ContemporaryDystopiaFemale LeadGrimdarkHorrorMale LeadMultiple Lead CharactersPost ApocalypticPsychologicalScience FictionOngoing
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The world has ended.Alek knows this well. HeΓÇÖs one of the last few, aimless and broken; part of those who roam the silent ruin. Part of those who carry the weight of the past. Until one day, he finds a house. And through a simple game of chance and choices, he is set upon a path he never intended to walk.Elsewhere, at the same time, Victoria escapes the place that raised her: an underground bunker where humanity's "lucky ones" clung to twisted ideals. Bloodied but unbroken, she steps into a...
The world has ended.Alek knows this well. HeΓÇÖs one of the last few, aimless and broken; part of those who roam the silent ruin. Part of those who carry the weight of the past. Until one day, he finds a house. And through a simple game of chance and choices, he is set upon a path he never intended to walk.Elsewhere, at the same time, Victoria escapes the place that raised her: an underground bunker where humanity's "lucky ones" clung to twisted ideals. Bloodied but unbroken, she steps into a land she knows nothing about. A land that can't be worse than what she left behind... right?For when a world that made little sense collapse, what's left in its wake is nothing short of madness. So what happens when the end is caused by something worse than human? What to expect:- Gritty narration- Subverting genre expectations- Anonymous survivors you get to know- A mix of tension, introspection and action- The killings of humans and creatures alike"Like a last-turn Jenga tower ΓÇö everything is perfectly set up for one big collapse. "From a review by TheLostBoy Status:Part 1: [Ended]Alek and Victoria realise that the worst thing in this world doesn't come from the past. Meanwhile, a lonely child wanders around the wasteland.Part 2: [Ended]A blast awaken new threats. Old ennemies cross path. Part 3: [Ended]Factions fall and rise. And communication becomes the key. Part 4 - Finale: [Ongoing]Destinies meet in the craddle of mankind. * Chapters oscillate between 2500 and 4000 words (average 3000)* Violence, Difficult topics (But not over the top)* New chapter every friday at 6pm (GMT +2)* Fiction cover made by the talented x_luminous-x* Cover for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 made by the wonderful Wandering Brain Spasm* Cover for WOTL Four Seasons made by me on Figma using a Flickr Commons picture. NOTICE: If you've come to this story from anywhere other than Royal Road, you're reading a stolen copy. Please help support myself and Royal Road authors by heading over to https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/96383/whimpers-of-the-light-post-apo-psychological-horror and reading there. Thank you!
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