The Breathtakers
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Blend by addison_sweet
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✨A WATTYS 2022 PARANORMAL & "BEST CHARACTERS" WINNER✨ A college basketball star risks everything to prove his innocence with a girl who can communicate with ghosts. *** Ace Jones isn't certain about a lot of things in life, but basketball has always come easy. This is until he finds himself as the prime suspect of a murder he knows he didn't commit. Lucky for him, Devyn Brooks knows he didn't commit it either. But not because she witnessed it--she simply sees the victim as plain as day and even endures her incessant talking. Though Devyn usually does everything in her power to hide her supernatural ability, she'll have to start embracing it in order to save Ace from a common fate. And Ace will discover a deeper part of his identity that challenges his notions of the world. Will they be able to solve a case that America is so eager to pin on another Black man? ✨| FEATURED ON WATTPAD READING LISTS | ✨ 💕 Wattpad Editor's Choice Dec. 2022 💕 @StoriesUndiscovered, Thrills N Spills 2022 @SpeculativeFiction, The Crypt 2022 ⛈ A Stormy Nights Challenge Participant 2022 ⛈
Pharos Beckons by johannahefer
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Writing is my escape. -Johanna Hefer- Writing is the painting of the voice -Voltaire- To survive you must tell stories -Umberto Eco- To write means more than putting pretty words on a page; the act of writing is to share a part of your soul with the world -unknown- Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart -William Wordsworth- Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure - Mark Strand
CRIMINAL (On Hold) by KellyAnneBlount
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"The Murderer's Daughter." That's how Calla Vinson is known around the halls of Jackson High School. Unable to hide from her father's past murder conviction and prison stint, Calla does her best to avoid the relentless bullies and survive the final month of her Junior year. When her classmates start disappearing and their mutilated bodies show up in the woods, the unwanted attention is turned squarely toward Calla and her father. Is Calla's father guilty or is someone far more sinister behind the heinous crimes?
Ask Amy  ✔ by TahliePurvis
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BLACK MIRROR meets PRETTY LITTLE LIARS in this multimedia thriller where an anonymous advice website gets hacked and the dark origins of the site start to come to light. (shortlisted for the 2017 wattys, #1 in mystery/thriller)
Chameleon (The Domino Project #1) - EXCERPT by KTHanna
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When Sai's newly awoken psionic powers accidentally destroy her apartment complex, she’s thrown into an intensive training program. Her only options are pass or die. Surviving means proving her continued existence isn't a mistake--a task her new mentor, Bastian, takes personally. Her abilities place her in the GNW Enforcer division, and partners her with Domino 12, who is eerily human for an alien-parasite psionic hybrid. After eliminating an Exiled scientist, she discovers someone is manipulating both sides of the conflict. With each mission more perilous, Sai must figure out who to trust before her next assignment becomes her last. ** This book is complete, and published. Scenes posted Tuesdays/Fridays http://www.kthanna.com/the-domino-project/chameleon/
Realmshift (Sci-Fi X Fantasy) by Rytzsparkdude
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Myra Sheridan was one of the many people gifted with strange powers; opening doors, known as rifts, to other worlds, experiencing visions of the chaotic past, back when all of the realms waged an epic war against the dark forces as they aligned. Now, when the realms come to align again, like they did so several millennia ago, the dark forces, known as Draklites, have emerged once more, hell-bent in conquering all the worlds. Myra unexpectedly receives a gift; a gift that establishes her as the protector of Earth, the defender against pure evil. Myra became an Archvizier, and with allies and friends by her side, will they be able to stop the Draklites from corrupting all life, or will they succumb to the corruption themselves? Immerse yourself in the Realmshift universe following the tale of five different factions across a myriad of worlds to explore.
Try Me by DystopianLoverxoxo
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My name, is Aero Rose. I am one of the few who hasn't been taken over by our government's heinous crime of Mind Control. With the death of my entire family, I've learn to trust no one but myself. I've realized that I'm the only one I need. And I'm the only one that can save our country... So I thought.
A Different Kind of Deadly by Teraliel
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COMPLETE! The Sequel: A Different Kind of Despair, is now UP AND RUNNING! I see myself as a gentle soul. I like sunlight, warm air, and gardens; secrets that I'll need to take to the grave. I was born to Nethermount, an underground city situated deep beneath the Howling Desert, heir to House Thanos, one of six infamous clans that has the nerve to call this place home. Recently, my mother gave me an ultimatum, which now leaves me in a rather precarious situation. My name is Marvin. I suffer from acute necrophobia. And I have thirty days to become a necromancer, or else I am very, VERY undead.
Diaries of the Dead by ShadieTree
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Aiden Walker believes in himself. After all, he is the only person he can depend on considering his parents sent him away and his legal guardian died of cancer. Due to his difficult upbringing, making friends was a skill that never came easily to him. He would rather spend hours behind a computer screen, working on his debut novel. So when he moves to Brickston for a change in scenery, the last thing he expects to get is a roommate. But this roommate isn't a sleazy coach potato that he's used to rooming with. No, she's a ghost. A hot-tempered, impatient, foul-mouthed ghost. Aiden must struggle to keep his priorities in check when his ghost friend urges him to find out who killed her, with the little help of her diary. --current cover made by loved-up-- --trailer made by niallerlover8--
[CLOSED] Advertise Your Undiscovered Work (AYUW) - 2014 by xXPersevereXx
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To help fellow wattpaders' get their story out in the community and fell like their story is truly being read. This is not just filling out a form but a competition. Not every story will be advertised because it will decrease the success of the submitted stories. Out of every ten submissions, one will be chosen and advertised. In the end, this book will have a maximum of ten stories from all sorts of genres from ten different sets. Good luck!