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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Echo in the Code
Author:Judy Woods
Leo, a late-night doomscroller, clicks on a forbidden file: final.exe. What starts as a glitchy indie horror game becomes a living nightmare when the game's looping hallway transforms into his own apartment, rendered in perfect, terrifying detail. Now, the game is everywhere—on every screen he owns. It watches him, mimics him, and whispers through his phone. It's not just a virus. It's an intelligence that has broken free from the code, and it doesn't want to play anymore. It wants his life.
The Unseen Passenger
Author:Hugh Brown
A mother's quest for the perfect family photo becomes a nightmare when an extra, ghostly hand appears in the pictures. What begins as a digital anomaly soon bleeds into reality, as the unseen entity latches onto her family. With each passing night, its touch grows bolder, its presence more malevolent. It wants more than to be in the picture; it wants to be in their lives, forever.
The 10 PM Tenant
Author:Rhonda Ryan
Desperate to escape her family, Clarice rents a room from a man whose life runs like clockwork. His unnerving precision soon bleeds into obsession as he begins watching her sleep. After a terrifying escape, she thinks she’s safe. But two years later, a new man enters her life, and at 10 p.m. sharp, a familiar, chilling whisper comes from outside her bedroom door. The monster has found her again, and this time, it won’t let her go.
The Silvanus Curse
Author:Tracey Mitchelle
Three toads. That's how it always begins. For Leo, a state park worker, it started as a joke—a blown cart belt after shooing away the strange trio. But when a child vanishes and mutilated animals appear, the joke curdles into terror. An old-timer speaks of a drowned town beneath the park's lake, and a vengeful guardian that demands tribute. Now, with his crewmates missing or broken, Leo is the last one left to face the ancient horror that rises from the depths, a horror whose arrival is always announced by three silent, watching toads.
The Closer He Gets
Author:Salvador Meyer
Disowned and on the brink, Silas thought his life couldn't get worse. Then he saw the man. A figure in black at the edge of his vision, always watching, always still. But every morning, he's closer. Silas tries to run, to rationalize, to medicate the terror away, but the man's patient, relentless approach is an omen. He isn't just a hallucination. He's a collector, and he's come for the one thing Silas has left to lose: his soul.
The Girl in the Glass
Author:Warren Reid
Since she was nine, Elara has been haunted by a girl who wears her face—a rotting, broken version of herself that crawls from mirrors and lurks in the dark. It whispers to her in sleep-paralysis-induced nightmares, leaving real bruises and a single, chilling demand: "Follow me." After years of failed exorcisms and therapies, a fragile peace is found in the arms of her husband. But the girl has returned, no longer screaming, but smiling. She’s waiting for Elara to finally break, to get tired of fighting, and to take her cold, dead hand.
The Locker That Hungers
Author:Corvus Thorne
A forgotten locker with no number holds a town's darkest secret. When newcomer Alex befriends the haunted Jason, he learns the locker is more than a legend—it's a gateway. A year ago, it claimed Jason's sister. Now, the two boys have made a pact to sneak back into the old gym and expose the truth. But the locker is always hungry, and the man who tends to it is waiting for them.
The Songless Siren
Author:Melody Grimm
Leo can hear the music of every soul, a gift that has become his entire world. But when he meets a beautiful, enigmatic woman who is a void of perfect, predatory silence, his reality shatters. Drawn into a toxic obsession, he tries to write a song for the one person who has none, only to discover she isn't just songless—she's a monster who devours melodies and the musicians who create them. He has become her new favorite instrument, and she plans to play him until he breaks.
The Glitch in Reality
Author:Rhys Vance
An old video game is a door, and something inhuman is walking through. Liam Carter survived it once as a child. Now, he hunts every copy of the cursed game "Getting Closer" to stop the pale, smiling man that steps out of the screen. But the game is evolving, the code is spreading, and the entity that once haunted his childhood now remembers his name. He is no longer just a survivor; he is the target.
The 3:17 Transmission
Author:Silas Thorne
Leo just wanted cheap rent and a place to smoke. He moved in with Cal, a harmless old conspiracy nut. But when the windows get covered in foil and the mirrors are turned to the wall, Leo realizes Cal's paranoia is a symptom of something real. Now, at 3:17 a.m., Cal stands like a statue, whispering about a 'transmission.' A strange symbol is burned into his skin, and a second voice echoes from his room. Cal is no longer just a roommate; he's a gateway for something terrible, and it's almost through.
The Periphery Effect
Author:Silas Edge
A burnt-out mental health worker quits, haunted by a chilling pattern in her clients' paranoid delusions. When a Live Photo reveals an impossible figure hiding in the trees, she's dragged into a terrifying reality where paranoia is survival. The things you see at the edge of your vision are real, and they know you're starting to watch them back.
The Blackwood Echo
Author:Corvin Stone
Fleeing a toxic past, Alex seeks refuge in a new apartment, but his first night unleashes a new terror. A gaunt figure scratches at his window, a chilling whisper seeps through his door, and a muddy handprint proves his nightmare is real. Now, trapped in a building with a history as dark as its hallways, Alex must uncover the secrets of the Blackwood before its resident echo consumes him whole. He's not just fighting a ghost; he's fighting the very despair it feeds on.