Oceanpunk Stories

In a dystopian future, an acidic flood reigns and the only signs of old life lie in the deep. Alex - an outcast with an inquisitive mind and a set of strangely specific skills - must navigate a world where she is shunned from the safety of the domes and stuck in the water. One day, while exploring a set of deep-sea ruins, she is haunted by a mysterious spirit; a spirit that seems to be warning her of something. The problem is, this ancient being doesn't seem to have any memory of its previous life. With a newly-possessed fish at her side, she must now uncover a secret organisation, find out what it means to do and save both humans and spirits from their plans. --- This is my entry for the Open Novella Contest 2026. Prompts used: 93, 86 (I have listed them in the author's note) --- #1 oceanpunk | 19/2/26, 7/4/26 #1 explorer | 19/2/26 #1 deepsea | 23/2/26 #1 flood | 10/3/26, 7/4/26 #1 climatechange | 30/3/26 #2 acid | 10/3/26 --- © 2026 | This is original work. Any references to other persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Please do not adapt in any way without the author's permission.

A collection of contest submissions, with no specific genre. Enjoy! ~ Tales of Oceanpunk won first place in the Steampunk 'Tales of Oceanpunk' Competition!

Your favourite TK regulars are back for this year's always-exciting Best Of issue! Take a look at the sub-genres the Ooorah crew tackled over the course of 2018 with nine brand-new sci-fi stories!

Sort stories from the 2025 issues of the Tevun-Kruss 'zine.

Two hundred years ago, the Monotopias overthrew the empire that had controlled them for centuries. Many more Monotopias have risen and fallen since, but the cities still stand, riddled with strife and rotten at the core.

A book of general questions, what the profile is about and how you can get your book added to one of our reading lists! *** Cover:

A one chapter short story about an entire culture living upon the water in constructed islands. Written for Wattpunk's Tales of Oceanpunk Challenge.

❝you can make anything by writing❞ [ 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 ] © frosch, 2019

The crew of El Precursor has a secret mission: deliver blueprints that represent the only hope for a nation on the brink of war . To fund their journey, they take a spy job in Rilaph, a city-state ruled by the megacorporation Prayant . This corporation's technological "fire"-the Haleine engine -is the very force that once flooded the world . Soon, they find themselves hunted by pirates wielding impossible technology and betrayed by the very executives who hired them . Trapped in a game of betrayal where everyone is a target, the dysfunctional crew of El Precursor must unmask the real traitor. They must race against time before the legacy of Prometheus -the same fire that drowned the world -is unleashed to consume what little remains.

Water is crucial to life... but what if the whole planet is covered by water? Take a deep breath and dive with us to explore the depth of the Ocean Punk subgenre. Be prepared for a wet adventure and discover a load of short stories, poems and artworks by the Tevun Krus crew!

Winner of @WattpadPunkFiction's "Song of the Punk" Contest --- Sixteen-year-old mermaid, Princess Ara, decides to buy her freedom by tricking her father into turning her human. Before the king realizes what he has done, Ara steals his crown, the source of his power and falls right into the arms of a pirate. Determined to set her own course and using her sea powers, she sets out to become the most feared captain in the ocean. ---------------------------------------------------- ▪️Winner of @WattpadPunkFiction's "Song of the Punk - Pirate/Ocean Punk" Contest ---- Copyright- @AuthorCassidyKate Cover created using CANVA PRO Started- Highest Ranks: # 1 oceanpunk # 495 punk # 784 ocean # 927 mermaid # 451 siren If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe, form, please go to Wattpad. Thank you!

Adelaide KnightDale wants nothing more than to ditch dry land and experience The Mechanical Squid for herself. First place in Wattpunk's Tales of Oceanpunk Contest.

Three years ago we created a new concept: Punk Wars! Where two (or more) sci-fi -Punk sub-genres collide in one science-fiction story. Now we're back at it again. That's right, we're returning to the Punk Wars, 'troopers! Ooorah!

On the floating cities of the future, where resources are scarce, the law states that every person must either contribute to society or die by the age of 25. A young woman faces a choice.

TK's waterbound this month! It's OceanPunk!

𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗬𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 · 28x FEATURED · An Asian sci-fi retelling of The Little Mermaid that steers the tale you know in a whole new funky direction | An ambitious teen mermaid must venture beyond her guarded underwater city and brave the polluted, climate-ravaged wilds of the Indian Ocean, in order to find her human soulmate and forge a better future for her people. *** Calliathron is the epitome of modern sea life--a bustling mer-city contained within a coral atoll in an alternate Indian Ocean. Yet, the ripples of a changing world beyond have begun to seep in, bleaching color and darkening minds--but not Dea Rhodoreef's mind. Who said life's easy for a teen about to graduate high school? Even more so when one is a pastel goth gamer mermaid trying to scrape by in a mobile home with a grumpy grandmother who's always complaining about the "human infestation". Maybe the troubled city-state will embrace a new dawn when merpeople and humans coexist--a future that Dea is determined to work hard for. Noble causes aside, just getting to see a notorious human is number one on her bucket list. Now, as if school, a part-time job and building a political career aren't enough, a chonky sea cow has been following her for days. It's time to return him to the wild--not like she'd swim into a human. Right? © 2022 Su Vida | Exclusively on Wattpad *** FEATURED @Anime @ScienceFiction + 26 more WC: 105,000 Genres: Sci-Fi (Oceanpunk) x Cli-Fi x Adventure x Romance x Retelling This tale comes with mammalian mermaids who breathe air. Strap in for a roller-coaster ride of adventure, fun twists, feels, kawaii, exotic biomes, sci-fi battle, realistic tech and slowburn romance! Might bring to mind the Netflix movie Okja!