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 August Ultimatum
Author:Cassian Ward
Adrian thought he'd finally escaped his monstrous ex, Julian. But when Julian threatens to invade his one sanctuary—an LGBTQ+ campground—on his birthday, Adrian's desperation sparks a brilliant, audacious act of revenge. By booking a spot for the entire month and making it his legal residence, he turns his safe space into a fortress Julian cannot breach. What follows is a summer of healing, finding a new community, and a slow-burning romance, all while fending off the escalating rage of a man who refuses to lose control.
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 Devil's Barter for a Soul
Author:Silas Blackwood
To save her daughter from death's grip, Elara Vance made a deal with a devil. Now, the price is coming due. Bound by a soul-pact, she is commanded to commit monstrous acts, starting with the kidnapping of two innocent teenagers. Torn between her daughter's borrowed life and her own shattering soul, Elara must navigate a hidden world of ancient magic and infernal politics to find a loophole before her patron claims everything she holds dear, or the world itself erases her for breaking its secrecy.
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.
The Comedian and the Crow
Author:Harper Johnson
Dan MacLean tells ghost stories for a living; he just never expected them to be real. When a relentless Fae predator starts hunting him through the cobblestone streets of Edinburgh, Dan's only allies are a centuries-old trickster with a terrible fashion sense and a mysterious woman with storm-dark eyes. She’s gorgeous, terrifying, and happens to be Death herself. Now, armed with little more than sarcasm, Dan must unravel a conspiracy that threatens to tear the veil between worlds, all while trying not to fall for the one being he can never escape.
The Empty Seat
Author:Bonnie Garza
After a minor car accident, Samantha's daughter, Sophia, is no longer the sweet, joyful child she once was. She's become cold, quiet, and unnervingly strange. As Samantha tries to nurse her daughter back to health, the world around her insists on a different, more terrifying reality: that Sophia died two years ago. Now, Samantha must fight for her sanity against a truth she can't accept and protect a child that no one else can see, a child whose hunger is growing and whose presence is becoming colder by the day.
The Thing in Charlie's Skin
Author:Elias Veil
My best friend Charlie went to Germany for the summer. The thing that came back is wearing his face, sleeping in his bed, and charming my parents. But I see the truth in its dead eyes and its unnatural hunger. I see the peeling skin and the impossible strength. It’s not Charlie anymore, and I’m afraid I’m the only one who knows. Now, it wants to speak to my parents alone, and I fear I’m next on its list.
The Echo Witch of Veridia
Author:Vera Stone
In the mist-shrouded city of Veridia, where echoes of the past bleed into the present, Elara inherits a peculiar detective agency and a power she doesn't understand. She is a Chronomancer, able to read the history left on objects and places. Her first case: a family terrorized by their new home, Crimsonwood Manor. But the manor isn't just haunted—it's a crumbling prison for a timeless entity. As she delves into the mansion's violent memories, she discovers its secrets are intrinsically linked to her own forgotten lineage, and the entity within is waking up.
The Day It Blinked
Author:Anya Glare
When a second, blood-red sun appears in the sky, humanity is given a single, terrifying command: do not look. But its gaze is everywhere—on every screen, in every reflection, burning into the minds of all who see it. For Leo, trapped in his apartment, the true horror begins when the screams outside stop and the woman he loves starts bleeding from her eyes, a serene smile on her face. She has seen the new god, and now, she wants him to see it too. The light doesn't just drive you mad; it remakes you into something new.
The Valensi Protocol
Author:Julian Vance
Detective Sean Byrne thought he’d seen every kind of monster the city could birth, until a killer's signature spans a hundred years. His only suspect is a ghost, an impossibly old predator hiding in plain sight. To hunt this new breed of monster, Byrne must ally with a creature of the night, a brilliant biochemist who reveals the chilling truth: vampires are not myth, but a biological reality. In a world governed by a protocol of blood and science, Byrne must walk the line between hunter and prey, before he becomes the next experiment.
The 5 PM Rule
Author:Yvonne Castillo
For Lena, the job at the Orphic Library was a dream: eight hours of paid silence. But the dream has rules. Clock in at 9 AM. Clock out at 5 PM. Not a second early, not a second late. When a ghostly woman from 1986 appears with a frantic warning and the library's charming owner reveals a predatory obsession with the clock, Lena realizes she hasn't been hired—she's been trapped. The books are screaming clues, the shelves rearrange themselves into a maze, and every tick of the clock brings her closer to becoming a permanent part of the collection.
Tenebrous Hound of London
Author:Zoey Mckinney
Half-demon detective Sabre Harper stalks the gaslit alleys of a supernatural London, cursed with a power to witness death through a single touch. When a string of impossible murders threatens to shatter the veil between worlds, he must hunt a killer that's neither human nor demon. Forced into a tense alliance with a celestial enforcer who despises his very existence, Sabre must confront the city’s darkest secrets and the hellfire raging within his own soul before London is consumed by darkness.