Write a post-apocalyptic thriller.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Jul 27, 2021

Submissions are closed

Sorry, we are not accepting submissions for this prompt as it is not part of an active contest. Make sure you don't miss our next contest by creating your free Reedsy Prompts account.

Or create a new Reedsy account:

Why not check out our active contest?

✍️ 144 stories

“3 takes from time” by Neelab Karimi

Submitted to Contest #60

It was on the 234th day of the revolution. At this point registered doctors, nurses, and all professional health care workers were under hideout.The neighboring country Jung-chay finally attacked after years of a silent war. Their plan was to initially kill off the health care workers to eliminate the chances of Pellica. Pellicano and Jung-chay are the world's two most powerful and influential countries, although for the last couple hundred years they have been competing in becoming the world’s strongest. Jung-Chay’s government destroyed our...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Beauty Is Not Always in the Eye of the Beholder” by Jill Noelle

Submitted to Contest #60

The Pledge of the People to The Great Healer: On this day, the 8th of November, we mourn the losses of the Irreparable Despair, We remember the days of old and the time before now, We realize our faults, beg forgiveness for the past, and look forward to the new. We praise the Great Healer and all Her works. She is our great provider; the one true savior. The books say the world wasn’t always like this. They say that it once was cruel and dark and full of anger and hatred. I am glad I never had to live in that world. I don’t kno...

0 comments 0

Read story

“The Monsters Within Earth” by Abigail Knobel

Submitted to Contest #60

I call them ‘moles.’ No, they’re not the funny-looking animals that dig tunnels underground and eat the roots from your mother's garden. These are creatures so terrifying that the first time I saw one, I pissed myself. It all started during a global heatwave, unlike anything humanity had ever witnessed. I like to call it ‘the Heat.’ Dramatic right? Anyways, cities were left without power for weeks, the oceans steamed and left beaches littered with cooked fish, and Antarctica turned into the biggest lake in the world. Scientists worldw...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Promethean” by Andrew Robinson

Submitted to Contest #60

By the time people realized that it was critical, it was too late. The virus had slipped through our usually zealous defences of overreaction and sensationalism by appearing much less than it was. That, and the world was crisis-weary. Another plague. Another fire. Another hurricane. It was as though the planet were mustering its own manner of counter-offences to answer the unabating insults of human development. The bacterium mobilized voraciously, and to devastating effect. * * * I looked out over the North Shore. The electric glow ...

0 comments 0

Read story

“The Release” by Vineet Bhave

Submitted to Contest #60

‘One is not afraid of the dark because he thinks he is alone, it’s because he thinks he isn’t.’It’s been a year since the Release. The clouds look whiter than before. The wind blows faster. The air is much easier to breathe. I have been wearing the same jeans since 3 months and it makes me laugh at how I used to do this before the Release as well. They’re a bit tattered now at some places but that was bound to happen. All I have to cover my torso is a T-shirt that has been torn through the middle so it looks more like a shirt. And it doesn’t...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Until Dawn” by Kimberlie Barfield

Submitted to Contest #60

We crouched there, Eli, Sophie, and I, behind a clump of cars, waiting and on the watch for Mom and Dad. Finally, I spotted them approaching the convenience store doorway. It was then that I saw one. A rogue. My heart dropped at the sight of him, as he walked toward the same entrance my parents were about to come out of. Dried blood lined his forearms and covered his clothes. He was whistling an awful, high pitched tune as he tossed a bloodied hammer spinning it into the air and catching it again, hunting for more victims. ...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Her Personal Apocalyse ” by Laura Boynton

Submitted to Contest #60

“The ending is just a beginning worth repeating,” Evie mumbled to herself shaking her long brunette curls, “or was it the other way around?” Realizing that was her first post apocalypse thought, a sharp splinter of dread ripped through her chest and tingled down her spine, as she laid in her bed wrapping herself tighter in her plum colored comforter. In her world ending blur, everything she knew, touched, watched and belonged to was disappearing around her. “Wait…wait! I am not ready,” Evie pleaded.&nbsp...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Roam” by Raquel Archer

Submitted to Contest #60

Warning: Reader discretion advised.“Shit. Fuuck!” All she wanted was to start a damn fire! Should have known better. Nyx’s lungs burned, she hissed with every breath of carbon dioxide that re-entered her lungs through her face mask. “Screw this bullshit!”The sound of an engine revving assaulted her ears. He was getting closer. The thick soles of her boots crunched under the stone rubble in her frenzied escape. Nyx hurriedly took a left into an alleyway. Maniacal laughter sent chills down her spine. “Can’t run forever, girly!” Her pursuer how...

0 comments 0

Read story

“If We Weren't Alone” by Jordan Ok

Submitted to Contest #60

I was never meant to exist. Since I was a kid I’ve always believed that to be true. I never really felt I belonged here on earth. Loneliness was just par for the course. Even in groups, a small part of me would always feel cold inside, like something was wrong. A puzzle piece stuck in the wrong box that didn’t quite fit with the others. So when I was running to a home that had been turned to rubble on that fateful day the sky started raining fire, being the only person left around didn’t scare me. At first I searched for my parents and fou...

0 comments 0

Read story

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a funny post-apocalyptic story.

Funny – 110 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic story that features zombies.

Science Fiction – 178 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic story triggered by climate change.

Adults – 134 stories

Write a post-apocalyptic romance.

Dystopian – 196 stories

Contest #60

Enter our weekly contest!

This week's theme: Face Your Fears

$50

Prize money

762

Contest entries

0

Stories

Ended on 23:59 - Sep 25, 2020 EST

Won by Ruth Midgley 🏆

Title: Unpaving Paradise

View details

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

We'll send you 5 prompts each week. Respond with your short story and you could win $250!

Menu

CONNECT

BLOG

APPS

TOOLS

ABOUT

Write a post-apocalyptic thriller.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 144 stories

“3 takes from time” by Neelab Karimi

“Beauty Is Not Always in the Eye of the Beholder” by Jill Noelle

“The Monsters Within Earth” by Abigail Knobel

“Promethean” by Andrew Robinson

“The Release” by Vineet Bhave

“Until Dawn” by Kimberlie Barfield

“Her Personal Apocalyse ” by Laura Boynton

“Roam” by Raquel Archer

“If We Weren't Alone” by Jordan Ok

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a funny post-apocalyptic story.

Write a post-apocalyptic story that features zombies.

Write a post-apocalyptic story triggered by climate change.

Write a post-apocalyptic romance.

Contest #60

Enter our weekly contest!

$50

Prize money

762

Contest entries

0

Stories

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

Explore more writing prompt ideas: