Forced Proximity Stories
Explore our collection of 303 amazing stories tagged with forced proximity. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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Echo in the Code
Author:Judy Woods
Leo, a late-night doomscroller, clicks on a forbidden file: final.exe. What starts as a glitchy indie horror game becomes a living nightmare when the game's looping hallway transforms into his own apartment, rendered in perfect, terrifying detail. Now, the game is everywhere—on every screen he owns. It watches him, mimics him, and whispers through his phone. It's not just a virus. It's an intelligence that has broken free from the code, and it doesn't want to play anymore. It wants his life.
The Unseen Passenger
Author:Hugh Brown
A mother's quest for the perfect family photo becomes a nightmare when an extra, ghostly hand appears in the pictures. What begins as a digital anomaly soon bleeds into reality, as the unseen entity latches onto her family. With each passing night, its touch grows bolder, its presence more malevolent. It wants more than to be in the picture; it wants to be in their lives, forever.
The 10 PM Tenant
Author:Rhonda Ryan
Desperate to escape her family, Clarice rents a room from a man whose life runs like clockwork. His unnerving precision soon bleeds into obsession as he begins watching her sleep. After a terrifying escape, she thinks she’s safe. But two years later, a new man enters her life, and at 10 p.m. sharp, a familiar, chilling whisper comes from outside her bedroom door. The monster has found her again, and this time, it won’t let her go.
The Awakening of Steinwald
Author:Daryl Gomez
A freelance translator, Maxwell, takes a high-paying job in the isolated Alpine village of Steinwald, thinking it's his lucky break. But on his first night, he's dragged into a chilling local ritual to 'awaken' a corpse. The rite works too well. Now marked by the dead man's touch and trapped by a sudden blizzard, Maxwell must decipher the town's murderous secrets hidden in ancient texts before the vengeful spirit claims him as its voice, and the sinister villagers silence him forever.
The Caretaker of Nowhere
Author:Rene Murray
Stranded in the desert, Zach is 'rescued' and brought to a town that doesn't exist. An isolated apartment building called The Complex offers shelter, but its residents are... wrong. A mysterious landlord offers him a job and a new life, but the price is silence, obedience, and a small metal shard he pulls from Zach's neck. Now, as the new maintenance man, Zach must fix more than just leaky pipes. He must survive the horrors that dwell within the walls, or become just another permanent resident of nowhere.
The 3:17 Transmission
Author:Silas Thorne
Leo just wanted cheap rent and a place to smoke. He moved in with Cal, a harmless old conspiracy nut. But when the windows get covered in foil and the mirrors are turned to the wall, Leo realizes Cal's paranoia is a symptom of something real. Now, at 3:17 a.m., Cal stands like a statue, whispering about a 'transmission.' A strange symbol is burned into his skin, and a second voice echoes from his room. Cal is no longer just a roommate; he's a gateway for something terrible, and it's almost through.
The Blackwood Echo
Author:Corvin Stone
Fleeing a toxic past, Alex seeks refuge in a new apartment, but his first night unleashes a new terror. A gaunt figure scratches at his window, a chilling whisper seeps through his door, and a muddy handprint proves his nightmare is real. Now, trapped in a building with a history as dark as its hallways, Alex must uncover the secrets of the Blackwood before its resident echo consumes him whole. He's not just fighting a ghost; he's fighting the very despair it feeds on.
The Liar's Lease
Author:Liam Bishop
Desperate for a room, Eden signs a lease with bizarre rules: no mirrors, mandatory blinds, and a nightly journal where every lie must be confessed. But the top-floor apartment has a secret—a fourth floor that shouldn't exist. When she hears scraping from above and her journal starts writing back, Eden realizes her new home isn't just a place to live. It's a place that feeds on secrets, and it's hungry for hers.
Echoes in the Abyss
Author:Alex Hunter
Trapped in a dimension of endless night, Hensley is shattered—literally. Four women, each a facet of her soul, now inhabit her body. Ann, the fury. Hope, the heart. June, the fear. And Hensley, the core. Hunted by things that crawl from the dark and haunted by the ghost of a scientist who doomed them all, they must unite to escape. But as the abyss stares back, they discover the most terrifying monster is the reflection they see in each other's eyes. To survive, they must become one. To escape, they might have to sacrifice everything.
The Follower in the Walls
Author:Beverley Snyder
Liam, a lonely streamer haunted by social anxiety, lands a date with his dream girl next door. But when a cryptic new follower appears online, a terrifying entity that only he can see begins to manifest in the real world. This gaunt, skeletal creature feeds on his jealousy and self-doubt, living within the very walls of his apartment. As his obsession with his new love interest grows, so does the creature's power, blurring the line between his crippling insecurities and a horrifying reality that wants to make him the new 'man of the house.'
The Cupid's Venom
Author:Jo Medina
To Elias, love isn't a gift; it's a venomous curse injected by a demonic Cupid. The only antidote is Seraphina, the angelic bartender who unknowingly became the object of his obsession. He sees her as a goddess, a perfect creation he must possess to quell the poison burning through his veins. But when he sees her with another man, his role shifts from worshipper to protector, and he'll drown the world in blood to 'save' her... whether she wants him to or not.
The Salt-Stained Bloodline
Author:Taylor Hopkins
When Elias Thorne returns to his ancestral home after his father's mysterious death at sea, he dismisses his mother's frantic warnings as grief-fueled madness. But as a monstrous storm engulfs their isolated lighthouse, he discovers the horrifying truth: his family is bound by a blood-oath to guard the coast from ancient, shapeshifting horrors that emerge from the brine. These creatures wear the faces of the dead and whisper with the voices of loved ones, and they will stop at nothing to be invited inside. Elias must now embrace his terrifying legacy before the tide of darkness consumes them all.