Almost a decade after the terrible battle between humans and demons, Figdelia wakes up. She has lost her memory and the healing magic inherited from her clan, the Mikhis. The evil threat is still rampant. Figdelia, despite of being powerless, is thrown back into the conflict that has depleted the human mage lines. Would she succeed to rebuild her magical core? Would she take back her position as the greatest healer, backing elite magicians in their fight against the bloodthirsty monsters? In her journey chasing her past, she will face deceptions and hidden secrets. Can she trust the ones who pretend to care for her? Can she even trust the one she was before her accident? *** New chapter on Sundays

Stuck on a desolate Earth, a strange android wanders into a commune full of people struggling to survive. Among them is a young girl named Mara. As Vera works to help the commune, she and Mara become as close as an android and a person can become. Androids don't contain the aptitude for emotions like mankind-that is, until a strange alien signal reaches them. The problem is, it's encoded, and Vera is the only one who is capable of decoding it. The commune, led by Professor Gregory Platt, begin pushing Vera to communicate with whoever is sending the signal, desperate for their own futures. Switching her attention from her normal duties to this enormous task, but when she does Vera discovers a troubling secret behind it, one that she will not reveal to the commune. Now struggling to lie to the people depending on her, and help the aliens on the other end, Vera unlocks the door to her emotions.

Fin Hamilton has been isolated in the backwoods of Cooktown in Northern Australia for a very long time. She can barely read. Everything she knows comes from the television. Belittled and backhanded by her alcoholic father, Findlay, Fin spends long days hiding in the dim shadows of a booth at the back of Snakes Bar, where Findlay drowns his sorrow. Cody Compton is a stranger, hidden within the dark recesses of the bar. Fin watches him watching her. On the day Cody abducts Fin, heavy monsoons roll in and isolate the pair in Cody's old shack, changing their lives forever. In a field, on Delaney Road, a body is found. When Fin opens a box of secrets their world erupts. There's more to Cody than Fin understands. WATTYS VERSION - MINUS AUTHOR NOTES AND PHOTOS.

He was sent to rescue her. Not to care. Not to stay. Definitely not to fall. Leonardo Nico Russo, the youngest heir of one of Europe's most feared crime families, has built his life on discipline, precision, and impossible missions. Loose ends don't exist in his world. Until April Holloway. Three years after he pulls her from the horrors of human trafficking, fate brings them together again. But the girl he rescued is no longer the same-and neither is the man who walked away believing some people were never meant to become more than a mission. As April finds herself pulled closer to the enigmatic man who once saved her, she must decide whether loving him is worth embracing the dangerous world that comes with his name. And when the past returns, determined to destroy everything he holds dear, Leo discovers that there are some wars you don't fight for an empire... You fight them for one person. Set against a world of hidden wars, family loyalty, and impossible choices, In His Arms is a story of rescue, resilience, and a love that refuses to surrender. Because sometimes, the person who saves you... doesn't just change your life. They become your home.

Copyright © 2026 by Darkrai_X When the world ends, survival begins with ordinary people. Tomorrow never comes. As a mysterious outbreak tears through the city, everything they love vanishes in a single terrifying day. Thrust together by chance, five strangers must learn to trust one another while navigating a world where the dead no longer stay dead, and the living can be even more dangerous. But as fragments of the truth begin to emerge, one question becomes impossible to ignore: Was the end of the world really an accident? Day Zero is the gripping first installment of a post-apocalyptic trilogy about survival, sacrifice, found family, and the hope that refuses to die, even when civilization .

|ONC 2026| SHORT LIST - ROUND 3 AMBASSADOR'S PICK - ROUND 2 ------------------------------------------------------ When Terra is doomed, humanity's final hope is sent into the unknown aboard a vessel meant to carry life beyond extinction. But humanity's future falls to those who were never meant to hold it. Unintentionally trapped aboard the ship, Derrin Muely becomes a silent witness to the unraveling of humanity's last survivors, forced to watch as fear, ambition, and control drive them to destroy one another. Left alone in the vast quiet of space, Derrin turns inward. Through fragments of memory and reflection, he confronts a life spent searching for purpose, measuring his worth, and fearing failure, only to find that meaning may never have been something to discover at all. At the edge of existence, with no one left to see him, Derrin must face a final question: If life has no audience, no legacy, and no greater purpose, what does it mean to keep living?

Good Omens meets La La Land and Percy Jackson in this modern, witty, and deeply emotional reimagining of the various ancient myths. When twenty-five-year-old music teacher Jenny Handsworth dies saving children on a snowy British road, her soul is sent to a sanctuary run by ancient deities. His lonely heart captivated by this remarkable person, who thanks magic and brings joy to other souls through music - Hades -the feared Lord of the Underworld, who has spent millennia as an isolated tie-breaker - is given an ultimatum by the High Council. He has exactly two Earth years to win her heart as a regular human boyfriend, strictly by her own free will. Set to an iconic 1980s pop soundtrack that alters the lives of the island's residents and makes the magic happy. It is a story of how human gratitude and raw electronic music can rewrite the stuffy rules of the universe. What to Expect: • A charismatic, linen-suit-wearing Lord of the Underworld who desperately needs a better PR department. • Retelling of some myths you thought you knew • A sharp-witted British protagonist who introduces human gratitude to the magic of the island. • A giant, fluffy, three-headed golden retriever who gets easily distracted by cosmic butterflies. • Behind-the-scenes matchmaking chaos from unexpected divine wingmen. • Special 'guest' appearances of music legends who have slipped their mortal bonds. Can a mortal music teacher rewrite the ancient laws of the cosmos, or will the automated Book of Death claim her soul forever? TEGSA 2026 Word Count : 20, 474

Welcome to my entry into the 2026 Flabbergasting Flash-Fic SmackDown. Have a seat and stay awhile as I put together some flash fiction while being at the mercy of some prompt masters. Popcorn, anyone?

Dominic St. Claire never expected to fall in love. Melody Harrington never expected a chance encounter at a bar to change her life. But in a town haunted by fear and secrets, some people are not who they seem - and some shades of red mean more than love.

In the Smackdown, we have no idea what might happen! That includes me, as I join the @LayethTheSmackDown and @Ooorah 2026 speculative fiction Smackdown. Join me as we discover, together, where this path might lead!