"Everything has a specific timing. This is yours to face the truth." Vasudha is finally back home after ten long years of studying in Mumbai. Only if she knew about the headless shadow who's been waiting for her to return. It has been watching her from afar, bidding it's time. With no one but her aunt believing her, she is in for an adventure of a lifetime. But what if she isn't ready for the truth?

~ A tale beyond threads of time ~ A voice echoes in her dreams, telling her to visit an unknown place, because it's time. Will a companion, who hears similar echoes in his dreams, make the expedition better than the destination? _______ Unfolding in two famous royal cities of India, this saga of dreams, destiny and reincarnation will take you on a journey of two soulmates, that battle mysteries, betrayals and vengeance, to rekindle a forgotten historic romance. The timeline alternates between 2021 and 1921, showing glimpses of contemporary India as well as British India and its Princely States. _______ Sanjana is the only living heir of a wealthy business family, based in New Delhi, India. However, she is tired of visiting several therapists, who cannot seem to understand how stubborn and convincing the echoes in her dreams are. The echoes that have been telling her to go somewhere since she turned 18. The therapists offer her no solution, except the useless sleeping pills that aren't even effective anymore. When she suddenly finds a stranger with a similar predicament, will she embark on an expedition with him to find answers? Where will this journey take her? ________ Brandon is the co-founder of a gaming start-up, based in Silicon valley, CA, USA. With his excellent design skills and his partner's business strategies, he became a successful billionaire at a very young age. Life is perfect for him, except for the nagging echoes that disturb him every night in his dreams. When an opportunity to explore a new country comes up, in the form of finding out where his dreams intend to take him, he decides to seize it. Will this be just another holiday for him or will this trip change his life forever? _______ Written as an entry for Indian Open Novella Contest ONC 2021, Prompt #2 _______ All rights reserved © Paramagnetic, 2021

Sudheera Kashyap, popularly know as Dheera, is a final year design student in India's dream city. With laid back, super cool parents, a diverse yet tight knit group of friends, a new adventure every day and her bright future as an interior designer almost within her grasp, life is oh so amazing for Dheera, or at least that's what she tells herself every night. But she still can't help but want for more. Late at night, when the world is asleep, she stays awake dreaming of far greater adventures, a land far far away, and people she has yet to meet. Her thirst for something she herself doesn't understand is what drives her to do it all. To accept every dare thrown her way, to take on every adventure she lays her eyes on, all in search of something more, something incomprehensible. And, that is exactly how she finds herself locked inside an old, abandoned and very spooky house in the woods far away from civilization. What she discovers next changes her whole life. ONC 2021 India first round winner - 2nd Place ONC 2021 India second round winner - 3rd Place

Written for ONC India Prompt Number 3 Heartbroken and betrayed, Melissa had lost everything. But in an unforeseen twist of fate, life had given her a second chance, a chance that could turn the tables on David, her husband, the man she once loved but now hated. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Alexander, a man who is irrevocably in love with her and would go to any lengths to protect her, with renewed vigor and taking advantage of all she knows, she has set a trap to take back what he had tried to steal from her more than once: her life. Will Melissa succeed in trapping David, or will he recognize the woman who is donning the suit of his latest obsession: Janice? Will Alexander be able to protect his soulmate, or will he lose her again? Copyright ©️ ANH_Writes 2021

Aiden Lockwood. Every girl's dream. But he's Brooke Fox's worst nightmare. Last summer brought them closer together, this school year pushed them further apart. Now Brooke despises Aiden with every fibre of her being. But he doesn't feel the same about her. When these two clash, it's like sparks fly, and no matter how much they wish they could, neither Aiden nor Brooke can forget what happened between them last summer. (Submission for Open Novella Contest.)

When your boss shows up angry at your door, you know your day is going to suck. When said boss happens to be the local crime lord, it's going to suck even more. And when an omen of death comes to pay you a visit as well, your morning is officially the suckiest. Jack isn't having a very good day. At least the problem with the angry boss can be fixed: to prove his worth and pay back debts, Jack agrees to help her find a valuable treasure in a cursed swamp infested with danger. Death, however, looms over him. Can he find a way to cheat his way out of losing his life? ~~ ~ONC honorable mention~ ~ONC round 1 ambassador pick~ ~Featured on StoriesUndiscovered~ ~Featured on WattpadDarkFantasy~ ~Featured on BadassReads~ ~Featured on 'the best action and adventure' reading list by the Ambassadors profile~ ~Featured on 'Magical realism' reading list on @Fantasy~ ~Featured on 'A magical journey' reading list on @Magic~ Written for ONC IV.

Naina, a crazy girl, exiled from her hometown, accused of practicing black magic that took her parent's life. Her unique ability, unknown to the world. It burnt down along with her parent's body. Her name itself held deep meaning. Too many secrets she stored inside her, regretting every time why she did not heed her parent's warning. He was a scar, a scar cursed by the unknowns. Hidden in the deepest darkest forest of Azerbaijan, a dense forest, only to appear out of hiding after the sunset mingling with humans in his human form. Not even a single mortal could stand his original form. A monster who could turn anybody into ashes by a mere click of his fingers. Fate played a disastrous yet remarkable game with them both. Bringing them together as the one had the restorative of freedom of the other. ********* ONC 2021 Entry using Prompt No. 56 as the main theme and prompt 22 and 50 as its substitutes. Prompt 56: "You can see the future by looking into people's eyes. However, if you tell them about it, it will not come to fruition. One day, you lock eyes with yourself in the mirror." Prompt 50: "From Dusk till Dawn, you're human. During daylight hours, you are a creature straight out of even the most hardened individual's worst nightmare." Prompt 22: On occasion, an accusation of witchcraft has the power to set one on a wonderful, dangerous path.

When an angry, prejudiced Alien King, Albatross, is hell bent upon unleashing his wrath over humanity, how will Earth's peacemaker, Avni, convince him that peace is always better than bloodshed and war? __ He's a volcano: erupting with fiery hot lava, to smolder evil-minded wrongdoers. She's a river: flowing with calm, peaceful persistence to soften stone-hearted sinners. He can stay dormant & she can cause havoc - it's their potential, but not their true nature. They're Galaxies Apart. The universe holds its breath & watches in awe, as they crash and burn till they either have change of heart or tear each other apart. __ Avni Singh is a peacemaker - a lovely woman under whose amazing & honest leadership, India leads at COEXIST - a global government that solves world problems as a united front. Her peacekeeping efforts are infamous over the globe for diffusing escalating tensions between countries at the brink of World War 3. With a Nobel Peace Prize to her name, a revolutionary mind & a golden heart, she leads with confidence & the world follows her example, even though some mock her idealistic ideologies behind her back. Albatross Vrokzad King is the ruler of Volzites, an emotionally & physically advanced alien species that lives on a clean, peaceful planet Volzolks in Artulis galaxy. King is furious at heartless humans; he wants to punish the parasites whose cruel & selfish ways hollowed the beautiful blue planet inside out. He kidnaps Earth's top leaders & offers them a chance to fight, not for survival, but for an easier but inevitable death. To King, human doom is non-negotiable. To Avni, giving up without a fight is unbearable. When the stakes skyrocket, what will Avni choose - her morals & peacekeeping ideology, or billions of innocent lives? Will humans finally pay for their sins? What is the fate of humanity at the hands of a furious alien & a helpless peacemaker? Will his hatred win or will her love & sacrifice conquer all? ©Paramagnetic

Identical twin brothers Donghyuck and Haechan were separated by their mother's former underworld comrades. Their mother had a forfeit for cutting her ties with them which they fulfill by taking one of the twins with them. Years pass and now Haechan is one of the most feared Don of the underworld. It is not only hard to chase him. It is impossible. Meanwhile, Donghyuck is a soft and nerdy person and is soon to be a journalist. He lives with his mother who always warns him about the underworld and its dons which only makes him curious. One day, the twins encounter each other in a very unexpected way and the action begins.

Everyone said it was an accident, but I know it was a murder. Police may have shut the case file but I would keep searching for the culprit. There's no stopping until justice is served. Curious to know who was murdered? It was a girl named Maira, who is none other than ME. Yes! It's Me👻 I may have died but my ghost won't rest until it haunts down my murderer. Read this story if you want to become my partner as we search for the murderer and reveal the mystery behind my death. Mature because it contains topics like domestic violence, caste discrimination, bullying, etc. ~~~•~~~ This story is only published on Wattpad app. If you are reading this from any other site then please beware of the possible malware risk. ~~~•~~~ Awards: 🥇 Winner in The lilies awards- Mystery Genre. 🥇First place- The Dreamer Awards 2021 🥇First place- Blossom Awards 2023 -Mystery. 🥈 Second place in The Debutante Awards 2022- Mystery Genre.