Dystopian stories, books, poems, and more

July 17, 2018

Comments: 22

Shelves: 17

a harsh city is controlled by a religious fanatic named Maxwell, who is worshipped as a god. Genevieve believed in him her entire life, but now she isn't too sure that the world she lives in is true or fake Read More

Tags: religion, science-fiction, cult, dystopian

Featured Review by Jack Chapel

"I enjoyed this chapter and felt that the use of dialogue very clearly conveyed the emotional spectrum of the characters, this chapter shows the ..." Read More

Collared

By hullabaloo22

Short Story / Science Fiction

July 15, 2018

Comments: 6

Shelves: 2

The BoMoWriCha House

Written for this week's BoMoWriCha House daily challenge. Read More

Tags: memories, future, dystopian, collar, bomowricha-daily-prompt

Featured Review by Jeff Bezaire

"This is a brilliant story, Hully! I love it! A masterpiece of writing! Incredibly created, a strong narrative, the lack of dialogue echoes th..." Read More

Echoes Of Emma

By Chris O'Neill

June 27, 2018

Shelves: 1

Living in a dirty, decrepit, hot and dangerous world Emma finds a way back to the way things used to be. The only problem is, she is not sure which is real. Read More

Tags: scary, romance, funny, dystopian, alternate-universe

Perfection

By hullabaloo22

Short Story / Literary Fiction

June 27, 2018

Comments: 4

Shelves: 2

The BoMoWriCha House

Yesterday I posted a story called 'Petite' for the BoMoWriCha weekly prompt. I messed up the required word count, so here is the much expanded upon story, now called 'Perfection'. Read More

Tags: dystopian, bomowricha, weekly-prompt

Featured Review by Jeff Bezaire

"I don't know if you read my comment yesterday, but I think this is my least favourite piece you've written and it's all owed to your mastery at ..." Read More

The Manifesto

By Justin L. Johnson

Book / Horror

June 26, 2018

Shelves: 2

A psychopath escapes from prison and helps start a revolution. While meeting with his lifelong friend, he is introduced to a pill that takes them to another world. There they look for clues on how to defeat the Emperor. Along the way, they must overcome their urges for greed,… Read More

Tags: horror, violence, manifesto, dystopian

The Good Gene

By K-T-C

June 24, 2018

Shelves: 1

When Eleanor Ashe turns 17 she begins developing unnatural powers. She is afraid to tell her government-working father, as he is a patriot to the law, and does not accept anything that is out of the ordinary. Soon after she discovers her abilities, she is framed for a crime… Read More

Tags: family, magic, government, island, dystopian

Sweet Dead Flowers

By shayshay123

Book / Fantasy

June 09, 2018

Shelves: 1

Black. Like airy darkness that swallowed you whole, the air smelled of nothing but of dust and the reeking smell of smoke. An aroma so foul but familiar, so familiar in fact, it scared me to what it was like formerly, before the darkness, before the screaming. Before everything,… Read More

Tags: fantasy, dystopian, end-of-world-feel

Reach

By PrecisionChaos

Short Story / Science Fiction

June 03, 2018

Shelves: 1

Pearl Reach invents Plasma, a better and cleaner energy source, to make the world a better place. Unwittingly, she initiates the beginning of the end, and suffers for it. Read More

Tags: war, science-fiction, virus, dystopian, short-story

Elysium

By E. S. Pope

Short Story / Science Fiction

June 03, 2018

Shelves: 2

Lenny Priest lives in a dystopian world ruled by time. Every person on Earth now wears a Chronos device on their wrist that tells them their 'expiration date', the day that they will die. With less than a month left to live, Lenny must navigate life and love to… Read More

Tags: science-fiction, dystopian, short-story, elysium, expiration-date

Zeta Resin Pines

By S P Rowell

May 31, 2018

Shelves: 1

After decades of regeneration, the event has left the world divided and ruled by Zeta. In southern England, a lone wolf named Snipe Siren gains a reputation as a fearless rebel and protector of non-citizens. Snipe’s head is full of unanswered questions. Presumed dead for over a year and… Read More

Tags: fantasy, sci-fi, dystopia, dystopian, clone

I Need A Feeling

By DragenSaint

May 17, 2018

Shelves: 1

The year is 2247. Physical contact has been outlawed for many decades. Hug dealers will tenderly embrace people in the dead of night, while shady people hold hands in dark streets. Read More

Tags: ya, dystopian

Stuck in one place

By M.D Knightley

Poem / Poetry

May 16, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Stuck in your own repetetive life, but if you do not change it, nothing will remain. You cannot put it on hold forever, it will catch up to you. Read More

Tags: dark, dystopian, wake-up-call

Samizdat

By churchmouse

The church mouse productions House

May 10, 2018

Shelves: 1

Bridget is one of the many people who believe that it's wrong that only one person - a woman named Clara Cowherd - is the only writer who can be legally published. The only author in all the bookstores. The only author in all the libraries. Bridget is also… Read More

Tags: satire, fiction, future, literature, dystopian

The Thing

By B.j Samson

May 06, 2018

Shelves: 1

From a simple ole boring day in the Johnson's household, to a frighting Government hunt for an unknown organism, The Thing is sure to take you on the fastest (yet long) most mind twisting adventure you can look for. Read but Beware, what you are going to read may… Read More

Tags: dystopia, dystopian

Titan's Lens

By IlliadBooks

April 22, 2018

Shelves: 1

"Game of Thrones in space" Nine planets, Nine thrones, one crown. Kings vie for power, ancient ruins stir awake. A long-forgotten enemy in the deep dark of space. Seven-thousand years ago humans left earth to colonize nine planets. Adapting to the hostile environment the colonists… Read More

Tags: epic, dragons, dystopian, genetic-engineering, energyweapons

The Escape From Deseran

By MidnightWingz

April 22, 2018

Shelves: 1

A unfortunate mistake leads to the arrest of three teenage protesters. Unbeknownst to them, death will not be their punishment. Something significantly worst lies ahead. Deseran's new arriving inmates, are in for a rude awakening. Read More

Tags: dark, sci-fi, futuristic, dystopian

The Facility

By RavenRanger

Book / Fantasy

March 29, 2018

Shelves: 1

Three hundred years ago, humankind almost went extinct. That’s what the newly established government believed. They were wrong and they still are now. The government will be corrected. And very soon. The tale of a prodigy and how everything he knew came crashing down, literally. Read More

Tags: fantasy, adventure, dystopian

The Race

By hullabaloo22

Short Story / Other

March 29, 2018

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

Tags: race, dystopian, enforced, competiton

My Name Is Honor

By S.K. Anders

Book / Fantasy

March 21, 2018

Shelves: 2

Tags: fantasy, magic, action, dystopian, tyrannical

Last Light

By Eleusisx

March 16, 2018

Shelves: 1

Years ago monsters appeared on earth and began to slaughter humanity, killing billions. No one know's where the monsters came from, but they had driven mankind to the brink of extinction, forcing them into hiding where they live constant fear of the monsters. In the current time,… Read More

Tags: adventure, sci-fi, action, dystopian

The War Cry

By Reya Karni

February 28, 2018

Shelves: 1

The World Union has control over everything. Well, almost Everything except for the few places that are outside their power - the Herelands. Three lives: a girl sworn to complete her mission no matter what, a boy who wants to make his country and more importantly his father proud,… Read More

Tags: teen, ya, dystopian, a-little-romance

The Conductor: Birth Rate 0

By Sivan p.l

Book / Fantasy

February 27, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

All Rien ever wanted was to be left alone. Forgotten. And after so many years entrenched in the wreckage of her home she thought she had finally made it! But when she starts getting visits from an unknown being, she reveals a world hanging on the verge of apocalypse.… Read More

Tags: fantasy, science-fiction, dystopian, epic-fantasy, female-fantasy

Time Surfers

By DystopianFictionWriter

February 14, 2018

Comments: 49

Shelves: 16

The Review Chain House

Alison Grale is a regular person..... Then she finds out about time travel, shadow zones, time surfing and a lot of other things she never knew exisited. then everything changes. FAN ME IF YOU LIKE/ WANT MORE!! Read More

Tags: adventure, sci-fi, action, time-travel, dystopian

The Deceivers

By TheMagicWriter

February 09, 2018

Shelves: 1

Tags: fantasy, fiction, novel, dystopian

Dystopian Girl

By Solister

February 03, 2018

Shelves: 2

Warning: This story may contain inappropriate content for children under 12-14 years old. Sorry for the inconvenience. Claire is a 17 years old girl which lives in a middle town in USA. Her best friend is Nicole, they are childhood friends, and Nicole is quite older than… Read More

Tags: depression, girl, dystopian, claire, nicole

Beyond the Stars

By poisongirl

January 30, 2018

Shelves: 1

A century ago, new life named the Vansae landed on Earth. There is no record of what happened, how long they were here or even what they looked like. There are mixed stories among the people of the new America that rose from the ashes of nuclear war and… Read More

Tags: teen, scifi, dystopian

Incomparable

By P S Ark

January 26, 2018

Shelves: 1

"The Father is all present, all knowing and all loving. He is the creator of the society and the society is good." The society was built to save it's citizens on the basis of one profound idea- meritocracy. For it's citizens, this means close evaluation at all times. Those… Read More

Tags: romance, erotica, rivalry, dystopian, love-triangle

The Heiress

By tiyawrites

Book / Humor

January 21, 2018

Shelves: 1

Tags: lily, dystopian, the-giver, lois-lowry

Mo

By S Pearce

Book / Mystery and Crime

January 21, 2018

Shelves: 1