Forced Proximity Stories
Explore our collection of 307 amazing stories tagged with forced proximity. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
The Hollow Brood
Author:Vance Eidolon
My best friends saved me from the brink, pulling me from a deep depression with a night of poker and beer. But when I found a rotting corpse stuffed under my friend's bathroom sink, I thought I was trapped with a killer. The truth was so much worse. The body was his. The man I called my friend was just an echo. And the most terrifying part? The monster staring back at me from the mirror... was me.
The Silence Listener
Author:Brittany Peck
Liam was desperate enough to take any job. The ad was simple: Night Monitor. No experience. No questions. The rule was simpler: If you hear the knock, hit the kill switch. But curiosity is a powerful poison. When a voice whispers from the static—his own voice—begging to be let out, Liam discovers that he's not just monitoring a signal. He's the gatekeeper to a prison. And the prisoner knows his name.
The Can Man of Elderwood Manor
Author:Juan Davis
A drunken dare sends four college students to an abandoned mansion, a place from Leo's half-forgotten childhood. He remembers a creepy but harmless squatter who built nests from trash and empty bean cans. But the truth buried in his memory is far more monstrous. The thing in the house remembers him, and after a night of terror, it follows him back. Now, the scent of rot and moldy beans clings to him, a promise of the slow, creeping horror that has been waiting decades to finish what it started.
The Stillness Protocol
Author:Vicki Neal
They promised a digital detox, a return to inner peace. At the exclusive 'Aethel' retreat, overworked tech CEO Elara Vance sought refuge from her chaotic life. But the silent guests, the smiling, ageless guides, and the nightly whispers in her locked room hinted at a darker purpose. Now she's back, with a fresh scar she can't explain and a terrifying gap in her memory. The 'stillness' they gave her wasn't peace—it was an empty space. And something else is starting to fill it.
The Lantern Road Toll
Author:Julian Thorne
Jake's cross-country drive with his girlfriend becomes a descent into a personal hell when they pick up a mysterious hitchhiker. This passenger knows Jake's darkest secret—the one about his brother, Noah. Now, on a road that doesn't exist on any map, under the light of impossible lanterns, Jake must pay the toll for his past. And the price is a reunion he won't survive.
The Midnight Line
Author:Herminia Barnett
Night shift subway controller Leo discovers a ghost train that appears every night at 3:13 AM. At first, it's just a glitch. Then he sees it on camera—an empty, decommissioned relic from a bygone era. When a passenger from a 1974 vanishing steps off the train and into a solid wall, Leo realizes he's not just watching a haunting, he's the next stop on its route. The system he controls is turning against him, and the train is coming to collect.
The Lucent
Author:Eleanor Abernathy
Four years ago, my neighbor's botched demon summoning banished our entire luxury apartment building into a cosmic void. We survived on magically-refilling fast food and the fragile sanity of our neighbors. We had weirdos, cults, and a janitor's closet with seven eyes. Life was predictable horror. Then, a new woman appeared in the food court. She was perfectly normal, eating her orange chicken like it was Tuesday. And in a place like this, nothing is more terrifying than normal.
The Silent Trail
Author:Corvus Shade
For two years, my Sunday hike was a sanctuary of perfect, predictable silence. But one day, the trail changed. The trees grew too close, the birds fell quiet, and the woods began to watch with a thousand bark-skinned eyes. I ran from the impossible, looping labyrinth, and thought I had escaped. But I was wrong. The forest followed me home, and now its suffocating silence is everywhere, waiting in every shadow, calling me back to the path where the world ends.
The Path of Decay
Author:Elias Thorne
For journalist Leo Vance, a 5:45 AM walk with his dog was his only sanctuary. Until she appeared on the path. A woman in a blue gown, her body more broken with each passing day. When Leo tries to flee his routine, he discovers the terrifying truth: she isn't haunting the path, she's haunting him. Now, he must uncover the secret of her horrific death before her decay consumes him entirely, dragging him into a small town's forgotten grave.
The Sugar-Coated Rot
Author:Jessica Bryant
Molly Tate is drowning in grief. When a mysterious presence begins leaving her gifts—nested boxes, cryptic notes, and sticky, half-eaten candies—she feels seen for the first time in months. But this sweet comfort comes at a terrible price. Her home is transforming into a saccharine prison, and her silent companion's affection is becoming something possessive, hungry, and monstrous. As the world outside fades away, Molly must confront the horrifying truth: some things are worse than being alone.
What Happened at Storyland
Author:Evelyn Thorne
For Elara, the dream is always the same: flying over a forgotten fairytale park, a place of rot and decay where silent figures hold a candlelight vigil. When she discovers the park was real, and its closure is a sixty-year-old mystery shrouded in silence, she realizes her dreams are not just dreams. They are memories of a childhood she can't remember. And the monster that was buried at Storyland Park is waking up, calling her back to unearth a truth more horrifying than she could ever imagine.
The Sixth Feed
Author:Derrick Garza
Desperate for cash, Liam takes a high-paying job monitoring inmates in a secret underground facility. The only catch? A list of impossible, reality-bending rules. He soon discovers the prisoners are the least of his worries. The cameras aren't just one-way, the sixth monitor shows a feed of him, and the walls themselves whisper his name. He's not just the guard; he's the next subject in a horrific, endless loop where observation is a cage and escape means being rewritten.