Ruins Stories

Ashes is a collection surrounding the decay of the aftermath. The ruin that exists without apology. These works give voice to the quiet at the end, when all else fails. The solemn feeling of goodbye, coiled with the start of something new.

Sometimes we make mistakes in the past that cannot be forgotten, no matter how much we apologize, there is no forgiveness for those mistakes and Jungkook has made some such mistakes due to which he is dying a little inside every day but he is not getting forgiveness from that one person. But the past can never be irreparable. Hello dear readers this is my first Taekook fanfiction, I hope you like it and support me. In this story you guys found everything love, hate, revenge, betrayal, friendship etc. So get ready for a thrilling journey. And a very important thing is that this is not a fluff, who want fluff, leave it it's not your cup of tea friend Top- Jeon Jungkook Bottom- Kim Taehyung

Poetry

Edwin Rowe has lost everything - his family, his future, and his sense of purpose. On the night of his father's funeral, he is visited by a black cat who speaks, eats like royalty and guides him to a ruin. There, an ancient artifact awakens and speaks his name. It offers him a choice - one that could decide the fate of more than just his world. ONC 2026 (Keep in mind, this piece of writing is my very first and serves as a learning lesson to me. There would be times that the words of the chapters change multiple times over the course of the entire 12 weeks period because of the same reasons.)

The year is 1819. Rose Aventine, a young maid, lives a life of hardship in a small, abandoned cottage with her grandmother. Each day is a battle-overworked, mistreated by her cruel boss, and returning home exhausted and hungry. Her life feels trapped, bleak, and unchanging. But one night, seeking solace from her struggles, Rose wanders into the quiet darkness, hoping only to cry alone under the moonlight. That night, everything changes. She meets a mysterious boy-gorgeous, pale as porcelain, dressed in dark, flowing clothes-standing silently in the moonlit shadows. There is something otherworldly about him, something dangerous... and irresistible. Little does Rose know, this encounter will shatter the world she knows and bind her fate to a being whose heart is as haunted as it is powerful. 𝖐𝖎𝖞𝖔̄𝖗𝖆 𝕹𝖊𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖐𝖈𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖞 -a vampire with a tormented soul, a thirst only partially controlled, and a love fierce enough to defy the darkness-will change Rose's life... forever. A tale of passion, danger and forbidden love begins under the pale glow of the moon....

Rami is a child of the lightning gatherers. On a stormy night when she was six years old, she was gifted uncanny powers by her older brother. After that, he vanished without a trace into the darkness. Eight years later, on a trip to the distant town of Arl, her life changes. This might be her only chance to learn the truth about herself and the world at large, but dark things are afoot, and soon she'll be embroiled in a stranger journey than she could ever have imagined. [This is still just a first draft so feedback is very welcome. Credit for the cover photos goes to Mark de Jong (sunset) and Ryan Phillips (lightning strike).]

PROMPTS USED: MAIN: 97. When the world slips into endless darkness, something begins to move in the shadows and you must find a way to survive in a night that never ends SIDE: 93. Buried beneath the ruins lies an artifact that whispers the memories of an ancient being. The first memory it reveals is a warning and it's meant for you. 104. While wandering through the woods, you dismiss the rustling behind you as nothing more than the wind until you turn around and realize it isn't the wind at all.

It is 2083. The world is almost in ruins from the last world war. It almost completely destroyed all human life except for a small group of about 3,000. These 3,000 live in a small community in North America. River Townsend lives among them with her family. Then one day, she vanishes. She wakes up to find herself apparently hundreds of miles from The Community in a place full of odd and terrifying medical experiments. Follow her story as she finds friends, courage, even romance on her quest to escape.

The city beneath the mountain was never abandoned. It was waiting. Behind a forgotten waterfall, Detective Elena Rivera discovers an abandoned shelter that should not exist on any map. What begins as a routine investigation quickly turns into something far more dangerous when she finds a hidden passage leading deep beneath the mountain. Below the surface lies a buried city - ancient, silent, and still alive. Guided by strange systems, hunted by unknown machines, and accompanied by archaeologist Adrian Keller and the mysterious Marcus Shaw, Elena uncovers a civilization that never truly disappeared. Instead, it placed itself in suspension, waiting for the moment when someone would return to decide its fate. But the city was not abandoned. Its laws still function. Its guardians still move in the dark. And its people - or what remains of them - are still waiting for judgment. As ancient factions awaken and a secret buried for centuries threatens to break the world above, Elena realizes the truth: She was not meant to discover the city. She was meant to judge it.

This book has the characters from an obscure ds game called nostalgia, from which I played it since three years ago. I'll be talking about the characters, from main antagonist to the heroes. For those who haven't played the game, beware of spoilers in this book, unless if you don't care. After all, I'm a fan of nostalgia ds because it's basically Indiana Jones but with airships and as a role playing game.

Twenty years after a devastating virus, most of the human race has perished. The very strained few are forced to rebuild and survive in whatever is left. With little education, limited trainings, and no structure of law, it is up to the inhabitants of this world to rule it how they can. Kallon Verity and her extremely resourceful family are some of the survivors. Unlike others they have isolated themselves from the remaining world, in the quiet but treacherous wilderness on their sustainable farm. When tragedy strikes, she is forced to flee the only home she has ever known. While exploring the new world she meets Foster, a cold fearless leader of his clan, The Orphans. She quickly finds out that she needs to be useful in order to stay with them and have a better chance at survival. In this world your clan is your family, all others are the enemy. Can Kallon maintain her resourceful talents in this new realm of people, environment, and turbulent morals?

A Marshal, Rick Johnson. Try to catch a thefts that barge in to his house, he had no choice other than to catch them alone before the reinforcement come. on the chase, he saw them get into an old Hospital. Carporeal Hospital, the old colonial hospital. people also called it the Wooden Corridor because most of its floor is made of wood. in long time of his career, Rick never thought that he will ever face his past. the first and the mysterious case he had. 10 years ago.

Our world is gone, chaos taking its place. Humanity has turned against itself. Disease had killed over half the worlds population, the government's refusal in regarding a cure, its mysterious disappearance, and war waging among brothers and sisters until nothing was left. You can expect humans to have a few trust issues. But one would think it would all end there, that no more trouble would litter the earth we poisoned with ourselves. But we are survivors, the dominate creatures that survived The End. And if there's anything that humans are good at, it's adapting, learning, and thriving. And that's exactly what we are going to do. We are The Living, the only future for the human race. This is just something I'll be writing for myself when I'm bored so probably every few months.

In the land of unknown when things look so familiar that you feel at home then something is definitely out of order. Does Sebastian really know the Sandanoor hills and the ruins hidden deep in the valley so intricately? The timid looking Selvi, is there more to her? Sebastian and Selvi live halfway across the globe from each other but... There is something in those ruins.

My life is insane. Technology and social networking has pretty much consumed everyone. Well, everyone but me. I have no one. I had friends once, but they left me for Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and all that. There's nothing I can do now but hope that I'll be able to find friends again. ---------------- Jenny is alone in the world. Everyone around her is caught up with social networking, and she's the only person she knows without a Facebook or Twitter or anything! She feels like there's no point to living, until she finally meets some people like her. Then her life changes again, and she's caught up in rumors and everything she never wanted to be a part of.

In a dystopian future, an acidic flood reigns and the only signs of old life lie in the deep. Alex - an outcast with an inquisitive mind and a set of strangely specific skills - must navigate a world where she is shunned from the safety of the domes and stuck in the water. One day, while exploring a set of deep-sea ruins, she is haunted by a mysterious spirit; a spirit that seems to be warning her of something. The problem is, this ancient being doesn't seem to have any memory of its previous life. With a newly-possessed fish at her side, she must now uncover a secret organisation, find out what it means to do and save both humans and spirits from their plans. --- This is my entry for the Open Novella Contest 2026. Prompts used: 93, 86 (I have listed them in the author's note) --- #1 oceanpunk | 19/2/26 #1 explorer | 19/2/26 #1 deepsea | 23/2/26 #1 flood | 10/3/26 #2 climatechange | 1/3/26 #2 acid | 10/3/26 --- © 2026 | This is original work. Any references to other persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Please do not adapt in any way without the author's permission.

not for the faint of heart © 2017. chelsea roselyn.

Three decades after the bombs dropped, on the outskirts of Neo-Vegas, Arthur Konrad and his band of misfits are just trying to stay alive in this cruel, post-apocalyptic world. Of course, it's never that simple... *New, a work in progress* *Vulgar language inside* Constructive criticism is welcome. Many things are subject to change until I finish the book. Current Length; Hardly Started, 6000+ words.

Dax is a 30 year old nurse at a new hospital. As an experienced, intensive care nurse, he is tasked with the vent patients in the D-wing. What he saw there, however, deeply disturbed him. A coma patient was somehow looking right at him as he worked, bothering him with her dead, beautiful blue eyes. That was his first introduction to hell, and the true wasteland he soon learned it could be.