Paranoia Stories

Rayla Hartel was sixteen and living a normal life-until she realized she was being watched. A strange academic opportunity. Two adults who know too much. And a feeling that nothing around her is safe anymore. As paranoia takes over, Rayla starts questioning everyone and everything, unaware that her story ends somewhere cold, dark, and moving. Before It All Changed is my first book and is still in progress. It's a slow-burn thriller full of mystery and unease.

"Sometimes pain needs to be endured for pleasure to sprout. After we're done with you, you will be a simple happy girl who doesn't cause trouble." Josephine Keller was always an anxious girl, but she is pushed to her limits when she is placed under the torturous care of Dr.Grant and his hellish nurse Beatrice. Labelled as a paranoid schizophrenic and forced to endure barbaric treatment, she must fight her way to sanity and freedom.

A young FBI agent faces her first assignment since surviving a traumatic event in the line of duty. What was supposed to be a weekend trip upstate unravels into a high profile murder case and Agent Parker's life is once again on the line. Written for ONC 2026 Prompts: 80 & 106

College isn't supposed to feel like survival but at Hartwell, every secret, every desire, and every betrayal carries a cost. A diverse group of students navigates friendship, love, addiction, and obsession, only to find themselves trapped in a legacy of psychological manipulation, masked performances, and unsolved disappearances. As paranoia escalates and trust shatters, one of them vanishes and the real terror begins. Will they survive Hartwell, or become part of its dark history?

She sees the future. The future controls her Stella Anders, the girl cursed by her visions must navigate a world in which everyone and everything is out to get her, and not even her not-boyfriend believes anything she says

They aren't just students. They are Assets. Jasmine, Jake, and Ben have spent years balancing their lives as ordinary people with the high-stakes reality of the Command Centre. But when a sudden breakdown at school forces their hidden world into the light, the three survivors must face a past they've spent years trying to escape. With a crucial hearing looming, the team must return to the shadows to find the evidence needed to stop their tormentor once and for all. It was only a few years of their lives, but the scars run deep. Now, they must work together to recover, secure the truth, and prove that they are more than just numbers in a file. The clock is ticking. The mission is personal. And this time, they're fighting for their future.

One morning, Lena Hart discovers she no longer exists. Her apartment lease is gone. Her bank account has vanished. Her workplace claims she never worked there. Even her childhood home belongs to strangers who look at her like she's trespassing in a life that was never hers. Every trace of Lena has been erased - digitally, legally, socially. As she searches for answers, disturbing fragments surface: encrypted emails she doesn't remember sending, security footage of herself meeting someone in the middle of the night, and a version of her signature on documents she has never seen. The deeper she digs, the clearer one terrifying truth becomes: Someone didn't just remove her from the system. They replaced her. And the woman living Lena's life is closer than she thinks. A gripping psychological thriller about identity, manipulation, and what happens when the world decides you were never real.

Just when the summer vacation couldn't have gotten anymore boring, Oswald had all of his friends close to him move out and there which leaving Oswald behind with his family stuck in Hurricane Utah, bored out of his mind and sick of doing the same boring rituals he does everyday in his life wishes for something new to happen and he gets about just that when he discovers an old ball pit that takes him back to the year of 1987 the year when a tragic incident occured and has a reoccurring run in with a yellow rabbit like creature.

Norman is a problem. A decade of recurrent nightmares have punished his psyche severely, and after a number of delinquent actions, he ultimately ended up at St. Andria's, a school for "problem children". But in a twist of fate, his time at St. Andria's leads him to Alyssa, and somehow - perhaps through the power of love - he's finally able to find sleep, unplagued by dreams. And then the nightmares become reality.

When ROTTEN APPLES By Luiza When Jane's dad looses all fortune due to gambling, she's forced to move to Melsville, a town that smells like apples and old secrets. She hates the orchard. She hates the bugs. She definitely likes the towns golden boy Todd-until he kisses her. And then there's Silas-cold, barefoot, and too beautiful to be human. After a murder on the farm and her mother's mysterious disappearance, Jane starts unraveling a dark truth: a cult worships the orchard. And she's the final sacrifice. But when she wakes up in a psychiatric hospital, nothing makes sense. Was any of it real? Or is the curse just beginning? A haunting, slow-burn romantic thriller with a twist that will leave your jaw on the floor. Perfect for fans of Yellowjackets, Wilder Girls, and Sharp Objects.

Two Detectives investigate the murder of a small town high school Principal. They find a video showing who the murderer might be. But in a world of deep fakes and AI, did this person actually commit the crime? Or is there a puppet master behind the curtain.

Margo Sutton lives by routine. As a Risk & Compliance Officer, she trusts systems that behave correctly and environments that stay predictable. Her apartment is quiet. Orderly. Safe. Until small things begin to misalign. A light left on. A reminder she doesn't remember setting. Silence that lingers too long. Nothing is broken. Everything has a reasonable explanation - until the patterns start to repeat. TWISTED REFLECTIONS is a psychological thriller about control, access, and the unsettling realization that a life can be studied and influenced without force, intrusion, or warning. Sometimes the most dangerous thing isn't being watched. It's being understood.

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A single drop is all it takes. When sixteen-year-old Callum finds a strange black stain spreading across his bedroom wall, he thinks it's just damp. But the ink keeps growing - and it's not just on the walls. It's in his dreams. In his memories. In the eyes of the people around him. Something is watching. Something knows what he did. As paranoia grips, his school and classmates begin to unravel. Callum must decide how far he'll go to keep his secrets buried. Because once the ink touches you... it doesn't let go.

I'm soaring for my freedom, and if you also are, maybe this can help you.

One moment Ryan is driving in daylight. The next, he's buried beneath it. Trapped in suffocating darkness with nothing but his dying phone light, panic sets in. But when another presence reaches him in the dark, Ryan makes a sudden decision he can't undo. This is still a work in progress and will likely be revised.

You know what's up.

She Prefers Me Asleep is a dark mysterious psychological horror story about Alice Newton, a chronically ill girl who has lived in isolation for years under the care of the only person she trusts-her doctor. Confined to a crumbling house and warned that the outside world is dangerous, Alice's life is ruled by strict routines, medication, and silence. But when strange gaps in her memory begin to surface and small inconsistencies start to appear, Alice is forced to question everything she believes about her illness, her past, and the woman who claims to be keeping her alive. As curiosity slowly outweighs fear, Alice edges closer to a truth that was never meant to be remembered. A story about control, obsession, lost time, and the terrifying question of whether safety can sometimes be the most dangerous lie of all.

Lucy is a 17 year old girl who lives alone most of the time and feels as if she is absolutely worthless. When she attempts to throw herself of a bridge a mysterious young man comes and saves her. He pulls her back over the bridge and takes her home where he leaves her notes and refuses to tell her who he is. Lucy goes through a lot before she finally finds him. But as Lucy begins to question things and snoop around, both her and Max turn out to have unbelievable secrets. Lucy is ready to do anything to find out what Max's secret is but figuring that out could be potentially dangerous for her. Read/Vote/Comment

'I've never been myself. I've only been yours.' an amalgamation of poetry about hate-fuelled angst, heartbreak and hard times as well as the beauty that manifests itself, and love in all its forms. hope you enjoy it amira :)