Withdrawal Stories

Short story of a bus-stop conversation

Allen Quincey(17) is dealing with his long-time addiction to mainly but not exclusively Heroin and perscription Xanax. He struggles to find the correct way to help himself without finding death in the process. Allen searches for his 'lost self' amid battling his past, future and present lifestyle, choices, and the people surrounding him in his enduring quest to be sober.

Set in a near future dystopian Britain. The population has reached its epoch and is now going into decline. Birth-rates are very low, the population is ageing, and the society is divided between the privileged who carry on as normal and the rest who are made to struggle. The surplus population is feared in society. They are kept barely under control, but population and resource pressures are putting a strain on them. They are ready to burst into action. Will the countries governments bubble be burst also? In the background lurks the Geneticist movement, challenging the very moral fabric of society. Can the government hold onto its reins, or will civilisation itself dissolve into chaos?

Poetic, dark, a bit morbid. So if your looking for a feel good bit of poetry I'm sorry you'll have to look elsewhere. How I write is real and honest. I hope it shows family and solidarity between all of us depressed people yet this chapter is unfinished there's several more poems to go, you see typing from an iPad versus a computer is really a pain and a half, anyhow please comment and vote, follow and message me if you have topic requests or if you have suggestions on how I could write better. Thanks babydolls<3 Graziella Madan

UPDATE: 1/14/24 - Per reader request, I will turn this from a short story into a novella. It will be taken down soon and re-published! Despite years passing since Hasan moved his children from Québec to Amman, twenty-four-year-old Yazid still struggles to see passed his father's decision to leave his mother. As the firstborn, he attempts to take on more responsibility for his sisters, but one of them perpetually meets him headstrong. If there are three words Hasan would use to describe his son, they would be reckless, disagreeable, and unpredictable. For this reason, he entrusts his eldest daughter Aseel to care for the family, investing in her more than investing in Yazid. With his mother thousands of miles away, and his father unapproachable, the young man finds solace in injecting himself with needles of "amnesia" as he puts it, unaware that, with every memory he washes away, he grows in sin. On one lonely night, Yazid comes in contact with slithering dancers, swaying from side to side, whispering in his ear that there is only one true way to cleanse himself of his sins. Genre: General Fiction Themes: Suicide, substance abuse, anxiety

the same thing as before, just fourteen this time.

can you hire someone younger than you wilson you're going slower You might cause of the accident stay here in a palace yes boss I need three men for me three sir ?yes I know good wilson get them and bring them here now ok boss oh whats the fuss here whats wrong with Wilson ?cayden needs him the most ok hi erika oh youre back yes I'm working here some of this area I have to get a new lawfirm branch cayden will help me are you together again ?no Emily I just accompany him Im here now you may go home cayden is waiting for you ok emily what are you doing here ?yes were together youre not going anywhere Erika she will go home with cayden but I'm your wife youre no longer my wife end of the contract have you read it clearly before you sign ?yes and for your information I'll change it and read it ok erika are already married with Wilson carter now what ?what are you saying Emily ?oh you didn't know it my poor little brat hey stop dont call her llke that oh but you started it you call her bitch because she's a strip lady right ?what happen to mr president ?you ruin my life emily you know I don't love you from.the start you force me to marry you right don't you forget it

Counting days If I can get over.

A compilation of those who deal with monsters that refuse to leave.