Dystopian Stories

Her life was supposed to be stable. Not perfect. Not exciting. Just... stable. A job. A mortgage. A routine barely held together with coffee and denial. But in a world where supernatural beings-known as the Legends walk openly among humans, stability is never guaranteed for long. When Charlotte loses her job without warning, everything she worked so hard to build begins to crack. Bills don't wait. Time doesn't slow down. And the world she thought she understood is quietly shifting beneath her feet. The Legends control the best jobs, the best lives, and the kind of power humans can't compete with anymore. Everyone knows it. Everyone accepts it. Charlotte just tries to survive it. Until something starts to change. In a world ruled by fate-bound beings who recognize their mates by instinct alone, Charlotte has always believed she was safely outside that story. Too ordinary. Too human. Too overlooked. But fate has never cared about what she believes. And once the Legends start paying attention... nothing in her life will ever be simple again. Because some bonds are not chosen. They are claimed.

Celine Laurent has spent two years locked away for something she never meant to do. They call her dangerous. A weapon. A monster. She calls herself guilty. With an ability that allows her to move faster than anyone alive, Celine has learned one thing: some things can't be outrun. When she is taken from her isolation and placed under the control of Sector 45's ruthless leader, Aaron Warner, she expects another prison. Instead, she finds someone who sees the power she refuses to accept. But The Reestablishment doesn't want Celine to heal. They want her ability. And when the world forces her to choose between becoming the monster they created or the person she was always meant to be, Celine must finally face the one thing she has spent years running from: Herself.

In 2045, Psychwatch treats the mentally ill or cages them. Margo wants to bring empathy to every patient but a killer pushes her, and the system, to the limits ***** In a dark future, more than a third of the United States population suffers from mental illness and violent crime is on the rise. In response, Psychwatch is formed - an organization intended to combine mental healthcare and law enforcement - creating monitored areas and neglected ones known as the Psycho Slums. Margo Sandoval is the latest recruit to Psychwatch, bringing a new level of empathy to the controversial agency known for its unforgiving methods. Margo spends her days as an Empath treating everyone possible, until the arrival of a new serial killer upends her life and forces her to confront the evils of the human mind and the system that claims to be the solution.

When aliens invade, four baristas are forced to become the saviours of the world. Grab your double-shot of java and strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride! ***** In the Earth's darkest hour, unexpected heroes are stirring... their coffee, that is. Four baristas on a camping trip are under-qualified to save the world from an alien invasion. But thanks to a hologram with no fashion sense, newly developed superpowers and an alien with a guilty conscience, they've landed the job anyway! So grab your double-shot of java, your blueberry muffin and strap in - Hasta barista, baby. [[2018 Wattys winner and twice featured]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Please note this is a sample of the book, which has been published and is available for purchase: Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WKFVKQJ Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1644342154

Zoe is a teenage girl convicted of a murder she didn't commit, but that doesn't matter in the Arena of Justice. You either win your fights, or you die. ***** Seventeen-year-old Zoe never expected to find herself on the wrong side of the law, but when she's convicted of a murder she didn't commit, she's sentenced to the Arena of Justice - the home of gladiator matches where murderers fight murderers, and every fight ends with a death. Zoe's plan for surviving is simple: ignore the other inmates and fly under the radar until it's time to fight, but that's easier said than done. As hard as she tries to hate those she must kill, Zoe soon befriends the other inmates and falls in love - a deadly proposition when a moment's hesitation can prove fatal. It's up to Zoe to save her life, no matter how hard the system is trying to kill her. [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]]

Creatures of the Night is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. Milena, an obedient teenager, has to team up with the supernatural creatures she was taught to fear in order to escape the people she once loved. ***** In a world where humans must hide underground to stay safe from the creatures who roam the night, Milena's life as an outcast is hardly worth noticing. But on the day her village is attacked and her life is spared by the mysterious Elias, Milena is forced to throw everything she thought she knew about her world out the window. Because while Elias looks just as human as she is, he's actually the leader of a pack of wolf shifters, and the bond she feels with him compels her to start asking questions about the things she's been told about the creatures of the night. Because if her village was willing to lie about something like this, what other secrets might they be keeping from her?

Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]

"Stop right there." Confused, I turned around. "What? I thought we're rushing?" "We are, but apparently you need me to explain the rules to you again." I crossed my arms in front of my chest. "You want me to be quiet and look pretty. It's not that hard to understand," I sighed. "I'm not going to embarrass you, don't worry." He didn't seem convinced. "I'm serious. Behave." Behave? I arched an eyebrow at him. "I don't know if you've forgotten, but I am not your submissive." Something flickered in his eyes. "Believe me, if you were my submissive, you'd be over my knee right now for your tone and that eye roll a minute ago." Book THREE and the grande finale of the Westminster Academy series :) *updates every Monday, 7pm (GMT)* --- the whole book is already available as an ebook on Patreon (link in bio) ---

Now on WEBTOON! Read the official Finding Humanity adaptation. ***** After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Niamh has spent years avoiding the one future she never wanted. A vision foretold that her fated mate is an Alpha werewolf, but she's determined to prove Fate wrong. She has bigger dreams than becoming someone's soulmate, and no ancient prophecy is going to decide her life for her. When her best friend mysteriously disappears while helping a neighboring werewolf pack investigate a strange illness, Niamh sets out to bring her home. The mission is simple. Find Hazel. Avoid the Alpha. Don't start a war. Unfortunately, Fate has other plans. After a teleportation spell goes spectacularly wrong, Niamh quite literally falls into the arms of the very Alpha she's spent years trying to avoid. While an impossible illness spreads through the pack and dark magic threatens witches and werewolves alike, Niamh must uncover the truth before it's too late. The only problem? The more she fights Fate, the harder it fights back. A slow-burn paranormal romance featuring fated mates, witches, werewolves, found family, mystery, magic, banter, and a stubborn heroine determined to choose her own destiny.

"You say that you have a whole hell of problems, but you underestimate the hell I've been through," I murmur, as he tilts his head downwards towards mine. He glances back in forth between my eyes for a moment before taking my cheek in his hand. He brings his lips centimetres from mine. "We can walk through any hell the world throws at us," he whispers finally before presses his lips against mine. ~~~~ After Hailey Arrette Kane is found as being a second child to Coralie Kane, she is forced into the Skybox per her sister's request. Her sister, Arlo Riv Kane, managed to convince her dad and the council that she needed to die in Hailey's place, allowing Hailey to live just as long as she did but in the Skybox. After her 21st birthday, which marked her fourth year in the Skybox, the council made a decision. They were going to send 100 delinquents to the ground as an experiment to see whether the level of radiation was survivable or not. In doing so, they managed to sentence almost all of them to an untimely death that was almost inevitable. With the idea of freedom, Hailey knows that she is never safe and that if weaknesses are shown, someone will use them against her. Will she be able to overcome her emotional and mental walls, even if it means that she'd be vulnerable? Being on the ground will change Hailey in ways that the people on the ark would never expect. She will find a better version of herself. Hailey will become what she was always meant to be, a warrior. BELLAMY BLAKE X OC (SLOW BURN) - kinda lol season 1: done season 2: done Highest Ranking: #1 in BellamyBlake #1 in Bellamy DISCLAIMER: I do not own the 100. I just own Hailey, Elliot, and any other OC's. Enjoy. 💞

[Arknights x Male Reader Story] Everyone needs a little hope in the world. For him, he's a simple traveling Doctor who travels on foot across Terra. Using his medicine to heal others, he will eventually make a name out of himself even if he doesn't want that. Also, did he mention that he's an Earthling? Well, at his core that's who he is.

Yeji always thought the world would end in fire, or maybe in a flood. But when it came, the end was quiet-broken only by the groans of the dead. They rose in many forms: the stiffs, the lurkers, and the relentless swarmers that consumed entire streets. Humanity didn't fall in a single night. Piece by piece, it unraveled. And survival became more than just outrunning the dead. It became about trust. About hope. About love. And above all...about the ones who remain.

They say belief is suicide. They're not wrong. Where I come from, faith gets you a bullet in the head, a knock at the door that never ends well, or a name etched on a list you'll never live to see. Still, I believe. So does Basil, my only constant in a world stripped of everything soft. We've been hunted for years, slept under stone, eaten from dirt, prayed in secret, and watched good people vanish for whispering the wrong words. We've made it all these years with nothing but our prayers and each other. But then came the rumour about a sanctuary where the believers can live fearlessly. A lie, probably. A trap, almost definitely. Basil wanted to chase it anyway, because we owed it to ourselves and to the others who share our struggle, he said. I went with him only because I couldn't bear to watch him go alone. I should've stopped him... But now it's too late. ❝Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange as it began, so give glad tidings to the strangers(Ghuraba).❞ ‹بَدَأَ الإِسْلاَمُ غَرِيبًا وَسَيَعُودُ كَمَا بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ› (Includes books one, two and three in The Ghuraba Trilogy.)

FIRST CAME THE DRAGONS When scientists brought everyone's favorite fairytale creature to life, people flocked to see them, including 17-year-old Zelda Rissland. THEN CAME THE PARASITE But scientists created more than just dragons-they created a deadly parasite. Wyrmrot, they later called it. First, it ate your brain, and then it made you eat other people's brains. NOW ZELDA MUST SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Separated from her family, the only person Zelda has left from her former life is her childhood friend turned boyfriend, Cooper Marotta. Together they've carved out a safe place for themselves in a world turned upside down, but when a zombie horde decimates their survivor group, they face a choice: attempt to rebuild or follow the mysterious coordinates that appeared on a construction sign. Zelda still hopes her family is out there somewhere and believes the coordinates might lead her to them. Cooper, however, thinks the coordinates will only bring trouble. When the remaining survivors vote to undertake the perilous cross-country journey, he attempts to deter them every step of the way. What Zelda discovers at their destination will test her loyalties and change everything she thought she knew about the apocalypse. Wyrmrot is a heart-stopping Young Adult Apocalyptic novel told in dual timelines. "Jurassic Park meets Resident Evil." This fast-paced tale of survival, secrets, and betrayal features dragons, zombies, and a touch of romance. Perfect for fans of Erin Bowman's Contagion or Emily Suvada's This Mortal Coil. Cover design and illustration by Jeff Brown (www.jeffbrowngraphics.com) Available on Amazon in paperback, eBook, and Kindle Unlimited.

"You wrotе me a note, cast a spell on my hеart and bewitched me." ------ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ Since the fateful day that Edalyn Clawthorne rescued you from the boiling rain, you've been facing a war waged on the system that prides itself upon the elimination of your kind. Since the fateful day that Emperor Belos took responsibility over Hunter, he's been facing that same war - unknowingly affiliated with the side of the oppressors. Iniquity and purity. Savage and tame. Wild and coven. Does anyone even know the true meaning of those words, or are they simply means to pit youths of the same generation against one another? At any rate, you never expected to find yourself thrust in the middle of the war against the empire. And you definitely never expected to find yourself falling for the right-hand of its leader. Whatever, that's life. You never know what it'll throw at you. But now that you think of it... you don't quite know yourself either, do you? ------ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ "BEWITCHED",, HUNTER X GN!READER. - ROMANCE: CURRENTLY IN "SUUUPPPEEERRRR CLOSE FRIENDS" STAGE. - STORY: CURRENTLY IN "PRE-UNITY" ARC. - NOTICES 1: The title may be misleading. While this is definitely an 'x reader,' the fic is not centered on the romance and has its own narrative and story. Just an FYI. 2: Due to this being my first fan fiction, you will notice me developing my writing style over the course of the fic. I am highly nostalgic, so with the exception of a few revisions, the old chapters will remain unchanged. Please bear with the initial formatting, writing style, and potential errors. A rewrite, however, is in the cards in the future upon story completion. Thanks!! xx

Life has been a never ending series of disappointments for Arkady: a failed marriage, an earth-shattering apocalyptic event, the creation of bipedal animals who don't take kindly to humans, and the failures of the people in power to do anything about any of it. So, overall, not much different from the other people in the Latvian Exclusion Zone. He earned the respect of his fellow stalkers and the disrespect of the people who label those in his position as criminals. He spent a third of his life after finding his place in the Zone trying to search for his ex-wife. Though those attempts proved fruitless. ' Until one day, a bounty hunting job leads him to discover something he was never meant to see. Documents proving that she, his ex-wife, the woman he still loves now, might still be alive. His obsession is reignited, and finally his life has a purpose beyond taking jobs to stay alive. But his discovery is not only his own. The people in power, the ones that had failed him so many times before, have decided that his discovery is theirs. Will his unofficial VDV training from Alexei, his lessons from the Zone, and experience in civilian division of the Latvian military be able to keep him alive long enough to discover where she's gone after all these years? Please note: Some characters and events in this story are inspired by or parody existing works and their characters. Any resemblance is intentional and meant purely for creative or critical purposes I will also be posting this story to Royal Road.

Two decades ago, Juliette Ferrars and Aaron Warner tore down a dying world and built a new one from the ashes. But legacies are heavy, and the peace they bled for is beginning to crack. Aurora Emmaline Warner is her father's daughter. She is the spitting image of Aaron's lethal elegance and cold precision. But beneath the sharp suits and the calculated stares lies her mother's heart-a kindness so deep it feels like a liability. Aurora spends her life wearing a mask of steel infront of everyone except her family and her friends. Kaz Kishimoto is the chaotic soul of the new generation. The oldest son of Kenji and Nazeera, he is a whirlwind of sarcasm who would rather fight someone over the last piece of food than follow a direct order. But while the world sees a reckless joker, Kaz sees the things everyone else misses. He is the only one who isn't fooled by Aurora's icy composure. He sees the girl behind the Warner name-the one who cares too much and feels too deeply. While their parents fought to end a war,they are fighting to stop a quiet one. A shadow is moving through the New Republic-an enemy that doesn't use guns or armies, but secrets and stolen legacies. The children of the revolution are being hunted by the world they thought is finally safe

[Season 1] Sent to Earth with ninety-nine others, Lily Hale carries more than a criminal record - she carries a secret no one is meant to know. The hidden daughter of Councilor Marcus Kane, she's spent her life in the shadows of power, unseen and unacknowledged. Now, on a planet where the rules of the sky mean nothing, Lily must learn how to survive - not just the dangers of Earth, but the weight of everything she left behind. In a camp ruled by chaos and fear, she walks the line between what she was taught... and what she truly believes. 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐱 OC • 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐱 OC

𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱. 𝗟𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆. And in the capital, those without either are expected to know their place. But every system has a breaking point.