Found 19 works tagged 'dark'.
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Light Years
Published Dec 1, 2019 · 99 words (1 minute)
Fantasy Science Fiction dark space flash fiction colony ships
The best place for vampires is a deep-space colony ship. Without lethal daylight, who can stop us?
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The Soul in the Bell Jar
Published Sep 13, 2019 · 10,379 words (38 minutes)
Fantasy Horror gothic horror dark dark fantasy Lovecraftian body horror zombies
When 11-year-old Lindsome's self-absorbed parents take a trip around the world, she is sent to live with her great-uncle in his remote, crumbling estate. And the rumors about it are true: her uncle, the half-mad scientist Professor Dandrige, lets his gruesome, undead experiments wander the grounds. But the rotting animal corpses that move in the dark are the least taboo of the estate's secrets, and Lindsome will need to unravel each one to stop the Professor's most nightmarish experiment of all.
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Upriver
Published Aug 23, 2019 · 2,403 words (9 minutes) · 1 view
Fantasy retelling dark Afterlife Greek myth hell
After a hard life spent suffering from other peoples' greed, Diana doesn't think an afterlife spent stuck on the banks of the River Acheron is so bad--until she realizes that even here, the greed and suffering goes on. What will Diana do, now that she has nothing left to lose?
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Her Echo
Published Aug 10, 2019 · 592 words (3 minutes) · 1 view
Fantasy Love fairy tale dark fable flash fiction
When the Old Wise Woman of the Tall Bright Hills finally passed through the veil, she left three things behind--her Reflection, her Shadow, and her Echo--and granted them their freedom. But when they all espy a beautiful youth, everything changes.
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Bed 17
Published Aug 3, 2019 · 1,779 words (7 minutes) · 125 views
Horror Science Fiction cyberpunk dark dystopian body horror urban
Nurse Anjee knows that bio-nanites are the cutting edge of personalized medicine: they can kill cancerous cells, keep down inflammation, keep insulin receptors functional, and keep waistlines trim. But if they can be programmed, then they can be hacked--and to her hospital comes the most terrifying, cutting-edge hack of all.
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Lorenza's Bones
Published Jul 25, 2019 · 5,397 words (20 minutes) · 1 like · 108 views
Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction science fantasy dark fungus sentient armor
Lorenza, stripped of her humanity by a deeply magical fungal forest, must confront the wild magic that changed her after a series of murders which match the way she died.
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Kingdom of Dust and Boils
Published Jul 1, 2019 · 3,046 words (12 minutes) · 216 views
Fantasy Historical ancient dark dark fantasy short story historical fantasy egypt
A boy is bound by magic to keep the secrets of the Pharoah’s son.
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Bar Hive Beekeeping
Published Jun 12, 2019 · 2,003 words (8 minutes) · 2 likes · 274 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction Lyrical Strange dark philosophical postapocalyptic Rules of the Run
Life behind the Wall is difficult to comprehend for most of the Lost. For the Sisters Penitent, control is the only thing that still makes sense-- and for the Marshal, control is the only thing that matters.
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The Flight Stone
Published Jun 7, 2019 · 989 words (4 minutes) · 168 views
Half-starved orphans like Calife have two choices in life: stay on the streets of Hark and die, or become a child soldier for the Harkish Army and ride airhorses, which can't take flight with anything heavier than stunted children on their backs. Calife has no desire to return to the streets, but she won't stay small forever. What lengths will she go to in order to keep riding?
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"Skeleton Dance" excerpt
Published Mar 8, 2019 · 402 words (2 minutes) · 217 views
Horror Literary Fiction dark short story family drama excerpt psychological
"My grandmother wanted to kill me..." So begins a dark and disturbing look into a one young girl’s perseverance in surviving the eccentricities of her grandmother.
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