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Life was a Stage

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Dust flew through the air. It was invisible alone, gray in piles. The ash, too. It was black alone, and black in piles. And there were many piles, both dust and ash, littering the broken path that the brother and sister walked.

A dark and vivid tale about a brother and sister, and their struggle to survive the apocalypse. A story where there are no heroes, only survivors.All Rights Reserved

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After the Sky Fell by YourFavTimewaster

It's finally over, the apocalypse. This isn't some nightmare, at least not one you can wake from. But this wasn't at all what we'd expected, humanity is being slowly torn apart by the very thing we feared in youth. Shadows. Living shadows walk the earth, stealing humans and tearing families apart, one of those families being Dawn's. It's now up to her to protect her baby brother Thomas, and maybe even save her family.

The Aliveagainers by paulalexgray

Haunted by memories, a thief reluctantly leads a group of survivors to escape a city filled with horrors. But the journey isn't easy. Desperate strangers pose a very real threat, while one of the group seems to be changing into something... or someone else. And no matter where they go there is the feeling that something haunts them... something not of this life draws near... As the world falls apart they are plagued by the echo of angry whispers of them... The ones the boy calls Aliveagainers. ~~~~ A novella for fans of tragedy, horror, paranormal, survival tales and a dash of magic - and also an unexpected love story. The Walking Dead, the Last of Us Please share your thoughts! If you like the story, please share it to Twitter and FB with the hashtag #Aliveagainers. Thank you for reading! Highest Rank: #3 Horror Featured in Wattpad's "Stranger Things", "Incarnate", "Exorcist" and Wattpad Fright's "I See Dead People" reading lists 60,000 reads! Thanks to you!

Setting Flame by Wooters_

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Running from our future by ARMYisSTAYinginNCiTy

Centuries ago this was a great planet, now it's a husky shadow of its former beauty. Though the remnants of its former magic still linger it was destroyed by power hungry scientists. More tests to make more technology to go further, faster more this more that. Boom It all went up in flames, radiation spilled out into South America from the global power station in Brazil. The nuclear plant 15 times that of Chernobyl blew its top. The initial explosion flattened Brazil and the shockwaves were felt from the Florida keys. But the thing that truly ruined the world was the nuclear fallout. it rained down everywhere turning the world into a desolate wasteland deserts for miles and miles. Now you live in districts to survive, but what's the good in just being a number. Why would you look forward to a future of infant nothing, can you run from that? Where would you go? Where have the people who have escaped gone? Is that a future? What if there's someone who got left behind? After the first five chapters all chapters are 1000+ words, so no itty bitty update chapters. Ongoing-regular updates

Just Survive by SamanthaMarkle92

SUBMITTED TO THE 2024 WATTYS! Survivors united by fate, forged into family. Set in a post-apocalypse world, a young man named Colby and woman named Ashley are traveling together out of protection only. Everything changes when they rescue a baby named Jenny. Knowing that they are not only dependent on each other for survival, but also have to keep a tiny baby alive, the journey to safety gets even more dangerous. Eventually, the group grows; Colby's long-lost brother and sister, a hardened fighter with a heart, and a kid braver than his years.. Battling zombies and ruthless human factions, they become something more than survivors thrown together by circumstances; they become a family.

Eternal Metamorphosis by BurbanoR

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The New Superhero by McDingus68

Ash gently floated through the breeze of the wind, and all of the ash was coming from the place that had fallen before my very eyes. I leaned my body up, so that I could get a better view of this place in front of me. I took in a deep breath as I smiled, the loud sounds and the beating of my heart, along with the fear and anxiety that I had felt before, all went away with the silence. Times like these were hard to come by after all of the things that I have been through. Though no matter how many times I wanted to feel victorious, no matter how many times I wanted to tell myself that it was all over, I couldn't. This happened quite frequently and fast, one second I get powers from a magic rock, and the next second, well, I wish I had never touched that rock. Sometimes I think I'm going to go insane, I wish I could go back in time and be a normal kid once more. It was better then, I was less stressed, and I didn't have villains to deal with, but I know eventually I will be at peace, and I won't have a care in the world. I just don't know if that peace will ever come, it may, or it may not, I guess I'll have to find out. #8 in notperfect as of 3/12/23

The Second Stage by benjaminburkett

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After the Sky Fell

It's finally over, the apocalypse. This isn't some nightmare, at least not one you can wake from. But this wasn't at all what we'd expected, humanity is being slowly torn apart by the very thing we feared in youth. Shadows. Living shadows walk the earth, stealing humans and tearing families apart, one of those families being Dawn's. It's now up to her to protect her baby brother Thomas, and maybe even save her family.