Familydysfunction Stories

Coming of age story about a teenager named Beth and her soon-to-be friend, Dennis. Both battling family and societal pressures, one refusing to succumb, one living two lives. Their story navigates drug addiction and domestic violence, while reminding readers how important a confidence in our sense-of-self really is. Both of their families will emphasize the good and bad in all of us, the strength and weakness we all carry. That no human is perfect, love is not a transaction, and loyalty is a choice.

A spicy romance between Frank and Vic from F is for Family

Daughter of Ash & Echo a collection of poetry and prose by @wherethesadthingsare "some things aren't survived- just carried quieter over time." This is not just about her. It's about everything that came after. The breaking didn't end in childhood. It simply changed shape. This collection is a graveyard of every version of me that didn't make it- a girl grown in silence, a woman haunted by memory, a heart stitched together with grief and rage and whatever scraps were left. These pages hold: • the sting of mother-wounds, • the hollow ache of love turned cruel, • the isolation of being unheard, unseen, untouched in the ways that mattered, • the exhaustion of trying to keep going when it still hurts to breathe. It's about abandonment. It's about betrayal. It's about being a soft thing in a world that keeps sharpening its teeth. But it's also about surviving, even if survival doesn't look like healing. Even if the echo is all that's left. I am the daughter of ash and echo- not whole, but still here. TRIGGER WARNINGS This collection contains themes and mentions of the following: • Childhood abuse (emotional, verbal) • Toxic family dynamics • Gaslighting and psychological manipulation • Trauma responses • Mental health struggles (depression, anxiety) • Self-worth and identity crisis • Implied self-harm • Grief, isolation, and emotional neglect Please read with care. Your safety matters.

Among eight billion souls chasing their own shadows, she often wondered: Is this even real? Was life always this way? Her answer came, brutally, after a decade spent fading into the background, meticulously planning her quiet exit. At 36, with her purpose fulfilled, she prepared to finally disappear. But instead of oblivion, she woke up, sixteen again, plunged back into the very nightmare she'd thought she'd escaped. Now, she must relive the past, armed with an adult's shattered mind, as life itself conspires to make her confront what she tried so desperately to leave behind. #WITWContest #oneshot #Wokeupinmyownstory

Practical tips and life strategies for black sheep, misfits, outcasts and scapegoats. Remove the root of rejection and begin living the life you've always dreamed of!

( This story will increase a year per chapter) My name is Zilla, meaning shadow, gloom, darkness. Sometimes I believe my parents named me this because they new that I would be a miserable failure my WHOLE life... (this book will contain self harm, self hate, suicide attempts, bullying, fights, friendship breaks, and friendship mends, then breaks again. It will be a rollercoaster of emotions, enjoy)

"Smoke her, swallow her, drink her, or shoot her up. No matter what way you take her once she's running through your veins, she won't ever let you go." The blisters that covered his hands from heating the spoon were just as fresh as the needle marks still bleeding on his forearms. His dilated eyes followed my helpless figure around the room soaking in my desperate attempts at calling for help. Tears trickled down my flushed cheeks. Cage was right, there was no escaping fate, and this seemed to be mine. Surviving, barely, my life with a junkie who cared nothing about me, but concentrated solely on where his next fix would come from. I was just a kid yet the world sat on my shoulders. The only time I felt free was with the boy who came crashing into my world hell bent on destroying the tatters that remained of my destroyed life. My brother found his peace in a hot spoon and a sharp needle, I found mine in a boy who was broken. We all have our addictions.

Amelia's life was at a crossroads. Most people had given up on her by now. After further fallout at home and with her mother, she no longer feels welcome in her own home and running away feels like the only option. But the streets of NY are no place for a 14 year old girl with no money, and nowhere to go. Who will step up for her when she needs it most? T/W listed in chapter 1.

**Featured on Wattpad @ScienceFiction Ambassadors' Picks February 2025, @Ambassadors Speculative Fiction 2024, @ScienceFiction Dystopocalypse 2024, @humor Absurdist & Surreal 2024** On January 13, 2029, NASA revealed a dark dwarf planet heading for a collision with the moon. After a month, the impending collision was broadcasted live worldwide. Meanwhile, thirteen-year-old Daniel accidentally injured his pregnant mother, Ynsia, leading to the tragic loss of the baby. Consumed by guilt, he cared for his grieving mother. A year later, Earth began to crumble. The world quaked, cities floated, and the sun's radiation scorched the planet. Amidst the chaos and despair, Daniel discovered friendship and hope. Gale, Daniel's scientist father, alongside the ISS crew and NASA, realized the dire consequences of the moon's absence. They embarked on a mission to revive the moon and save Earth. With a pencil and some leaves of paper, Daniel started writing letters to the lost babe. He named her after the shattered celestial object--Luna, seeking forgiveness and hoping for a chance to reunite his broken family.