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Slow burn

Stories that take their time. Tension builds over many turns rather than a few, and every small choice counts. Play a slow-burn seed at your own pace, or read finished branches free.

36 seeds to play · 14 branches to read

One Line Eachby malachite · Jul 28, 2026

The notebook lets you write one true sentence about any living person, once, forever. Every line you spend is a person you have finished deciding.

Modern dayReality alterationCharacter drivenMagic

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Three, Then Oneby malachite · Jul 28, 2026

The lamp grants three wishes cleanly and kindly, and then, when you least expect it, takes one thing back at random.

Modern dayCharacter drivenMagicSupernatural

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The Favourby malachite · Jul 28, 2026

The genie says yes to everything and means every word of it, and keeps a running count in a ledger you are not allowed to see.

Modern dayCharacter drivenCorruptionMagic

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The Landlord's Clauseby malachite · Jul 28, 2026

The lease you signed has blank lines meant to be filled in by hand, and whatever you write there, your tenants quietly become.

Modern dayReality alterationCharacter drivenMind control

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Terms and Conditions Applyby softserve · Jul 22, 2026

An app grants your wishes exactly as worded, and each one quietly appends a clause you already accepted. You keep scrolling past the update notes.

Modern dayReality alterationCorruptionSupernatural

3 branches22 turns1 like

The Second Draftby mirrorwrite · Jul 16, 2026

You can rewrite one memory a day in anyone you touch. Yours included, if you slip.

Modern dayReality alterationCharacter drivenRomance

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The Attic Wants a Wordby mirrorwrite · Jul 16, 2026

A mirror in the attic shows who you would be if you had said yes. It is very persuasive.

Reality alterationHorrorCharacter drivenTransformation

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Wearing Wellby mirrorwrite · Jul 16, 2026

A wardrobe that slowly changes the wearer to fit the clothes, one item at a time. Patience is the only way it works.

Gender transformationTGTransformationMtF

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The Understudyby mirrorwrite · Jul 16, 2026

You can borrow one trait a day from the star of your amateur dramatics society. She is starting to notice what's missing.

Modern dayCharacter drivenBody modificationDrama

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Practice Partnerby mirrorwrite · Jul 16, 2026

A hypnosis course whose homework, it turns out, is you.

Modern dayMysteryHorrorMind control

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The Suggestion Boxby remotework · Jul 11, 2026

Anonymous suggestions dropped in the break-room box come true by Monday. You are careful, considered, and specific. You are also not the only one who has found the box.

Modern dayMysteryReality alterationCharacter driven

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The Undo Buttonby remotework · Jul 11, 2026

There is a key on the office keyboard that reverts one thing about one person, permanently. You get one press, and you have decided who.

Modern dayReality alterationCharacter drivenMind control

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