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By Genre: Death
in the "Death" genre

SPONSORED

POETRY

Speak soft my name

by Kåre เลียม Enga

Rated: 13+ • Environment • #981541

Can Earth be given a voice? Not a children's poem.

Rewards 150 GPs per review

Created: Jun 16, 2005 at 8:36pm

Modified: Aug 17, 2009 at 1:03pm

Size: 1.35 KB

Genres: Environment, Emotional, Death

SHORT STORY

Opportunity Should Knock First 300

by thereBdragons

Rated: 18+ • Crime/Gangster • #2355638

Al and Joe break into an empty house to rob it. But is it? 300-word flash

Created: Mar 5, 2026 at 3:59pm

Modified: Mar 5, 2026 at 3:59pm

Size: 1.79 KB

Genres: Crime/Gangster, Death, Fantasy

FICTION

The Suitor

by W.D.Wilcox

Rated: 18+ • Nature • #1281539

A 55 Word Story

Created: Jun 24, 2007 at 5:08pm

Modified: Mar 3, 2026 at 6:02pm

Size: 0.41 KB

Genres: Nature, Environment, Death

POETRY

Our Journey’s End...

by Robin:TheRhymeMaven

Rated: E • Spiritual • #1461856

Death - Oh how we’ve wondered of the place we’ll all end up – without a trace...

Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 2:36am

Modified: Mar 2, 2026 at 2:55pm

Size: 1.45 KB

Genres: Spiritual, Religious, Death

FICTION

Alone

by 🖤Kadie🖤

Rated: E • Death • #2355491

Something I wanted to share...

Created: Mar 1, 2026 at 4:01pm

Modified: Mar 1, 2026 at 4:02pm

Size: 2.90 KB

Genres: Death, Dark, Fantasy

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POETRY

Of mice, owls and moonflowers

by Kåre เลียม Enga

Rated: ASR • Animal • #988297

A light view of natural processes of life, death, life. Response to a challenge.

Rewards 101 GPs per review

Created: Jul 7, 2005 at 1:39pm

Modified: Aug 19, 2007 at 5:41pm

Size: 1.30 KB

Genres: Animal, Nature, Death

POETRY

A life of love, with video games!

by John Andrew Jenkins

Rated: 13+ • Business • #2355490

A Shakespearean sonnet about turning 41

Created: Mar 1, 2026 at 3:50pm

Modified: Mar 1, 2026 at 3:50pm

Size: 0.73 KB

Genres: Business, Family, Death

FICTION

Road Trip

by Jeffrey Meyer

Rated: 13+ • Contest Entry • #2342588

Some things can't be outrun

Created: Jun 24, 2025 at 2:17pm

Modified: Mar 1, 2026 at 7:18am

Size: 1.93 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Emotional, Death

SHORT STORY

Breaking a Really Cold Case

by thereBdragons

Rated: 18+ • Crime/Gangster • #2355391

A dog, a bone and a neighbor. 300-word flash

Created: Feb 27, 2026 at 3:41pm

Modified: Feb 27, 2026 at 3:41pm

Size: 1.92 KB

Genres: Crime/Gangster, Death, Fantasy

FICTION

A Party to Die For

by thereBdragons

Rated: 18+ • Entertainment • #2355337

Black Dahlia's death is still unsolved. 300-word flash.

Created: Feb 26, 2026 at 4:48pm

Modified: Feb 26, 2026 at 4:48pm

Size: 1.84 KB

Genres: Entertainment, Crime/Gangster, Death

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POETRY

Grief Displaced

by ghostofgauss

Rated: ASR • Death • #837700

On apathy and mourning for 9/11 and beyond.

Created: Apr 9, 2004 at 12:56pm

Modified: Jun 13, 2004 at 1:45pm

Size: 0.95 KB

Genres: Death, Tragedy, Emotional

POETRY

Apocalyptic foreshortening

by Maeve Cromwell

Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2355336

Documenting the proportions of illusion: distorting reality in words TW: Dark thoughts

Created: Feb 26, 2026 at 4:30pm

Modified: Feb 26, 2026 at 4:30pm

Size: 11.60 KB

Genres: Dark, Death, Experience

SHORT STORY

Penance

by JTown

Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #1992036

Is it possible to stop death from claiming a life?

Created: May 18, 2014 at 5:02pm

Modified: Feb 26, 2026 at 3:36pm

Size: 14.66 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Death, Other

POETRY

Resuscitation Attempt #43

by nikii

Rated: E • Death • #2355302

i felt the rain storm....,

Created: Feb 25, 2026 at 10:27pm

Modified: Feb 25, 2026 at 10:27pm

Size: 2.70 KB

Genres: Death, Environment, Experience

SHORT STORY

The Last Key on Maple Street

by WriterRick

Rated: E • Death • #2355274

Getting a message from Dad

Created: Feb 25, 2026 at 2:53pm

Modified: Feb 25, 2026 at 2:53pm

Size: 4.44 KB

Genres: Death, Family, Relationship

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NON-FICTION

I Miss My Dad

by Kenzie

Rated: E • Death • #1004701

Flashlights, peanut butter and playing cards all remind me of him.

Created: Aug 24, 2005 at 11:23pm

Modified: Feb 25, 2018 at 11:35pm

Size: 4.67 KB

Genres: Death, Family, Experience

POETRY

Here lies the laugh that never lived.

by John

Rated: E • Comedy • #2355227

Larry's sense of humor has been put out of our misery.

Created: Feb 24, 2026 at 5:13pm

Modified: Feb 24, 2026 at 5:16pm

Size: 2.10 KB

Genres: Comedy, Tragedy, Death

FICTION

Mr. Bones

by W.D.Wilcox

Rated: ASR • Death • #613798

A school teacher learns a lesson

Created: Jan 22, 2003 at 12:08pm

Modified: Feb 24, 2026 at 4:12pm

Size: 8.85 KB

Genres: Death, Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense

SHORT STORY

Blood And Valentine's

by Lonewolf

Rated: 18+ • Crime/Gangster • #2355202

Assassins fall in love after a deadly Valentine’s hit.

Created: Feb 24, 2026 at 4:02am

Modified: Feb 24, 2026 at 4:33am

Size: 20.23 KB

Genres: Crime/Gangster, Romance/Love, Death

FICTION

A New World Order

by Jim

Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #2353428

Orson Welles famous broadcast is repeated, again with disastrous results

Created: Jan 21, 2026 at 9:04pm

Modified: Feb 23, 2026 at 2:08pm

Size: 20.99 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Death

SPONSORED

FICTION

Just a Dream

by insomnia_at_rest

Rated: 18+ • Emotional • #1851023

Life is simple and complicated all at the same time.

Created: Feb 27, 2012 at 6:06am

Modified: Oct 16, 2014 at 2:23am

Size: 5.22 KB

Genres: Emotional, Death, Dark

POETRY

Of broken locks and fallen branches

by Maeve Cromwell

Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2353476

We let the voices in our head become deafening. They escape onto paper. TW: dark thoughts

Created: Jan 22, 2026 at 7:14pm

Modified: Feb 21, 2026 at 11:26pm

Size: 5.50 KB

Genres: Dark, Personal, Death

POETRY

Tides of synesthetic amphibians

by Maeve Cromwell

Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2354971

The title is sufficient to explain the insanity this contains TW: dark thoughts

Created: Feb 19, 2026 at 4:22pm

Modified: Feb 19, 2026 at 4:22pm

Size: 5.49 KB

Genres: Dark, Death, Other

POETRY

~Limbo

by Little StaiNed

Rated: 18+ • Death • #1409772

Their scents are carried to blind conclusions. A Spenserian Sonnet.

Created: Apr 4, 2008 at 5:11pm

Modified: Feb 17, 2026 at 10:12am

Size: 0.96 KB

Genres: Death, Gothic, Dark

PROSE

~ On a bed of Softened Nails

by Little StaiNed

Rated: 18+ • Dark • #1425977

You cast me aside used, broken and smiling in frozen happiness.

Created: May 14, 2008 at 10:19am

Modified: Feb 17, 2026 at 10:09am

Size: 1.26 KB

Genres: Dark, Death, Romance/Love

FICTION

Elanor

by 🖤Kadie🖤

Rated: E • Horror/Scary • #2350843

A man searches for his lover. He uncovers a darkness. Does he live or die?

Created: Nov 30, 2025 at 1:29pm

Modified: Feb 13, 2026 at 2:09pm

Size: 9.77 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Family, Death

POETRY

Death

by Samm

Rated: E • Death • #2354630

When I died, last time.

Created: Feb 13, 2026 at 5:54am

Modified: Feb 13, 2026 at 5:54am

Size: 3.55 KB

Genres: Death, Dark

POETRY

Arriving on an unclaimed fief

by Maeve Cromwell

Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2354613

The metrical confinements pertaining to an assumed existence TW: dark thoughts

Created: Feb 12, 2026 at 7:11pm

Modified: Feb 12, 2026 at 7:11pm

Size: 6.06 KB

Genres: Dark, Experience, Death

FICTION

Zeus

by Raskolnick

Rated: E • History • #2354577

A raw study of hereditary violence, opportunism, and a war criminal's survival.

Created: Feb 12, 2026 at 7:29am

Modified: Feb 12, 2026 at 7:29am

Size: 3.13 KB

Genres: History, War, Death

MONOLOGUE

I have no idea.

by Davina Ruth

Rated: E • Death • #2354545

A short extended metaphor about my relinquishing of control.

Created: Feb 11, 2026 at 12:03pm

Modified: Feb 11, 2026 at 12:52pm

Size: 0.86 KB

Genre: Death

SHORT STORY

Less than a minute

by Lonewolf

Rated: E • Experience • #2354537

Life can pass you by in fragments before it's all over.

Created: Feb 11, 2026 at 9:43am

Modified: Feb 11, 2026 at 9:43am

Size: 7.06 KB

Genres: Experience, Death, Family

FICTION

New Year’s Resolution

by Sumojo

Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #2353347

Barry decides to get fit.

Created: Jan 20, 2026 at 8:39am

Modified: Feb 11, 2026 at 12:33am

Size: 8.94 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Dark, Death

POETRY

Bury Me Not With My Shoes On

by VictoriaMcCullough

Rated: 13+ • Death • #1046057

A.J.'s death was unforgettable, devastating, sad, mournful.. Have faith!

Created: Dec 15, 2005 at 7:37am

Modified: Feb 11, 2026 at 12:23am

Size: 1.18 KB

Genres: Death, Family, Women's

SHORT STORY

Forever Gone

by Isabella

Rated: E • Romance/Love • #2345934

A man realizes that his "Soon to be wife" is now forever gone. A Short ''Horror" story?

Created: Aug 28, 2025 at 2:53pm

Modified: Feb 9, 2026 at 1:24pm

Size: 2.09 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Emotional, Death

SHORT STORY

Darkest Secrets

by Isabella

Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #2354448

A man that is unwell who is overcome with fear as his first human kill seems to haunt him.

Created: Feb 9, 2026 at 1:15pm

Modified: Feb 9, 2026 at 1:17pm

Size: 3.56 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Death, Mystery

LETTER/MEMO

A Final Request

by Mousethyme - missing luck

Rated: E • Death • #2281274

To ask my family members to contact Writing.com upon my demise....

Created: Sep 21, 2022 at 12:29am

Modified: Feb 7, 2026 at 1:09pm

Size: 1.19 KB

Genres: Death, Other

SHORT STORY

Jonathan's Courage

by Jeannie

Rated: E • Contest • #1815627

Jonathan has Nieman Pick disease; The courage he shows, knowing he is dying, is admirable!

Rewards 225 GPs per review

Created: Oct 4, 2011 at 2:22pm

Modified: Feb 6, 2026 at 11:58am

Size: 6.16 KB

Genres: Contest, Experience, Death

POETRY

Inferno-glacial forging

by Maeve Cromwell

Rated: 13+ • Experience • #2354249

for when twelve feels less than two TW: dark thoughts

Created: Feb 5, 2026 at 4:48pm

Modified: Feb 5, 2026 at 4:48pm

Size: 4.75 KB

Genres: Experience, Dark, Death

SHORT STORY

The Adoption

by Brandiwyn🎶

Rated: ASR • Parenting • #2353098

When parents clash.

Created: Jan 15, 2026 at 3:56pm

Modified: Feb 3, 2026 at 11:21am

Size: 5.94 KB

Genres: Parenting, Death, Pets

POETRY

The Promise

by VictoriaMcCullough

Rated: 13+ • Romance/Love • #2279793

This poem is written after the passing on of my loved one regarding our love.

Created: Sep 1, 2022 at 12:28pm

Modified: Feb 2, 2026 at 8:34pm

Size: 1.15 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Death, Spiritual

POETRY

~Undead Rebirth

by Little StaiNed

Rated: 18+ • Death • #1438309

The dead shall be born and walk this dying earth.

Created: Jun 12, 2008 at 11:18pm

Modified: Feb 1, 2026 at 6:19pm

Size: 1.61 KB

Genres: Death, Dark, Gothic

POETRY

Abnormalities

by W.D.Wilcox

Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #1110086

A walk through the City of the Dead...

Created: May 24, 2006 at 2:42pm

Modified: Jan 29, 2026 at 11:17pm

Size: 1.57 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Death, Supernatural

POETRY

Dead Bird

by K.C.

Rated: ASR • Death • #2353823

Found a dead Bird going to school today and I thought that, and realized it sounds poetic.

Created: Jan 29, 2026 at 12:14am

Modified: Jan 29, 2026 at 12:36am

Size: 4.87 KB

Genres: Death, Philosophy, Nature

SHORT STORY

Paintball

by Brandiwyn🎶

Rated: 18+ • Action/Adventure • #1916155

A paintball tournament turns to panic.

Created: Jan 29, 2013 at 11:39am

Modified: Jan 26, 2026 at 7:42pm

Size: 5.48 KB

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Death

SAMPLE

For the Love of a Class-Nine

by Joto-Kai

Rated: 13+ • Sci-fi • #2301440

Probing Brannon's sleeping mind, Scarlett learns of his--and, her--original past lives.

Created: Aug 3, 2023 at 1:36am

Modified: Jan 25, 2026 at 10:44am

Size: 9.41 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Death, Other

SHORT STORY

Unseen Threads of Willowbrook - WC 1295

by John

Rated: 13+ • Death • #2353376

Memories are as fragile as life.

Created: Jan 20, 2026 at 7:18pm

Modified: Jan 20, 2026 at 7:51pm

Size: 13.27 KB

Genres: Death, Paranormal, Relationship

FICTION

The Great Secret

by W.D.Wilcox

Rated: 13+ • Drama • #979630

An innocent man learns the secret of death.

Created: Jun 10, 2005 at 9:15pm

Modified: Jan 20, 2026 at 3:55pm

Size: 7.64 KB

Genres: Drama, Death, Contest

FICTION

Kangaroo

by Sumojo

Rated: 18+ • Animal • #2353290

A trip of a lifetime turns lethal

Created: Jan 18, 2026 at 11:56pm

Modified: Jan 19, 2026 at 12:01am

Size: 6.99 KB

Genres: Animal, Dark, Death

SHORT STORY

The Division Day

by Joel

Rated: E • Family • #2352991

After his father's death, a man's panic isolates him from his family.

Created: Jan 13, 2026 at 2:03pm

Modified: Jan 17, 2026 at 7:01am

Size: 11.49 KB

Genres: Family, Death, Emotional

SHORT STORY

The Wall

by W.D.Wilcox

Rated: 13+ • Military • #1293921

A 55 word story...

Created: Jul 19, 2007 at 6:15pm

Modified: Jan 12, 2026 at 10:49pm

Size: 0.52 KB

Genres: Military, Death, War

SHORT STORY

After the Last Goodbye

by Lonewolf

Rated: E • Death • #2352930

A funeral brings three lives together and reveals the man they never knew.

Created: Jan 12, 2026 at 9:13am

Modified: Jan 12, 2026 at 9:13am

Size: 7.29 KB

Genres: Death, Friendship, Experience

POETRY

A Strong Heart

by |π÷∆€¥

Rated: 13+ • Death • #2352846

My heart beat wildly

Created: Jan 10, 2026 at 9:51am

Modified: Jan 10, 2026 at 9:51am

Size: 1.36 KB

Genres: Death, Emotional, Health

LYRICS

Burnt out Candles

by Wandering Thoughts

Rated: E • History • #2352723

We can't escape judgement. Humanity must set aside war and its tools.

Created: Jan 8, 2026 at 5:01am

Modified: Jan 8, 2026 at 5:01am

Size: 1.16 KB

Genres: History, News, Death

SHORT STORY

A Travail Beyond the Veil

by Jeff

Rated: 13+ • Death • #2339495

We all learn to say goodbye in our own unique ways.

Created: Apr 30, 2025 at 3:14pm

Modified: Jan 6, 2026 at 8:50pm

Size: 12.33 KB

Genres: Death, Drama, Supernatural

SHORT STORY

The Gardener At World's End

by Jeff

Rated: 13+ • Drama • #2343958

He lives to garden. Merit Badge Magic assignment (July 2025).

Created: Jul 21, 2025 at 2:26am

Modified: Jan 6, 2026 at 8:49pm

Size: 12.29 KB

Genres: Drama, Home/Garden, Death

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