Two people who thought they were the last people left on Earth end up meeting by chance.

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“The end and the beginning” by Marte Van Der Linden

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In the grey nothingness between waking and sleeping, she sometimes remembers Before. It’s like falling into a swirling mass of colour and noise, with people milling about in crazy patterns. They’re laughing and shouting and singing in a hundred different languages. Machines thrum in the background to make everything go faster.Those are the bad days. When she remembers Before, she wakes with her heart pounding and the memory of flames behind her eyes. On those days her ears ring with the sound of screams that were silenced nearly two decades ...

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“A Lonely World Of Colors” by Ananya Bhalla

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The first thing Julius noticed when he awakened was how blue the world was around him. His hand twitched as the sensation of cool gel between his fingers registered in his muddled mind. Julius slowly opened his eyes, the blue becoming more vivid as he peered through his eyelashes. All was still, everything silent except for the low hum of a generator. Fighting through the thick gel as he tilted his head up, Julius found himself staring at three metallic orbs, emitting light through multiple holes in its exterior and drifting on their ow...

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“The End of the World Isn't a Bang.” by Oswald Hill

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The thing about the end of the world, is that it doesn’t feel like an end. It’s more of a.. Quiet decline, of sorts. You barely notice. People disappear, die, but it’s slow. The world doesn’t truly end until the last person dies, because the world itself, is, of course, not dying. The thing that ends is you and I. Our world.That’s how Oscar, a sunburned man still clinging to scraps of an old, moth eaten, torn, brown checkered business suit, didn’t realize it was the end of the world until the very last person he knew had died, and he was all...

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“The Weight Of Our Mistakes” by Adrie Byman

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July 14, 2050I am not the reason I'm the last one here. I am not at fault for this. Yet I am the last human being in this universe. Everyone else? Well, the plague wiped out the entire human population overnight. Except me, that is. Am I immune? Special? Abnormal? A freak? None of these I can answer. All I can do is stare at the empty city. Country. World. And wonder: WHY? WHY ME? The once glimmering, busy city now looks like a scene right out of wall-E. The sun doesn't shine. Plants don't grow. Life is obliterated to its bleakest extent. Wh...

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“The Rise and Fall of Project Usher” by Deborah Mercer

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The world had just ended, and Hester was thirsty. Not the kind of delirious burning thirst that consumed the whole brain and made stranded sailors drink sea water, but the irritating, dry-throated sensation that a glass of ice-cold water would taste finer than the most expensive wine or the most aromatic coffee. And Hester was very partial to her wine and her coffee. She supposed they would have to go by the board. She was oddly calm. Are you in self-denial when you know it’s self-denial, she wondered. &nb...

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“The end of the end of the world” by Hannah Reitz

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I can’t help that I’m the stupidest person on Earth. Well, that’s pretty easy considering that I’m the last person actually alive here, or at least the last person who isn’t a zombie. It all started when the sun rose on the wrong side of the Earth, but you already know that. When did I leave the story off? Oh yeah, I was hiding in the chicken den. Man, I wish things were that simple now. So many things have happened since then. I don’t even know how many years have passed, let’s just say a lot. A few days after the chicken coop/huge zombie h...

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“Am I Really Alone?” by Aubrey Maria ✌

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It was quiet. All she heard was the summer breeze, the rustle of the grass, and the sound of her own two feet walking. No birds, no car engine starting, and no humans. This was the first time, quite frankly, that Megan had ever felt truly alone. Where on earth had everyone gone? One moment, there were people walking in the streets, and the next people vanished all at once. Megan knew she wasn’t a scientific genius, but from what she could tell, there is no apparent reason why or even how this was actually happening. Millions of thoughts were...

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“Four Scoops, Rounded” by Asher Littlefield

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“Four scoops, rounded. Tapped twice to make sure all the grounds fall out into the filter, and not onto the dirt, between scoops. Water boiled and poured over the filter in a spiraling motion. Best enjoyed while looking out a sunlit window, with company.”Marvin sets down the instructions Hannah wrote for him six years ago. This is his sixth attempt at pour-over coffee. He hasn’t become more confident with practice. His first attempt was the morning before their first date. It had been bitter, as he’d focused too much on the center of the fil...

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“Beautiful, twisted soul” by Rachel MacLean

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I used to imagine what I’d say to you. I’ve had more conversations in my head with you than in real life. It was in high school, that day in Mr Roy’s drama class, when I knew I loved you. You were always good at drama, never afraid to be yourself. At least that’s how it seemed. That day I sat like a shadow, hanging in the corner of the classroom. No-one ever spoke directly to me. They called me names, whispered behind my back. You must have heard them, we’ve never spoken about it, but maybe that’s why I never cared about being alone as much ...

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“The Good that's Left in the World: A Post-Apocalyptic Love Story” by Mrs. Moroz

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Earth's last Civil War had finally come to its catastrophic end, after fifteen years, in the year 2095. There had been repeated negotiations between sides. Eight years in, polling showed that over 90% of the human population had been very hopeful of a truce. Then, came the acts of eco-terrorism. Farms were bombed. Grocery stores set ablaze. On-and-off-and-on-again blockades were imposed on the internet and electricity in cities that were found to be not in compliance with the new set of federal regulations. Humanity, then at its apex of tech...

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“The Last Companion” by Saranglogy R

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He was roaming around the streets by looking at the places which were once beautiful. It had been years since he had met someone. He was waiting for his days to come. But to his luck, there was no one except him on this earth.Or so he thought.All the species went extinct on the earth, by leaving out only him.The buildings, theatre, malls, houses, empty plots which humans bought were useful for no one. They all gone dead without enjoying those. But he did, he knew it was not his property neither anyone's. He didn't know which country it was n...

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“Time Paradox” by Bruno Lowagie

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“When am I?” was the first thing I said when I got out of the pod.I knew where I was. I was in the same room where I had been on June 10, 2020, the day I would travel to the future. If all went well, a team of scientists would be awaiting my arrival on June 10, 2050, thirty years in the future.“Something must have gone wrong,” I told myself; there was no one else to talk to.Water was dripping from the ceiling and there was a funky smell in the room. I tried a switch, but the light didn’t turn on. Apparently, there was no electricity. Fortuna...

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“The World was Wide Enough ” by Megan DeRouin

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The World was Wide Enough “I should have killed you when I had the chance!” I shouted thrashing violently, trying without success to free myself from the net I was tangled in. He just regarded me with eyes as cold as steel, his face half covered in a faded blue scarf betrayed no emotion. “There is no room for should here.” His voice was muffled, but I could see the fire dance in his eyes. “You second guess yourself and you die.” Great advice genius. I had not survived the...

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“With The Sun I Leave You Here” by Eden Myers

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On today’s school trip we are visiting the abandoned planet Earth. This trip happens once a year and has always been my favorite. Earth is by far the most different planet to all the others I’ve seen. The sky is a beautiful blue, there are variating temperatures, and even water that falls from the sky. After everyone is seated, my teacher is the first to speak. “Settle down class, settle down. Today’s trip is to Earth. We have a very special destination today. As you know already from Introduction to Universal History, the humans were roughl...

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“The Chance” by Mary Donahue

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It was the summer of 2045 and it had been exactly 502 days since every human on earth had died from a disease that had been unknown by previous generations. Almost all the buildings had been warn down or destroyed. I had been living in a tint on the bare grounds of Oklahoma since it happened. I had a pretty good setup I was not to far from a store so I had all the supplies I needed to survive. The only reason I lived through the disease outrage is because I went into hiding underground for a long period of time.It was a cold and windy night ...

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Two people who thought they were the last people left on Earth end up meeting by chance.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 147 stories

“The end and the beginning” by Marte Van Der Linden

“A Lonely World Of Colors” by Ananya Bhalla

“The End of the World Isn't a Bang.” by Oswald Hill

“The Weight Of Our Mistakes” by Adrie Byman

“The Rise and Fall of Project Usher” by Deborah Mercer

“The end of the end of the world” by Hannah Reitz

“Am I Really Alone?” by Aubrey Maria ✌

“Four Scoops, Rounded” by Asher Littlefield

“Beautiful, twisted soul” by Rachel MacLean

“The Good that's Left in the World: A Post-Apocalyptic Love Story” by Mrs. Moroz

“The Last Companion” by Saranglogy R

“Time Paradox” by Bruno Lowagie

“The World was Wide Enough ” by Megan DeRouin

“With The Sun I Leave You Here” by Eden Myers

“The Chance” by Mary Donahue

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One day, the sun rose in the west and set in the east.

Write about a person experiencing the 'overview effect' (a feeling astronauts report having when they first view Earth from outer space).

Write a story about a Google Street View driver.

Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

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