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potential tw: there's crude language in the poem, it's also sexually explicit in one part. the poem itself also hints at subjects like corrective rape/sexual coercion and related subjects, so if these are subjects you feel uncomfortable with, please don't push yourself to read this. i've never written many poems… Read More

Tags: dark, poem, sexuality, women

Poem / Poetry

August 12, 2020

Tags: dark, death, depression, sad, bipolar

Tags: dark, poetry, progress, past, clean

A short story I entered into the Hive Young Writers competition in 2018 which was shortlisted; The architect created the city, the architect thinks they own the city, but what if someone gained access to their wrong doings and aired it to the people of 'the architect's city'... Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, thief, dystopian, short-story

When a young girl is accused and found guilty of murder, she is banished from Lonewood and forced between the trees of the perilous woods that border the small village. Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, horror, murder, dark-fantasy

Tags: dark, humor

"All aboard the Aurora Express! A once-in-a-lifetime voyage showing off the stunning beauty that exists all across the neutral zone. Reserve your spot today!" Read More

Tags: dark, humor, fiction, war, adventure

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

August 07, 2020

Reads: 29

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

James and his family are trapped inside their house as a storm rages outside. When he looks through the window, he notices something strange in the clouds... Read More

Tags: dark, short, story, witch, storm

Castile hears rumours of soldiers outside the gates meaning to join their cause - but are they everything they seem? Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, adventure, epic-fantasy, sword-and-shield

Poem / Poetry

August 03, 2020

You know the drill. Just say what you will. Read More

Tags: love, dark, world, earth, wrath

Poem / Poetry

August 03, 2020

Just putting stuff out into the aether. Read More

Tags: dark, hope, light, universe

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Tags: dark, murder, edge

Poem / Romance

August 03, 2020

It's a thing. I do not know what to put here. Read More

Tags: dark, depression, happy, light

Poem / Poetry

August 02, 2020

Reads: 35

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

No matter what happens, I just want you to live one more day. Read More

Tags: love, dark, death

A girl at a carnival is gifted (or is it cursed?) with knowledge of her future and must choose an outcome in the form of two very different boys. Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, psychic, shortstory, carnival

Follow Anne as she enjoys a lazy Saturday, loafing around the house all day. Submission for the Review chain contest using the prompt: You’ve lost it, and you’re not sure you want it back Read More

Tags: dark, horror, mystery, psychological

Long ago, after being tricked by the silver tongue of an unspeakably depraved being made of the stuff of shadows, a man was given power and fell to evil. After pulling the world into a millennium of darkness, the man was freed from the shackles that bound him and bettered… Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, drama, redemption, ongoing

Book / Fantasy

July 29, 2020

Reads: 2671

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Handcuffed in Horror House

I thought I'd hit rock bottom when I was blamed for closing the Gates of Hell and ended up on Satan's Most Wanted List. Then something worse happened. A fallen angel with a nun fetish and a taste for human flesh escaped his prison cell. He's Azael, the father I've… Read More

Tags: dark, humor, paranormal, supernatural, demons

"I take from those who don't need it anymore, and I give to those who do -- namely me." Shay steals from the dead. For a young woman looking to make her way in the world, the vast fields on the borderlands where she lives provide great opportunities for plunder,… Read More

Tags: dark, monster, mercenary, darkmagic, swordandsorcery

Eobard Kassedy is a genius. His intelligence is far beyond his time, but he hasn't graduated from high school, despite being 19. In fact, he has left school completely because of an event that took place near the end of his school year. However, it doesn't matter to him. What… Read More

Tags: dark, murder, science-fiction, psychological, sci-fi

Poem / Horror

July 22, 2020

I understand the hidden powers to be, and to be spiritually indifferent. My Haitian grann would have me stoned for this, God please forgive me, but it is called upon, the stars cry unto the Hunter's moon. I love you grann... Love and Hugs, Kemy Read More

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The ogres and witches and giants of fairytales stand in as metaphors for those obstacles that we all face in our own lives. Kate Forsyth Read More

Tags: dark, magic, pagan, wiccan, witches

He can't take it anymore as the world doesn't want him and he didn't want the world. He had given up on hoping that one day the world would change for better, that one day the world would accept him as he is, that one day the broken one's would… Read More

Tags: dark, depression, suicide, wrist-cutting

Landmarks all have a history to them. Some are easily explained with a heroic backstory, while others are simply a mystery, leaving scholars to theorize how they came to be. The Crater of Crone Woods is one example of a landmark. Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, tragedy, tragic, dark-fantasy

Poem / Poetry

July 16, 2020

Reads: 34

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Taking cues from eastern symbolism and Buddhist teachings with this one! Read More

Tags: dark, symbolism, light, flower, lotus

Featured Review by hullabaloo22

"An unusual poem, very symbolic." Read More

Tags: dark, alone, searching, carnival

Book / Action and Adventure

July 10, 2020

Reads: 257

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The Starmist Poet is a pirate tale set in a dark fantasy world. It follows Dunner, a retired bounty hunter whose curiosity makes him follow the trail of a mysterious figure who has proven a significant threat to the country of Nelkingdon. The trail takes him to Skallhartem, a cluster… Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, monsters, pirates, anti-hero

NOTE: THIS IS THE THIRD BOOK IN SERIES, DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE READ BOTH BOOK 1 AND 2, OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE MAJOR SPOILERS This is still the anime/manga that I want to create... Ever since Kita found out that she was possibly a half-breed, she has been… Read More

Tags: dark, war, adventure, demons, anime

All of us had experienced of dying alive. This sonnet expresses a dark theme of cruelty that grows within someone and somehow shows how that person become wicked. Read More

Tags: dark, witch, freak, mysterious, wicked

Poem / Poetry

July 04, 2020

Reads: 47

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I just want the nightmare of living to end. The only dream I believe in is death. Read More

Tags: love, dark, death, suicide, nightmares

Booksie 2020 Poetry Contest
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