Dystopian Stories
Explore our collection of 109 amazing stories tagged with dystopian. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Ashfield Anomaly
Author:Herminia Hansen
Recruited for a high-paying security gig in a secret town, ex-guard Chris Chambers thought he'd hit the jackpot. But Ashfield isn't just an experiment; it's a cage where reality itself is the variable. When the morning headcount reveals an impossible new resident, Chris realizes his job isn't to keep people in—it's to survive whatever is getting in with them. The walls are high, the cameras are always watching, and the most important rule is the one he can't understand: Remember their faces.
The Animatronic Heart
Author:Judd Mendoza
Ten-year-old Robbie is thrilled to visit his father's legendary movie studio, a place where nightmares are brought to life. But the studio is eerily deserted, the staff moves with cult-like silence, and a decrepit, forbidden building whispers to him in the dark. They call it the 'Animatronic Ossuary,' a graveyard for broken movie monsters. Driven by curiosity, Robbie uncovers a horrifying secret within its walls—a truth that will not only threaten his life but shatter the very foundation of his reality. He is not just a visitor; he is the main attraction.
The Decompression Chamber
Author:Julian Frame
One day, you lose your job. The next, a mysterious corporation offers you a new one. No interview, just a sterile white room and a single computer. Your only task? You don't know. But the 'Employee of the Month' photo is you, from the future. A video left by your predecessor—who is also you—warns you that your family isn't real. And the man slumped over in the next file is what happens when you fail. Welcome to the job. Don't look in the mirror.
The Special Blend
Author:Jonas Blackwood
In a small town obsessed with the local McDonald's, 18-year-old Leo takes a job to support his ailing mother. But his simple desire for a paycheck plunges him into a nightmare lurking beneath the Golden Arches. A forbidden basement, a missing employee, and a horrifying secret about the restaurant's famous burgers reveal a monstrous truth: the town's happiness is paid for in blood and souls. Leo must uncover the pact that binds his town to the darkness before he becomes the next secret ingredient in The Special Blend.
The Caretaker of Nowhere
Author:Rene Murray
Stranded in the desert, Zach is 'rescued' and brought to a town that doesn't exist. An isolated apartment building called The Complex offers shelter, but its residents are... wrong. A mysterious landlord offers him a job and a new life, but the price is silence, obedience, and a small metal shard he pulls from Zach's neck. Now, as the new maintenance man, Zach must fix more than just leaky pipes. He must survive the horrors that dwell within the walls, or become just another permanent resident of nowhere.
The Final Exam
Author:Elias Thorne
A late student, a deserted academy, and a single, menacing examiner. The entrance exam for Blackwood Academy is not about knowledge; it’s a ten-minute test in terror where every question pushes him closer to choosing his own death. But in this school, getting a passing grade is a death sentence, and failing is the only way to survive. Now, haunted by the ghost of his examiner, he learns that the test is never truly over. He's just been enrolled in a deadlier class.
The Verdant Blight
Author:Don Henderson
When a single maple leaf appears in his son's eye, Alex Maxwell's world unravels. This isn't an accident; it's an invasion. A silent, green plague is turning humanity into trees from the inside out. As society collapses into factions of fanatical Burners and serene Converts, Alex discovers the infection is in his own family. Now, with the roots of this new world taking hold in his own body, he faces an impossible choice: embrace the terrifyingly peaceful transformation or burn everything he loves to remain human.
The Periphery Effect
Author:Silas Edge
A burnt-out mental health worker quits, haunted by a chilling pattern in her clients' paranoid delusions. When a Live Photo reveals an impossible figure hiding in the trees, she's dragged into a terrifying reality where paranoia is survival. The things you see at the edge of your vision are real, and they know you're starting to watch them back.
The Liar's Lease
Author:Liam Bishop
Desperate for a room, Eden signs a lease with bizarre rules: no mirrors, mandatory blinds, and a nightly journal where every lie must be confessed. But the top-floor apartment has a secret—a fourth floor that shouldn't exist. When she hears scraping from above and her journal starts writing back, Eden realizes her new home isn't just a place to live. It's a place that feeds on secrets, and it's hungry for hers.
Sorrow's Ridge
Author:Thorne Croft
To escape the ghost of a horrific car crash that claimed his sister, seventeen-year-old Leo and his father move to the idyllic town of Old Ridge for a fresh start. But their new home offers a sinister cure for grief. A neighbor's cryptic warning becomes a terrifying reality as Leo discovers the town doesn't just welcome the brokenhearted—it feeds on their sorrow. They are not residents; they are prey in a place where forgetting comes at the price of your soul.
Echoes in the Abyss
Author:Alex Hunter
Trapped in a dimension of endless night, Hensley is shattered—literally. Four women, each a facet of her soul, now inhabit her body. Ann, the fury. Hope, the heart. June, the fear. And Hensley, the core. Hunted by things that crawl from the dark and haunted by the ghost of a scientist who doomed them all, they must unite to escape. But as the abyss stares back, they discover the most terrifying monster is the reflection they see in each other's eyes. To survive, they must become one. To escape, they might have to sacrifice everything.
The Tarps of Whisper Creek
Author:Marion Sanchez
In a forgotten desert town, the children are given one rule: never enter the fields. When Leo takes his little sister through the forbidden expanse to escape a local threat, she vanishes into thin air. He runs home for help, only to be met with his mother's chillingly calm question: 'Where is she?' Leo quickly learns his sister's disappearance was no accident. It was a sacrifice. Now, he must unravel the town's horrific pact with the entity that dwells in the fields, before it comes to claim him next.