Post-Apocalyptic Stories
Explore our collection of 32 amazing stories tagged with post-apocalyptic. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
The Echoing Stall
Author:Silas Murmur
A quick trip to the cinema restroom turns into a descent into madness. Trapped in an infinite labyrinth of sterile white tiles, Alex must survive on what crawls in the dark. But this prison has rules, and its only other occupant is a chilling echo of his own future. To escape, he must become the very monster that trapped him, caught in a cycle of horror where the only way out is to begin again.
The Glitch in the Terminus
Author:Duane Chapman
A late-night dare turns into a descent into madness when two teenagers play a mysterious online ritual called "The Subway Game." One vanishes, erased from time itself. The other is thrown into a world where reality is a half-finished canvas, painted by a god-like entity of impossible geometry. Now, he's back in his own world, but it's changing, becoming the nightmare he escaped. And the Game isn't finished with him yet.
The Lucent
Author:Eleanor Abernathy
Four years ago, my neighbor's botched demon summoning banished our entire luxury apartment building into a cosmic void. We survived on magically-refilling fast food and the fragile sanity of our neighbors. We had weirdos, cults, and a janitor's closet with seven eyes. Life was predictable horror. Then, a new woman appeared in the food court. She was perfectly normal, eating her orange chicken like it was Tuesday. And in a place like this, nothing is more terrifying than normal.
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 Veridian Curse
Author:Zoe Howard
In Veridian Bluffs, a child vanishes every summer solstice. They call it the Selection. My sister Amelia was the last. They say it’s an honor, a communion with nature. But I found her hidden journal, filled with sketches of a maggot god and a town built on a bedrock of lies. Now, the whispers have started in my head, the ticks are gathering at my door, and the town elders are watching me. They think I'm next. I'm not waiting to be Selected. I'm going into the dark to uncover the truth Amelia died for, even if it means facing the mother of all horrors.
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.
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 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 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.
The Terminus Night Shift
Author:Tristan Moreno
After losing her family in a storm of blood and betrayal, Valentine Cross takes the only job she can find: a night shift at a remote truck stop. But when the sun sets, the real customers arrive. Armed with a gun she can't explain and a set of impossible rules, she discovers the diner is a sanctuary in a war against humanity. The worst part? The creature that butchered her sister is on the menu, and it remembers the taste of her family's blood.
The Reaper's Seed
Author:Becky Howard
Eddie was a Reaper, a cosmic janitor for the Bureau of Afterlife Management. His job: clean up cults worshipping things older than God. But when he investigates the Green Faith, he's not just an observer—he's chosen. Marked by a primordial nature goddess, his badge of office is replaced by a single, glowing seed. Now, hunted by his former masters and haunted by the whispers of a waking god, he must master a terrifying new power to survive the coming war between the sterile order of Death and the savage, all-consuming green of Life.
The Terminal Rulebook
Author:Elias Thorne
When the lights in the airport die, Liam Carter is plunged into a nightmare reality governed by a set of impossible rules. Surrounded by passengers twisted into smiling monsters and hunted by silent, faceless staff, his only guide is a cryptic list that appears on every screen. But the rules are lying. To survive this endless terminal where every flight is a trap, he must decipher the deadly game before he becomes another permanent resident with a broken smile.