—he wants in. And for some reason, he won't stop talking about my eyes.
The Rotting Vow
Author:Cassandra Duncan
On his wedding day, Leo lifted his bride's veil and discovered she was a corpse. Forced into an ancient, terrifying ritual by his own mother, he is now bound by a vow to the dead girl, Elowen. As her coldness seeps into his soul and the scent of decay follows his every step, Leo must unravel the horrific secret of Wren Orchard: a pact that feeds on death to grant life. But the bride is hungry, and the vow is eternal. He must find a way to break it before he becomes the next sacrifice.
Blackwood's Tithe
Author:Jasper Briar
Desperate for his dream job, recent graduate Liam Thorne accepts a mysterious offer to become a ranger at the idyllic Blackwood Creek National Park. He's welcomed by unnervingly healthy, elderly colleagues who speak of the park's 'magic' which grants them eternal vitality. But paradise has a price. Liam soon discovers the park is a sentient, hungry entity, and its keepers must provide a periodic, bloody sacrifice. Now, he's been chosen to help hunt the very visitors he swore to protect, trapped in a gilded cage where the trails lead to a gruesome end.
The Echo in the Floorboards
Author:Silas Croft
Leo needed a cheap place to live, but the basement suite came with a soundtrack: the relentless pacing of the old man upstairs. Then came the scratching, and a dry whisper begging to be let back in. But after the old man is found dead, his body twisted into an impossible shape, the noises don't stop. They get louder. And now, a note on the sealed door says it all: 'I remember the way through the walls.' The thing upstairs is still there, and it's looking for a new door.