Booted at Midnight

Desperate for a fresh start, a naive Kentucky girl accepts a midnight job interview promising ten grand a month—alone, in the middle of nowhere, on New Year’s Eve. Her trusting family cheers her on, blind to the obvious danger, while her rideshare driver’s warnings fall on deaf ears. As she steps into the darkness, she has no idea she’s walking straight into a nightmare no one will see coming.

One night you joke about soul-jumping into a powerful historical figure—then wake up living it, trapped as Harrison Whitaker, a black-sheep heir in a cutthroat American dynasty. With only a handful of 'restarts' before you’re stuck forever, you must outwit ruthless brothers, a manipulative father, and the ghosts of your own reputation. Every move is a test: interrogate the wrong man, and you’re banished; show too much mercy, and you’re branded weak. But as power shifts and betrayals stack up, you realize there’s no perfect answer—only survival. Can you beat the system, clear the tutorial, and rewrite your fate—or will you lose yourself in a game you never asked to play?

Some train rides change you. I just wanted a quiet journey home for Memorial Day, but one arrogant passenger and his partner turn my trip into a waking nightmare—feet on my seat, threats, humiliation, and a crowd too scared to intervene. As my patience wears thin and my career hangs in the balance, all I want is to make it home in one piece. With every kick and cruel word, I’m forced to confront what it means to stand up, when to walk away, and what you owe to yourself when nobody else has your back. But when my family rallies behind me—and the other passengers finally speak up—will it be enough to get me through? Or will I crack before I ever reach my stop?

Never take an order after midnight—every Florida gig driver knows it, but Evan’s bills don’t care about ghost stories. When he breaks the rule for a fat tip, a shortcut down Redwater Road turns his shift into a waking nightmare: a monstrous figure stalks him, the locals panic, and the shadows know his name. Trapped between superstition and something hunting him for real, Evan races from haunted convenience stores to cursed trailer parks, desperate to finish his delivery and get home alive. But as reality warps and every warning comes true, he discovers the horror isn’t just folklore—it's personal, ancient, and hungry for more than tips. What do you do when the thing chasing you can follow you home? When dawn comes, will Evan escape the Redwater Hag—or will his next delivery be his last?

Waking up as a low-level succubus NPC in a cutthroat horror game was bad enough—getting dumped and humiliated on livestream is worse. Every player wants a powerful familiar, but she’s stuck with a broken skillset, a reputation in ruins, and a chat rooting for her downfall. When the top player, Maverick, steps in with a bloody rescue and a teasing smirk, the rules of the game—and her own heart—shift in ways no script ever predicted. But with jealous rivals, deadly ghosts, and contracts that can break with a word, trust is more dangerous than any monster. Will she risk everything to bind herself again, or is this just another setup for heartbreak? When the only way to survive is to call him “Boss,” can hope be more than just a dangerous buff?

Every dawn, Maple Heights shakes awake to the same ear-splitting chorus: one cantankerous old man, a Broadway wannabe, making sure no one gets a wink of sleep. When a battle-scarred insomniac moves in—lured by dirt-cheap rent and nothing left to lose—he finds himself at war with the neighborhood’s untouchable menace. But this isn’t just about lost sleep: the old man’s secrets run deeper, and his reign of terror has left scars on everyone around him. As petty games spiral into full-blown chaos, alliances form and the whole block watches, desperate for a hero—or at least a little peace. When revenge is the only thing keeping you awake, just how far will you go for one quiet night? Or will the noise finally break them both?

Derek came to Chicago chasing stardom, but found himself learning forbidden secrets from a phantom voice haunting the theater’s midnight shadows. As his talent grew, so did the chilling suspicion that the price of his gift was more than just sleepless nights—especially when his confession brought the city’s secret ghost-catchers to the stage. Now, with the truth threatening to destroy him, Derek must choose: expose the supernatural bargain or risk becoming the next legend whispered about in the dark.

Your first year of college is supposed to be about new friends and late-night pizza—not midnight warnings and haunted secrets. Savannah’s roommate Maya isn’t just a sleepwalker—she talks to ghosts, knows things she shouldn’t, and her eyes sometimes go pitch black in the dark. When Savannah wakes to icy whispers and finds her bed perfectly made—by hands she never saw—she starts to wonder if her new dorm used to be a cemetery for a reason. The more she investigates, the more she uncovers about Maya’s hidden tattoo and the campus legends of black wolves: guardians, monsters, or something even worse. Is Maya protecting her, or is Savannah the next name on a supernatural hit list? When the line between nightmare and reality blurs, will Savannah survive freshman year—or become another campus ghost story?

A wedding under a blood-red moon should have brought fortune to Hollow Creek, but instead, it summoned a nightmare. When the powerful Whitlock family kidnaps a stranger for a twisted ghost marriage, the entire town turns a blind eye—until the woman's desperate husband crashes the feast, exposing their sins. As violence erupts and a storm gathers, an ancient power is unleashed, forcing the guilty to their knees and threatening to destroy everyone. In a town where secrets fester and tradition masks evil, one child watches as revenge, magic, and terror collide. Will anyone survive the night, or is Hollow Creek doomed to pay for its silence? What price will be demanded when the veil is finally lifted?

A holiday getaway shouldn’t start with humiliation, but that’s exactly what happens when my hotel reservation vanishes and the front desk clerk makes me her public target. I came for rest; instead, I’m thrown into a battle of wits and dignity against Madison, the queen of petty power plays. Each attempt to salvage my weekend—whether flashing my corporate badge, demanding a manager, or simply asking for breakfast—only escalates the showdown. When Madison denies me even the basics and flaunts her favoritism, the line between customer and victim blurs. But as secrets spill and the hotel’s perfect image cracks, one question haunts my every move: how far will I go to reclaim my dignity before Madison destroys my holiday for good?

It started as a story meant to scare children, but the Hollow is all too real—and tonight, it comes for us. When eight-year-old Jamie witnesses the family piglet vanish and a monstrous, blood-eyed shadow stalks their rural home, generations of campfire warnings erupt into a desperate, midnight siege. With Grandpa’s shotgun useless, Grandma’s faith shaken, and the entire house plunged into darkness, the family must crawl through dirt and terror just to survive. But as they claw free and warn the town, the evil follows—wearing familiar faces, lurking behind every promise of help. In a night where trust is deadly and monsters wear human skin, who will make it to morning—and is anyone truly safe when the Hollow calls your name?

The deadliest games are played on city buses after midnight. When a tired couple boards the last bus home, they’re plunged into a chilling quiz where every answer can mean life or death—and the only way out is to outsmart the rules and each other. As each twisted question claims more victims, trust frays, alliances shatter, and even love is weaponized. To survive, the narrator must decide: betray the person he cares for, or sacrifice himself for strangers who’d gladly watch him die? But when the nightmare seems to end, a final, bloodstained clue hints it was all too real. Was it just a dream, or is the game still waiting for its last winner?