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* ''Literature/TheHouseNextDoor'': Colquitt and Walter become outcasts, lose their jobs, and end up killing Kim and burning down the house. The Kennedys lose everything (including by implication their lives), and they DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE. Worst of all, the ending implies that their sacrifice was AllForNothing, as one of Kim's blueprints still exists, [[HereWeGoAgain and there are plans to build another of his houses.]]
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this is more of a Bittersweet Ending according to the story's main page.
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* The ending of ''Literature/{{Cujo}}'': The title monster dog is finally killed, but tragically poor Tad dies of heat stroke.
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** In "Cold Print", the protagonist is able to sabotage [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Y'gonolac]]'s scheme, but the Elder God quickly pins him down and savagely murders him.
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** "Literature/MackintoshWilly": The narrator survives, but he's traumatized by Mark's death and is left speculating that Willy's ghost is still around.
** "The Ferries": The protagonist destroys the cursed ship in a bottle, but accidentally frees the ship's malicious captain, who begins stalking towards him. The story ends with a news report about how the protagonist was somehow drowned in his office with no rational explanation.
** "The Ferries": The protagonist destroys the cursed ship in a bottle, but accidentally frees the ship's malicious captain, who begins stalking towards him. The story ends with a news report about how the protagonist was somehow drowned in his office with no rational explanation.
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* ''Literature/{{Undine}}'': Huldbrand betrays Undine by marrying Bertalda, Undine kills him and then turns into a stream that encircles his grave, eternally embracing him.
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* ''Literature/SonsAndLovers'': Mrs. Morel dies and Paul can't relate to anyone anymore. He walks the cold streets wishing for death.
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* ''Literature/BootCamp.'' The teenaged protagonist has [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie succumbed]] to the camp's harsh laws and become [[SociopathicSoldier exactly what they wanted him to become.]] Rhue specifically stated that he used ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' as a muster. Made even worse by the fact that his parents are now finally ready to accept him as he is... and then they found him in this state.
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* ''Literature/BootCamp.'' ''Literature/BootCamp2007'' The teenaged protagonist has [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie succumbed]] to the camp's harsh laws and become [[SociopathicSoldier exactly what they wanted him to become.]] Rhue specifically stated that he used ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' as a muster. Made even worse by the fact that his parents are now finally ready to accept him as he is... and then they found him in this state.
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* Robert Louis Stevenson's ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' definitely qualifies. As we find out at the end, the Hyde personality wins, and Jekyll spends his last hour before permanently turning into Hyde writing down the case from his perspective and hoping he finishes it before he transforms, as Hyde would likely destroy it. Then, rather than live life as a murderous monster, he commits suicide. Layton is also dead of fright, leaving Utterson alone to pick up the pieces.
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* Robert Louis Stevenson's ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' definitely qualifies. As we find out at the end, the Hyde personality wins, and Jekyll spends his last hour before permanently turning into Hyde writing down the case from his perspective and hoping he finishes it before he transforms, as Hyde would likely destroy it. Then, rather than live life as a murderous monster, he commits suicide. Layton is also dead of fright, leaving Utterson alone to pick up the pieces.
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* Many of Creator/RamseyCampbell's short stories end horribly.
** In "Cold Print", the protagonist is able to sabotage [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Y'gonolac]]'s scheme, but the Elder God quickly pins him down and savagely murders him.
** "The Brood": Blackband discovers the titular Brood has been assimilating homeless people into itself, and quickly becomes its next victim when he tries to kill it.
** "Literature/TheChimney": The narrator's father burns to death, and his mother dies shortly after. The narrator realizes his father's corpse is the spitting image of his vision of Father Christmas, and speculates he somehow caused his father's death.
** In "Cold Print", the protagonist is able to sabotage [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Y'gonolac]]'s scheme, but the Elder God quickly pins him down and savagely murders him.
** "The Brood": Blackband discovers the titular Brood has been assimilating homeless people into itself, and quickly becomes its next victim when he tries to kill it.
** "Literature/TheChimney": The narrator's father burns to death, and his mother dies shortly after. The narrator realizes his father's corpse is the spitting image of his vision of Father Christmas, and speculates he somehow caused his father's death.
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* ''Literature/SadakoAndTheThousandPaperCranes'' ends with Sadako growing weaker and dying in the hospital, though it's a ForegoneConclusion.
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* ''Literature/NightOfTheFreaks'': The only two police officers looking into the murders are both killed by Willie and Scabby. Heather and her friends go to Willie's freakshow to find Linda and the others, only to discover they're already dead. After Heather's remaining friends are also murdered and Heather is captured by Willie and his group, she ''almost'' escapes in a truck, but crashes and is surrounded by Willie and the freaks. [[BreedingSlave Knowing the fate that awaits her]], Heather takes a shotgun and blows her brains out.
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* ''Literature/TheGardenOfEveningMists'': Yun Ling was never able to design a Japanese garden in memory of Yun Hong. She outlives all of her friends except Frederik, and never had any lovers after Aritomo's death. And she's suffering from steadily-worsening aphasia that will soon leave her unable to communicate or understand.
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** ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'': Dorian stabs his painting. This kills him, reverting his body to its actual physical condition and restoring his image in the painting to its original beauty.
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This trope is met to explain why it's a downer ending, not explaining why it's sad.
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** In "Liar" shy, lonely Lauren creates a popular, outgoing online persona called Jennifer, who becomes insanely popular around school. It soon turns out Jennifer has become real, and she eventually takes over her creator's life with Lauren becoming imaginary. To rub salt in the wound, [[TearJerker Jennifer hugs "her" dad while Lauren looks on, now only a figment of Jennifer's imagination.]]
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* Despite saving Irena from Grantorto at the end of ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'''s fifth book, Artegall is shunned when he returns to Faerieland thanks to Envy, Detraction, and the Blatant Beast.
