Center your story around a person who believes they’re the last human on Earth.

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“Peace & Quiet” by KA James

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Journal Entry 1 – Where is Everybody?I could start off by simply stating the obvious. I am currently thoroughly confused.Everyone besides me seems to have disappeared. It has been days since I have seen another living soul, just how many days, I am not sure. My concept of time seems to have been altered, although I have no idea how that could be done. My surroundings are familiar, yet so many things seem strange to me now. My emotional responses don’t seem to always be appropriate. I try to examine one odd feeling, and another manages to com...

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“ The Last Human, in a world that had been ravaged by a mysterious pandemic” by Steven Sommer

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The Last Human, in a world that had been ravaged by a mysterious pandemic there lived a man named albert Albert had always been somewhat of a loner. He preferred the quiet solitude of nature to the hustle and bustle of city life. So, when the pandemic hit and everyone around him started disappearing, he didn't think much of it as he retreated even further into himself. Avoiding any potential contact with others. It wasn't until weeks had passed without seeing another living soul that he s...

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“The Madman And The Doll” by Felix De Spiegeleir

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“So, what’s the plan today?” Rob didn’t answer. He rarely did. “Good idea,” Aryen said, nodding at Rob. Rob didn’t nod back. He rarely did. Aryen pushed himself up. He dusted off his trousers and vest, both worn down after months of travel, and picked up Rob. Rob, the remnants of what had once been a G.I. Joe doll, didn’t object. That’s what Aryen liked so much about Rob. He never complained, always did what Aryen asked of him and never fell behind. Rob was the perfect survivor. The dirt specks on his goggles cleaned off, Aryen put them on a...

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“They do it with mirroring” by Katarina Schäfer

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“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” – Morpheus, The Matrix Duh-duff. Duh-duff. Duh-duff. Duh-duff. Lewis had stopped counting his heartbeats as he flung himself behind the (very convincing) rendering of pallets. An alley was such a cliché place for a fugitive to hide, but he wasn’t complaining. The automatons in pur...

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“The Last One” by Savannah Hoover

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Every morning, I wake in the same bed, under the same sterile light, in the same suffocating room. The walls are stark and bare, closing in on me with every passing day—or so it feels. The air smells of antiseptic and decay, thick and cloying, as though this place is slowly rotting from the inside out. The hum of the ventilation system drones on, an endless mechanical whine that burrows into my skull.There’s nothing else. No voices. No footsteps. No signs of life beyond these walls. The world is empty. The world is gone.I am the last man ali...

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“solitary” by Gary Gallant

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SolitaryHenry Gibson walked the four corners of his confinement. His world was gray. The walls and floor were gray. His sink, his bunk, and his toilet were all gray metal or cement. He had lived three years in a gray cement and metal box. Supermax, they called it. Henry called it his gray coffin, and he had been buried alive.“Left, left, left, right, left, left, left, left, right, left.” Henry sang, his cadence perfect as he paced the gray eight-foot by ten-foot room.“You sing like a rooster crows, Henry, an intrusion on the silence.”“Good m...

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“Alone with the Wolves” by Cameron Snider

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Snapping, snarling, howling. Tearing, clawing, ripping.Whether nightmare or reality, it was all the same cocktail anymore to Peter Simmons, who was indeed slamming back some vodka. Prowling, hunting. Fury, feasting.They were out there. And Peter would be up here, enjoying the last of his poison.They’re coming. There are so many of them.The noises below were as terrifying as ever. He always wondered if tonight would be the night, If one of them would find him up here, if some stray downwind would betray his scent. Peter let the stupor ov...

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“Solitary ” by Melissa Taylor

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I don't know how to survive. Nor do I know what to do about the mass destruction and fires burning. I just kind of hope they'll go out eventually. Luckily, they're not closer to me, the smoke filling the air is intense enough. But what's really getting to me is the insurmountable grief stinging my chest at having lost everyone all at once.I still don't have answers. It almost feels like a worldwide prank, aimed directly at me, and I feel like a laughingstock. At least the dogs are still here with me, otherwise, I doubt I'd wake up in the mor...

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“The Last on Earth” by John Steckley

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Just Before Well it seems that the doom and gloomers were right all along. We were told that large chunks of the remains from the explosion of Mars were headed directly towards us and would eventually strike earth. The exodus began with the billionaires paying for flights to the moon, which had been made habitable a years before. A few such flights crashed, something I did not mind at all. Then a profitable moon shot business began to transfer the general populace in slow moving but quite functional vehicles. This b...

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“Since the End of the World” by Sophie Goldstein

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*Trigger Warning: Contains thoughts of suicide*14 Days Since the End of the WorldI found you lying under a pile of rubble. You were there, almost in mint condition, which I found so delightfully surprising. And next to you was this pen. Also, in good condition. As if both of you were saved just for me. To sum up: World War III happened. Every country was against the other. More countries had nuclear bombs than initially thought. We fired on each other. A series of attacks across the world.It was horrific. To say the least.Like everythin...

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“Project Dome” by Tamara Chase

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Content warning: This story contains themes of death, isolation, and loss.PROJECT DOME Chapter one.One is the loneliest number. It wasn't supposed to happen for at least another fifty years. Stars like our sun are supposed to last ten billion years. To say we on earth weren't prepared for this event was an understatement. Most of the population still didn't believe that our sun was on its way out. The population figured it was another scheme to get people to save energy the ozone layer, or recycle more...

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“The One True Conspiracy” by Joseph Ellis

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The mail carrier looked at me with fear, and I grew suspicious. The cashier at McDonald's hesitated for many moments when I mentioned my name, and I knew I was onto something. The teller at the bank counted my paycheck money five times before handing it to me, and my suspicion transformed into certainty.But before then, doubt filled every crevice of my mind. For years I tried to make sense of the world and my place in it, and came up empty. Have you ever looked at the world, really looked at it? It makes no sense. Zero. Take the English...

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“Play Aliens” by Karissa W

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A world away from the mundanity of everyday life. A world where no dull colors existed. No dreary, drizzly skies choked with smog. No empty-eyed roadkill at the side of the roads. No random wafts of sewage that smelled like Dad getting home from the factory. No creepy strangers who stared a bit longer than a five-year-old’s mind could explain.A world not ruled by predictable humans, but by a playful alien species, the leader of which smiled proudly on the lid of a pizza box. One of these boxes lay discarded in the midst of this incredible pl...

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“The Evolution of Meat” by Len Rely

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This unpalatable tale comes from one of our affiliates. As you know, in 2004 forensic inspectors reopened the underground nuclear reactor at Chernobyl and discovered some purple saprophytic fungi growing on the reactor parts, feeding off of radiation making it one of the few known organisms that can live completely without the Sun. What you may not know is that same year the reactor cooling pond next to the plant was drained (because some locals had been fishing in it and posted photos of a giant Wels catfish with two mouths).&nbsp...

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“The Last Human” by Jordan Frye

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Mara had long stopped keeping track of the days. Weeks? Months? Years? Time had lost meaning in the unchanging monotony of her life. Each sunrise brought more of the same—a vast emptiness, an unyielding silence. Yet she continued, driven by a stubborn instinct to survive.She still remembered the day the world had ended. It had started like any other: the slow crawl of morning traffic, the distant clatter of a coffee shop, the chatter of passersby as she walked to the library. She was in the middle of a novel, its plot so engrossing she could...

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Center your story around a person who believes they’re the last human on Earth.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 64 stories

“Peace & Quiet” by KA James

“ The Last Human, in a world that had been ravaged by a mysterious pandemic” by Steven Sommer

“The Madman And The Doll” by Felix De Spiegeleir

“They do it with mirroring” by Katarina Schäfer

“The Last One” by Savannah Hoover

“solitary” by Gary Gallant

“Alone with the Wolves” by Cameron Snider

“Solitary ” by Melissa Taylor

“The Last on Earth” by John Steckley

“Since the End of the World” by Sophie Goldstein

“Project Dome” by Tamara Chase

“The One True Conspiracy” by Joseph Ellis

“Play Aliens” by Karissa W

“The Evolution of Meat” by Len Rely

“The Last Human” by Jordan Frye

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Write a story from the POV of a zombie, mutant, or infected creature.

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