Child-abuse stories, books, poems, and more

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A little girl hides in a closest from a monsters, but a human one that is much more horrific since it is real. Read More
This book is based on a true story with names that have been changed for protection but the city and state is accurate to hold local government officials accountable. The book offers an insightful and engaging exploration of overcoming adversity and the power of resilience. Read More

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Comments: 3

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Healing from child abuse as an adult. I have finished the novel Saiqa Reborn. This version of The Healing Heart, chapter one, is my latest. I intend to dive into this sad story. Any feedback is appreciated. Read More

Tags: child-abuse

Featured Review by A.L. Whyte

"I have finished book two and am now writing a tough story about child abuse. 'Saiqa Reborn' will be available online in the next couple of month..." Read More

Reads: 910

Comments: 3

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Regardless of our birth circumstances, we all have the opportunity to choose who we want to become. The outcome is ultimately our own responsibility. This narrative resonates with every boy or girl navigating the journey of growing up. Read More
23 year old Penelope Anderson discovers a wooden box filled with letters and a drawing of a mysterious man wearing a cowboy hat with a mustache in her parents’ attic. Determined to find out who the man is in the drawing, Penelope begins her own amateur investigation of her own… Read More
The little girl with dragon wings who works at the dress shop is silent, obedient, and most of all, loyal. She always does all the work asked of her without complaint or question. Nobody sees what's truly inside. Not even her. But one day, she meets a being who does. Read More
Demlena's life didn't start out easy. Used by her parents to make a profit. The only people who cared about her gone; one dead, the other missing after a fight. She transferred from foster home to foster home until she grew out. Now connected to a person who claims to… Read More
Man living alone in an isolated area thinks he has witnessed a crime in progress and is vaguely threatened by the well-connected perpetrators. Read More
I watch over her. I feel her pain with her. I feel all the many injustices done to her. And I wish I could intervene. I wish I could intervene but ever since my powers became depleted, this is all I can do. The child is away from her true… Read More

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He comes from a bad home. He has no friends. He is an easy target. Is this what he was born for? does anyone care? (This story has the drama of the worse kind. It has traumatic experiences where there is abuse, drug abuse, alcohol, child sexual abuse and mental… Read More

Book / Memoir

January 20, 2022

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My mother started selling me for drugs at the age of 6. I was forced to steal for her, live in tents, bounce from one man's house to the next and lost my brother. I am here to tell my story. Read More
I wrote this when I was fairly young. I have no idea what it means. Read More

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Comments: 12

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From the author of Different Vessels comes something completely different. A tale of mystery and horror: A man in Southern California was thought by police to have killed himself by drilling a hole in his head with a power drill. But they couldn't explain the "tunnels" burrowed through his brain,… Read More

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"Wow... this is great! I love horror stories, and on this site this is the best by far that I have read. " Read More

Still working on this one. But I wanted to store it somewhere, so here it sits. Read More
The Veiled Falls Multiverse holds many secrets, myths and legends. What happens when you're separated from your family and home without a way back and the only information about your home is myths and rumours. Lance has found himself without a home, travelling from dimension to dimension in search of… Read More
A female anglican priest has intimate desire for an underage boy. Read More
Two young boys face the unthinkable by way of a loved one. They must decide between revealing a dark secret and destroying worlds, or keeping it and risk being haunted by a cruel memory forever. Read More

Reads: 1144

Comments: 1

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Emotional abuse. The hidden, dismissed abuse. The one near-impossible to prove. If you've ever despaired trying to explain to Others why you no longer speak to your parents, this story is for you. A short fictional story numbering just over 3000 words, inspired by the true stories of abuse victims.… Read More
The tale of that which I am afraid to tell anyone Read More
A child if molded in incorrect ways can misinterpret the people around him, and the situations they are involved with. It was too late for this child, for he had retaliated after experiencing abuse. Read More

Book / Other

August 04, 2018

I am Noria. My name means beautiful and amazing, but my life is far from that. This, is my life story, a story that I shall tell before the morning sun rises, when heaven takes me far away… Read More
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