Slow Burn Stories
Explore our collection of 194 amazing stories tagged with slow burn. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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It Knows Your Name
Author:Silas Thorne
For overworked IT specialist Michael, a secluded cabin was supposed to be an escape. But a terrifying, unnaturally tall creature with a carved smile found him. It tapped on his window. It whispered his name. Now, back in the city, safe on the third floor of his apartment, the tapping has returned. Every night. The creature followed him home, proving that no lock, no wall, and no height can keep it out. It knows where he is. And it's patient.
Contract of Crimson
Author:Ruby Roberts
Kaelen Vance isn't a warrior; he's a loophole in human form. As a mortal consultant to the supernatural, his mind is his only weapon in a world of fangs and spells. When he's hired to solve a series of impossible murders targeting ancient vampire nobility, he's thrown into the orbit of Lady Seraphina, a centuries-old vampire bound by archaic laws. The killer is exploiting the vampires' most sacred vow, and only Kaelen can see the flaw. To survive, they must bridge the chasm between their worlds, unaware that their investigation will unearth a conspiracy threatening to drown the city in blood.
Void-Touched: My Power is Fear
Author:Dustin Davis
One night, a comet gifts Kaelen a strange System that turns his deepest fears into unimaginable power. Abducted into Aethelgard, a hidden city and brutal death academy, he must learn to master his unique terror—the fear of oblivion itself. In a world where failure means being erased and cosmic horrors lurk in the shadows, Kaelen's chaotic ability to unmake reality is both his only hope for survival and a threat to everyone around him. Can he control the void within before it consumes him whole?
The Roadside Collection
Author:Harvey Moore
For twelve years, Jack Riley cleaned up the dead from Route 340. It was a simple, gruesome job. But then, the bodies started disappearing before he could get to them. Something unseen, something silent and impossibly fast, was doing his job for him. He ran, burying the secret for years under the Arizona sun. Now, a new disappearance has pulled him back to the haunted Virginia blacktop. He was the road's keeper once, but he's about to discover what happens when the road, and the things that hunt it, decide to collect.
The Soul-Alchemist of Aethelgard
Author:Isaiah Steeves
Caelen McDowell, last heir to a disgraced line of alchemists, is a gilded prisoner of a fanatical religious empire. To escape execution, he must embrace his forbidden heritage and orchestrate a public murder. But his plan is overseen by the one man he can't fool: a beautiful, ruthless Inquisitor whose own faith is beginning to crack. Hunted and desperate, they are forced into an unholy alliance, discovering a conspiracy that could either liberate the city or drown it in blood and fire. Survival is no longer enough; now, they crave revolution.
Nyx's Bloom
Author:Vespera Thorne
By day, Elara is a ghost, a scholarship student hiding behind oversized sweaters and art supplies. By night, in dreams she can't remember, she is Nyx—a white-haired predator ruling the city's supernatural underworld. But the dream is bleeding into reality. Her hair is changing, shadows stalk her in daylight, and a mysterious death puts a target on her back. Three dangerous men, a vampire, a shifter, and a fae lord, are closing in. They don't know if they want to kill her, claim her, or worship her... and neither does she.
The Soul-Cursed Reaper of London
Author:Hazel Stone
Kael is the Reaper, a being cursed to kill with a single touch. For centuries, he has served as the silent enforcer of London's hidden magical underworld, a duty he despises. But his cold, ordered existence is shattered when he meets Lena, a vibrant empath whose touch doesn't kill him—it makes him feel. Now, a string of impossible murders threatens to expose their secret world, and this unlikely pair are the only ones who can stop it. He feels nothing but death; she feels everything for everyone. Together, they must hunt a killer while fighting a forbidden attraction that could either save them or doom them both.
Borrowed Skin
Author:Silas Reed
I woke up in a stranger’s life, a perfect imitation in a home that isn't mine. Every day is a desperate charade to protect the family who loves this face I wear. I thought my only secret was that I'm not their son. I was wrong. A mysterious call shatters my fragile reality with a single, chilling phrase: 'I thought you were dead.' Now, I'm not just an imposter; I'm wearing the skin of a murdered man, and the person who knows the truth is watching my every move.
The Crimson Brush
Author:Ember Quill
Orphaned and raised by a crime lord, Elara Vance is the city's most daring art thief. But her latest heist goes horribly wrong, bonding her to a beating, magical heart and putting her in the crosshairs of a man who kills with a single touch. Now, hunted by her former mentor and a deadly assassin, Elara must master her newfound power—the ability to bring her art to life. With every sketch and brushstroke, she bends reality, fighting to uncover the truth of her parents' murder and survive in a world where magic is a weapon, and loyalty is a commodity.
The Alchemist's Heart of Dunhill
Author:Jacob Clark
In the gaslit city of Dunhill, Cole McDowell, the last heir of a disgraced alchemical line, lives in the shadow of the fanatical Order that executed his parents. On his 21st birthday, he inherits a forbidden legacy: a sentient, alchemical Heart that bonds with his soul, granting him immense power and an instant death sentence. Now hunted by the Order's most ruthless Inquisitor, Cole must dive into the city’s criminal underworld, mastering the very arts that destroyed his family. To survive, he must become the heretic they fear he is.
The Grief Eaters
Author:Brooklyn Obrien
A desperate filmmaker takes a job at a mysterious studio that turns real trauma into art. But when they start filming his darkest memories, he discovers the price of their art isn't just pain—it's the soul itself. He wanted to make something that mattered; now he's just trying to survive being made into something monstrous.
The Empath of Dunedin
Author:Kim Stewart
In the windswept city of Dunedin, a brilliant advertising executive harbors a dangerous secret: she's an empath witch who feels the emotions of everyone around her. She uses her power to craft perfect campaigns, but when a psychic scream of pure terror derails a crucial meeting, she's pulled into a hidden war. A shadowy predator that feeds on human emotion stalks the city's streets, and Elara's unique sensitivity makes her both the perfect hunter and the ultimate prey. Teaming up with a grim, mysterious Warden, she must master her volatile powers before the monster consumes the city's heart—and her own.