Slow Burn Stories
Explore our collection of 198 amazing stories tagged with slow burn. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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Stone & Charm
Author:Francisco Duncan
In the neon-drenched, magic-riddled city of Veridia, where elves broker deals in high-rises and trolls run the docks, homicide is rarely simple. For Detective Jade Hawkins—a half-troll, half-elf outcast fueled by cynicism and brute strength—every case is another reason to hate the world. Her new partner, the insufferably charming human Drew Hemley, is just another problem to be solved. But when a high-profile alchemist is found dissolved in his own potion, they are thrown into a conspiracy that threatens the city's fragile peace. To catch a killer who can rewrite reality, the stone-hearted outcast and the silver-tongued charmer must learn to trust each other before they become the next victims.
The Tenant in the Vents
Author:Rhys Grimm
A lonely man, seeking a small break from his mundane life, decides to befriend a tiny spider on his windowsill. He feeds it, watching with a strange pride as it grows. But it doesn't stop growing. Now, a melon-sized horror stalks the air vents of his home, leaving gruesome gifts at his door. He created this monster, and now he's trapped with it. He hears it crawling, he feels it watching, and he knows its affection could be the death of him.
My Tyrant Manager's Worst Nightmare
Author:Valerie Steele
I was just a junior employee, a punching bag for a tyrant manager who made my life hell. She drove me out, broke me down, and left my family eating bread slices for dinner. Three months later, I walked back into that office as the new Chief of Staff, two levels above her. She thought she could crush me again. She has no idea who I really am, or the storm of vengeance I'm about to unleash. This isn't just a comeback; it's a corporate execution.
The Siphon's Call
Author:Carlos Jordan
To survive the crushing dark, he had to leave his mentor behind. Three years later, crippled and ostracized, the abyss calls to him in his dreams. It shows him visions of his lost friend, not dead, but changed. Whole. Now, he must defy all reason and return to the cave that no longer exists, to a place that took his body and his sanity. He knows it wants something from him. He's terrified it's the one thing he has left to give.
Heir of Thorns and Wine
Author:Anya Koldun
Dmitry thought his life was a dead-end of orphanage memories and bookstore dust. But an inheritance from a grandmother he never knew—the legendary Baba Yaga—shatters his reality. Now, armed with knitting needles that turn into daggers, fueled by magical strawberry wine, and guided by a sarcastic, portal-mouthed ferret, he's the most wanted man in the supernatural underground. Hunted by a sterile order, distrusted by a hot-headed elf agent, and despised by a cranky demigod, Dmitry must embrace his chaotic heritage to protect a world he's only just discovered, or watch it be silenced forever.
Corporate Karma: The Manager Who Dug Her Own Grave
Author:Vance Sterling
Promised flexibility, he was a model employee. Betrayed and threatened by his manipulative manager just before the most important exam of his life, he didn't just get mad. He got a better job. Now, with his reputation ruined and her department collapsing, she's about to learn that some subordinates are assets you can't afford to lose. His revenge won't be loud, but it will be legendary, leaving her buried under the workload she tried to crush him with. Karma is coming to the office.
Echoes of the Blood Bond
Author:C.J. Thorne
Ten years after Daemons slaughtered her family, Alexi lives for one thing: vengeance. Forged into a living weapon by a veteran hunter, her chance arrives when students vanish from the elite Lostvail Academy. Thrown undercover into a world of arrogant nobles and deadly secrets, Alexi's brutal efficiency shatters the academy's gilded peace. But the disappearances are no mere monster attacks; they are fuel for a dark ritual. Now, allied with a prideful rival, Alexi must unravel a conspiracy that threatens the continent and confront the ghosts of her past before she becomes one herself.
The Architect of Ruin
Author:Lily Bradley
He was a devoted husband, a loving father. But when his perfect world shattered, he didn't break. He became an architect. With the precision of a master strategist, he gathered secrets, laid traps, and prepared to unleash a storm of retribution that would not only end his marriage but obliterate the man who wronged him. This isn't a story of heartbreak; it's a manual for total annihilation. Betrayal has a price, and he's here to collect, with interest.
London's Last Spark
Author:Silas Blackwood
Elara Vance, a scrappy, off-the-books PI, survives on gut feelings and luck in London's grimy underbelly. But when a simple missing person case forces her to use a power she never knew she had, she's dragged into a hidden world of magic and conspiracy. Her accidental magic catches the eye of the city's most powerful mage, who offers her a deal: apprenticeship or prison. Plunged into a life of luxury and arcane lessons, her new world shatters when her mentor is murdered. Now, framed for the crime and inheriting a sentient, magical house she can't leave, Elara must master her volatile powers to hunt a killer in a world that wants her dead.
The Unclaimed Alpha's Roar
Author:Wilma Simmons
Born into a legacy she can't remember, Selene is the pack's shame—a plus-size outcast whose shifting is a dangerous flaw. But when a brutal pack ritual pushes her to the brink, she doesn't just shift; she unleashes a power that hasn't been seen in centuries. A terrifying, god-like beast awakens within her, a power her tyrannical uncle, the Alpha, has spent her whole life trying to suppress. Now, hunted by the very family that should have protected her, she must ally with a mysterious lone wolf who knows the truth of her bloodline. He sees the queen where others see a monster, and together, they will either reclaim her birthright or be consumed by the roaring inferno inside her.
The Midnight Reflection
Author:Julian Crypt
When burned-out designer Liam Thorne rents a secluded cabin, he hopes to escape his deadlines. But an antique mirror in his bedroom holds a dark secret. At midnight, his reflection begins to act on its own, revealing a terrifying world just beyond the glass. Soon, spectral figures join him in the mirror's world, their cold gaze promising a fate worse than death. The haunting isn't confined to the cabin—it follows him, turning every reflective surface into a portal of dread. To survive, Liam must uncover the mirror's gruesome history before his reflection is replaced forever.
Aether & Ash
Author:Wade Gibson
In a city run by magic, I'm the one person who can't use it. They call me a Blank, a broken mage. But when my ex-girlfriend, the heir to a powerful dynasty, begs for my help, I can't refuse. Her father butchered her mother with an ancestral sword, and she's the only one who believes a forbidden power was the true killer. Now, with a 1920s ghost for a secretary and a magically-forged golem for a bodyguard, I have to dive back into the world that cast me out. I may have no magic, but I see the patterns no one else does, and I'll unravel this conspiracy even if it tears me apart.