Poverty Stories

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The Maya's Flight by jgg_hearts
The Maya's Flightby JGG_Hearts
Introduction Welcome, dear reader, to the world of "Maya's Flight." As you turn these pages, you are about to embark on a journey that is at once heartbreaking...
Kwentong Totoo: Buhay Ko Ito  by Shaniahmaesanjuian
Kwentong Totoo: Buhay Ko Ito by S. Delmara
Sa likod ng mga ngiti, may kwentong hindi mo pa alam. Ako si Shaniah, isang simpleng dalagita na lumaking salat sa luho, pero puno ng pangarap. Dito mo makikilala ang is...
Christmas Solstice by CrysTravel2019
Christmas Solsticeby Chris
Xochitl Mercado, 33, is dreading Christmas since she would have to deal with her family's various questions about her relationship status. Unfortunately, her boyfriend o...
From Peaks to Pavement: A Journey of Resilience by haadilyas09
From Peaks to Pavement: A Journey...by Haadi
When Arun's mother falls critically ill, he leaves behind his peaceful mountain village and travels to the bustling city, desperate to find better medical care. In the h...
sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇ by mksznn
sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇby mksznn
Amya's tired of surviving at just nineteen, she's working nonstop, raising her siblings, and watching her mama get sicker by the day. The fridge stays empty, the lights...
Beyond the Baseline (Arki Series #1) by noviscuit
Beyond the Baseline (Arki Series #...by gbf ni Seokmin
ARKI SERIES #1 Emil Reyes grew up seeing the harsh reality of being poor, bata palang siya ay nasasabihan na siya na walang karapatan ang mga katulad nila na mangarap o...
Hamsa's story by BaharHamsa_123
Hamsa's storyby Bahar hugin
A girl's true story of pain, silence, and hope. Hamssa grew up in poverty, facing fear, hunger, and the pain of not being fully heard. But even in the darkest days, she...
The Pearl Principle by jgg_hearts
The Pearl Principleby JGG_Hearts
What happens when your greatest wound becomes your greatest strength? In the Philippines, a country of vibrant faith and crushing poverty, three teenage friends make a p...
SLOB by wychhazle1
SLOBby Wych Hazle
Urban| Horror| Thriller SLOB is a grimy, supernatural tale of reluctant vengeance and generational rot. In a hoarder's hellhouse ruled by an alcoholic mother obsessed w...
Collection of Fauxbre Sen's Works by FauxbreSen
Collection of Fauxbre Sen's Worksby Dostoyevsky Lover#1
This is a collection of my favorite short stories that I had made. I'll only update this once in a while.
The Amber In Your Eyes by twilightcullen1
The Amber In Your Eyesby 🤍
In a place like this, they said love was impossible. Mickey MacDonough is failing school, throwing fists, and running from cops in the grey ruin of Southside Chicago. W...
CTRL + Z: We Can't Undo This by gapseven
CTRL + Z: We Can't Undo Thisby 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙣
"Ten stories. A thousand truths. No one gets to press undo." There's no reset button in real life. Thirteen voices. Ten stories. One unapologetic look at the s...
Red lights, Stop signs  by Luna101223
Red lights, Stop signs by LunaWolf101223
Roxy is a 15 year old girl who just wants to beat Highschool. She is almost invisible. She doesn't have any friends, her parents are constantly fighting and her mom does...
A boy's dreams by iamfeelingabitcrazy
A boy's dreamsby Lia Brook
about a young boy, inspired by the hungry boy. A children's poem
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Recruitment by taehyungloveff
Recruitmentby Tete
This story gives a spin-off on how the guards may have been recruited for the Squid Game. Gong Yoo is the salesman who, by chance, recruits a homeless Kang Bae Hoon to j...
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Disease  by Inyzizz
Disease by Inaaya
She wasn't born to win. Just survive. In a world where love came with conditions and dreams were punished, Mun learned how to keep breathing-quietly, painfully, invisibl...
Girl with no backing  by themirabeltales
Girl with no backing by mirabel Jude
A raw memoir of a young girl born into poverty, burdened by loss yet determined to rise.
Arduous by jazzmiine26
Arduousby Jazz
A young woman who grew up in poverty. With a family full of addicts. Trying to help herself get far away from the family. She finds a man who is very much like her. They...
Silent Dignity by JustADecentStoryWrit
Silent Dignityby LyriXonic LyriXonic
In the quiet, frost-covered town of Kamakura, 12-year-old Daisuke wakes each morning to a world painted in muted grays and whites. His small, worn home is filled with th...