Survival Stories

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]]

--- Seventeen-year-old Dhrishya carries the weight of a secret no one can see. Born into shadows, raised in an orphanage, and scarred by a childhood she never chose, she learned to hide her fears behind kindness and brilliance. Now, she's on the verge of something bigger-a scholarship to one of Mumbai's top colleges. But the past never stays buried... the darkness, the loud voices, the memories of a family that never loved her, still follow her. And soon, she will face the ultimate challenge: meeting the family she lost-the brothers and parents who might finally become the home she's always longed for. Will Dhrishya find courage? Will she open her heart, or will the shadows of the past pull her back? Some secrets weigh too much to carry alone... Some bonds are worth the wait. #HiddenStrength #OrphanToFamily #Bhaiyu #SilentBattles #ScholarGirl #HealingHeart #NewBeginnings ---

Novel Rating: 10/10 A mysterious global blackout causes schools to shut down, factories to stop operating, and all land, sea, and air transport to be suspended. Supermarkets are completely looted, and a greater crisis quietly begins to unfold: Relentless heatwaves, solar radiation, sandstorms, meteor showers, tectonic plate fractures, torrential rains, tsunamis and floods, plagues of insects and snakes, influenza and pandemics, mutated viruses, zombie sieges, biological mutations, extreme cold and blizzards, melting icebergs... Under such severe crises, human life is no longer protected. All social systems, laws, and order collapse entirely. Jiang Si survived ten years in the apocalypse: Her grandmother was swept away by a storm, Her grandfather was taken by a tsunami, Her father was bitten to death by zombies, Her mother fell ill and took her own life, And she herself was dissected alive by a mutant. Her entire family met a tragic end. But when she opened her eyes again, Jiang Si discovered she had not only been reborn, but had also gained a personal dimension space. And now, there was still one month left before the apocalypse begins. Jiang Si immediately entered full-on hoarding mode-buying RVs, helicopters, yachts, gold bars, gourmet food, weapons, and medicine... Even a domineering and majestic white tiger voluntarily walked into her trap: "Let me snuggle~ Let me hug~ Let me play with your big fluffy tail~" Life is sweet and cozy now. This time, she refuses to let her whole family perish again! But... Why is her big white tiger not only shedding fur-but also shedding skin? And why did he turn into a super handsome guy?! Author: 一条尾巴长 著, A tail is growing Translator: Lhaozi #1 - supplies #7 - best stories

Novel Rating:10/10 Title: Exiled? Fleeing famine? Medical General transmigrated into Villainess and she empties The Entire Kingdom Author: 落玉听风 Translator: CyyEmpire Mu Mianmian, the chief medical officer of a post-apocalyptic planet, never dreamed that she would transmigrate back to ancient times-ending up in the body of a young princess consort who was married off as a substitute bride. . Her war-god husband has been falsely accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy, and the entire family-old and young alike-is sentenced to exile in a desolate, impoverished land. . Her father-in-law, who once defended the nation, was turned into a vegetative state years ago. . Her mother-in-law is as beautiful as a celestial fairy and kind-hearted, yet mentally childlike and foolish. . . Her delicate little sister-in-law can do nothing but whimper and cry. Her youngest brother-in-law is only three and a half years old, still crying for food. . Her husband has it the worst of all-his legs were crippled through a cruel scheme. . Exiled together with a vicious old madam and the families of the second and third uncles, wouldn't that be a recipe for being bullied to death? . Just as it seems that heaven itself wants to destroy her husband's family, Mu-

She woke up in a new world as a hated princess after once being admired, and now she was stuck with several powerful men who did not even like her. Instead of dealing with all that trouble, she left everything behind, broke the engagements, and moved to a quiet, empty planet. There, she lived a peaceful life, growing plants, studying medicine, and raising a strange creature, until more and more people started showing up. Soon, those who once ignored her began chasing after her, but she refused them all and chose to live freely on her own.

Novel Summary 【Highway Survival | No CP | Low-Key Female Lead】 When the whole population is thrown into a highway survival game, danger and opportunity go hand in hand. Everyone starts with a beginner's gift pack and a system panel. Once you hit the road, there's no turning back - only forward. Treasure chests and rest stops spawn randomly along the way, and that's where the real gap between survivors begins to show. Before coming here, Lu Youyou had no idea she was born unlucky. Her first vehicle? A bright pink baby wobble car - slower than walking. Her first stop after trekking 20 kilometers on foot? A stinking garbage dump. And yet, eventually, she was sitting on mountains of supplies, looking back on her journey. Lu Youyou: "I swear, I was so unlucky at the beginning." Everyone else: "Try humblebragging one more time, we dare you. 🙂"

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Novel Rating: 10/10 #2 - reincarnation #1 - apocalypse #2 - drama #1 - survival Doomsday Stockpiling: I Established a Global Survivor Base Author: 裳鹿 Translator: Lhaozi In the future-torrential rains, earthquakes, tsunamis, extreme cold, global mutations... In the third year of the apocalypse, Su You was betrayed by her stepmother and died at the hands of those people in the mountaintop base. But unexpectedly, she was reborn. "Ding! You have awakened the Rebate System and the Survival Base. Please work hard to hoard supplies and collect resources to upgrade your base!" With two golden cheats in hand, Su You goes all out hoarding, hoarding, hoarding! Instant meals, clothes and shoes, medical supplies, transportation... Sitting on a mountain of resources, she calmly waits for the natural disasters to come. After the disasters arrive- The scheming stepmother: "Youyou, we're all family. You should share half your supplies with us." The boss who deliberately fired her: "Su You, give me some supplies. Once this passes, I'll give you an offer with a promotion and a raise." The cheating scumbag ex: "Youyou, I'm your boyfriend. Hand the supplies to me for safekeeping. I'll protect you well in the apocalypse." To all of them, Su You has only one word: "Scram!" When the apocalypse descends, Su You hugs her orange cat, feasting in a warm, spring-like home. But this rebirth-Su You won't just stop there. Warehouses of supermarkets, hospitals, food factories, clothing factories, pharmaceutical plants... Even experts from research institutes, skilled professionals, and factory workers- Su You gathers them all under her wing. Before she realizes it, she has already established the largest survivor base in the world.

Ten years of marriage. A beautiful son. A life they built together. To everyone around them, Ethan and Amy Vale looked like the perfect family. But behind closed doors, love had quietly faded into routine, silence, and emotional distance. And somewhere along the way, Ethan stopped seeing the woman who had stood beside him through every struggle, every sacrifice, and every dream. Now, he believes he has found happiness in someone else. So one night, he finally tells his wife the words that shatter their world. "I want a divorce." But instead of begging him to stay, Amy makes one final request: For the next thirty days, before their marriage officially ends, Ethan must carry her from their bedroom to the front door every morning-just like he carried her across the threshold on their wedding day. At first, the request feels absurd. Then uncomfortable. Then painfully familiar. Because with every passing morning, Ethan begins to remember the woman he once loved... and the marriage he slowly neglected. What he doesn't know is that Amy has been hiding a heartbreaking secret-one that will change everything he thought he knew about love, marriage, and the vows he was ready to break. And by the time he realizes the truth... it may already be too late. Copyright © 2026 by SAPPHIREHAVEN | All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, or stored in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, without the prior written permission of the author. NO PLAGIARISM! Please respect the hard work, creativity, and originality of the author. 🤍 Started: May 31, 2016 - 3:00 pm Completed: May 20, 2026

Inhumane experiments are turning Dante Gray, a werewolf, into a monster - can he and Chase, a hot-headed warlock, find a cure before it's too late? ***** Dante Gray, a werewolf, escapes from a secret facility where he was held captive by human scientists - but he's slowly turning into a monster due to the cruel, inhumane experiments they carried out on him. Accompanied by his ex-boyfriend, a sassy gay warlock, Chase Cooper, Dante must find a cure before the beast takes over completely, which sets them on a path full of adventures, battles, magical places, and new supernatural friends. Soon his friendship with Chase heats up, giving Dante all the more reason to fight the beast inside him - but can he survive the evils of Killian Taylor, the mastermind who is ready to do whatever it takes to enslave him once again? || Gay || BxB || MxM || LGBT || Romance ||

Meadow Carter was twenty-two when she disappeared. One night. Too many drinks. A stranger who offered to help. And then she was gone. Now, fifteen years later, Meadow lives in a cramped apartment attached to her husband's parents' house with seven children who have never touched a phone, watched television, or stepped foot inside a school. Their lives are governed by rules-strict routines, obedience, silence. Linus says the outside world is poison. Technology destroys families. Women who leave their homes become monsters. For years, Meadow believed escape was impossible. Until her eldest daughter begins asking questions. Questions Meadow no longer knows how to answer. Because the most terrifying part isn't that Meadow was taken. It's that somewhere along the way, she stopped believing she deserved to be found.

Catastrophe brought them together. Leandro escaped to his private island after discovering the betrayal of the woman he thought he would spend forever with. The fiancée he believed was different from every woman who came and went in his life turned out to be the one who shattered him the most. Lorianne, on the other hand, was running toward a dream vacation when tragedy struck. What was supposed to be an exciting cruise turned into a nightmare after the ship she boarded vanished beneath the raging ocean waves. One broken by betrayal. One lost in a storm. Fate brought them together on the same shore... unaware that the tragedy that nearly destroyed them would also become the beginning of a love that would heal them both. --- Note from the Author This story was originally written when I was 13 years old and has been revised and rewritten to fit today's generation while keeping the heart of the original story alive. ❤️ Published: April 4, 2016 Titled: You're The One I Need © Copyright 2016 by SAPPHIREHAVEN All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the author's permission. ⚠️ NO PLAGIARISM ✨ RANK #46 AUGUST 18, 2016

He just wants her booty, but she'll end up stealing his heart. ***** After pirates kidnap seventeen-year-old Ana in a case of mistaken identity, the orphaned housemaid prepares for the worst. Instead, between a shipwreck, mutiny, and her growing feelings for her captor -- the dashing Pirate King of the Caribbean, Alestair Kincade -- Ana soon realizes the secret she keeps is far from the most dangerous part of her new life. But playing the wholesome daughter of a Spanish admiral among rag-tag buccaneers isn't easy either, and to avoid both discovery and the gallows she'll have to learn to rely on more than just her wits and her charm. But is Alestair Kincade really on her side? Or will his protection and his love both disappear the moment he learns the truth? Book Two of The Pirate King Series is called SCUTTLE (formerly The Reluctant Pirate Queen) [Now an audiobook from Hachette, Powered by Wattpad] [word count: 90,000-100,000 words] PLUNDER (Book One in The Pirate King Series) © 2014 by R.S. Kovach. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the author's written permission. Cover designed by Ren T

He built a second family on her sweat and called it culture. She burned his kingdom to save her children. Beyond His Betrayal - because the tomb he made her couldn't hold her

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]]

The female lead is sharp-witted, decisive in action, not overly sentimental, not pretentious, and always keeps her intelligence in play. Five years into the apocalypse, in her previous life, Jin Jiang had her spatial ability stolen by her husband and was thrown into a horde of zombies. Given a second chance, she starts by hoarding supplies and waits for the apocalypse to arrive. In this life, she plans to build her own base and become the boss-isn't that way better?

Rina Cane, a practical orphan who lives alone, is haunted by a terrifying vision of the world ending in one year. After discovering a hidden pocket dimension with a mysterious trading system, she uses her cooking skills to earn resources and money. As time runs out, Rina must prepare to survive an apocalypse she isn't sure she can stop.

It's been almost a hundred years since Earth's civilizations fell, leaving only ruins and memories. Long before the collapse, they began taking humans, but now, everyone knows who they are and they fear them. The few who manage to return from their captivity tell stories of how these creatures treat humans like animals or children, tending to them like pets or slaves. Most survivors live in hidden cities, avoiding the ancient ruined cities at all costs. But not Jace and his crew. As a group of Stray Humans, they've made the decaying cities their home, roaming the forgotten streets, never staying in one place for long, and bringing all their skills to the table. They are a family, working together to make sure those things, Aliens, never take another human as long as they are near. When the aliens of A.C.R. (Animal Care and Rescue) find a new group of humans wandering the ruins of a large city, they think it will be an easy capture. But they soon learn that these particular humans have more willpower than most. They dodge every trap, disappear around every bend, and even manage to take some of the already captured humans with them. The aliens pity these "little creatures"-they just don't want to leave their home, but Earth is falling apart at the seams, and they are determined to take the stubborn little humans to the safety of one of the mother planets. No matter the cost. Warning - This story may have -Self harm -Rape -Abuse -Suicidal thoughts and actions -Violence and gore -Uncomfortable scenes (If this isn't your first alien pet book, you know what I'm talking about)

I'm back. The life I built, the connections I cherished, the happiness I tasted-they're all gone. Once again, I'm back to square one, forced to face this world alone, to breathe, to survive in its cold, unwelcoming embrace. I wish I could return... to somehow be transported back to that world. But when you realize it was nothing more than a cruel trick of your mind, how can you even claim the year you lived was real? All that remains are the haunted memories of that sweet dream, making me confused all over again. Still, I chose to sleep within those memories, the ones that felt more real to me than this so-called reality. To survive, I decided to begin there. To mend my broken life, not all at once, but gently. First, by choosing to live, even when every part of me wanted to give up. Then, slowly, learning to face each wound, each shadow of trauma, daring to confront what once shattered me. Piece by piece, I would rebuild myself, stronger this time. And maybe, just maybe, that choice lead me somewhere unexpected. To the quiet start of my love story-again-with the same person. _ Can be read as a standalone spinoff, but best enjoyed after Book 1.

She woke in the snow with no memory. No name. No past. Found beside a dead direwolf and adorned in gold no one can identify, Khava becomes the mystery of Winterfell-beautiful, foreign, and utterly alone. But when the game of thrones shatters the family who sheltered her, she makes a desperate vow: protect the Starks. Whatever it costs. She will kneel to monsters She will wear their colors. She will become their obsession. Because the blood of Old Valyria sleeps in her veinsand fire remembers what the snow tried to bury. First black oc