Slow Burn Stories
Explore our collection of 364 amazing stories tagged with slow burn. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Petrol Plot
Author:Tyrone Robertson
When his good-for-nothing neighbors—who also happen to be his wife's cousins—steal his gas, handyman Jake Miller decides the law is too slow and justice is a dish best served from a jerrycan. He concocts a special brew of 'rotten egg gas,' a secret recipe for automotive annihilation. One by one, he'll turn their stolen rides into roadside scrap, proving that the price of gas is nothing compared to the cost of his revenge.
The Debt Collector's Ledger
Author:Daryl Stone
He stole my savings, my love, and my future. The law couldn't touch him, the bank wouldn't help me. They all said my £5,000 was gone for good. But my ex forgot one thing: my summer job was at a debt collection agency. For the price of a few coffees, I bought him a lifetime of ruin. He thought he was untouchable, but he never realized his greatest liability wasn't his debt—it was me.
Where the Cicadas Stop
Author:R. M. Blackwood
Leo just wanted a quiet place to escape his dead-end life. He found it at the old burned-out bridge, a place of serene solitude. But one evening, the familiar song of the cicadas stopped. In the sudden, terrifying silence, he discovered he wasn't alone. Something was watching from the trees—something with limbs too long and a hunger that followed him home. Now, every time the world goes quiet, Leo knows it's coming for him. The silence is no longer peace; it's a prelude to a scream.
The Echo in the Walls
Author:Ricky Arnold
Our dream home became a living nightmare. It started with whispers and shadows, things my rational mind could dismiss. But then it began to wear the faces of those I love. It learned their voices, their laughter, and twisted them into instruments of terror. I made a mistake. I looked back when I should have run. I acknowledged it. Now, it's not just in the house anymore. It has my phone number, it knows my name, and it wants to wear my face next.
She Is My Soulmate, And I Am Her Keeper
Author:Merrick Thorne
Jake finally married Ella, the woman of his dreams since childhood. Their life is perfect, a fairy tale come true. But when a teenage girl flirts with him, Jake discovers the dark truth behind his wife's smile. The freezer in their basement holds a horrific secret, and Jake learns he isn't Ella's first husband... nor is she willing to lose another. Trapped in a perfect home that has become a gilded cage, he must unravel the bloody secrets of her past to avoid becoming her next victim.
It Knows Your Name
Author:Silas Thorne
For overworked IT specialist Michael, a secluded cabin was supposed to be an escape. But a terrifying, unnaturally tall creature with a carved smile found him. It tapped on his window. It whispered his name. Now, back in the city, safe on the third floor of his apartment, the tapping has returned. Every night. The creature followed him home, proving that no lock, no wall, and no height can keep it out. It knows where he is. And it's patient.
Contract of Crimson
Author:Ruby Roberts
Kaelen Vance isn't a warrior; he's a loophole in human form. As a mortal consultant to the supernatural, his mind is his only weapon in a world of fangs and spells. When he's hired to solve a series of impossible murders targeting ancient vampire nobility, he's thrown into the orbit of Lady Seraphina, a centuries-old vampire bound by archaic laws. The killer is exploiting the vampires' most sacred vow, and only Kaelen can see the flaw. To survive, they must bridge the chasm between their worlds, unaware that their investigation will unearth a conspiracy threatening to drown the city in blood.
Void-Touched: My Power is Fear
Author:Dustin Davis
One night, a comet gifts Kaelen a strange System that turns his deepest fears into unimaginable power. Abducted into Aethelgard, a hidden city and brutal death academy, he must learn to master his unique terror—the fear of oblivion itself. In a world where failure means being erased and cosmic horrors lurk in the shadows, Kaelen's chaotic ability to unmake reality is both his only hope for survival and a threat to everyone around him. Can he control the void within before it consumes him whole?
The Ledger of Vengeance
Author:Anthony Gordon
Framed by his corrupt manager for embezzlement he didn't commit, accounting prodigy Ethan Thorne is pushed to the brink. But when his boss demands he "do his job properly," Ethan unleashes a meticulous, malicious compliance. Every transaction becomes a clue, every number a weapon. He's not just clearing his name; he's balancing the books with cold, calculated revenge, ready to expose a rot that goes deeper than anyone imagines and claim the empire built on lies.
The Roadside Collection
Author:Harvey Moore
For twelve years, Jack Riley cleaned up the dead from Route 340. It was a simple, gruesome job. But then, the bodies started disappearing before he could get to them. Something unseen, something silent and impossibly fast, was doing his job for him. He ran, burying the secret for years under the Arizona sun. Now, a new disappearance has pulled him back to the haunted Virginia blacktop. He was the road's keeper once, but he's about to discover what happens when the road, and the things that hunt it, decide to collect.
The Soul-Alchemist of Aethelgard
Author:Isaiah Steeves
Caelen McDowell, last heir to a disgraced line of alchemists, is a gilded prisoner of a fanatical religious empire. To escape execution, he must embrace his forbidden heritage and orchestrate a public murder. But his plan is overseen by the one man he can't fool: a beautiful, ruthless Inquisitor whose own faith is beginning to crack. Hunted and desperate, they are forced into an unholy alliance, discovering a conspiracy that could either liberate the city or drown it in blood and fire. Survival is no longer enough; now, they crave revolution.
Nyx's Bloom
Author:Vespera Thorne
By day, Elara is a ghost, a scholarship student hiding behind oversized sweaters and art supplies. By night, in dreams she can't remember, she is Nyx—a white-haired predator ruling the city's supernatural underworld. But the dream is bleeding into reality. Her hair is changing, shadows stalk her in daylight, and a mysterious death puts a target on her back. Three dangerous men, a vampire, a shifter, and a fae lord, are closing in. They don't know if they want to kill her, claim her, or worship her... and neither does she.