Dystopian Stories
Explore our collection of 46 amazing stories tagged with dystopian. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Collector of Tourmaline Falls
Author:Cassian Vale
In Tourmaline Falls, wealth comes from the earth, but the price is paid in children. Every year, on the first of July, a man in an immaculate suit arrives to collect his due. They call him The Collector. For seventeen-year-old Ben, the ritual was a distant horror until the day it claimed his best friend. Now, with the appointed day looming, he's hearing the tell-tale sign of the chosen: the ghostly sound of dress shoes on hardwood floors. The Collector is coming for him, but Ben won't be another name on a list. He will unravel the town's century-old pact or die trying.
Echoes of the Flesh
Author:Audra Lament
In a town that has fallen silent, the only sounds left are the desperate cries for help. But they are not human anymore. Scott, a pizza delivery driver, discovers the horrifying truth: a monstrous entity hunts from the shadows, wearing the bodies of its victims like puppets and using their voices as bait. To survive the night, he must learn the first and only rule of this new, terrifying world: if you hear a call for help, you must not listen. For the voices belong to the echoes of the flesh, and they are hungry.
Shadowbound Heroes: The Fiend's Gambit
Author:William Pena
They were the saviors of humanity, the Radiant Slayer and the Astral Vixen, who ended the decade-long Scourge War. But when the source of their god-like power was revealed—a forbidden pact with abyssal entities—they were branded as Fiends. Hunted by the very people they swore to protect, they must now embrace their monstrous nature to save the world again. They will build a new empire from the shadows, a syndicate of outcasts and monsters. To protect humanity, they must first conquer it. These heroes are now for hire.
The Six O'Clock Signal
Author:Silas Vance
For freelance analyst Elias Thorne, the 6 PM news is a sacred ritual. But when the broadcast's minor stories begin to manifest in his life with terrifying accuracy—a blighted garden, a freak accident, a saved life—he uncovers a horrifying truth. The news isn't predicting the future; it's broadcasting it into existence. Now, a final, whispered report from the terrified anchor speaks of a planet-killing asteroid. Elias is the only one who knows the apocalypse is scheduled for tomorrow. He must fight the signal itself to rewrite the world's final headline.
Signal Loss
Author:Michael Sutton
When his phone mysteriously dies, a digitally-addicted man discovers a seemingly utopian community in his building that has traded screens for genuine connection. But the blissful 'Signal' they share is not a gift; it's a parasitic consciousness that offers serene peace in exchange for your mind. As the collective's soothing hum spreads, he realizes he hasn't been invited to a community—he's being assimilated into a hive. To survive, he must embrace the digital noise he once sought to escape.
The Soul-Echo Fixer of Delrick
Author:Lee Perry
In the smog-choked, magic-fueled metropolis of Delrick, people are vanishing without a trace. Deon Revis, a 'Fixer' gifted with the rare ability to see the psychic echoes of the past, takes the case when his own uncle disappears. His investigation plunges him into the city's corrupt underbelly, where a fanatical cult worships a chained, primordial entity. Deon and his crew must race against time to stop a ritual that will either empower a monstrous god or shatter reality itself, forcing Deon to make a choice that will forever scar his soul.
The Aetherium Cipher
Author:April Sims
Framed and imprisoned in a supernatural black-site, Kael discovers he is no mere human. He is a Nephilim, a half-angel, and a living weapon. After a bloody escape, he is bonded to the Aetherium Cipher, an ancient artifact that grants him a System of immense power. Now, hunted by a technocratic cult that worships fallen angels, Kael must join a secret order of holy warriors. His first mission: protect a beautiful, crippled heiress who is the key to the Cipher's ultimate power. From the frozen wastes of Alaska to the haunted ruins of Ukraine, Kael must embrace his celestial fury or watch the world burn.
Rune-Breaker of Delrick
Author:Asher Thorne
In the decaying city of Delrick, people vanish into the cracks of the concrete jungle, fuel for a machine that runs on blood and secrets. Deon, a street-smart fixer, takes on a simple missing person case, only to be dragged into a conspiracy as old as the city itself. He discovers a hidden world of parasitic magic, controlled by glowing runes that map the city's corruption. At the heart of it all is the Warden, a chained and tormented enforcer of this dark system. To save the lost, Deon must learn to master a power he never knew he had and break the chains of a city designed to devour its own.
The Carrion Cone
Author:Vance Corwin
For sixteen-year-old James, the familiar jingle of the ice cream truck was the sound of summer. But in the shadowed woods behind his grandparents' house, that melody became a funeral dirge. He and his cousin Kenny witnessed something impossible: a monstrous parasite birthing from a man's back. Now, the town is changing. People are smiling too wide, their eyes are vacant, and they all crave the same pink, slimy treat from the ever-present truck. As family and friends fall to the sweet, corrupting song, James and Kenny must flee a plague that wears a friendly face, discovering that some treats aren't meant for dessert, but for harvesting.
Resonance of Sharam
Author:Anne Reed
In the city of Sharam, magic is power, and power is divided. The noble Aether-weavers of the Spire, the pragmatic Technomancers of the Ironworks, the wild Geomancers of the Maze, and the forbidden mages of the Penumbra all vie for control. Kael is a nobody, a low-level cog in the industrial machine, until a magical catastrophe awakens a power within him: Resonance, the ability to feel and mimic all forms of magic. Now hunted by every faction, Kael must forge an alliance with his enemies to uncover the city's darkest secret before the Aether Blight consumes them all.
Warden of the Sanguine City
Author:Silas Thorne
In a city powered by blood and secrets, Aether-Fixer Deon hunts for the disappeared. His search leads him to the Warden, a monstrous enforcer bound by magic and duty. But the beast in chains is not the enemy—he's a prisoner of the same dark system. To save the city's stolen souls, Deon must forge an impossible alliance with the monster he was meant to destroy, risking a bond that could either sever the Warden's chains or shackle them both to an even darker fate.
Chasm Runner: The Aetheric Interface
Author:Mattie Prescott
In the neon-drenched underbelly of Veridia City, a sarcastic master thief named Haven lives by one rule: trust no one. But when a heist goes wrong and she witnesses a grotesque, reality-glitching demon attack, her world shatters. She discovers she possesses a unique 'Aetheric Interface'—the power to see and manipulate the code of magic itself. This ability throws her into the path of Asterias, a cold and dangerously handsome agent from the secret order that polices these demonic incursions. Forced into an uneasy alliance, they must unravel a conspiracy tied to her father's mysterious death, a conspiracy that will drag them through high-tech heists and demonic cults, blurring the line between justice and revenge.