Paranoia stories, books, poems, and more

Tags: paranoia, deranged, snake, hiss, sibilance

A Prisoner Of My Own Mind

By Forenzik

Poem / Other

June 02, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

A short poem on a man's battle with anxiety and paranoia. Read More

Tags: paranoia, anxiety

Weatherman

By Chris Green

April 30, 2017

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

I shouldn't be writing this. The organisation I work for is very conscious about security. And rightly so, when you consider that we control the weather. Security is so tight that I don't know who runs WeatherCorp. I was head-hunted online by them through an anonymous encrypted email. They had… Read More

Tags: science, paranoia, weather, unreliable-narrators

Call Wyatt On The Western Front

By Chris Green

December 20, 2016

Comments: 8

Shelves: 2

Penny is alone. Who is waking her up at 4 in the morning and why? Read More

Tags: mystery, thriller, paranoia, literary-fiction, world-war-1

You Don't Need Me Anymore

By DLCannon

Poem / Poetry

December 14, 2016

Shelves: 1

taken from my book, "I Gotta Find My Mind" Read More

Tags: paranoia, about-ify_mokolo, mason_white

The Cats of Ronda

By Chris Green

December 02, 2016

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

What is the story behind the cats you find scurrying around for scraps at your alfresco restaurant table in the Spanish city of Ronda? Read More

Tags: mystery, paranoia, cats, spain

The Rules of Y

By Alba Regia

Book / Horror

November 13, 2016

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

What is the truth? Everyone believe it's own truth about various subjects, but there are some "common" truths and they exist when a large number of people believe the same thing. People who refuse to believe are often labeled "insane". Death is one of those truths. People believe that the… Read More

Tags: ghosts, haunting, paranoia, yx, the-rules-of-yx

Tears of Clouds

By Tears of Clouds

Book / Other

October 28, 2016

Shelves: 1

life having to hide everything with a smile on your face. Read More

Tags: depression, paranoia, anxiety

Tracking

Short Story / Flash Fiction

October 06, 2016

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Are you watching me?? Read More

Tags: paranoia, watched, suspicions

In This Farewell

By Morgana Minuit

Short Story / Commercial Fiction

September 29, 2016

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Writer Coven House

Missing many doses of an antipsychotic can have dangerous consequences, a truth Wren knows all too well. She has felt herself slipping for awhile now, and an unswallowed pill might just hammer the last nail. Read More

Tags: paranoia, schizophrenia, mental-illness

Sleepless

By TatteredWings

Poem / Horror

September 17, 2016

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

A surreal nightmare it is, if you cannot fall asleep, however much you try, so you go and let your fantasy run wild, to all those little things, that might happen, too Read More

Tags: fear, paranoia, insomnia, anguish, sanity-slippage

Light of Darkness

By Espiritu

August 17, 2016

Shelves: 1

What happens when the unknown takes grip of the mind? Where is the line between reality and the things beyond? Are we but victims of our subconscience? Read More

Tags: darkness, paranoia, isolation

A Kind Of Feeling

Poem / Other

July 15, 2016

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

Have you ever had the kind of feeling that makes you think you are being taken for a ride? Truth or just paranoia? Read More

Tags: paranoia, deceit, suspicion, distrust

Paranoia

Poem / Horror

June 25, 2016

Comments: 5

Shelves: 2

Are the fears that you are feeling real or are you just feeling paranoid? Read More

Tags: fears, imagination, paranoia, shadows

Pernicious Whispers

Poem / Other

June 17, 2016

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

Why is it that so many people seem to love gossip and scandal so much they'll see it everywhere? Read More

Tags: scandal, paranoia, gossip, whispers

And Then We Danced

Short Story / Young Adult

April 14, 2016

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

A short story inspired by the song of the same name by Toyah Wilcox. A woman is being stalked by a man. Or is she? Read More

Tags: mystery, obsession, imagination, paranoia, stalker

Writer's Block

By SFatima

Poem / Poetry

March 11, 2016

Shelves: 1

Tags: poem, paranoia, psychology, writersblock-literature

WINNING ROUND

By Nicholas Cochran

Short Story / Literary Fiction

January 30, 2016

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

An esteemed architect is possessed by paranoia . . . and more. Read More

Tags: insanity, paranoia, architecture

Killing A Writer

By DLCannon

Miscellaneous / Song Lyrics

December 07, 2015

Shelves: 1

taken from my book, "Hotwired Thoughts" Read More

Tags: love, death, sex, lust, paranoia, career, may, cigarettes, hannah, fendell

"Diggin' In The Dirt"

By DLCannon

Poem / Poetry

November 17, 2015

Shelves: 1

taken from my book, "Thought Whereabouts" Read More

Tags: loss, abuse, rejection, laughter, paranoia, the_world, silliness, prostitutes, ugliness, money_problems, thee_afterlife, job_searching

Inside Of Paranoia

By KosmicKollin

Poem / Song Lyrics

November 12, 2015

Shelves: 1

I wrote this, in 2008. It's part of my 4th lyric set, Visions Of The Past. Read More

Tags: survival, paranoia, inside, traveling, expectations, maze

Die After You

By Richmaggs

Poem / Poetry

August 31, 2015

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

My Dad died at the age I am now. This is about feeling paranoid that the gene pool will let me down too! Hope not!! Read More

Tags: death, father, paranoia

Harmonium

By Julila

Poem / Poetry

August 09, 2015

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

A short poem on rejection and fear of paranoia Read More

Tags: love, romance, rejection, poetry, hurt, nothing, paranoia, hopelessness

The Girl in the Mirror

By tokatekika

Miscellaneous / Memoir

May 29, 2015

Shelves: 1

This is a short piece on how a girl may see herself in the world but this world she is seeing is not the true world. She then decided to look at the world through different eyes and by doing this finds there is more than what she believes she… Read More

Tags: nature, confusion, hope, life, world, happiness, girl, change, mirror, paranoia, real

THE THIN LINE BETWEEN SANITY AND INSANITY

By knockmeout

Essay / Non-Fiction

May 29, 2015

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

Kleinian analysts see Schizophrenia as a defense against overwhelming abolition and tormenting anxieties. They interpret unconscious matters at the level of greatest anxiety, to develop awareness of the links between reality and fantasy. Read More

Tags: depression, drugs, social, confusion, diet, medical, relationship, change, paranoia, mental, panic, anxiety, alcohol, health, medication

An Untimely Death

By brlockwood

Short Story / Horror

May 24, 2015

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1