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 Smiley's Codex
Author:A. R. Ledger
At Smiley's, the customer is always right, even when they aren't human. For night-shift worker Andrew, survival depends on a cryptic rulebook. But when a creature that isn't in the book appears—a silent mime that deals in real pain—Andrew must write a new rule in his own blood. He soon discovers that the monsters you can see are far less terrifying than the ones who wear a familiar face and a perfect, plastic smile.
Par for the Damned
Author:Felix Willis
A nostalgic trip to a closing mini-golf course turns into a nightmare when five friends are trapped by its sinister mascot. Forced into a deadly game where every stroke is a matter of life or death, one man must unravel the secrets of the cursed grounds before he and his friends become permanent attractions. The only rule is to get a hole-in-one. The only prize for winning is another game.
The Echo Chamber
Author:Julian Blackwood
Elias Vance lives a life of sterile precision, a fortress against memories he can't recall. But his fortress is cracking. Whispers of 'Zero' bleed from the walls, and cryptic photos appear, showing a hallway he's never seen. As reality dissolves, he's dragged into a breathing labyrinth of infinite doors, each a portal to a buried fragment of his past. He soon discovers he is not just a prisoner in this mental asylum; he is its architect. And its first patient, a shadowy warden, is determined to make him remember every last scream.
The Un-Becoming
Author:Terrance Morales
The sky didn't fall. It peeled open, bleeding a colorless color that unmade reality. As the world dissolves into beautiful, maddening patterns, astrophysicist Elias Thorne must save his younger sister from the creeping cosmic horror. But the entity invading their world isn't an enemy—it's a new form of existence. To fight it is to fight reality itself, and Elias can feel his own mind, his very soul, beginning to fray and find peace in the ruin.
The Funny Story
Author:Rafael Rogers
When his best friend sends him a link to a cryptic website, college student Alex Vance is dragged into a terrifying game orchestrated by a ghost from his past. A mysterious entity is rewriting his memories, haunting his technology, and isolating him from everyone he loves. To survive, he must return to the haunted woods of his childhood and confront the horrific truth behind his brother's death—a truth that is not only still alive, but wants to play again.
Messy Hands
Author:Rhys Macabre
Every Tuesday, five friends gathered for game night. It was their sacred ritual, a refuge from adult life. But one night, a new game appears—a dusty, forgotten box from an attic called 'Messy Hands.' The rules are simple: draw a card, do the dare. But when the basement door seals itself with solid stone and the dares turn from childish pranks to brutal acts of self-mutilation and betrayal, they realize this is no ordinary game. To survive, they must play. To win, they must destroy each other. Because in the game of Messy Hands, the only thing messier than your hands is your conscience.
Black Halo Over Grimwood
Author:Ian Sutton
When a chemical storm locks down the city of Grimwood, Elias Thorne believes the real danger is outside. He's wrong. The L-7 Black Halo isn't just a chemical; it's a psychoactive contagion that feeds on memory and regret. Now, phantoms from his past are knocking at his door, led by a little girl with black teeth who calls him 'Dad.' Trapped in his home, Elias must confront the ghosts he buried long ago, or be consumed by a horror that knows his name, his secrets, and his deepest fears.
The Solenvol Ritual
Author:Levi Simmmons
My grandmother left me a single, terrifying story: a town that celebrates Christmas every day, a gift of socks from a thing called the Merry Man, and the price my great-aunt paid for forgetting her gift—her own severed legs. Now, I'm going back to that town, Solenvol, a place erased from every map. They say a ritual keeps them safe. I think it's what's keeping them prisoner. And I'm about to find out what happens when you tell the Merry Man you don't want his gifts anymore.
The Sinner's Carousel
Author:Tiffany Curtis
To find the man who stole his family at a nightmare carnival decades ago, a haunted ex-soldier descends into a subterranean labyrinth of living horrors. But to hunt the monsters, he must embrace a parasitic power that will devour his soul. In this twisting hell of forgotten joys and predatory attractions, every memory is a trap, and salvation is just another word for damnation. He is becoming the very thing he despises, and the carousel never stops turning.
The Alabaster Effigy
Author:Elias Carver
Two homeless men, Reg and Toeless, find what they believe is their ticket out of poverty: a strange, multi-faced statuette in a dumpster. But this artifact is no mere treasure. It's a parasitic effigy that latches onto souls, twisting their faces into its own stone likeness before transforming their bodies into unspeakable horrors. Now, with their own faces carved into the cursed object, they must unravel its dark purpose before they become the next monsters to haunt the city's forsaken alleys.
The Final Pin
Author:M.R. Kaine
To fit in, high school student Alex lets his friends play a dark game on his computer. They pin his apartment on a mysterious website mapping real-life suicides. When a ghostly girl appears outside his 14th-floor window demanding his death, Alex discovers the horrifying truth: he can't delete the pin, only move it. To save his family, he must choose who dies in their place. Now, trapped in a deadly digital game of cat-and-mouse, Alex must become a monster to survive the curse of The Final Pin.
The Time Eater's Mark
Author:Harvey Gardner
Sara's grief is a bottomless pit. When a mysterious man from her support group offers her a way back—a chance to see her dead father for just two more days—she can't refuse. But the artifact that rewinds time is not a gift; it's a curse. Each trip back unleashes a shadowy predator that hunts through history, and the price of defying fate is paid in flesh and sanity. Now, trapped in a horrifying loop, Sara discovers that the monster hunting her is a glimpse of her own terrible future.