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The Summer at Pine Lake

The Summer at Pine Lake

Twenty‑one‑year‑old Ethan Verba, an environmental science major desperate for hands‑on experience, is running out of options. After a long string of rejections and the sinking fear that he'll never...

Content WarningNatureBoys LoveHiking And Camping
lgbtq by Ryan Beck · Complete · 16 Chapters
Exit Sign: A Theatre of the Mind

Exit Sign: A Theatre of the Mind

Dave feels like life is a theatrical performance, and he's in the audience, but he didn't buy a ticket. He's not interested in the show, and nothing he can say or do will disrupt the story on the s...

DepressionLiterary FictionModernism
other / humor by RemingtonSloan · Complete · 37 Chapters
Memory of Heaven A Destiny Written in the Endless Spiral of Time

Memory of Heaven A Destiny Written in the Endless Spiral of Time

In a world scarred by existential wounds and fractured memories, Fitran Fate is one of the few who still clings to his own will. Yet his destiny is bound to an ancient mystery hidden deep within th...

Content WarningMatureDestinyMagical Kingdoms
fantasy by FitranFate · 1yr ago · 11 Chapters
The Desert Doggers

The Desert Doggers

Times are hard at Dwayne's Dogs, once the premier hot dog stand in the popular tourist destination of Buttmouth Bay. When the council threatens to revoke his street trading licence, Herb realises t...

Content WarningFunContemporaryBromance
humor / adventure by Sweaty Dave · Complete · 26 Chapters
The Zeitgeist

The Zeitgeist

A delusional mind that justifies suicide. If you like Dostoyevsky you will definitely have a leaning towards Akshay's hysteria. A tumultuous mind; unstable because it still holds morality on the fo...

PhilosophyMagical RealismExistentialism
other by SochVyas · Complete · 6 Chapters
Chained Force

Chained Force

In a world where the jégosgalia, a mysterious power gifted to humanity, has shaped destinies for better and worse, its influence creates existential and morality dilemmas. Donovan Ivanel, in additi...

Content WarningCorruptionRejectionSociopolitical
action / adventure by Dangan · 7mo ago · 17 Chapters
SoulSucker

SoulSucker

In a neon-soaked cyberpunk dystopia where identity is the ultimate currency, your soul is no longer your own. SoulSucker follows Dean, a struggling author trapped in the cold grip of the SoulTek C...

Content WarningDarkSeductionSlow Burn Mystery
scifi / romance by DJ Lions · Complete · 9 Chapters
Wheat Fields

Wheat Fields

The action takes place and revolts around the title city of Wheatfield. It's a rural town of around 10 thousand residents. Located in the Midwest United States. Around the year 2001. The age of dig...

Content WarningDarkDystopianExistentialism
horror / literary-fiction by Leslie P. Shatter · Complete · 12 Chapters
I'M NOT CLARISE

I'M NOT CLARISE

The dead don't know you.

IdentityShortCosmic
horror by Necronoia · Complete · 1 Chapter
7 Minutes Till Heaven

7 Minutes Till Heaven

When the world is set to end in mere minutes, high school senior Minnie finally gets the attention she craves—from the one person she despises, star quarterback Mikey James. Their rooftop countdown...

Content WarningChristianDarkReligious
romance by DJ Lions · Complete · 7 Chapters
The Darkness

The Darkness

Why can’t I remember anything before this point? And where the hell has the night sky gone? A short story exploring existentialism. From my Fortelling account in response to the challenge prompt...

ShortShortstorycollectionShort Story/Novel
scifi / fantasy by Layla Marron · Complete · 1 Chapter
Owl Pook's life

Owl Pook's life

It's an ongoing short story about a student owl Pook, his life and his thoughts that we can experience.

FictionLonelinessDreamy
fantasy by Owluu · 3yrs ago · 1 Chapter
Nothing but Scrap

Nothing but Scrap

A robot is created with a purpose it cannot fulfill. With limited battery life, it must discover it reason for living.

RobotsPost Apocalyptic Science FictionExistential Adventure
scifi / adventure by Mullignant · Complete · 1 Chapter
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This is nothing special or anything wonderful, those are simply expressions of inspiration and simultaneous questions that I write to capture at various nighttime moments where my mind is distorted...

Content WarningPhilosophyHumanityDrafts
other by Possum · 3yrs ago · 2 Chapters
9: To Exist

9: To Exist

One sole man, the representative of humanity, ruins the performance of his existence. Won't you humour him one last time?

DeathPsychological FictionPhilosophic
other by Shinya Arcangeles · Complete · 1 Chapter
THE WEIGHT OF WINGS

THE WEIGHT OF WINGS

"THE WEIGHT OF WINGS" is a thought-provoking and imaginative exploration of the human experience. Through a rich tapestry of metaphors, symbolism, and wordplay, the poem delves into themes of ident...

FreedomPsychologicalContemplative
poetry / humor by delilahdoyle_aa · Complete · 1 Chapter
PARADIGM SHIFT IN PARALLAX

PARADIGM SHIFT IN PARALLAX

PARADIGM SHIFT IN PARALLAX delves into the blurred lines between Virtue and Vice.

PhilosophyIdentityEmotional Depth
poetry / humor by delilahdoyle_aa · Complete · 1 Chapter
Empyrean: Sol Cantos

Empyrean: Sol Cantos

Across Aerial's boundless collectiverse, creation and destruction dance. Eons after the enigmatic artist sparked existence, the pre-cosmic Empyrean, minds ablaze, yearned to bridge galaxies, only t...

Content WarningCosmic HorrorEpicSpace Exploration
scifi / other by Kelleminopee · 2yrs ago · 2 Chapters
RESIDUAL

RESIDUAL

"Residual" captures the ache of unresolved emotions and the quiet chaos of inner turmoil. It navigates through themes of disappointment, suppressed anger, and the silent battles we wage within—ulti...

HealingResiliencePhilosophical
poetry by delilahdoyle_aa · Complete · 1 Chapter
Nothing to Become

Nothing to Become

A stream of consciousness regarding the expectations placed on us that prevent our natural drive toward experience.

Content WarningPhilosophyConsciousnessGuru
other by Michael Clever · Complete · 1 Chapter

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