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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Veilbreaker's Fury
Author:Rhys Thorne
They called her the Coven's worst witch—a broken soldier haunted by wars both mundane and magical. But when the Veil tears and forgotten horrors spill into our world, Sergeant Evelyn 'Hex' Reed is the only one with the raw, untamed power to fight back. Teamed with a doctor whose secrets are as monstrous as the creatures they hunt and a detective cast out for seeing too much, she must master her chaotic magic before the Coven's ancient enemies, and its treacherous leaders, consume everything.
The Room Upstairs
Author:Anna Porter
We were never supposed to touch. Raised under the same roof, we were brother and sister in all but blood. Our bickering was a constant storm, a flimsy shield against the lightning that arced between us. But one night, I stumbled upon her most private moment, and the storm broke. The lines we never meant to cross were washed away in a flood of sweat and sin. Now, every hallway is a temptation, every closed door a challenge. She wants to repeat our mistake. And God help me, I'm afraid I want it too.
The Cinder of My Past
Author:Ember Thorne
For twenty years, a racist bully's taunts echoed in Elara’s soul, stealing her art and her identity. Now, the woman who tormented her is a beloved community activist. When a school reunion offers a chance for a final farewell, Elara decides it's time to say goodbye not just to the building, but to the lies that built her bully's perfect life. Armed with two decades of carefully preserved evidence, she won't just seek closure—she'll ignite an inferno of truth and watch her tormentor's world burn to the ground.
The Empty Echo
Author:J. R. Holloway
For architect Ethan Hayes, life is a blueprint of order and logic. But when a phantom life in Michigan begins to bleed into his own—with cryptic notes, impossible deliveries, and calls from a psychiatric hospital he’s never visited—his foundation cracks. Someone knows a past he can't remember, a secret buried so deep it's clawing its way out. As his reality unravels, Ethan must confront the terrifying possibility that the greatest monster isn't the one stalking him, but the person he used to be. The empty echo of his past is calling, and it won't be ignored.
Echoes of the Unseen City
Author:Kira Thorne
An orphan PI scraping by in London, Elara Vance only trusts herself. When a simple missing person case forces her to unleash a power she never knew she had, she's dragged into the lethal world of the city's magical Conclave. Marked as an illegal mage, she's given a choice: serve the powerful Archmage who discovered her, or be erased. But when her mentor is murdered and she inherits his enigmatic estate, Elara becomes the primary suspect and the target of every power-hungry mage in London. Now, she must unravel the conspiracy behind his death to clear her name.
The Shadow of Lorenzo
Author:Lonnie Medina
He is a creature of shadow and forgotten time, a lord of secrets who positions fate itself. She is a Warden of Truth, a seer sworn to prevent a coming cataclysm. During the once-a-century Convergence, their paths collide in a magical lift. He sees a challenge; she sees a variable that could shatter her prophecies. With a single, audacious invitation, he diverts her from her destiny. But is he the chaos she must stop, or the only ally who can help her survive it? In the city of Veilgarden, some truths are best left in the dark.
Stone & Charm
Author:Francisco Duncan
In the neon-drenched, magic-riddled city of Veridia, where elves broker deals in high-rises and trolls run the docks, homicide is rarely simple. For Detective Jade Hawkins—a half-troll, half-elf outcast fueled by cynicism and brute strength—every case is another reason to hate the world. Her new partner, the insufferably charming human Drew Hemley, is just another problem to be solved. But when a high-profile alchemist is found dissolved in his own potion, they are thrown into a conspiracy that threatens the city's fragile peace. To catch a killer who can rewrite reality, the stone-hearted outcast and the silver-tongued charmer must learn to trust each other before they become the next victims.
The Tenant in the Vents
Author:Rhys Grimm
A lonely man, seeking a small break from his mundane life, decides to befriend a tiny spider on his windowsill. He feeds it, watching with a strange pride as it grows. But it doesn't stop growing. Now, a melon-sized horror stalks the air vents of his home, leaving gruesome gifts at his door. He created this monster, and now he's trapped with it. He hears it crawling, he feels it watching, and he knows its affection could be the death of him.
My Tyrant Manager's Worst Nightmare
Author:Valerie Steele
I was just a junior employee, a punching bag for a tyrant manager who made my life hell. She drove me out, broke me down, and left my family eating bread slices for dinner. Three months later, I walked back into that office as the new Chief of Staff, two levels above her. She thought she could crush me again. She has no idea who I really am, or the storm of vengeance I'm about to unleash. This isn't just a comeback; it's a corporate execution.
The Siphon's Call
Author:Carlos Jordan
To survive the crushing dark, he had to leave his mentor behind. Three years later, crippled and ostracized, the abyss calls to him in his dreams. It shows him visions of his lost friend, not dead, but changed. Whole. Now, he must defy all reason and return to the cave that no longer exists, to a place that took his body and his sanity. He knows it wants something from him. He's terrified it's the one thing he has left to give.
Heir of Thorns and Wine
Author:Anya Koldun
Dmitry thought his life was a dead-end of orphanage memories and bookstore dust. But an inheritance from a grandmother he never knew—the legendary Baba Yaga—shatters his reality. Now, armed with knitting needles that turn into daggers, fueled by magical strawberry wine, and guided by a sarcastic, portal-mouthed ferret, he's the most wanted man in the supernatural underground. Hunted by a sterile order, distrusted by a hot-headed elf agent, and despised by a cranky demigod, Dmitry must embrace his chaotic heritage to protect a world he's only just discovered, or watch it be silenced forever.
Corporate Karma: The Manager Who Dug Her Own Grave
Author:Vance Sterling
Promised flexibility, he was a model employee. Betrayed and threatened by his manipulative manager just before the most important exam of his life, he didn't just get mad. He got a better job. Now, with his reputation ruined and her department collapsing, she's about to learn that some subordinates are assets you can't afford to lose. His revenge won't be loud, but it will be legendary, leaving her buried under the workload she tried to crush him with. Karma is coming to the office.