Bleak Stories

A one-shot short story born from a dream I've had-refined, shaped, and put to paper. A glimpse into a world I've lived through, in a way, yet one that exists only for a...

A professor and a detective must pair up to discover the secrets of the bog behind the former's new home. *** The Autopsy of Jane Doe meets Predatory Natures by Amy Gol...

After the Quincy assault, a special squad was formed, Squad 14. They are tasked with the impossible, to find a way to kill the immortal.

Donatello didn't know what to expect. One moment, he's wishing his family and his girlfriend goodnight, the next he's waking up in a desolate and unfamiliar place. His h...

Life's contrasts, loss, depression, love, new life, all for what? Experience can be the only answer.

i can feel it all begin to fade ﾟ☆ [circa late 2020]

Grieving, emotional trauma, love, pain, purpose, self identity. We are all bound by our humanity, and our emotions. This is something we cannot change. What we can chang...

In the unforgiving realm of Nordland, two shattered souls navigate a world steeped in loss and winter's wrath. Elara, a young woman whose idyllic village is ravaged by m...

My life and how twisted my mind can be.

This story is inspired from movies such as Fight Club and Taxi driver, and is inspired from a book, search of lost time. Go back to your high-school years as you follow...

my desperation and longing is rotting me. i cannot be both patient and happy, nor pleasantly hopeful without derangement. i make life anguished in the meantime to scorn...

For 16 years, Jason had lived a normal life, completely unaware that the world he could see was only half the story ... ***Updates every Friday***

It has been 30 years since Facebook announced their transition to the Metaverse. Since then a lot has changed. Face to face interaction has become a thing of the past. W...

When everyone is happy what happens to the ones who frown? What happens to the people who don't want to be happy, who don't want to watch the public executions or sing...

A scientist witnesses a planet destroy itself and then is destroyed himself.

A young man is sold into indentured servitude pay his families debts. In his new home, he discovers a mysterious waif who claims to be a fairy. His employer says she's c...

The world is so bleak. Why did Papa Smith have to die? I am dreading the car journey...

"As others only sink into their deaths - into mine, I would soar." - Thomas Ligotti [The Prodigy Of Dreams] [1.8k w/c]

The original serialized form of Charles Dickens's Bleak House novel. Original serial cover illustration by H.K. Browne. Audiobook files posted at the beginning of each c...