Life’s Decisions

BladeCast | tragedy | Complete

A short story about a young man contemplating about his life.

0.76 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:53

Black Tears

Airam Zenemijil | tragedy | Complete

Senza is an assassin who is mentoring a young girl to become his successor by the time he dies. Khali is a teenage girl who is raised since birth to become worthy to inherit her master's name.

6.92 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:53

A Flame in the Night

OneWanderer1444 | tragedy | Complete

A story of a man who's tasked with carrying out a duty, no matter the personal cost. (This is a short-short story so there's only one part.)

0.54 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:52

INVITADO DE BODA [Spanish]

Alan de Rune | tragedy | Complete

El recuerdo de aquella noche todav韆 invade mis sue駉s. Se podr韆 decir que all� fue donde comenz� todo. La noche en la que se cas� mi hermana.

2.64 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:51

Duplicate!! (Complete)

TLCsDestiny | tragedy | Complete

For one that has lost her memories and then taken into a palace for the sole purpose of duplicating' the Princess, Dupli began with no idea and to do as she was told. Having to endure scrutiny and harm from other maids and attempted assassinations over her life, Dupli is forced to grow stronger as the time goes by. With no other option to take, as she feared death, she had to run away to survive.There are short glimpses upon how her life may have been, but what she has recently gone through, is it perhaps too much to go back to way things used to be? What of the two men that want to be with her, one from her memories and one that made her smile when she had needed it&Upon discovering who she was in her past, will she be able to put it behind her and start anew, or&What path does she choose to take?

28.79 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:51

Never to return

The Last Tavern Open | tragedy | Complete

I wrote this piece after listening to a song by Deep Forest called Sweet Lullaby Ambient Mix (1992 version)It might be worth looking it up and having a listen to the song before reading...or not.I felt it and wrote it. I hope you enjoy it.

0.12 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:50

Kid Amnesia

Maiku_Senpai | tragedy | Complete

Just a short Radiohead story I made about the Kid A and Amnesiac universe...

0.32 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:50

Night Splitter: The Legend of the Swordmaster

OGlightning | tragedy | Complete

This story follow a 16 year old boy named Arthur, after getting Gifts that are out of the ordinary he follows the path of the swordman when a terrible massacre happened to his city that throws him out his path. Wil he become the strongest or wil he die trying? Hi this is my first ever attempt at writing a book so please be kind and criticize me whenever possible i would love your feedback! The chapter uploads might be inconsistent so please bear with me. Ill try uploading at least 4 chapters per week

20.50 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 12:36

Rika

oktoobo | tragedy | Complete

Rika is a girl that cannot die, forever stuck in her life as a high school girl. Then she meets her match, a boy named Tobi who is also incapable of dying. Destiny brings them together and the duo embarks on a journey of love and revenge, life and death.This story is a fast-paced romantic fantasy thriller, a story of crime and punishment, redemption, and unrequited love.

17.22 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:16

M I N I M

invidious | tragedy | Complete

The Demon Lord has fallen. The Hero has his victory, at the expense of everything he fought to save. Bereft of purpose, he begins a journey through the uncharted ocean beyond his archipelago on a pilgrimage to the mythological Spine of the World. M I N I Mis an experimental short story where each section is divided in two. It can be read sequentially - consuming each section holistically - or chronologically - reading the first part of each section until the story's end and then reading the second part of each section in reverse.

4.83 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:14

An Injection of the Universe

The Yobanashi Girouette | tragedy | Complete

Within every individual lies infinite possibilities. Any number of infinitely small changes in their lives, conscious or unconscious, could result in a wholly different individual, walking a wholly different path. An average person can only guess at what they could've been had things been a little different& But not Michael Ocenar. Every night when Michael goes to sleep, every Michael across all known and unknown universes is there, waiting for him. Whenever he's in trouble, he knows he can switch out, exchanging places with another Michael from another world. But now, the Michaels are dying. One by one, their numbers are dwindling across the countless parallel worlds. But what is causing this sudden string of deaths, and can a multiverse of Michaels come to the answer before they all die out?

4.53 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:14

Harmonia do Amor [Português]

Satoshy | tragedy | Complete

Harmonia do Amor � uma cativante fanfic de romance que conta a hist髍ia de Sarah e Lucas, dois m鷖icos talentosos que se conectaram durante a vida escolar e embarcaram em uma revista repleta de m鷖ica, amor e supera玢o. Ap髎 enfrentarem os desafios da vida escolar, eles conquistam o sucesso na ind鷖tria musical e encontram um prop髎ito maior al閙 da m鷖ica. Ao fundarem uma funda玢o e se envolverem em projetos humanit醨ios, eles descobrem um amor que transcende como p醙inas da fanfic. A narrativa ganha um novo rumo quando decidem adotar uma crian鏰 e come鏰m uma nova etapa de suas vidas. Juntos, eles enfrentam os desafios da paternidade e descobrem o verdejante significado do amor incondicional. "Harmonia do Amor" � uma hist髍ia emocionante sobre a for鏰 do amor, a import鈔cia da fam韑ia e a capacidade da m鷖ica de unir cora珲es.

7.52 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:14

ONCE

Andre Forbay | tragedy | Complete

A teenage boy retreats into a fantasy world with his idea of the perfect girlfriend when his family starts falling apart.

13.36 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:12

Flame of the Immortals

TealiciousTea | tragedy | Complete

The Dark Elveshave lived in the caves since before humanity walked the lands. The fire that kindles their long lives has been cursed, and soon they will know death. A human child apprenticed to these Fae has the ability and opportunity to stop this calamity. To purge the flame of immortals of its curse if he can survive long enough not to get eaten by the creature who cursed it. However, the struggle to live like the quest for immortality demands cruel payments. An original dark fantasy short story. Character centred and introspective.

5.19 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:50

Don't Cultivate

gdlizy | tragedy | Complete

A man who accomplished his promise, who also failed. A man who forgot his purpose, who also remembered. A man who sowed, who also reaped. This is the story about the tragedy caused by the flow of Time.

0.58 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:49

NecRomancer

LittleCreepy | tragedy | Complete

GOD´s are real and they give out strange Power. Lily wants nothing to do with them and especially not with death. The creepy fuck can stay way away from her, just as anyone else really. She is deeply afraid of human touch and not even her boyfriend is allowed near her. But she has to choose, she has to choose. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you could give me a comment I would be overjoyed! The picture is from ElectricSixx - Deviant Art. If you dont want your picture up here, just text me and I take it down.

1.93 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:49

Cages

Shanidar Man 8 | tragedy | Complete

Stuart, a capuchin monkey, longs for the jungle. The iron bars of his cage sap his sanity day by day. The other animals around him have already slipped away, caught in their own misattributed hopes. But, when escape becomes possible, does the jungle grow closer or farther away? In this story inspired by the horrors of the primate pet trade, Stuart searches for solace amongst the madness.

2.69 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:47

Arrows

at least 3 characters long | tragedy | Complete

Asher lives a normal, happy life with his father and younger brother, Adrian. Adrian has always been very weak and often gets sick. However, Asher is determined to help his brother have the best life he can provide him with. Asher, who is slowly recovering from the loss of his mother and learning to enjoy life through music, is one day suddenly bombarded by voices in his head- voices that he does not know. These voices, which are said to be the voices that even Hell could not contain, tell him that he has two options: either live with their torment forever or help them to cause chaos and destruction in return for assistance only they can offer.

6.45 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 16:25

Shoot out in New Country

NotAdam | tragedy | Complete

John works as a rider, moving from settlement to settlement and enforcing the rule of the court. Of course, none of this means he can't take a short detour to handle matters of personal importance. The stories I write take place in the same world; you can read more about this world when more of it is written.

0.90 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:05

Nothing Beside Remains

WhiteRose-BlueSpace | tragedy | Complete

Time takes everything. Nothing can beat it, nothing can change it, entropy will always take its course but there are always those who try to resist it, to try and immortalise themselves in one way or another. There is never a question of whether they will succeed, but of how many will be dragged down in the attempt and just how long it will take for time to wipe the slate clean. For there is no such thing as immortality. [Joint 4th runner up in the January 2024 RR Community Magazine Contestant "Immortality is a Myth" with also the highest prompt adherence score]

4.47 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:05