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Finding November

Finding November

Being sixteen can be hell and life at Liberty High isn't doing Sarah Daniels any favors. Bullies, boys, an abusive mother, and now this: an old journal left to Sarah in her aunt's will. With each...

Teenage LoveFictionGreat Depression
drama / adventure by Joshua (J. E.) Dyer · Complete · 50 Chapters
Transference

Transference

In our darkest hour, new gods shall arise. In the decade of the 1930s, no nation is spared the ravages of the worldwide Depression. Confronted by fear and confusion, the world teeters on the brink ...

SuperheroesAliensChina
scifi / adventure by Mathuin · Complete · 28 Chapters
A Single Yesterday

A Single Yesterday

A journey through the worlds of oppression, supremacy and survival. The touching tale of two outcasts’ plight against the world. Dire circumstances lead the stories of two unsuspecting men to becom...

Drama RomanceFriendshipGreat Depression
drama / adventure by Rich Stachura · Complete · 42 Chapters
Grandpa's Harmonica

Grandpa's Harmonica

When Sam starts at Jamie's one room school, he doesn't seem to fit in. Jamie thinks he's odd because he's from New York City, but he doesn't know that Sam has a secret, which will change Jamie's li...

Best FriendSecret1930s
children / drama by Samantha110 · Complete · 30 Chapters
Hard Times and the Raccoon's Tale

Hard Times and the Raccoon's Tale

A mysterious discovery along the Raccoon River leads a deputy sheriff and a Des Moines TV reporter on a quest for answers. A visit by a mysterious older man, whose story of hard times and lawless m...

Great Depression
mystery / adventure by Mike Flinn · Complete · 15 Chapters
Conspiracy

Conspiracy

Book one of this series sets off on a fast-paced, suspense adventure. John Flask is sent through an extraordinary series of events. America wasn't founded to shoulder the world's burdens; we have ...

Action,Fast PacedFast Paced Action
action / thriller by jbarlow0159 · Complete · 10 Chapters
Poems on Borderline Personality Disorder & Depression

Poems on Borderline Personality Disorder & Depression

A short book of poems, written about my struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression. Five years ago, I suffered a nervous breakdown, due to the end of my long-term relationship wit...

Great DepressionBorderline Personality Disorder
poetry by Jenny Simmonds · Complete · 48 Chapters
Call Me Sorrow, Call Me Joy

Call Me Sorrow, Call Me Joy

Two earthquakes, two world wars, and an atomic explosion. Follow our hero as he tries to navigate between two worlds to find out who he really is. We open with a Haiku required as part of Seppuku (...

EarthquakeWwiGreat Depression
other by PJB · 10yrs ago · 5 Chapters
Depression Wars

Depression Wars

Do you look at the world and wonder why we are like this? How have we become so destructive to one another? Do we need to change or was this meant to be? Can we correct our species by completely de...

Sci Fi/FantasyDepressionSci Fi/War
scifi / thriller by koby108 · Complete · 1 Chapter
Franko's Girl

Franko's Girl

When Quinn accepted the position as Mr. Rylan Franko's personal secretary, it seems to her that the cloud of despair which has hung over their world since the crash a year prior has finally begun t...

Content WarningSiblingsHistorical FictionSecretary
romance / drama by ♡caity♡ · 3yrs ago · 5 Chapters
Family in the Jungle

Family in the Jungle

Riley is a young teen hobo during the Great Depression who makes friends quite easily. When those friends' future is threatened by a great criminal, what will he do?

FunHistoryUsa History
adventure / action by writerwithapassion · Complete · 1 Chapter
Grace and the Mountain

Grace and the Mountain

Depression-era bank robbers Everest and Howie have served their time and seek out the stolen cache in the hands of a cohort, the one man who got away clean. What they find is small and unexpected.

SuspenseHistoricalfictionGreat Depression
drama by carissa_starr · Complete · 1 Chapter
Great Spirit War

Great Spirit War

A great explanation on how World War 1, the Great Depression, and World War 2 happened.

WarDemonWorld War Ii
fantasy / drama by Noizchild · Complete · 1 Chapter
Blue Skies

Blue Skies

The Cobblers have survived a lot, and now they are finding new hope in the world.

Historical FictionGreat DepressionFigooza990
other by figooza990 · Complete · 1 Chapter
Gabriel

Gabriel

Origin of darkness begins. Part one of five. A woman in the weakened light falls to the darkness and is on a conquest to drain the light out of others.

DivorceEnglandGreat Depression
horror / drama by Noizchild · Complete · 1 Chapter
The Silver Mirror

The Silver Mirror

Fortune and Fame make for fickle friends in this short story about a man who falls into luck, becoming a silent movie star. But is it luck and superstition, or were other forces at play?

Great DepressionLuck1930s
other / drama by Trahelion · Complete · 1 Chapter
My Lost City

My Lost City

Manhattan, the United States, is a city of desire. In this pre-depression world, a boy meets a lonely playwright who does not depict happiness. What is the meaning of their encounter? What did th...

Great Depression
other / mystery by Nemo＿ · Complete · 6 Chapters
Farewell, Neverland

Farewell, Neverland

Follow Si-Woo on his journey through thick and thin.

Content WarningHistorical FictionRoaring 20sKoreanboy
other / adventure by PhantomKnight · Complete · 6 Chapters
"HUGS"

"HUGS"

a short story.

Literature Short StoryFree Form PoetryInstagramwriter
romance / drama by Maryam ubaid · Complete · 1 Chapter
Sleepless Solitude: The True-Life Journals of a Xanax'd Millennial (Part 7 of 12)

Sleepless Solitude: The True-Life Journals of a Xanax'd Millennial (Part 7 of 12)

Hi, I’m Kurt. A binge-drinking, pill-popping disco diva with a heart of platinum and an appetite for self-destruction. Welcome to Sleepless Solitude: The True-Life Journals of a Xanax’d Millennial...

DepressionMental HealthCanadian American Friendship
humor / drama by Sleepless Solitude ✨ · Complete · 31 Chapters

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