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 Follower in the Walls
Author:Beverley Snyder
Liam, a lonely streamer haunted by social anxiety, lands a date with his dream girl next door. But when a cryptic new follower appears online, a terrifying entity that only he can see begins to manifest in the real world. This gaunt, skeletal creature feeds on his jealousy and self-doubt, living within the very walls of his apartment. As his obsession with his new love interest grows, so does the creature's power, blurring the line between his crippling insecurities and a horrifying reality that wants to make him the new 'man of the house.'
The Cupid's Venom
Author:Jo Medina
To Elias, love isn't a gift; it's a venomous curse injected by a demonic Cupid. The only antidote is Seraphina, the angelic bartender who unknowingly became the object of his obsession. He sees her as a goddess, a perfect creation he must possess to quell the poison burning through his veins. But when he sees her with another man, his role shifts from worshipper to protector, and he'll drown the world in blood to 'save' her... whether she wants him to or not.
The Salt-Stained Bloodline
Author:Taylor Hopkins
When Elias Thorne returns to his ancestral home after his father's mysterious death at sea, he dismisses his mother's frantic warnings as grief-fueled madness. But as a monstrous storm engulfs their isolated lighthouse, he discovers the horrifying truth: his family is bound by a blood-oath to guard the coast from ancient, shapeshifting horrors that emerge from the brine. These creatures wear the faces of the dead and whisper with the voices of loved ones, and they will stop at nothing to be invited inside. Elias must now embrace his terrifying legacy before the tide of darkness consumes them all.
Par for the Damned
Author:Felix Willis
A nostalgic trip to a closing mini-golf course turns into a nightmare when five friends are trapped by its sinister mascot. Forced into a deadly game where every stroke is a matter of life or death, one man must unravel the secrets of the cursed grounds before he and his friends become permanent attractions. The only rule is to get a hole-in-one. The only prize for winning is another game.
The Echo Chamber
Author:Julian Blackwood
Elias Vance lives a life of sterile precision, a fortress against memories he can't recall. But his fortress is cracking. Whispers of 'Zero' bleed from the walls, and cryptic photos appear, showing a hallway he's never seen. As reality dissolves, he's dragged into a breathing labyrinth of infinite doors, each a portal to a buried fragment of his past. He soon discovers he is not just a prisoner in this mental asylum; he is its architect. And its first patient, a shadowy warden, is determined to make him remember every last scream.
The Last Showbiz
Author:Barnaby Grimm
Leo took a job at the last Showbiz Pizza to reconnect with a piece of his childhood. He loved the old animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion. But the childhood icons he remembered are gone, replaced by something starving for attention. Now, locked inside after closing, Leo discovers the show isn't over. The band demands an audience, and they'll create one from the screams and broken bodies of anyone who dares to forget them. He was their biggest fan; now he's their unwilling warden.
The Un-Becoming
Author:Terrance Morales
The sky didn't fall. It peeled open, bleeding a colorless color that unmade reality. As the world dissolves into beautiful, maddening patterns, astrophysicist Elias Thorne must save his younger sister from the creeping cosmic horror. But the entity invading their world isn't an enemy—it's a new form of existence. To fight it is to fight reality itself, and Elias can feel his own mind, his very soul, beginning to fray and find peace in the ruin.
Echoes in the Holler
Author:Tyrone Andrews
A family's idyllic summer retreat to a remote Appalachian cabin descends into a nightmare of impossible geography and terrifying encounters. When the woods begin to warp reality itself, they discover the true horror isn't just the creatures that stalk the trees, but the ones that can wear the faces of those they love. They thought they were escaping the city, but they only escaped the familiar. What the mountain wants, the mountain keeps.
The Carver's Circle
Author:Silas Thorne
Eli fantasized about the high of taking a life, a darkness he thought was his alone. He finds a support group, Killers Anonymous, a place to confess his sins among kindred spirits. But the circle is a hunting ground, and their most welcoming member is a butcher searching for his next project. Eli wanted to be the predator, but now he's strapped to the table. In a den of monsters, survival means becoming the one thing you always dreamed of, and always feared.
The Funny Story
Author:Rafael Rogers
When his best friend sends him a link to a cryptic website, college student Alex Vance is dragged into a terrifying game orchestrated by a ghost from his past. A mysterious entity is rewriting his memories, haunting his technology, and isolating him from everyone he loves. To survive, he must return to the haunted woods of his childhood and confront the horrific truth behind his brother's death—a truth that is not only still alive, but wants to play again.
Messy Hands
Author:Rhys Macabre
Every Tuesday, five friends gathered for game night. It was their sacred ritual, a refuge from adult life. But one night, a new game appears—a dusty, forgotten box from an attic called 'Messy Hands.' The rules are simple: draw a card, do the dare. But when the basement door seals itself with solid stone and the dares turn from childish pranks to brutal acts of self-mutilation and betrayal, they realize this is no ordinary game. To survive, they must play. To win, they must destroy each other. Because in the game of Messy Hands, the only thing messier than your hands is your conscience.
Black Halo Over Grimwood
Author:Ian Sutton
When a chemical storm locks down the city of Grimwood, Elias Thorne believes the real danger is outside. He's wrong. The L-7 Black Halo isn't just a chemical; it's a psychoactive contagion that feeds on memory and regret. Now, phantoms from his past are knocking at his door, led by a little girl with black teeth who calls him 'Dad.' Trapped in his home, Elias must confront the ghosts he buried long ago, or be consumed by a horror that knows his name, his secrets, and his deepest fears.