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Through That Window
Poem by Brokensoul
A poem about a lost soul who loves someone who doesn't know they exist
All Audiences
I Can't
Trigger warning *suicide*
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The Friend That Didn't Stay
Poem by coolbeans88
A kind of long poem based on what has happened/been happening to me over the past few weeks.
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Promises
Story by Aimee
He made promise after promise after promise and she believed every one of them.

Most Favorited Sad Short Stories

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Hospital Windows
Story by Author Unknown
And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
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Wings
Poem by kkhause
A suicide note of hopelessness and pain...
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How Could You?
Story by Co1dnight
A short story that shows how unconditional a dog's love is. You're likely to cry after reading this.
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Last Words
Story by RLMaring
A story of a girl's last words to her mom
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You
I let someone into my life. And they kinda sorta broke me a little bit.

Top Sad Short Stories

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Wings
Poem by kkhause
A suicide note of hopelessness and pain...
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You
I let someone into my life. And they kinda sorta broke me a little bit.
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November 21st at 6:58am
Story by 🌸Fate
He opened his eyes again looking dull as ever. Time just keep repeating.
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Depression
Story by Author Unknown
My personal experience with depression. Touches on what I've gone through and how lucky I am to be where I am today.
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Accident or Suicide
Poem by From_Me
A poem about the pain of a torn mental state caused by inner demons and thoughts of suicide.

Most Viewed Sad Short Stories

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Last Words
Story by RLMaring
A story of a girl's last words to her mom
PG
Hospital Windows
Story by Author Unknown
And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
All Audiences
A Tear to the Eye
Story by Author Unknown
Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson when something bad happened....
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Depression
Story by Author Unknown
My personal experience with depression. Touches on what I've gone through and how lucky I am to be where I am today.
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DREAMS ARE COUNTERFEIT COINS
Story by mazharabro
A Short Story from Sindhi Literature Author: Mazhar Abro Translated by: Hafeez Darban.

Latest Sad Short Stories

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Depression
We all go through it some time in our life but we are able to get through it easily, but for some people it harder and more painful.
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Change
Story by Kevin Jones
Stuart is tired of his boring life. Everyday seems to be just like the last and because of this he develops depression. One day on the way to work he ends up in a coma on accident or purpose?
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The Irony of Life and Death
Story by Able_Acronym
What truly is death and is it really better than life
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Purple
Story by Dinetzle
You don't remember. You can't remember. You want to remember. Don't you?
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Dealing With Depression for Me
Story by Devilchild
True story of my depression and how I deal with it
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The Flowers
Story by Tinymonster123
Flowers that are the source of people's pain. What happens? Will people die?
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How we think VS. How we should
Poem by Laila257
Don't change because of someone else
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Silent Cry
Story by Redrose115
The girl who never got help
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Bittersweet Memories
Story by NobodyImportant
My grandfather passed away several years ago, yet I can still feel him in every single thing.
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The Race Against Change
Poem by Insignificant
A runner tries to fight against his toughest opponent along with life's challenges thrown at him. However, he cannot leave them behind and ends up left in despair.
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The Meanings Lost in a Book
Story by sky_wolf19
"Always be true to your feelings because the more you deny what you feel, the stronger it becomes." - by Unknown
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The Villain
Poem by gerknee
A state of mind.
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The Catafalque-Dweller
Story by zameee10
Never love a soldier, they die very young.
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The Middle of the Road
Story by Anarchy
Sometimes just a bad day can cause the end of someone's life.
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Dear Daughter,
Story by Sailordaye
Dear Daughter, what would you be like? Would you look like me or your beautiful father? The mind can wonder...
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Crimes of Passion
Story by StephenG
Passion can take many forms, but where exactly does a cricket match fit in?
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A Place Where I Grew Up
Story by Natasha-Jane
A Place Where I Grew Up is a tragic, fictional memoir about a boy getting run over. I wrote this in order to make people more aware of road safety.
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Dreaming for Amnesia
My fault for believing a promise from a boy in high school.
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A Burden
Story by StephenG
An accident leads to a reconciliation between a woman and her elderly mother
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The Deadly Secret Of Burgh Island
Jack Cauvain, an inspector from London is brought to this small island of Burgh Island to solve the mysterious murders at the East Shore Hotel.
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Freedom's Cry of Sorrow
Story by SeekerArcher
A sad story in the life of a soldier. Note: This is fiction
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Melancholic Touch
Just a poem about my thoughts. Which is sad, by the way. Enjoy.
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Note to Self
Poem by WASP
This is a poem about depression and my fight with it as two selves: one who desperately wants to quit and one who still clings to life. This is a note to the latter.
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The Reflection
Story by JHACK14
A sad story about a family who lost their lives.
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An Evening Stroll
Story by Cferguson
The story is about a man that is haunted by his past and can’t seem to escape it.
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Epitaph on a Damp Grave
Story by Tristan
Dark clouds. Dark suits. Dark feelings. Drenched bodies. A soggy eulogy.
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Haunting Past
Story by JHACK14
A story about an old man with a sad past. It is not scary as the title suggests.
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A Man, Alone
Story by StephenG
A Japanese accountant travels to Thailand to take up a new job and is immediately confronted with his own destiny.
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The Window
Story by tree7332
Young teen changed a young boy's life with a few words.
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Resale Flat
Story by mysudip
A suspense story till last line....
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Hands Off
Story by rogerjeff
A man takes his wife to visit a family friend. She is a widow and also his lover. He hopes to discuss the relationships but it doesn't turn out as he hoped. They both attack him and he's abandoned.
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Closets Kill
Story by golden
Stay alive though, okay? I love you.
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Heartbeats in the Darkness
Story by Rich Powell
Stuck in a void of darkness, a heartbeat echoes out as I reflect on the past.
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I'll Remember You
Poem by daniela31140
I've lost an amazing friend in the beginning of my Middle School year. I wrote this poem in memory of her.
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BETRAYAL
Poem by billyyoutwo1
A poem of tragedy in life.
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Rage What Would You Do, Poem
Poem by alexander
an angry thought at everything today just because the world feels like it.
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The Night Watch
Story by eliotwilson
Insomnia and the writer's condition
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To Stop Time.
Story by Dxvn5
There are rare times in life when time feels like it comes to a stop. Where the world stops moving just for a second, just for you...
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Stop Checking.
Story by Dxvn5
Why are you checking your phone every five minutes or so? You know nobody’s messaged you and you tell yourself that every time you lift your phone up but you still check. You still hope.
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Banking On It
Story by Scriptorius
A banker and a group of homesteaders are at cross-purposes, with strange results.
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The Great Mephisto
Story by Patrick McHale
What happens when disgraced Financial Advisor Jason Pembury takes up hypnotherapy and is caught in a violent struggle over his past debts
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These Quiet Seconds of Still Nothingness
Story by Petal
february 17th 2018, a snap story
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Are You Proud Yet?
Story by sky_wolf19
*sneak peek* Sarah Hemsworth is a seventeen-year-old girl, with her mom gone and father out of the picture. How will she care for her siblings?
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Roses
Poem by sky_wolf19
"The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again." By Ram Charan
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Survival.
Story by Dxvn5
I shouldn't be here. I should be dead and yet, I'm here. I'm surviving.
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His Hand Over Her Body.
Story by Dxvn5
He had this power over her, like she was a prize he won at an arcade, she was his rag-doll.
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Coping Mechanisms.
Story by Dxvn5
We all cope differently, some find it easier than others.
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Your BRO, KEN.
Story by gerknee
Current mental state.
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1-866-277-3553 / the Job
A story about a person on the phone with a suicide prevention officer, however, it is flipped and told from the preventer's point of view.
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The Bridge
A poem talking about the bridge between life and death for someone attempting to commit suicide in a bathroom.