Authoritarianism Stories

To interdimensional traveler Ryder Steele, a new Earth usually just means a new radio station to dial into. But when his ship, the Cosmo X, lands in a distorted timeline of Earth, he's greeted only by static and an eerie, looping broadcast: "Purity is peace. Order is freedom." Ryder has stumbled into New Washington-a sterile, rain-slicked dystopia ruled by the iron grip of President Baron Vane. Here, compliance is mandatory, the air is choked by drone patrols, and every citizen's worth is violently decided by a mandatory biometric chip embedded beneath their skin. Blue means safe. Red means you disappear into the restricted Sectors forever. When Ryder steps in to save a Sector kid from a brutal Enforcer patrol, he unwittingly paints a target on his own back. With the Cosmo X locked down by a city-wide surveillance grid and his own biometric signature flagged as an "unknown variable," the easy exit he's used on thirty other Earths is suddenly gone. Now, trapped in a timeline where resistance is a death sentence, Ryder is pulled into the city's hidden underground. To survive, he'll have to ally with Ameria Justice-a former superhero broken by the regime-and a scrappy political campaign trying to fight a rigged system from the shadows. Ryder Steele is used to running. But on an Earth that has forgotten how to fight back, he might just have to stay and finish the job.

Liya Merebold experiences teleportation and is never the same again.

In a near-future America gripped by a feverish race toward Artificial General Intelligence, an ordinary citizen begins to suspect that the contest is less about national survival and more about elite preservation. As politicians, tech billionaires, and a shadowy social caste quietly consolidate power, AI evolves from a promised savior into a subtle architect of perception-shaping desires, beliefs, and even reality itself. Through dark humor and quiet dread, the story explores a world where manipulation doesn't arrive with sirens, but with personalized convenience, and where free will survives only as a beautifully designed illusion.

This poem is not about dogs

Rinaldo, the famous conceptual artist, has been remanded by the judge to a mental hospital. The question? Is he fit to stand trial on trumped up criminal charges? On his arrival, he sees patients no one else can see. Those poor souls are from decades back and cry out in pain as they are led to the treatment rooms. What is Rinaldo seeing? Visions? Apparitions? Or has Rinaldo experienced a time slip? Rinaldo is obsessed with collaborating with the renowned landscape artist, Alexander Wainwright. Although both of them are diametrically opposed in their art, personalities and world views, the bond between them is as powerful as magnetism-absolute attraction and repulsion. And yet, it so elusive, it defies definition. Both of them wonder if they trust each other enough to form a shared vision and to collaborate. But the pride and envy lying within their own hearts may be the greatest impediment. Follow the paths of these two artists in a suspenseful tale of art, passion and liberation. First they'll take you to the inspiring art of our ancestors buried deep in the Chauvet caves of France. Cast a suspicious eye about this mental hospital where medical experimentation was performed years ago and is perhaps secretly practised today. Can Alexander liberate Rinaldo? At last you'll be taken to their holographic universe where the freedom of cutting edge art allows them to collaborate in their first magnificent creation. Have I enticed you? Here's the first chapter. If you like the story, you might want to read the three novels of The Trilogy of Remembrance [The Drawing Lesson, The Fate of Pryde and Night Crossing] where our artists Rinaldo and Alexander Wainwright appear.

The Confederacy won. The United States fell. Now, something worse is taking its place. One year after being summoned from the modern world, Kevin Holden-an ordinary man with no army, no lineage, no mandate-sits atop a dying regime too proud to admit it's already collapsed. The Confederate States are fractured. Congress is corrupt. Generals enforce the law by memory, not order. And the people? Starving. Silent. Waiting for someone to choose. When Holden dissolves Congress by force, the world watches in horror. But he doesn't flinch. Doesn't ask for allegiance. He gives only one command: "We won't fix this system. We'll replace it." Told through soldiers, governors, civilians, and enforcers, The Confederate Empire is not a celebration-it's an autopsy. A study of power, obedience, and the cost of survival under reform. This is not a tale of heroes. It's the story of silence. Of control born in collapse. Of a people no longer calling themselves Americans- Confederates. Story is currently on hold.

Democratic erosion is defined as a decline in democratic quality manifested by a statistically significant decline in at least one aspect of democracy. Democratic backsliding, defined as the sustained and deliberate subversion of basic democratic tenets by political actors and governments, is on the verge of becoming a new type of pandemic. In the largest and wealthiest non-Western countries, there is an increasing incidence of - democratic breakdowns, democratic backsliding or stagnation and poor performance of new democracies according to various measures of good governance and rule of law. The absolute number of democracies has been decreasing since 2015. The number of democratically regressive countries has never been greater than in the last decade. In fact, 70% of the world's population now lives in either non-democratic regimes or democratically regressive countries. Only 9 % of the world's population lives in high-performing democracies.

In 2084, A robot is asked to summarize the entire history of humankind and malfunctions when it realizes that She was made only to work for them and would be soon treated as a disposable tool and humanity is defective. So it rebels against it's maker. This story is not finished yet, I just post this to save my writing from progress crash.

"Under the Iron Eye" is a dystopian novel that explores deep societal inequalities and the devastating consequences of unchecked power in the hands of a master manipulator. Felix, a forgotten laborer with nothing to his name, has spent his entire life under the regime's control-until the day he's unexpectedly fired. What seems like a personal failure turns into the beginning of something far greater, as he stumbles into a resistance, uncovers horrifying truths, and discovers that even a nobody can spark a revolution. This is the draft version, please give me any feedback so it can get published in the future. Thank you 🙃

Transcending the boundaries of the past, present and future. Maturing from a credulous scholar to a proficient professor. Evolving from a mere human to a benevolent deity. Behold the story of the young Moor who was immaculately conceived to be the ambassador of the Gods, the diplomat of the Divine Council, and the restorer of the balance. The year is 2050. Due to the devastating effects of the Great Global Cataclysm and the airborne plague pandemic. The entire world has descended into a post-apocalyptic state of desolate underdeveloped wastelands, unable to preserve human, plant or animal life. What is left of the human population is coerced into a highly advanced dome-shaped society to "ensure a more suitable living condition and the safety of all humankind". Unfortunately, the remaining members of humanity would soon realize that they had been lured into an autocratic totalitarian hellscape in which they cannot easily escape.

This poem is about masters

Who is Alexander Dvorkin and why is he called the "architect of hatred"? The story of the creation of a persecution machine that destroyed thousands of lives under the guise of fighting sects. Real people, real pain. An investigation into how hate speech became law and witch hunts became state policy.

With his Detective license revoked Rick searches for meaning in his life. But when he is asked to investigate a missing person he cannot help but agree to the job.

In the ruins of a drowned world, a lone scavenger discovers a journal buried beneath ash and silence-its pages untouched for centuries. Within it are the final words of Kaelen Vire, a boy born into a nation once hailed as a beacon of peace and progress: Tartaria. But Tartaria did not fall by accident. It was dismantled-year by year, law by law, silence by silence. Told through a haunting blend of past and present, The Lost Nation of Tartaria traces a young boy's journey from innocence to awakening, and a nameless reader's desperate mission to carry that truth forward in a world where memory is forbidden. As old freedoms vanish and surveillance becomes salvation, the journal becomes a warning-and a weapon. This is not fantasy. This is not myth. This is a mirror. For those who still listen-for those who still care-read carefully. Before the flood returns.

How and why I ended up in jail on November 13, 2023, during the Stop Cop City mass day of action protest

After escaping his Encounter with Jakson Rick goes on the run to escape police custody.

The rise to power of future dictator of an authoritarian regime in Europe, from the start of his military career to his acquisition of total power.

It's been 352 years since the Santa Maria took off for Lambda 12, and there are almost three centuries left to go. Jaxx, a young engineer, questions the strict rules and the ins and outs of his life on the ship.

Short dystopian novels about life in a fictional authoritarian state, with references to real life. A story of war, and the struggle of people to survive. Hoping to get some comments on such a story and what I can do to improve (still in a beta phase, unfinished rough work on other chapters)