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“Bombs of the anti-hero” by Katie Blackwell

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What comes to mind when I say the word apocalypse? Perhaps it’s zombies. Maybe a nuclear explosion. You see, our minds go straight to the movie scenarios. But that’s not necessarily always the case. Government officials told us there was nothing to worry about. All of them told us that we just needed to keep our fingers crossed and that it would be over before we knew it. But then they called in the reinforcements. They ignored the scientists warning them of the danger. They ignored the pleas of the lower classes and locked t...

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“A Slice of Survival ” by Josiah Hyder

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There they were. I didn't want them to exist but there they were anyway. The unwanted fingers dragging across the glass of my fragile mind. Burning daggers of agonizing truth ripped fresh rows of reality into the soil of my heart. I jolted awake and grabbed for the pistol next to me on the leather seat like it was the last sandwich on Earth. I was going to blast a soup can hole through the thing scratching at my window until I saw who it was. At first I was confused and couldn't recognized the frightened and panicky face underneath the bea...

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“Survive” by Samantha Milhaven

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I always heard about the times of freedom. The times where you could love whenever you wanted and no one would bat an eye. Especially in those big cities once upon a time. So much to do and see. So many people to meet and just exist. My grandmother always told me these stories of freedom. A lot of the older generation did. But they’re dying out soon, so all that’s left is the learning system. Things were different now, have been different for a long time. My grandmother was just a pre-teen when everything started to change. The pandemic, the...

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“The Nameless ” by Terri Gower

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Jany pulled open the cupboard. Inside were the usual bathroom items. It was untouched and not too dusty considering how long it had remained so. She grabbed the pill bottles first. There was an empty Tylenol, a bottle of multivitamins for seniors with only a couple left, and a small orange pill bottle with a pharmacy label. Jane grabbed for the last one and dumped one of the pills into her hand. Viagra. She immediately checked the bottle for an expiry date, it didn’t matter though. They were always expired. It was slightly more recent than t...

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“The Highturitan” by Shoaib Akmal

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I was sitting in my classroom with the rest of my fellow students. The teacher was concentrating on her lecture and it was a normal day—or so I thought. We were studying polymers and polymerization. The teacher began with styrene, but before I knew it, everything was fast-forwarding. The teacher now began moving so quickly, talking so speedily that it seemed only a minute had gone by, but the one hour lecture was about to end—But I could understand and remember every word she had said. Suddenly, somebody knocked at the door, and in an instan...

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“A New World” by Philip Baker

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«I think you did the right choice. You are quite lucky you have the chance to be one of us now.»«Am I?» I ask timidly.«What I can offer you, cannot be found in any other place on earth at the moment. And neither it will be for a very very long time.»He extended his hand offering me a glass of whisky as he approached me with a smile on his face. General Cooper, leader of the Gunners and sole operator of the last machine force, was standing tall in front of me as he unbuttoned the top part of his black shirt. He had a strong body structure, al...

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“A New Paradise ” by Laura Simmons

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“Where’s your mask?” Leonard looked at Cheryl incredulously. “Mask? Why the hell would we need those things anymore? It’s the friggin’ apocalypse.” “Well, you don’t have to curse.” “I didn’t curse. I said ‘friggin.’” “All the same, you should wear one.”She looked out the jagged hole in the wall where a window had been. “The air may be tainted with lord knows what kind of germs.” He slowly turned to her and sighed. When he spoke, it was as if he were speaking to a stubborn chil...

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“Dark times ” by Chidinma Okparaocha

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The scene opens up with a van filled with a group of resistance. The ride was silent except for the sound the car made every time it climbed up against a stone. It was exactly five years since the first attack of the extraterrestrials on Earth. So much was lost if not everything, and no one feels the pain of loss more than Oliver. Having lost his best friend to the extraterrestrials attacked he later teamed up with the remaining humans left from the attack.. with each attack launched against the extraterrestria...

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“Whispering Willows Care Home” by Andrew Lysack

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“Today is October 18, 2021. It has been five-hundred and eighty-four days since the pandemic. If you can hear this message, there are survivors. We have a facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Today is October 18, 2021—” The radio repeated itself. The same message had been airing over the radio for over three hundred days. “You think that’s legit?” asked a woman’s voice. The woman pulled out a pistol from her thigh holster as she walked up a long driveway, unkempt grass growing on either side of her. A small stone sign read Whi...

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“…And the Walls Came Tumbling Down…” by Leon Moss

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I look out of the window again, but the panes are coated and streaked with the chalky white dust of Jerusalem. My heart is still hammering from the shock of the explosion and tearing crash that stunned me half an hour ago. I stand up but I’m still shaky. What the hell was that? That’s what the explosion of the atomic bomb over Nagasaki must have sounded like. Is that what it was? A nuclear explosion? Here in the Holy City? I hang onto the walls and claw my way to the living room to switch on the TV. The news anchor looks like I feel. Stunned...

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“Waking Up the Dead” by Arshiya S.

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The Hargraves had a very keen interest in traveling and exploring different places. Susan, their daughter, was in secondary school when they planned a trip to an island which was assumed to be one of the best tourist places to visit. However, this time Susan had to work hard since her exams were about to start. So, she insisted on her parents to go on the trip without her and said she would live with her granny till that time. It was a two-week holiday, and Mr. Hargrave had booked one of the finest hotels to live in. The destination wa...

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“Our New Ocean World” by Asta .

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The worst thing about everything is that all of it could have been prevented. Humanity is its own biggest disappointment. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, miles from what was once civilization, the hour hand strikes twelve on a wind-up survival watch. A girl sits up in her straw-cushioned bed. It’s been hours since everyone else slept, but she could not. Bleary-eyed from the darkness, she walks outside, bare-feet tapping the rough, wooden floor. She doesn’t feel the roughness, though, because her calluses are rougher. While...

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“Doppelganger” by DHANANJOY DEB

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It was a long tiring day and Lokesh is completely exhausted. Its Sunday tomorrow-hence a bit relaxing. He parked his car and walked towards the elevator. He entered and pressed for the 4th floor. The elevator stopped and the door opened. The corridor lights are dimmed out. He stepped out and started walking towards his flat- # 404. As he approached near his door, he saw a man coming from the other end of the corridor. He past behind him and walked towards the elevator. Lokesh opened the door and threw his laptop back on the couch. He is to...

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“Not A Friend In The World ” by Meg OReilly

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(Trigger warning: body horror) Your twenty-first birthday is supposed to be a super fun night spent bar hopping with your friends, which is why I believe I deserve some sort of cosmic redo. See before I even had the chance to use my now legal ID, a bunch of aliens from planet who gives a shit, in a galaxy far, far away, invaded Earth and decided to use the human race for their transgenic experiment. Or something like that. The Alien’s gurgle voice boomed out of their spacecrafts and echoed across the world but I was too overwhelmed to really...

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“The Keeper” by Emily Gain

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A man stands at the base of his lighthouse on Cally Island, staring into the blanket of fog that hovers over the open water. His name is James McColley. With his left hand he rubs the crusted sleep out of his eye, and his right hand tightens its grip around a shovel. It’s a heavy thing, that shovel. Its sturdy wood handle weighs against the man’s weary shoulder. The head is wide and sharpened at its point; the cold steel rings in the his ear, ready to do its work. The shovel is his in the same way that the lighthouse is his; inherited, ...

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Write a post-apocalyptic thriller.

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✍️ 144 stories

“Bombs of the anti-hero” by Katie Blackwell

“A Slice of Survival ” by Josiah Hyder

“Survive” by Samantha Milhaven

“The Nameless ” by Terri Gower

“The Highturitan” by Shoaib Akmal

“A New World” by Philip Baker

“A New Paradise ” by Laura Simmons

“Dark times ” by Chidinma Okparaocha

“Whispering Willows Care Home” by Andrew Lysack

“…And the Walls Came Tumbling Down…” by Leon Moss

“Waking Up the Dead” by Arshiya S.

“Our New Ocean World” by Asta .

“Doppelganger” by DHANANJOY DEB

“Not A Friend In The World ” by Meg OReilly

“The Keeper” by Emily Gain

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a funny post-apocalyptic story.

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Write a post-apocalyptic story triggered by climate change.

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