Bleak Stories

245 Stories

Love Pain repeat by CountDrugula
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Love Pain repeatby CountDrugula
Grieving, emotional trauma, love, pain, purpose, self identity. We are all bound by our humanity, and our emotions. This is something we cannot change. What we can chang...
The Humanity by Eshowatt
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The Humanityby Eric Showatt
Humans have become the oppressors. On the back of twelve invincible dreadnaught, they conquered worlds after worlds, committed atrocities after atrocities...because the...
Bleak House (Dickens 1852) by CharlesofPortsmouth
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Bleak House (Dickens 1852)by Charles Dickens
The original serialized form of Charles Dickens's Bleak House novel. Original serial cover illustration by H.K. Browne. Audiobook files posted at the beginning of each c...
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Same As It Never Was (TMNT 2012 Short Story) by hope_forever_18
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Same As It Never Was (TMNT 2012 Sh...by I like (ninja) toitles
Donatello didn't know what to expect. One moment, he's wishing his family and his girlfriend goodnight, the next he's waking up in a desolate and unfamiliar place. His h...
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A bumpy ride by grumpyman1972
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A bumpy rideby Lance Hopkins
Life's contrasts, loss, depression, love, new life, all for what? Experience can be the only answer.
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Fire And Ice by seemabandral
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Fire And Iceby Mishthi
A bleak poem written on the destructive power of nature
From horror to love by jade_mc_kenzie
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From horror to loveby jade_mc_kenzie
The Young Jaden is not like every other guy, he's a serial killer. Payed to commit the worst of crimes at only 21 years old. His next victim being a young girl named A...
The Legacy Of Scar, Son of Dracula by -VampireScar-
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The Legacy Of Scar, Son of Draculaby Scar The Executioner
The house fell empty, only the sound of leather boots creaking against the hard wood floors echoed through the complete darkness. Abraham stood above his "father&qu...
défendu by Shivran86
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défenduby Maya
verses dripping with what we cannot speak 🔸entries for Versification 2023 🔸 and poems dedicated to Sutekh/Set, since he is, after all, Chaos incarnate
otra vez by vangohs
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otra vezby 𝖊𝖑𝖘
i can feel it all begin to fade ゚☆ [circa late 2020]
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Ice by jEGGle
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Iceby jEGG
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Laid in bed one time and thought about how the world had changed due to colonization. The term of ice is simply a metaphor reflecting views on the entire...
Through the window by xsophieeaton
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Through the windowby xsophieeaton
A bleak moment of true awareness.
Dead Earth by ChristianDucharme0
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Dead Earthby Christian Ducharme
The Earth is dying. The world's scientists provided a last minute gasp, instant matter transport to a newly found habitable planet. This is the final moving day. Snack s...
It sits. by RooMJames
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It sits.by RooMJames
If those in charge had the technology to monitor you, would they use the very devices in your own home or something else? Something you would not think twice about. Y...
On the Edge by TranslucentMe
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On the Edgeby Invisible Me
This is a poem I wrote many years ago. Whilst my circumstances have changed, the sentiments unfortunately, have not.
THE BEST-WORST TIME TO BE ALIVE IN THE HISTORY OF TIMES. by Circumspectre
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THE BEST-WORST TIME TO BE ALIVE IN...by Circumspectre
Either a bunch of poems/writings aiming to express how much it truly is all Doom and Gloom. Or the worthless nihilistic ramblings of a man who has reached the end of his...
jungle head by Permabanned
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jungle headby Permabanned
Some deep and erring poetry. Sometimes, dark sometimes just fresh from the psyche. (Cover is self drawn and designed).
The grandmother short story By Elísabet Sóldís by esoldis26
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The grandmother short story By Elí...by esoldis26
It is a bleak short story about A grandma with braintumor......death, the struggles of life....happiness
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