Three friends travel to a temple to ask Buddha for more wealth, love and good fortune. Featured humor story, and 2016 winner of a Watty.

I promise you, there is light in this dark world, if only you know where to look. My tale is one of magic and wonder, of evil and justice-of power and servitude. But it is also a story of sacrifice and suffering. There are great feats of courage and and malicious acts of deception. But there is also the quiet heroism of one good deed and the unpraised comfort of one loving heart. #1 in Adventure 04/09/2019 #1 in Adventure 01/29/2021 #2 in Action 05/15/2022 #2 in Action 6/21/2024

There is always a house at the end of every street which people call the 'abandoned house'. Some say the house is haunted by ghosts, some say monsters, and others say it's rubbish. Have you ever heard of that tale? Well, you probably haven't or you probably have, there's no in between. This story is everywhere, especially Roston, California. . . Although this house is slightly different. Decades ago there was a fire that killed all who lived there, which left that house with auras of different families combined. When a descendent of each family walks into the house, together, anything can happen. As years past nothing had happened, but that all changed when one of the descendent families come back into town. Madness and magic will spread... © 2014-2015 E.L.M-O & A.M.H

2020 Watty Award Winner: Science Fiction In the city of Slatehallow, Eldon begins having strange dreams about a giant mechanical bird attacking the foreign city of Ironport. When his childhood friend, Timothy, arrives at Slatehallow, a strange power is awakened in Eldon, one he doesn't quite understand. Joining forces with the mysterious Marquise of Millingford and her Master, Eldon and Tim will begin training like they did in their youth, uncovering truths from their past and discovering who the real enemy is. #1 in #dystopianfuture: 12/12/20 IMPORTANT: If you are reading this story on any other platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in it's original, safe form, please go to: https://www.wattpad.com/story/218850058-a-timely-knight Thank you.

A possible future in less than 500 words, if plastic wins. This was my entry for the WattPad/National Geographic #PlanetOrPlastic competition back in late 2018. It reached their Top 10 Submissions which, given that there appeared to be well over 5000 entries, was a very pleasant surprise! The competition itself had a limit of 500 words so, for those who keep asking if I intend continuing the story, the answer (for now!) is no - unless I can find a very good reason for adding any more. Many thanks to everyone reading and voting on this story and getting it to number 1 in the #sciencefiction category in May/June 2020! I did try to thank the voters individually on their pages but Wattpad have a daily limit on the number of times I'm allowed to do that and there are now too many of you (not that I'm complaining)! Here's the top 10 submissions page: https://www.wattpad.com/list/738243473-planetorplastic-top-10-submissions If you want to read the story in Polish please head over to https://www.wattpad.com/story/236405960-m%C4%85dro%C5%9B%C4%87-staro%C5%BCytnych-t%C5%82umaczenie-pl where @juliatlumaczy has done a fine job - thank you, Julia! @juliatlumaczy has now sent me a version of the cover she used for her Polish translation - thanks again, Julia! @alex_sokolova has also translated the story into Russian as well. You can read that here: https://www.wattpad.com/976002417-мудрость-древних - many thanks, Alex! We now have a third translation! @AlfonsoLucassen has kindly translated it into Spanish and you can find it here: https://www.wattpad.com/1063634347-la-sabidur%C3%ADa-de-los-antiguos

"The biggest enemy of humanity will always be humanity." † † † † † The 'forsaken land' is that part of the world that has been long forgotten and forbidden. It has been declared as inhabitable for human species. And now no human habits there. OR SO HAS THE WORLD BEEN TOLD. Inside the sealed boundaries of the forsaken land; lingers life threatening danger. Mysteries that need to be solved. Secrets that need to be unravelled. Truths that will leave humanity questioning their morals and ethics. How far one can go to fulfill their madness? To create their insane reality? To prove they are above all and everything? This is a quest of unravelling all these secrets and find the truth laying behind them. But, How...Is going to be a journey to embark on, a story to witness and a quest to follow. THIS... ...Is the ULTIMATE SURVIVAL. ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ : This book has VIOLENCE, BLOODSHED, GORY & GRUESOME SCENES, USE OF FOUL LANGUAGE, etc. THIS IS A SURVIVAL BASED NOVEL THAT HAS MANY DARK THEMES TOO. SO, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!! Apart from that if you ended up here looking for some chick-lit, fan-fiction or young adult romance. Sorry to burst your bubble but you are not gonna get any. BUT, if you want to read a dark story with not so level headed and far from perfect characters OR a story full of depth and twists, then you ended at the right place. UPDATED REGULARLY.

Dreamer noun 1. A person who dreams or is dreaming. 2. A person who is unpractical or idealistic. 3. F̵̘̳̓̆́̑̋͊̆̄͘͘̚͠͝o̷̧͕͙̣̤̽̅̅̀̈́̏̑̒̆̚͘͜u̶̢̹͖̘͎̩̪̥̩͚̠̬̔̌̀̈́̓̏͐̐̈̃͗̚̕͝ņ̶̢̨͍̜͍̠͇̣̖̤̞̺̓̉̔̒͒́́̓̅͋̈́͝ḑ̷̨̡͍̠̭̫̭̤̖̜̺͉̟̿̽͘ͅ ̶̦̖͖̯̯͆͆̊̅̈́̒̈́̾̍̂̈́͠y̸̫̭̯̘̟̺̌̓̈́̂o̴̭̯̤͚̓̎̓̃u̸̖͖̦̪͉͗ Every year, someone goes missing. Same day, without fail, a body would turn up or a new report would be filed. Every year, they added a new point on their map, starting with the year their father vanished. Cana never knew her father, but that didn't stop her from wanting to find him. But looking for the dead often turns up secrets, and it just so happens the secrets surrounding her family run deeper and darker than most. Plunged into a world of shapeshifters, monsters and unsympathetic allies, if she's getting out alive Cana must play by a new set of rules, detached from her own reality, a set of rules her father held close to his heart. An ancient nightmare has awoken, threatening her life and the lives of those closest to her. A Dreamer must be willing to gamble everything to fulfil their duty, and its a game Cana can't afford to lose. *Sporadic updates whenever school allows*

Arabella Cartridge had her heart stolen and it wasn't metaphorically. Driven by the need for revenge against the sea witch who stole it, Arabella has turned to piracy in an attempt to steal back her heart and kill the witch. There's just one problem: a curse that keeps Arabella from dying also keeps her from finding or remembering what the witch looks like. It's this curse that gives Arabella strange abilities. These abilities lead one man to question her very existence aboard his ship: Captain Kaden Lockes Suddenly Arabella and Kaden find themselves surrounded by dangerous and otherworldly creatures. Now the two of them must team up along with a wary Leviathan and Arabella's overeager brother to fight not only the sea witch, but also a nasty navy admiral with a grunge against Arabella. Witches, secrets and myths make themselves known as Kaden learns why Arabella is so jaded and why her heart was so valued. Too bad, the truth could kill them. Highest Ranking: #1 in Adventure NANOWRIMO novel 2014

Christopher's illusion of having his life under control is shattered when the mysterious Amaryllis appears in his small town in Fife, bringing new ideas, confusion and ultimately chaos in her wake.

Evil spirits. A cursed prince. Death itself in disarray. Iris just wants to go home, but fate has other plans for this young priestess and her odd companions. /// The land of Erinlin is dying, its ancient traditions choked out by the Kaerent church and its true priestesses, the Candlemaidens, increasingly regarded with fear and suspicion. All Iris wants is to tend her candles, win her shade battles, and chat with the spirits of her realm. But when she is torn away from her home by the Kaerent king, she learns that her country needs her to be far more than a typical Candlemaiden-- she must be as the legendary priestesses of old and walk through Death itself. *** Cover help from the awesome @ArdenBrooks. Special thanks to @rainersalt, @giveitameaning, and @piperjones033 !