Slow Burn Stories
Explore our collection of 357 amazing stories tagged with slow burn. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Checkout Queen's Gambit
Author:Erik Roberts
Elara lives a double life: a broke university student with a mysterious illness, stacking shelves to make ends meet. But when her venomous supervisor unleashes a vicious online attack, she reveals a hidden side no one saw coming. They thought she was a fragile pawn, but they're about to learn she's a queen who owns the entire board. This isn't just about getting an enemy fired; it's about total, soul-crushing annihilation.
Wallflower
Author:Silas Kellar
When a lonely college student starts live-streaming to escape his isolation, he gains a single, silent viewer. But as strange occurrences plague his new apartment, he realizes his devoted fan isn't just watching his screen. They're watching from inside the walls, and they've been waiting for him. A chilling tale of modern voyeurism and ancient horror, where the desperate need for connection invites a predator that should have remained unseen.
The Freshman Photo
Author:Doris Fowler
He was a rising star until a ruthless executive sabotaged his career to save his own skin. Humiliated and cast aside, he vowed to wait. Years later, armed with a secret from his enemy's Ivy League past—a bizarre, nude freshman photograph—he's been asked to host the man's retirement party. In the world of corporate backstabbing, revenge is a dish best served publicly, and he's about to unveil the main course.
Echo of a Drowned God
Author:Caspian Graves
In a desert town built on a man-made lake, people are drowning miles from water. Liam, a freshly recruited apprentice to the Reaper, is thrown into his first case. His mentor is an ancient entity who once dismantled a god to save this very land. But the killings have started again, and this time, it's not the old god they're hunting. It’s a parasitic echo, a creature born of modern fear that wears a god’s face, and it's hungrier than the original ever was. Liam must unravel a divine mystery before the desert oasis becomes a graveyard.
The Reaper's Seed
Author:Becky Howard
Eddie was a Reaper, a cosmic janitor for the Bureau of Afterlife Management. His job: clean up cults worshipping things older than God. But when he investigates the Green Faith, he's not just an observer—he's chosen. Marked by a primordial nature goddess, his badge of office is replaced by a single, glowing seed. Now, hunted by his former masters and haunted by the whispers of a waking god, he must master a terrifying new power to survive the coming war between the sterile order of Death and the savage, all-consuming green of Life.
A Debt in Pennies
Author:Emmett Reckon
Kaelen is a master mechanic, but his new manager sees only the color of his skin. Subjected to relentless racist abuse in a garage where silence is the rule, Kaelen's calm exterior hides a burning ledger of every slur and insult. When the final line is crossed, he won't use his fists. He'll use his mind. His revenge will be meticulous, humiliating, and paid in full... down to the very last penny. It's a slow, grinding takedown where the weapon of choice is nothing more than common change.
The Soul Broker's Loophole
Author:Emma Gonzales
Kaelen Thorne is Hell's most efficient Acquisitions Agent, bound by an unbreakable contract to collect damned souls. But for every soul on his list, he seeks a way out, a forgotten clause in the infernal fine print to set them free. Each soul he saves pushes him closer to redemption, but also deeper into the crosshairs of his infernal masters. When his next target is linked to the one person who sees the man behind the monster, Kaelen must risk eternal damnation to expose a conspiracy that reaches the very throne of Hell.
His Inbox, Her Empire
Author:Piper Sterling
After her fiancé of seven years dumps her for a TikTok starlet, Elara is left with a broken heart and their dog, Rosie. His only request? Send pictures. So she does. Every day. Pictures of Rosie… pooping. What starts as a petty digital vendetta evolves into a full-blown war of wits and ambition. As her ex's inbox fills with canine crap, Elara begins building an empire, proving that the best revenge isn't just living well—it's building a life so spectacular he can only watch in regret from the ruins of his own.
The Gilded Throne's Curse
Author:Evelyn Thorne
They poisoned me for their amusement at a lavish party, mocking my pain as I desecrated their prized golden toilet. Ten years ago, my best friend and her billionaire father left me for dead. Now, I've returned. Under a new identity, I am the city's most elite event planner, and I'm orchestrating their downfall. They think I'm here to serve them at their biggest gala yet. They're wrong. I'm here to make them choke on their own pride, one exquisitely planned disaster at a time. Revenge is a dish best served cold, but I prefer to watch it burn.
Curse of the Reaper's Blood
Author:Sterling Thorne
He is the son of the world's most terrifying monster, cursed with a bloodlust he can barely control. She is a holy hunter sworn to eradicate his kind. After escaping the magical prison that held him for a decade, Kaelen meets Elara, the one woman who could be his salvation—or his executioner. When a greater evil rises, they are forced into an unholy alliance. To save the world, the hunter must trust the monster, and the monster must trust himself not to fall for his killer.
The Echo of Hooves
Author:Harper Lane
Jennifer wanted a quiet weekend housesitting. Instead, a terrified friend brought a warning from the woods: a creature that sounds like a goat, and a rule that can't be broken. Don't look at it. Now, trapped by a secret that spreads like a virus, she's hunted by a horned shadow that whispers in familiar voices. It only wants one thing—for her to see it. And as the hoofbeats echo closer, Jennifer learns that some knowledge is a death sentence, and the only way to survive is to condemn someone else.
The Reseller's Revenge
Author:A. L. Gorithm
I was just a small-time online reseller, a ghost in the digital marketplace, until a single message ignited a war. He called me stupid, a waste of his time. He didn't know he was insulting the one person who could dismantle his entire illegal empire, one click at a time. He thought he was a king ruling his shady corner of the internet, but he forgot that even kings can be toppled by a ghost with a grudge and a deep understanding of the rules. My revenge won't be loud, but it will be devastating.