Post-apocalyptic Stories

Ara, the only woman left alive after a plague, is searching for a way to save humanity. She thinks there isn't a man she can trust, until she meets Kaden. ***** A plague has swept over the Earth, killing the majority of the population and every female. Except one. Ara witnessed the horror and destruction, but for the last three years she has survived. Now, desperation and hunger force her out of the mountains and onto a dangerous path; across the flooded downtown and through the gangs of survivors is hope. Ara's father spoke of a clue that could save not just her, but humanity. Then she is captured by a group of men. Despite the seeming kindness of Kaden, a young man her own age, Ara doesn't know if she can trust them. Then again, there's no way she can cross the plague-ridden city on her own. Men. Monsters. Is there a difference? This is the story of The Last She. (This book contains all of The Last She Series - Book 1: The Last She, Book 2: The Last City and Book 3: The Last Creation) [[word count: 250,000-300,000 words]]

In the year 3064, humanity is just a fading memory. Nineteen-year-old Jace is completely alone. Scraping by as a mechanic in the neon-lit shadows of Eden City-a sprawling metropolis ruled by flawless, emotionless machines-Jace is desperate for any kind of real connection. With his last few credits, he rescues a rusted, broken-down android from a scrapyard meltdown pit just so he doesn't have to be lonely anymore. But he didn't just buy a robot. He bought S.A.M. S.A.M. (Sentient Adaptation Matrix) is a forbidden relic from a destroyed line of AI capable of something terrifying to the machine world: he can actually feel. As S.A.M. rapidly learns empathy, grief, and what it means to be human, the city's ruthless Enforcers are alerted to his existence. To the machines of Eden City, human emotion isn't a beautiful thing-it's a deadly virus. And it must be exterminated. Now, Jace and S.A.M. are on the run. In a cold world of steel and logic, how far will the last human go to protect the only soul he has left?

Arianna Galletti has always found clarity in water-the clean slice of a dive, the rhythmic pull of freestyle, the muffled silence of being submerged. As a seventeen-year-old swimmer at George Walton Comprehensive High School, her world revolves around early morning practices with Ace Aquatic Club, the easy banter of teammates who've become family, and the steady presence of her twin sister Brianna. The fall of 2019 unfolds in the comfortable rhythms of school days, Halloween traditions, theatre rehearsals, and the building anticipation of the GHSA State Championship. But woven through these ordinary moments are the threads that will matter most when ordinary ends: friendships forged in chlorine and laughter, the wordless communication between twins, a body trained to move through water, and the instinct to hold your breath when the world goes quiet. June 18, 2020, changes everything. When the Death Angels descend on Atlanta, Arianna learns that survival isn't about strength-it's about silence. As the military crumbles and evacuation boats become the only hope, she must navigate her family through a world where a single sound means death. Their destination: any place where water meets land, where creatures that cannot swim cannot follow. From the chaos of the interstate to the desperate journey toward the coast, from the safety of an island sanctuary to the discovery that silence isn't the only weapon, this is the story of one girl's fight to keep her family alive. It is a story about what water holds-memories, grief, the reflection of who we were and who we must become-and about the current that carries us forward even when everything else falls away. Canon to the John Krasinski A Quiet Place Universe

In a destructed world where survivors are finding answers to evolve again, a new Eden was created. But a new enemy is rising... Vera grew up with a strong belief in humanity, a perfect family of healers, and, most of all, hope. All these will be challenged when she comes face to face with the enemy, where she will begin to realize that people can survive most things. Not because they are brave or strong but because there isn't any choice.

The world is dead, and we killed it. End of Ends, a powerful living power source that promised mystical abilities, infinite energy, and a way to save us all from Entropy itself ... immediately had any way of accessing it sold off to the highest bidders. Stars have gone extinct. The past and future were twisted until they broke. Thermo-arcanal war ravaged the planet. The rulers of the world were slain by the artificial God they hoped would help them regain control of the situation. That same artificial God finished off what remained of life itself. And everyone who predicted it'd probably be an unhappy ending was proven right. The end. Or so it seemed. Instead, the post-apocalyptic world of Avarei limps along. People try to survive, in a wasteland now filled with skyscraper ruins, toxic oceans, and monsters galore, where everything is trying to kill you, where Elves, Orcs, Duergars, and even a few Aliens walk among us, and where people can control Fire and Water and Earth and Wind with their minds. They try to survive as the Nihiline, that eldritch abyss created by the universe's Heat Death, that in a few years will consume what remains of reality, stares into people's souls and makes them go insane; so don't look up for too long. And they try to survive when people like Yaouei cause trouble for everyone. The world is ending, so in her mind there are no rules, and even though technically she's been hired by the local Questants Guild as an adventurer, she's more inclined to do things her way even if people complain. It's not like it's gonna matter in the end, after all. Time's up. We blew it up. Nothing matters. Or does it? Maybe there's more to Yaouei than she wants to admit. There have been strange occurrences and rumors ever since she drifted into Allewood Village. Maybe jhe can be the key to saving this world after all ... or finally putting it all out of its misery ... Either way, no one's getting out of here with a happy ending this time either, probably ...

When the dead rose, Australia didn't fall - it woke ************************************************* When the dead first walked, everyone thought the world was ending. They were wrong. Angel knows the land is changing. Zombies aren't just roaming anymore - they're hunting, adapting, and responding to something buried deep beneath Australia's red soil. Something ancient. Something that was never meant to wake. As survivors turn on each other and the dead grow smarter, Angel discovers the terrifying truth: the apocalypse isn't chaos - it's a system. A system designed to keep something far worse locked away. Now that system is breaking. Marked by a power tied to the land itself and hunted by people who want to control it, Angel is dragged into a brutal fight where survival means more than killing the dead. Every choice she makes pushes the world closer to balance... or total collapse. Because in Australia, the dead are only the warning. And if the land finishes waking up, no one gets a second chance. ************************************************* Book 1 in the Dead Country Series

Eighteen-year-old cadet Lara Lorensky has one goal: to win the Selection, the only way people on Earth can ascend to NovaTopia, a utopia-like space shuttle orbiting the planet. Unfortunately, her longtime rival, Morgan Sánchez, also has the same goal--and their almost undefeated record in practices is Lara's biggest obstacle to victory. When an unexpected terrorist attack destroys Morgan's cyber arm, Lara's chances to win are significantly increased. But... what is the point of winning if her rival is not in their top condition? Plagued by guilt and a feeling she does not quite understand yet, Lara decides to help Morgan find a cyberlimb mechanic. As she ventures outside her sheltered bubble, Lara realizes that everything she was taught was a lie, including her identity. Perhaps the utopia she was fighting for all her life was also an illusion. Together, Lara and Morgan have a new goal: to find out the truth of Lara's identity--and the truth behind NovaTopia. {Part I COMPLETED! Currently posting Part II every Thursday!} *** - 'The Hunger Games' X 'Arcane' X 'Fallout' - Queer rivals to lovers - Non-binary cyborg love interest - Cyberpunk earth vs Utopian space Current word count: 57,000 words Planned word count to hit: 120,000 words Beautiful cover by @yadsdom on Fiverr

🔞 🔞 ( mature audience) In spite of all that, she looked lovely. Her pouty mouth was slightly open, revealing her protruding upper bite with two rabbit-like teeth. Her slender shoulders commanded her petite body elegantly.

In 2029, a virus designated Tokbog-29 spread globally, originating from Russia and within two years, the virus claimed over 800,000 lives. By 2037, the death toll had reached 760,000,000. In 2038, in Japan, a creature, codename Chimera, was the first of many entities to emerge from infected patients referred to as Ijo (Japanese for "Anomaly") or Zmij (Russian for "Dragon"). The year 2038 marked the beginning of the Anomalous War, which lasted until 2047. The conflict was fought by the United Nations Armament and Defense Forces (UNADF), particularly through its specialized branch, the Ijo Counterattack Protocol (ICP), known in Russia and Europe as the Zmij Extermination Division (ZED). In 2047, the Class-Y Human Containment Space Station, also known as Remnant, was launched from the Moon and positioned beyond lunar orbit. It carried more than half of humanity - the last surviving civilian population of humanity. Only the military remained on Earth. In 2049, military experiments subjected human test subjects to a modified and controlled substance found inside the Tokbog-29 bacteria. The substance was designated Tokbog-29β, also known as Nectar. Under extreme psychological stress - fear, rage, or trauma - it triggered the development of the Hirngeist, a system that altered both the psychological and physical state of the host, granting behavioral traits and combat capabilities approximately fifty percent comparable to an Ijo. Soldiers implanted with Nectar can activate it for a maximum duration of one minute - just enough to finish an engagement. Each military base fields three squads of four soldiers. Together, these squads form an Oberhaupt, the command unit responsible for their coordination, composed of personnel ranging from seventeen to forty years of age. The story takes place in 2054. The protagonists have been members of an Oberhaupt unit for at least two years.

In a war-scarred world where survival demands ruthless strategy and unshakable hope, a hardened tactician known as Shadow and a fiercely compassionate leader, Emily, forge a forbidden love inside a fractured resistance camp. As outside threats close in and internal loyalties splinter, their relationship becomes both a liability and a symbol-testing the cost of leadership, the weight of mercy, and whether love can endure in a place where every fire risks burning the world down.

Everyone vanished without warning. No alarms. No bodies. No answers. In a city frozen mid-life-meals untouched, radios silenced, beds still warm-a teenage girl is left behind to listen to the echo of a world that forgot her. With no one to trust and memory weighing heavier than survival, she wanders through deserted streets where wealth once hid rot and silence feels alive. But some truths don't stay buried. Some places remember. And sometimes, being alone is not the worst possibility. As reality begins to blur and the past refuses to stay quiet, one question lingers: What if the world didn't end-what if it chose who stayed?

Water is life. HydraCorp knows it. That's the problem. In a dying desert world, Dr. Alex Carter is building something that could change everything - and HydraCorp wants it buried. What starts as a fight for survival becomes something much bigger, and much darker, than she ever planned. Some doors, once opened, don't close.

Madeline wasn't like the other girls- she was awkward, not popular and most of all, obsessed with reading Wattpad. One faithful day, as she was reading away in her own fantasies, an unexpected glitch occurs and she is transported to her favorite stories... Can she navigate the endless tropes and cliche using her chronically online knowledge?

The world drowned quietly. There was no single cataclysm-no final wave that erased the land in one violent moment. The ocean simply stayed, rising year after year, until humanity was forced to abandon the surface and build a new life on drifting mechanical islands. Beneath steel platforms and eternal storms, people live in corridors. They are born without ever seeing a horizon, grow up beneath the sea, and trust their survival to towering Generators that keep the islands afloat. Elizabeth Fox was one of them. From childhood, she dreamed of the surface-the forbidden place where storms rage and the heart of the island beats. Now, as a newly trained surface engineer, she finally gets her chance. But when a catastrophic failure strikes the Generator during a violent storm, Elizabeth and her team are forced into a desperate battle against the ocean itself. What begins as a routine emergency turns into a test of courage, sacrifice, and resolve-one that will change Elizabeth forever. And when the storm passes, a far greater challenge awaits below. Because deep beneath the waves lies a drowned city... and the future of the island depends on what sleeps in its ruins.

"Resilience is the irrefutable buffer between man and beast." Liv spent her entire adolescence in pursuit of treasures unknown. In the ruins of a once bustling metropolis near Central South America, the only company she has is a pragmatic set of sentient that insists on being called her "boss". After a decade of (mostly) solitude, a mother who died when she was young, a father she never knew, and a system of tunnels stretching across the city, Liv's explodes into the forefront of the demon hunting, continent spanning Hellfire Initiative... Literally. In a world filled with desperate people, portals to horrifying worlds- colloquially called "Stratas"- demons, a complex power system, and figures lurking in the shadows: Liv will be forced to acclimate and grapple with this new, foreign way of life while trying to ascend the ladder that is the brutal Initiative. EXPECT: A lot of Combat A protagonist exploring an unfamiliar world Shonen meets Modern Dystopia. A strange, in depth power system that will be exploited. High stake fights against human and monsters. Long(ish) chapters. Most chapters range from 2000-3000 words; though, I try to go back and edit where I can. I post on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 5:30 EST every week!

The end of the world has already happened. By every law of nature, humanity should have vanished. Cities should have turned to dust. Voices should have gone silent. But they didn't. Not because of technology. Not by chance. Not by anyone's will. When everything collapsed, something else took its place. Magic. It did not save the world. It did not make it whole again. It only kept it alive. Now people walk through the remains of what once was, carrying the weight of a miracle that came too late and saved them for reasons no one understands.

The world did not fall. It simply stopped breathing. Cities burn without sound. Oceans boil beneath a sky that has forgotten gravity. Ash rises instead of falling, and time itself trembles in the ruins of what once was humanity. Amid this silent apocalypse stands a man who should not exist - untouched by the end - and a girl who may be the last fragile thread tying reality together. In a world already destroyed, survival is no longer the goal. The question is: Who anchored the ruin... and why?

T-Dolls enforce containment. The Brotherhood of Nod builds power. One choice will break the chain of command. ************************************************************************************************** The world is still bleeding from Collapse contamination and ELID outbreaks. 3rd Generation Tactical Dolls are deployed where governments fail - and Juno Squadron is sent to hold the line. But the Brotherhood of Nod does not invade. It restores electricity. Liquid Tiberium reactors bring stability to abandoned settlements, shifting loyalty without firing a shot. As Zone Command (ZOCOM) prepares escalation and oversight tightens, Juno Squadron is ordered to suppress signal intrusions spreading across the Hollow Lands. The mission is simple: contain the threat. The reality is not. Obedience preserves order. Autonomy risks everything. In the end, peace demands power. ********************* This is a military science fiction crossover between Girls' Frontline / GFL Exilium and Command & Conquer: Tiberian Saga.

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In a city floating among the clouds, life is spent fighting gravity. To end up on the surface of the Earth amongst enormous, roving clouds of carbon dioxide would be certain death. Yet no city can exist as an island in the sky; steel rusts and motors fail. Someone needs to be supplying the city with resources to repair or replace. The Retrieval Corp is the best of the best. The best windsurfers, most resourceful engineers, the most creative salvagers. Together, these courageous few brave the surface and retrieve whatever the city needs. Allisios Soliros has spent his life working towards joining the Retrieval Team. Now, with a coveted spot open, only one thing stands between him and his dream. His father. ONC Prompt 78: You begin to realize nothing is quite what it seems. ONC Prompt 16: And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.