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.
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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.
The Chhayagarh Line
Author:Renee Wheeler
To escape his haunted village, Arjun breaks a generations-old taboo and boards a train with his father. But this is no ordinary train. It is a living, breathing predator of steel and flesh, and the price of a ticket is far more than money. Trapped in a carriage that digests its passengers, Arjun discovers the horrifying pact that binds his village to the monstrous engine, a deal that is about to expire. The ride has just begun, and the final destination is damnation.
Echoes of the Thirsting Sand
Author:Flint Calder
A cynical drifter returns to his high desert hometown to find his conspiracy-theorist father missing. He soon discovers the whispered legends are real. An ancient desert god is dying, a tech-billionaire's cult seeks to devour its power, and he is the only one who can hear the whispers on the wind. To uncover the truth, he must become the desert's champion, wielding the power of sand and sun against an enemy that blends dark rituals with cold technology. The desert is watching, and it has chosen its avatar.
What Liora Keeps
Author:Vesper Thorne
To find his missing sister, Elio must use his volatile psychic ability—a power he can only access when blackout drunk. His desperate search attracts an old shadow from his past: the enigmatic Liora, who offers him answers at a terrible price. Pulled into her world of sensual depravity and occult horror, Elio discovers the truth about his sister is tied to a monstrous secret Liora keeps in her gothic mansion—twin entities that feed on souls. He must master his power before they consume his sister completely, but some doors, once opened, can never be closed.
The Alchemist's Cursed Heart
Author:Corvus Sinclair
He was a saint-in-training, bound by vows to suppress the monstrous power that coursed through his veins. She was the sorceress sworn by blood to execute him for the sins of his ancestor. When his grandfather's forbidden journal of 'Emotional Alchemy' lures him to the magical underbelly of New Orleans, he discovers his family's madness is a power that can rewrite reality. To survive the coven that wants him dead, he must embrace the darkness he fears, even if it means surrendering to the one woman trained to be his executioner.
The Echo of the Crimson Bloom
Author:Walter George
To save his dying mentor, a novice Lorekeeper must find a legendary story's lost 'Vocal Incantation'—a magical recording that vanished decades ago. His desperate plea on a clandestine network attracts not help, but a cryptic warning from his bitter rival. Together, they uncover a conspiracy revealing the story wasn't lost, but shattered to imprison a memory-devouring god. Reassembling it might save one life, but could unleash an entity that feeds on stories, threatening to silence the world forever.
The Rune-Scribe of Slakterquay: The Case of the Wandering House
Author:Elias Thorne
When a Victorian mansion appears overnight in a quiet suburb, the city calls it a miracle. But for Aggie McPherson, a private eye who sees the city’s spectral skeletons, it’s a Class-4 Dimensional Incursion. Trapped inside the living, breathing architecture, she's hunted by corrupted memories and a rival mage who wants the house's power for himself. To solve this case, Aggie must unravel the secrets of a long-dead chronomancer and decide whether to save the soul trapped at the house's heart… or risk unleashing the parasite it holds prisoner upon the world.
Digital Nemesis
Author:Cypher Reed
A reclusive hacker's simple act of revenge against his childhood bully spirals into a high-stakes war against a powerful criminal syndicate. He reported a ghost from his past for a thousand-dollar reward, but now he's being hunted. To survive, the victim must become a predator, teaming up with a lone detective in a deadly game of digital cat and mouse where one wrong keystroke means death. Old wounds and new dangers collide in this thrilling tale of vengeance and justice.
Concrete Retribution
Author:Silas Stone
A brilliant but broke engineering student accepts a challenge from his beleaguered professor: build an indestructible mailbox to stop a relentless vandal. But this is no simple class project. It's a declaration of war against the campus's most entitled bully. Using scrap metal, concrete, and sheer ingenuity, he forges a monument of petty revenge. When the bully's final attack ends with a sickening crunch and a trip to the ER, a simple quest for extra credit escalates into a high-stakes legal battle against a powerful family, risking his entire future for a taste of sweet, engineered justice.