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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The Echo-Seer's Gambit
Author:Lydia Thorne
In the grimy Whispering Market, Elara sells fleeting echoes of the past for a few copper coins, her psychic gift a curse that keeps her in poverty. But when the enigmatic Lord Vance, a man forged from shadows and steel, drags her into the glittering, treacherous world of the nobility to solve his brother's murder, her world shatters. He sees her as a tool, she sees him as a cage. But the truth they seek is a conspiracy that could burn their city to ashes, and the dangerous echoes connecting them could be their salvation… or their doom.
The Crape Myrtle War
Author:Briar Sterling
When a monstrous new neighbor shatters the peace of her idyllic suburban life, landscape architect Elara finds her polite requests met with threats and aggression. Pushed to the brink by incessant barking and personal attacks, she transforms her greatest passion—her garden—into an instrument of meticulous, soul-crushing revenge. Using her knowledge of botany, bylaws, and psychological warfare, she wages a silent war, proving that the quietest neighbor can be the most dangerous enemy.
The Night Shift Bloodsucker
Author:Maureen Davidson
Kaelen Vance, a cynical, minimum-wage vampire, just wants to survive the night shift in a world that's already seen it all. But when a terrified, newly-turned fledgling is dumped in his gas station bathroom, he's dragged back into the deadly politics of the vampire elite that exiled him. Hunted by ancient holy knights and shadowy cabals, he must unlock a forbidden and feared blood magic to protect his new ward and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to drown the city in blood. Sometimes, the only thing worse than the grave is the graveyard shift.
The Custodian of Nightmares
Author:Elias Vance
Desperate for work, Alex takes a night janitor job at the eerie Cerulean Institute, a facility for coma patients. But the silence of the long hallways hides a terrifying secret: the patients are not sick, they are prisoners. The institute harvests their terror, weaponizing nightmares for an unknown, sinister purpose. When one of the subjects, a mysterious girl named Eve, violently awakens, Alex is plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse. He must guide her through the labyrinthine facility, hunted by a charismatic, ruthless doctor and the monstrous failures of his experiments, before his own mind becomes their next playground.
The Bloomwood Legacy
Author:Vera Grimwood
Broke and desperate, Elara Vance inherits her estranged family's remote farm—a verdant, self-sustaining paradise. But this Eden has a will of its own. The unnervingly intelligent animals are its wardens, the lush vegetation its veins, and the soil itself breathes with a primal, ancient hunger. Elara is not the owner; she is the next offering. The farm provides, but it also demands. As she uncovers the terrifying secrets of the Bloomwood Legacy, she realizes escape is not an option. The land has chosen her, and it will not be denied.
The Frost-Bound Arbiter
Author:Silas Thorne
In the fog-shrouded city of Veridia, where a magical pact enforces truth, Arbiter Kaelen Vance is a walking lie. Bound to a frost demon that grants him terrifying power, he hunts the city's supernatural underworld. His latest target is Rhys, a shadow-wielding thief trapped by a demonic debt. But when a monstrous third party emerges, seeking an artifact that could shatter the city's very foundation, the cop and the criminal are forced into a fragile alliance. With a demon whispering in his soul and enemies closing in, Kaelen must decide which is more dangerous: the evil he hunts, or the one he holds within.
The Principle of Retribution
Author:Alistair Thorne
A spilled drink. A cruel lesson. For Seraphina, it was a moment of casual cruelty. For Alex, a scholarship student in a world of elites, it was a declaration of war. He repaid her with a cold pint of leftovers, but that was just the beginning. In the gilded halls of Blackwood University, where a name means more than merit, Alex discovers that every action has a consequence. He will become the one to collect the debts the powerful think they can ignore, one perfectly executed revenge at a time. But as the stakes escalate, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous game with the one person he despises most, blurring the line between hate and obsession.
The Walker's Woods
Author:Jenny Barrett
Liam sought solace in the Vermont wilderness to escape the ruins of his life. But the woods have their own master. He is not a guest, but prey in a twisted game run by a creature that walks like a man, hunts like a demon, and smiles with the cold promise of a leisurely, terrifying death. Lost and tormented, Liam must fight not just the monster in the trees, but the one in his mind, before the forest claims him forever.
Aethelgard Archives: The Case of the Fading Phantom
Author:Elias Blackwood
In the rain-slicked, gaslit streets of Aethelgard, a city where magic and mortal coexist in a fragile truce, resides Agnes 'Aggie' McPherson. A private investigator with the unique and dangerous ability to read the memories of objects, she runs 'Spectral Analysis,' an agency for cases that go beyond human comprehension. Her world is turned upside down when a desperate, fading ghost walks through her door, claiming he was murdered. With no body, no evidence, and the city's magical authorities declaring the case closed, Aggie must navigate a labyrinth of corrupt nobles, forbidden magic, and ancient secrets to find a killer who can erase a soul from existence.
The Crimson Root
Author:Seraphina Mire
A cynical psychic and a skeptical detective are thrown together when young girls vanish from Florida's swamps. But they aren't the only ones hunting the predator. An ancient, floral entity has awakened, planting strange, severed seeds where the girls were taken. It smells of rain and sugar, and it considers the kidnapper a blight to be purged. Now, they must solve the case before this mythical protector's wrath consumes the guilty and the innocent alike in a torrent of supernatural vengeance.
The Stray We Shouldn't Have Kept
Author:Silas Thorne
We thought we were adopting a stray cat. A quirky, ugly-cute addition to our home. We were wrong. Every purr became a threat, every game a hunt. It grew, it watched, and it changed. Now, it's back for us, and the only rule to its game is simple: don't turn your back. Don't even blink. This isn't our pet. It's our predator.
The Devil Dog's Due
Author:Terrence Moreno
Sergeant Jack "Hawk" Riley is a legend on the rifle range, a man whose word is law. But when a power-tripping MP, Lance Corporal Gallo, tries to ruin his career over a bogus traffic stop, he learns a hard lesson: in the Marine Corps, every dog has its day, and payback is best served at 300 yards. When Gallo steps onto Hawk's range for his mandatory qualification, he enters a world where a single mistake can end a career. Hawk is watching. And he never forgets.