appalling apocalypses, daring dystopias, fearsome futures
11 stories
Expiration Date (Books 1 and 2) by MikaelaBender
Expiration Date (Books 1 and 2)
MikaelaBender
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Now a digital pilot for SYFY The Society knows when we're going to die. They imprint it on our arms at birth. I was supposed to die yesterday. I'm the girl who's Expired. Winner of the 2020 Readers Choice Awards Cover by @Forcade
The Day I Wore Purple by JakeVanderArk
The Day I Wore Purple
JakeVanderArk
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Hannah Lasker is facing the most difficult decision of her life. Should she get the new immortality vaccine that will stop her body from aging? Or should she stand beside her boyfriend who can't afford the miracle cure? From innocent schoolyards of 1999 to the virtual environments of 2068, The Day I Wore Purple is a story about eternal love, devastating memories, and the impending technological takeover.
FIRST CAUSE, Book One of the Terranaut Trilogy by PaulWestNY
FIRST CAUSE, Book One of the Terranaut Trilogy
PaulWestNY
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The world is in chaos from a two-day battery of explosions in many of its major cities. A week after the explosions, journalist Adam Grey wakes up in the hospital. He pieces together the events leading to his injury, involving a woman named Angela. Senator Cyrus Reardon has been appointed the new President of the United States' decimated government. A politician who isn't generally fond of his peers, he's faced with leading a discordant provisional Cabinet, addressing the nation's growing panic, and trying to separate fact from fiction. Confronted with the truth behind the attacks, they--along with the world at large--are forced to reconsider conventional assumptions about human nature and possibility. (Available on the Amazon Kindle, Smashwords, Nook and itunes for 2.99)
The Deathless Trilogy by SarahPerlmutter
The Deathless Trilogy
SarahPerlmutter
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Seventeen-year-old botanist Isla Blume believes every life deserves a chance to survive, even in the apocalypse. So when collector droids kidnap her mom, she knows she has to fight back to save her life. No one returns from being collected, not even her boyfriend Daniel, and after a failed attempt to combat the droids, Isla is captured too. Just when she's sure she'll suffocate inside one of the droids, a group of renegade scientists, the Deathless, save Isla and her mom. They tell her that that droids have been harvesting survivors as forced labor for the government. After learning Isla's name, the Deathless become suspicious of her, and soon she hears why: A familiar voice to Isla repeats over a transmission from the bunker, "Find Isla Blume." Determined to reconnect with those she's lost, Isla faces her fear of fighting and joins the Deathless' first attack on the government. If only she could trust them to help her. A Wattpad featured story! Follow Isla's journey through post-apocalyptic US with the trilogy! Now you can read the whole trilogy here, including bonus material and extras! For the complete Deathless experience, read THE BLAST and STORIES OF THE DEATHLESS too! Beautiful cover by @MulanJiang
SINGULARITY by isaacjwmay
SINGULARITY
isaacjwmay
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Recommended by Wattpad talent hunters, SINGULARITY! (Shameless advertising I know...) http://blog.wattpad.com/post/19395726078/friday-find-singularity Its a time when man has the potential to become immortal, where nanotechnology allows for people to manipulate the world and their surroundings at their whim, when a virtual reality, can become ones true reality, and when anyone can travel the universe as gods... But the line between humanity, and something potentially much greater has become blurred, and a man unwilling to take that final step, to evolve, finds himself left behind in a world technologically far beyond the point where he can live out a normal, human life. For better or for worse, this is the end of humanity as we have known it, the result of a single event... The Singularity.
Dystopia by TrentD128
Dystopia
TrentD128
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"I could have killed her right then and there, but I thought I'd let you decide..." Skylar Evans. Age: Sixteen, and counting. Insubordinence Level: Undecided. Or at least, that's what my file states. For our benefit they have hidden this information from us all. Heck, I didn't even know what Insubordinence was, until they brought me to Shelter Seven. Fasces is all I've seen of the world, and I'm not eager to see any more. In an attempt to correct human nature, Fasces was formed with strict laws called the Variables. They influence every aspect of our lives. Our world is only held together by the Variables. So what happens if they fall? * * * "Fear itself. It is one vicious cycle, one that I have been in my whole life." For years I have been in fear, despair, agony. I can no longer keep these facts secret. I am done with this world. And this world is done with me. To most, I am nobody special, just Tyler. To one, I am the world. A world of defiance that threatens to shatter the perfect glass she has forged with the heat of hatred. I have never before known the power of truths and lies. I have never before known the pain of losing everything due to some empty words. That is, until I was forced into all this by one small step. One small step, towards one gap of truths, that I could only lie about. * * * Dystopia takes place in a very futuristic North America, where a country has been constructed from the ground up, to restore peace to the world. "An attempt to correct human nature" they say. Fasces was a world of ideals. But ideals only last so long...
The Famoux by famouxx
The Famoux
famouxx
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Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]
Human Error by leigh_
Human Error
leigh_
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BOOK 1 // Human Error (COMPLETE) BOOK 2 // Human Instinct (IN PROGRESS) *NOW OPTIONED FOR A TV SHOW* "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness engineered right into their DNA." - William Shakespeare, 1602 (adapted for BioPlus) Astrid Oxford is not normal. Two hundred years into the future, society is recovering from global collapse, and genetic modification has saved the remaining population from a hunger crisis. The alteration of human DNA has been illegal since the technology was developed, but in the heart of New London, a sinister trend has emerged among society's elite. Designer children have been the city's best-kept secret for years, but strange side effects are now appearing as they hit adolescence. When a freak suicide forces modification into the public eye, eighteen-year-old Astrid is about to learn how difficult it is to stay under the radar when you really were born to stand out.
The Girl Who Started the Revolution by AbbyJewett
The Girl Who Started the Revolution
AbbyJewett
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❝One girl, one book, and an entire nation that wants to keep her from it.❞
The Runner (Part I of the Runner Series) by so1tgoes
The Runner (Part I of the Runner Series)
so1tgoes
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The world as we know it ended 209 years ago. From a desert wasteland springs a single kingdom, ruled by a tyrannical King and trapped in an endless war against the shadowy desert warriors. As a desperate bid to save what remains of humanity, society has been split into two distinct classes, nicknamed the Court and the Commons. For an oppressed population on the brink of revolution, a common thief could be the last hope. Up until now, Kay has survived by her wits alone. Reckless and impulsive, wanted by the King's guard, Kay has become known as the Runner. Using the city's rooftops as her personal domain, she manages to keep one step ahead of the King with one hand buried in the purses of the courtiers. Driven by the plight of the commoners and the unjust death of her family, Kay seizes the chance to graduate from small-time thievery to full-scale rebellion. Her opportunity comes in the form of Will, a wealthy ex-soldier with a dark past. Plucked from the streets and thrown into the shimmering palace court, Kay must use her every strength to blend into a world where she doesn't belong, closer to the enemy than she ever thought she would be.