Post-apocalyptic Stories

(Apocalyptic setting + spatial ability + hoarding + soft female lead + not a strong female lead) Lin Luo wakes up to find she's become the villainess from a post-apocalyptic novel, fated for a tragic end. She's stunningly beautiful, but she makes the poor choice of falling for the cold, unfeeling male lead. Determined to avoid her terrible fate, Lin Luo decides to stay far away from the main couple. But fate has other plans. She meets the male lead right before the apocalypse begins, and from that moment on, he fixates on her. Every day, his flirting leaves her weak in the knees and completely flustered. "Hey, male lead, don't you know your character arc is completely off?"

When a deadly disease ravages the town of Holmsley, Frankie and her friends find themselves trapped inside a military-blockaded quarantine zone. ***** A story that was first published in 2014 and feels more relevant than ever. Fifteen-year-old Frankie and her friends must find their way out of quarantine if they want to survive. As the body count rises, Frankie realizes that this is no ordinary quarantine and no one is coming to help. Once infected, the sick become crazed and violent, while fear turns other survivors to savages. And who or what are the mysterious figures Frankie keeps seeing around town? It seems she'll have to unravel the dark truth behind it all if she wants to get out alive... Content and/or trigger warning: This story describes disease outbreaks and contains scenes of violence, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Beneath the earth, the sun is only a memory - and its light is no longer free. The powerful have bottled it, priced it, and called it holy. Every flicker, every breath, must be paid for in Lumen. Lucy Farrow was born in the Gloom, where the air tastes of rust and hope is a dangerous thing. Her mother taught her to keep her glow low - to survive unseen. But when the light inside her begins to stir, Lucy's secret could unravel the order that keeps their divided city alive. High above, in the marble halls of the Halo, Prince Cassian Veran uncovers a secret among ink and dust - a forbidden lineage that could unmake the order he was born to protect. His duty is to snuff it out: his heart tells him to save it. Between them rises the Veil: a wall of soot-black stone and blinding searchlights, dividing the blessed from the broken. As rebellion brews in the dark and doubt kindles in the light, their paths will cross - and together they will awaken a fire long thought dead. A Radiant who could bring back the dawn... or burn the world to ash. ⸻ ✧ ⸻ Lucy approached the marble stairs of the Distribution Point, feeling smaller with every step. Even after so many visits, its splendour still swallowed her whole. Inside, chandeliers of bottled light bathed clerks and soldiers in scarlet. Behind the wooden barrier, white-gloved hands counted Credits and passed bottles of gold to the waiting poor. A cry tore through the hush. "No, I swear, these Credits are real -" The clerk's reply was colder than stone. "One is counterfeit. Guards!" Boots thundered. The woman screamed as Veil Guards dragged her away, her voice fading into the city's endless hum. The line moved. "Next." Lucy stepped forward, clutching her satchel. The Credits inside jingled - Mother had checked them twice, but still her hands shook. ⸻ ✧ ⸻

In a world where the very earth has turned against humanity, one man wanders through cities swallowed by creeping, semi-sentient growth. Shadows whisper, landscapes shift, and the line between memory and madness begins to blur. Elias Kael seeks answers, driven by guilt and obsession, yet every step into the ruins reveals a world far more alive-and far more dangerous-than he ever imagined. Survival is fragile, morality is a memory, and the environment is watching. In the heart of this transformed world, the question is no longer how to live... but how to endure the truth that might finally find you first.

In a world shattered by monstrous forces, survival is determined by strength-and humanity's last hope rests in a new breed of warriors known as Hunters. Miata Savannah Neuschwanstein, a seemingly ordinary university student, never imagined that her life would be torn apart. But when the Armageddon Burst Phenomenon strikes, everything changes. On that fateful day, five percent of the world's population vanished in an instant. Massive dimensional portals ripped open across the globe, spilling forth demons, monsters, and horrors beyond imagination. Cities collapsed, governments crumbled, and death became the only certainty. Because of the apocalypse, countless cities fell into ruin. When humanity began to rebuild, survivors erected shelter cities-safe zones surrounded by thick, towering walls to protect them from the monsters that now roamed the earth. Yet even these fortified bastions are not immune: waves of monstrous attacks strike periodically, testing the resolve and strength of all who dwell within. Amid this chaos, humanity discovered a glimmer of hope: latent powers awakened in select individuals. Miata herself rises among them, her extraordinary abilities catapulting her into the ranks of elite S-rank Hunters. Now, she must confront the terrors of the apocalypse, survive relentless threats, and carve a path to reclaim humanity's lost glory. Monsters. Power. Destruction. Humanity's last hope is awakening.

Two prisoners escape a public execution in a post-apocalyptic world, bound together by a bomb stitched into their chests. They must cooperate to survive in the last functioning city on Earth, ruled by a ruthless military dictatorship. And Pursued by a dangerous woman, a bounty hunter without a conscience. Every step could be their last...

Avery Watkins, a 17-year-old competitive swimmer at Dallas High, lives a normal teenage life filled with school, friends, and swim meets. Her closest circle is her team of eight dedicated teammates: Grace, Chloe, Kate, Phoebe, Jade, Kaitlyn, Imani, and Stephanie. But on June 18, 2020, the world changes forever. Without warning, Earth is invaded by Death Angels-lethal creatures who hunt anything that makes the faintest sound. Silence becomes the only means of survival. Avery and her teammates are thrust into chaos as their city collapses overnight.

???: "To anyone listening who has not been infected, this is a message from the Environmental Logistics & Solutions Enterprise. As you are keenly aware, our dear Earth has seen better days before the Great Desertification. And to make matters even more dire, our own attempt at combating it has turned against us. This planet is beyond our control, and beyond our help. Which is why we have taken to the stars for a fresh new start." "By the time you've received this -- we, among the rest of humanity's remnants, have set a course for the identified exoplanet Si-[**static**] confirmed to support life. As for you and anyone else unfortunate enough to've been left behind, our organization has left a parting gift to help mitigate this global dilemma. And so, we ask that you be advised." "If you happen to come across any carrier of the Absolute Zero virus, direct skin contact is to be avoided at all cost. Conventional long-ranged weaponry is highly recommended, flame throwers and explosives especially. But keep in mind that they can only slow them down, not stop them outright. The cold from within will not allow that." "Hiding from plain sight is not an option -- they will know where you are. Not by your tracks, but by-[***static***]-afely lowered by any available means. And if not, stay as far away from the carrier as possible -- until the intervening of one of our HH units. Rest assured, they will terminate them on sight. And with any luck, the virus we created will be nothing more than a regretful memory." "Those of you who remain have our sincerest hope that you may persevere, just as human life has done since the very beginning. Farewell, and Godspeed. This world rests in your hands now." [*****static*****] Jodie Marz: "... ... ..."

After approximately 30 years, the Legendary Warrior who ruled over the Frozen Thundra was re-awakened. however, she woke up to a ruined village, with nothing but a memory that she's Filia... and a Man who approach her, claiming to be someone who would help her in exchange for her assistance to achieve his goal. What will happen to her? what will become of her journey, under the man who claimed that she knows as "The Boss"?

He's the monster that started it all. He's the only one who can end it. Captured and transported to a secret military research base, Patient Zero becomes the center of a race against extinction. But as scientists study him, Nicholas Knightley's memories begin to surface... revealing a conspiracy far more dangerous than the virus burning through the world. Humanity fears him. The government wants to control him. Someone else wants him dead. And Nicholas? He just wants to remember who he was before he became a weapon.

June 2020. The world is already fraying from unrest, fear, and uncertainty-but for Addison Boyd, a 17-year-old competitive swimmer from Dallas, life still revolves around the rhythm of meets, friendships, laughter, and teenage milestones. When she and eight of her closest teammates travel to Austin for a summer break reunion, the sky shatters with the arrival of the "Death Angels"-blind apex predators drawn to even the slightest sound. Thrown into chaos, the girls must navigate a collapsing Texas-silent streets, ruined homes, vanished families, and survivors desperate enough to become threats themselves. Guided by their training discipline and the support of unexpectedly loyal allies, the swimmers cling to the one hope that remains: reach Houston, secure a seat on the international evacuation flights, and reach Melbourne, one of the few cities where life continues normally thanks to the Angels' inability to swim.

When Beat, a small, blue goat-alien known as the Aries, goes looking for treasure, he instead finds himself in a race to prevent the apocalypse. Rescued by Chad Funk-a cocky Atlas mercenary with the world's most wanted criminal for a father-Beat is thrust into a deadly adventure to find world-ending weapons that were supposed to stay hidden forever: the seven ARKs. Two threats emerge from the shadows: the Fallen Angels, human extremists bent on genocide, and Chimera, the alien organization that nearly destroyed Earth thirty years ago. Now a disgraced thief, a reckless soldier, and a motley crew of heroes must stop these evil organizations before the weapons fall into the wrong hands.

Running is all Kael seems to know how to do. She runs, never looks back, and keeps going without stopping. That is until she meets Selah, a beautiful woman who is tough on the outside but vulnerable on the inside. Kael thinks she can finally stand still and breathe. But then comes the night at the diner-an event that shatters everything. Now, she is on the run once again. "Born Forbidden" is a tale of love, angst, and betrayal set in a dystopian society where power is hoarded by the 1% while the outer city rings are drained of their resources. Yet, some people have it even worse. Some must stay hidden to survive: the Altered, individuals born with an extra gene that grants them special powers. These people have been deemed dangerous by the government. However, a growing resistance threatens the very thing the 1% value the most: power. Follow Kael as she is pursued by authorities intent on controlling her and turning her into a weapon. Will she find her way back to the woman she loves? Can her love ever forgive her for the secret she has kept? Discover the answers in "Born Forbidden."

Every night since childhood, Amelia dreams of a virus that sweeps the globe-killing fast, then reanimating the dead. No one believes her. But one presence never leaves her side: Saoirse, a radiant, otherworldly guide who appears in her dreams with cryptic warnings and unwavering protection. When the real outbreak strikes, exactly as Amelia foresaw, she leads her husband and four children to their fortified off-grid ranch. But as the undead rise and society collapses, Amelia discovers she's carrying another child-one Saoirse knows will become a world-saving genius, vital to humanity's survival. Now Amelia must battle the apocalypse on two fronts: the monsters outside her walls and the terrifying truth of the destiny growing inside her. With Saoirse's supernatural guidance, her family's grit, and the weight of a future no one else can see, Amelia fights not just to survive...but to shape what comes after the end.

You follow an agent part of a mysterious shadow organization that is investigating the weird and anomalous appearances of tapes that seem to take place in a body horror-focused, fleshy world, solely focused on the main character, 4901(or 01), as he goes deep in this world to create a new mire to avenge his brother 02.

In a broken, post-apocalyptic world, a weary and pragmatic man named John is tasked with transporting a mysterious, non-human "creature" disguised as a gawky tween. Their journey is a tense, slow-moving trek through a dangerous landscape, made more complex by their unsettling master-and-cargo relationship. The story revolves around this fragile, uneasy partnership-a hardened survivor guarding a strange being that looks like a child but is something entirely other-as they depend on each other for survival against an unknown threat.

Did you know that if you get used to it, cold ground can become not so cold? Where the sun doesn't live, unfortunately, there lives a girl named Kitani Darts, and beneath the earth, there are four crystal-mining colonies. These underground colonies are Ruby, Pearl, Sapphire, and Emerald. Every year, at the age of eighteen, teenagers can finally leave their underground homes and choose their suitable core. But here's where Kitani has to choose not only her profession but also hide her own secrets from the public, because she wants to see the sun and nothing will stop her...

God hast reclaimed our treasures. The harbringer of light and vibrance fell - the celestial once deemed as the bringer of existence, and the guardian of mortals. Its fiery essence once spewed - now blackened, jet, and void. "Cleanse the land with your crimson blood and corpses." He says - hence humanity dropped from the heavens - now the green earth turned ruby, oceans to maroon. The strongest species turned to nought, maggots are more of his favourite - making them roam as ubiquitously as the damned humans.

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Have you ever felt out of control? After the second Gen of Humans has been destroyed in the Burnings and the third learned From their war and bloodbath, the fourth generation is finally the perfect world. Gone is the climate change that led to the first demise, and gone is the barbaric inability to control emotions. Now, to keep emotions in check, when emotions for people change the 4rth Gen physically enters their mind to experience that emotion. When this happens, all time stops, and nobody can notice and help you out of your mindscape. The fourth Gen, though they dont know it, also have the inability to kill. In a New World containing 7 Vills each assigned a Leader and 6 other counselors, all ruled by The Complex, everyone seems to act how they should. There is no climate change, there is no mass pollution or violence, the world has been. . .set back. . . as if the Industrial Revolution and all our modern day aspects of life have just. . .vanished. There is only one flaw to this everlasting utopia. And they are the MIs. We are here. We are breathing. And we are waiting for the moment to escape.