Eight Planets Bullied Nine, Until He Fell
- Reads 11
- Votes 1
- Parts 1
In the vein of authors Kim Newman and H.P Lovecraft, this is a story that brings together genres and themes, into brand new territories.
Set in an alternate past of Gangsters and Gumshoes, caught in an unknowable, unstoppable game of cat and mouse, hurtling toward an end-game no-one could have predicted.
Mixing elements of mystery, thriller, horror and weird fiction, we are thrown into a story which soons begins to twist into contorted, skewed directions, uncontrollably hurtling towards a conclusion that will change everyone involved.
Originally written as part of the 10 SHORT OF 31 short story collection, released in October 2016, where every story was based upon a title provided by friends, peers and family - where every story was supposed to be written in a single day, a single sitting - with minimum planning or preparation. Based on the title alone.
This story was dedicated to my friend Jim Partridge who gave me the title.
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Deep Sleep: Tales of Horror
Highest ranking: #5 in Lovecraftian (September 28, 2021) A collection of short horror and weird fiction stories which are connected in subtle, but sinister ways. A hunter lost at sea sends a message of warning. A police officer recounts encounters with the supernatural. A group of friends share their experiences with a mysterious, unknowable horror. Join the characters of these twisted tales as they confront otherworldly forces, unknowable mysteries, and inescapable doom.Complete
Flagrant Fragrant by Heron Djenne Canvasback
Some samples of my short stories and flash fiction. They cover multiple genres. Get ready to cry, laugh, scream, and smile. These stories are PG 13. *This short story collection is completed.*Complete
The Dream Factory
***A Wattpad Featured Collection of Short Sci-Fi Stories*** Strange sentinels, forgotten Gods, regenerated aliens, frozen predators, tele- kinetic chess sets - all this and more in this collection of short SciFi stories. Each tale carries a devilish little twist at its end. Like a box of chocolates some are sweet ,some sour and some dark. All perhaps little allegories on the vagaries of human nature... From Readers on various stories- "WOW! I know its my second comment but it's the forth time I have visited it." "It's very sad to see this end, all be it an extraordinary end." "Bravo for such an uplifting, optimistic Finale" "This was awesome! I thoroughly enjoyed it, didn't want it to end." "Great twist, from a sinister beginning to a cheerful ending. It echoes the style of HG Wells." "Dude... just holy... !"Complete
The Taste of Iron
Humanity is struggling to survive in a world that's no longer theirs. Liv, a scavenger leading missions to the edges of the city for food, medicine, and iron, knows things are getting worse. Every trip feels more desperate than the last. Humanity has an expiration date-the forest, and the creatures that dwell there, just have to wait them out. When a mission turns out to be a trap and Liv wakes up on the wrong side of the tree line-alone, disoriented, and for some reason not dead-she learns the forest doesn't just kill people or take their souls. It changes them. She doesn't know what she's becoming. Only that it's something way stronger than what she was. And that killing things never felt this good. Murderbot meets The Cruel Prince-with a whole lot of psychological horror My entry for onc2025, based on prompt 125: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Frank HerbertComplete
The Soul Before: Escape to Paradise
"Somehow it happened." Exe has died and woke up in Nexternity, an abstract world that houses billions of reincarnated creatures from Earth. Everyone has a new body which is based on their life before, but Exe does not remember anything from her last life or even the cause of her death, which isolates her. She goes on an adventure to find the "Paradise", a glorious refuge for people like her. As she travels, she meets zany and mysterious friends and outlandish and horrifying nightmares, quickly realizing that this isn't just a journey to a new home, but a journey to free herself and her peers from the grasp of corruption. This is a story about love, hate, hurting, healing, and most of all, acceptance. TW: Topics about Death, Abuse, Murder, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Cults. Though, each of these are shown on a mild to moderate scale and are carefully used. There is mild swearing. This story is rated PG13/Young Adult.Complete
The Chronicles Of The Lost SouL
At times,we feel love is the most beautiful feeling,yet we fail to see the lingering danger!!! You can't escape your fate, whatever you try and however hard you work. Things are not good,as the virtual reality shows,the world is full of gore. Only a single mistake can make you fall into the gallows. He was not born to be like this, but circumstances changed him, and after that what he become, is still a mystery. This story is a journey of a person from a person to a terror epitome.Complete
Something From Below
A collection of short horror, sci fi and other wierd tales.Complete
Tales From Highschool
My third anthology book written as a school project containing 8 different short stories for young people with different literature tastes. Friends exploring a living nightmare in an forsaken house, a kid suffering consequences of a bad desicion, a romance between a human being and a creature of the night, a peculiar puppy having fun in the streets, a detective trying to solve a crime and prove a young man's innocence, a father travels to s fantasy land to find his son, a mysterious joker causes mayhem in a neighborhood with his pranks and an astronaut explores a forbidden planet where no human being has ever returned. Different stories in different genders of different categories with different characters and different situations, but all of them coming out from the same mind.Complete
Highest ranking: #5 in Lovecraftian (September 28, 2021) A collection of short horror and weird fiction stories which are connected in subtle, but sinister ways. A hunter lost at sea sends a message of warning. A police officer recounts encounters with the supernatural. A group of friends share their experiences with a mysterious, unknowable horror. Join the characters of these twisted tales as they confront otherworldly forces, unknowable mysteries, and inescapable doom.
More detailsContent Guidelines