Write a post-apocalyptic romance.

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“Credit” by Alex Stone

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I am jesus of the credit cards. This is what I do: I give away money – or at least I try to. I give away credit cards to those I deem worthy. I find these people on my daily strolls through the city, this sad city, the first in our previously overconfident world to begin being abandoned. A city that will become deserted soon. Dire predictions. So I figure a wee spending spree is in order. A final fling of irresponsibility. The cards are Visa Gold cards with a $150,000 limit. They are fresh and new and viable. True story! All my reci...

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“A New Pair of Boots” by L.A. Reed

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I was walking up the off ramp that used to allow vehicles to exit the Interstate bypass onto Minnesota Route seventy-seven, when I heard the gunshot. I hadn’t heard a gunshot in…at least six months. Knowing that bullets wouldn’t be manufactured again anytime soon I had quickly found alternative armaments. Specifically a crossbow and a machete. At the top of the ramp I could see my destination. The Mall of America. I really needed a new pair of boots. My current pair had seen better days and were literally being held together with duc...

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“Finding Safe Haven Together” by Jacquelyn Perkins

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The land had been riddled and left a vast wasteland from the war between the revolt of creatures. Long ago their had been peace among creatures such as vampires,werewolves,elves. However humans feared such things so riots and fights broke out. War had begun between species. Humans fearing the things they could not understand set off nuclear war heads. Leaving the world in ruins only few structures stood now. Survivors fought for recources keeping their own territories while some were mutated from the war and nuclear blast. Creatures kept to ...

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“Love me not” by Ricky Mae Sutphen

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My hand flew on its own right to my boyfri- ex-boyfriend’s face. His head tilted to the side, indicating how hard that slap was. “You bitch how dare you!” The woman clinging to his arm like a monkey lunged at me. I didn’t back down and slapped her face hard. “Thank you for calling me a bitch. A bitch is a dog, a dog barks, bark is part of a tree, tree is part of nature, and nature is beautiful.” I smirked at her because my hand left a trace on her cheek. “Thank you for calling me beautiful, indirectly.” I looked at him again. “And you, ...

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“Into my arms.” by Larissa B.B

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I can't go on anymore, my right leg is bleeding, I cut myself when falling from a building when I was running away from three creatures. I managed to carry myself with one leg until now, but the cut is open and I keep bleeding. The hunger is beaten me, for days without eating properly, my last bottle of water I kept as if it were a more precious commodity, in a lost world it is. I lost back then. That nightmare started a year ago when the world started to turn into chaos, people dying and coming back to life-like monsters. At first, I didn't...

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“Masked” by Yoma Dickson

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Hunted by fear has been my order, I wished life had been so fair to me. If I'd choose another life after this, I'll choose never to be me at all. Ever since I was a kid, I hadn't been such a happy kid, either I was into one trouble or the other or I was jealous that I'm not like other kids. I ended up covering my face with my hoodies that way I won't feel that I ain't beautiful like other girls. Lee, my twinnie use to believe I was just been silly by covering my face but I didn't really care, cus none of his words ever mattered to me ...

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“We burn. The world” by Mariam Mansuryan

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It went like this -A deafening noise. A dark cloud. A world, void of color.People covering their ears. All as one, shaking like epileptics when an attack strikes.Something was going on in their heads. Grown up people begging for their mothers, huddling in on themselves. A lonely girl, with orange hair and freckles, running naked in a sunflower field, looking up at the sky shouting for someone. Some didn't wait for the impact, some lost their minds straight away.I took your head. I pressed you against my body, locked your ears with my palms s...

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“Love can save all ” by Nicole Jalonen

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Love Can save all Nicole jalonen Nakira Roman was the surviving member of her family of five . The twenty two year old had just watched her house with her mom and dad and two siblings inside blow up after a number of asteroids hit it , causing it to blow up and burn! Falling to her thin jean covered knees and crying hysterically the blonde haired spot covered woman hardly noticed as someone picked her up off the dead charred grass and held her close to him . Whispering , “ I know it’s hard but you’ve got to get out of here the drui...

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“Widow's Circle” by Matthew Eubanks

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This is a post-apocalyptic love story about the day of the rapture. It occurred in Tennessee, on October 28th, 1964. This is the story of how the witch saved me.History threads like a needle in the South. Southerners are more conscious of the thread than anybody. Our ancestors are pulling on one end, our grandchildren on the other. The pattern's ours to sew. Truth becomes what it needs to be over time, and with a strong hand it can be manipulated to what the body and mind need. It's the same everywhere, of course. But other places don't keep...

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“Proof Through the Night” by Tom McGuire

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STELLA Aldrin gasped for breath. Tedd Armstrong, her co-pilot and lover, checked her pulse and then opened the oxygen valve to max capacity. Their Scrambler, Rocinante they called it, was nearly depleted of its oxygen supply, and time was running out. With a second wind, Stella mustered the energy to check the Holographic Pinpointer. “Tedd,” she said excitedly, “Look! An object buried near Luna Sector II!” Their awareness perked and they high fived one another, though they continued to be mystified by the incomplete message inscr...

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“I Tried To Protect Her” by Juliette Prior

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The road home was long and winding, giving me time to think. Sulfur filled the intoxicated air and there were still a few fires; aftermath of the most recent attack. My worn converse kept my bare feet inside from being ripped to shreds by all the glass covering the sidewalk- you had to be careful here. If you were hurt, you were dead. The thought made me think of Annie- what would become of her?She wasn't strong, or brave- but she was smart. Yet, deep inside of me, I felt that it wouldn't be enough. Her body was failing, she was dying- and t...

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“BASHIR” by Hope Jummy

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(The Central Market)Drizzling rain pleated the corrugated sheets with resounding echoes, shops extensions were drawn in; wares unable to be brought inside were covered with tarpaulins, young men selling on wheelbarrow huddled together for warmth after securing their goods to a safer place. Peppers and tomatoes seemed to be the only commodity enjoying the rain, as they were laid on trays, water cascading on them.Orente looked towards the ever busy dual carriage road that demarcated the stalls in the market; the street was forlorn as erosion w...

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“FEELINGS” by Sandra Claros

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I had a funny dream last night - said grandpa to me – that we were fighting in pyjamas! - almost crying of laughter. - But grandpa – making him remember - we are just going out from a war, that we lost due to the government policies. And too many people have been killed under the terrible enemy's motto : “ kill them as if they were your prey in a hunting “ . - Yes. I know. But this holocaust has not finished yet. Not completely. - It’s true. But many others are supposed to come bac...

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“Angie” by Leslie Phare

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Maybe it was the pandemic, or the SCOTUS vacancy, or the election itself, but I think at some point all of us wished we could go back. Back to the life of venti nonfat lattes, weekly manicures, designer dresses, public transportation. That’s what my life was. I had a stylish apartment in downtown New Orleans that was way overpriced but worth it. I woke up at the same time every day to go to the gym then styled my long blond hair perfectly. Then I picked out the perfect outfit, walked to Starbucks, then across the to the bank where I wo...

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“The last lover's on earth” by Ashley Loftin

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5 years. It had been approximately 5 years, 8 months, 6 weeks, and so on and so on, I had stopped listening when she had stated the amount of weeks too. It didn't feel like 5 years at all, it felt like more. It felt like it was my whole life, as if I were born into this inescapable hell that is isolation. Like I was just born, the last person on earth. But that wasn't really the case. The case was it felt like I had knew Her, since birth. I wish that were the case. I knew that was what made it feel like the world had ended as soon as I was b...

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Write a post-apocalyptic romance.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 196 stories

“Credit” by Alex Stone

“A New Pair of Boots” by L.A. Reed

“Finding Safe Haven Together” by Jacquelyn Perkins

“Love me not” by Ricky Mae Sutphen

“Into my arms.” by Larissa B.B

“Masked” by Yoma Dickson

“We burn. The world” by Mariam Mansuryan

“Love can save all ” by Nicole Jalonen

“Widow's Circle” by Matthew Eubanks

“Proof Through the Night” by Tom McGuire

“I Tried To Protect Her” by Juliette Prior

“BASHIR” by Hope Jummy

“FEELINGS” by Sandra Claros

“Angie” by Leslie Phare

“The last lover's on earth” by Ashley Loftin

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