Slowburnmystery Stories

Evie works the night shift at a call center. Not just any call center - the one where the dead call in with unfinished business. Most of them want to say goodbye. Some want revenge. And a few just want to know what happened to their cat. But one night, a girl calls who doesn't know she's dead. Her name is Iris. And she keeps calling back. Each time, she remembers more. Each time, the world around Evie slips a little further out of sync. Because Iris isn't just a case. She's a key. And if Evie answers her final call... she might not come back.

At thirteen, Hannah Lockridge witnesses the death of her twin brother, Harry. What is ruled an accident fractures her family and embeds her inside a system designed to manage inconvenient truths. Five years later, Hannah begins uncovering the infrastructure behind her family's power - and realizes her brother's death was not an isolated tragedy, but part of something far older and far more controlled.

In a town too quiet and a house that hums when no one's speaking, a man returns to a life he's been told is his. The journals say he's healing. The therapist said he was ready. The pills have stopped. But the static hasn't. When a forgotten file surfaces, and a name-Raymond Shelton-rattles loose from the past, the voices return. Whispers tucked in margins. Red ink where blue should be. Pages that write themselves. As he dives deeper into Raymond's fractured legacy, guided by torn coordinates and buried confessions, the man begins to question whose memories he carries-and whether the self he trusts is even his at all. Some minds don't break all at once. Some tear thread by thread. This is the story of a descent.

vanishing villages a young adventurer is sent to investigate. but the deeper they search, the more the world itself begins to shift. maps change. memories warp. And something antient beneath reality begins to stir.

This story is intended for mature readers familiar with the Warhammer 40K universe. Recommended age: 25+ CW: Horror elements, body horror, psychological tension. On the forgotten world of Kaldras Secundus, the mist is not just weather-it's a presence. When Captain Malachai of the Iron Sentinels and his squad investigate the sudden silence of an entire Hive city, they descend into a dead manufactorum filled with warped technology, psychic echoes, and a disturbing absence of life. But some things whisper louder in silence... and not all voices are human. As the squad uncovers traces of a corrupted Tech-Priest and a long-lost Inquisitor, reality itself begins to unravel. Mission Objective: Secure the source of the disturbance. Identify the fate of Inquisitor Voss. Survive the descent.

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Returning to a town she barely remembers, Laura Evans just wanted to survive her father's downfall - not uncover a trail of murders. But Hollow Creek remembers her. And someone in town remembers her too well. As more bodies surface, all marked with strange symbols and chilling precision, Laura is pulled into a mystery buried deep beneath the fog and whispers of the past. With Dean - her once-sweet childhood friend turned distant and guarded - by her side, Laura must piece together forgotten memories, hidden truths, and the haunting possibility that one of their closest friends... is the killer. Some things were never meant to be found.

Threads of Darkness In a world without sun, a broken leader finds an ancient map-and a hidden war begins. For 200 years, Noctsol lived in ash and silence. Now, betrayal rises in the heart of its council, and an old power awakens. The fight for the future has begun.

I woke up Tuesday morning to find 1.6 million people missing from Manhattan. 😱 EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON. My phone? Dead My AR glasses? Useless The city that never sleeps? Silent as a tomb I thought I was alone. I WAS WRONG. 😳 BUT HERE IS THE WEIRD PART: 🔥I just discovered I have over 5 million followers online. In the REAL world. YOUR WORLD! 🔥 HOW DO I HAVE FOLLOWERS WHEN I DON'T EVEN EXIST THERE ANYMORE? Something's watching me from the shadows. Something that knows my name. Something that's been waiting. This isn't just about survival anymore. THIS IS ABOUT THE TRUTH THEY TRIED TO HIDE. What would you do if you discovered your empty world was someone else's entertainment? 🤔

A cryptic painting hidden beneath a dead agent. An encrypted message. A missing partner. When a high-stakes case of espionage explodes, Secret Service Agent Sam must unravel a deadly conspiracy where nothing is as it seems, and a single clue could be the nation's only hope.

Nyra Deshmukh doesn't fear the dark- because she's lived in worse places inside her own mind. A forgotten warehouse. A fake identity. A message on the wall written in fresh ink: "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE." When shadows from her past rise again, Nyra realizes something terrifying- someone knows the truth she has buried for years. Someone who has been watching her longer than she knew. Someone who wants Aarohi Sen back... even if Nyra doesn't survive it. A psychological thriller about identity, control, and the girl who never blinked.

The Singh mansion has rules. Some spoken. Some whispered. And one that no one dares to question - never open the attic door. Yet every night, faint piano notes drift through the dark halls. Notes no one claims to hear. Curious and restless, Rahul and Veeranshu follow the sound. The lock clicks open. Dust swirls. Inside waits a truth their family buried long ago - a secret with eyes, a name, and a story they were never meant to know.

Every twelve years, Ashwood Ridge burns-and nobody remembers. When Ava Brooks returns home after her mother's sudden death, the last thing she expects is a column of silent blue fire rising from the woods behind her backyard. The sheriff insists she's "imagining things." The neighbors pretend nothing happened. The only person who believes her is a strange boy who keeps sketching pictures of Ava standing in a burning forest. Then the spirals start appearing. On her windows. On the trees. On her skin. As people begin losing hours-sometimes entire days-Ava discovers her family has been tied to a repeating supernatural disaster for over a century. A creature made of cold flame is watching her. Waiting for her. The last cycle took her mother. This one wants Ava. And the only way to survive the fire is to remember what the town keeps forgetting.

Twelve-year-old Sam was just a baby when the world ended. He's spent nearly his entire life surviving on a yacht, watching the people he loves disappear, one by one. Out there, everyone followed one rule: never set foot on land-unless you have no choice. But when the last adult vanishes, Sam breaks the rule. He goes ashore. And everything changes. Now, alone in a rotting world filled with silence, death, and questions, Sam begins a journey fueled by anger, hunger, hope and dread. Armed with nothing but a sharp tongue and a list, he sets out to live what life he has left... Even if it's just one last day.

"Who are you?" I asked the boy at the lake. He only smirked-and jumped into the water. When seventeen-year-old Nasha wakes from a coma, her memories are fractured and her reality... off. Her mother insists it was a car accident. The principal at her secluded boarding school acts like she despises her. A hauntingly familiar boy watches her from across the cafeteria. And her new roommate-a gorgeous, fierce girl from her lost past-knows more than she lets on. But there's something worse than forgotten memories-a feeling. A deep, unbearable ache in her chest... as if her heart was once bonded to someone she can no longer recall. As secrets unravel, rivers whisper, and shadows stir, Nasha is forced to question the truth everyone keeps hiding. Why was she at that River? Who pulled her under? And why does part of her feel like it never truly returned? A dark fantasy romance filled with mystery, betrayal, and a love that refuses to drown.

A Fusion of Science and Paranormal Dr. Elara Myles is a brilliant forensic physicist known for solving the unsolvable. But when a series of bizarre deaths defy all scientific explanation-bodies drained of energy, clocks frozen mid-tick, and whispers recorded on silent audio-she is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: the laws of nature may not be the only forces at play. As Elara digs deeper, she uncovers a hidden network of rogue researchers, ancient experiments, and a shadowy figure who seems to follow her every move. With her rational mind clashing against mounting evidence of the paranormal, she must decide: cling to logic or embrace the unknown? Set against a backdrop of eerie towns, abandoned labs, and cryptic symbols, Paracience is a genre-bending thriller that explores the thin line between science and superstition. Perfect for fans of Dark, Fringe, and The X-Files, this novel will keep you questioning reality until the final page.

Not a single soul at Laurel University doesn't know Lianne Aveline C. Lewis-the picture-perfect honor student with immaculate grades, flawless leadership, and a smile that could charm its way out of trouble. But beneath her glistening reputation and perfectly pressed uniform lies a secret darker than anyone could ever guess. When a classmate is found dead under suspicious circumstances, whispers begin to spread. As the school scrambles for answers, Lianne remains calm.Too calm. Because she knows something no one else does. She was there. And she has a plan to make sure her name stays out of it. But secrets don't stay buried for long. And when an anonymous student begins sending her threatening letters, Lunè must outwit her classmates, the faculty, and a dangerously clever school journalist who doesn't know when to stop digging. In a world where reputation is everything, how far can the school's model student go to protect hers?

In a city where nothing is as it seems, an english teacher, Lucian is drawn into two chilling murder cases that threaten to unravel his already fragile mind. The first, a locked-room killing with no signs of struggle, leads Lucian join with the police. But as they close in on the truth, a cryptic message at the scene of another brutal murder hints at something much darker, and personal, pulling Lucian deeper into a tangled web of secrets. With each step, Lucian uncovers not just killers, but the truth about his own haunted past, the enigmatic man in the mask who haunts his memories, and the fragile connection with his partner, Eve, whose loyalty may hide deadly secrets of its own. In a world where trust is scarce and innocence is a lie, Lucian must confront the darkness within before it consumes him entirely.