Sadie takes her dream trip to Australia where she embraces solo travel life until she crosses paths with quirky Irish traveller Neil. The two discover they share more than their love for adorable Aussie animals as they complete bucket lists they'd planned with their exes. As their connection strengthens, Sadie considers unsettling her newfound peace and self-acceptance for a connection she'd thought impossible since her destructive break-up. Amby's Contemporary Novella Favourite 2024 ONC Shortlisted Story 2022 Featured on Ambassador's 'Lattes and Life' chapter of the 'Ambassador's Picks' book (April 2025) ContemporaryLit's 'Hot Encounters' (Dec 2024) 'Contemporary LGBTQIAP+' (June 2024) reading lists Romance's 'Slow Burn' reading list (June 2024) StoriesUndiscovered 'Tales of the Heart' reading list (May 2022) Copyright all rights reserved 2025

In a land where dragons must split themselves into separate entities of Light and Shadow, silver dragon Magnus teams up with dwarf warrior Hilda and human wizard Kara to confront the angry Shadowfolk looking to reclaim the lives of their counterparts. ___ This is my entry for the ONC 2022 contest. Status: completed February 18, 2022 Grand Winner of the ONC 2022! Original cover created using CANVA PRO on February 1, 2022

Elena, star reporter of her high school newspaper, must survive interviewing her crush, Chase. Chase, the star player for the soccer team, cannot overcome friend-zoning Elena without sacrificing his future. Will both be able to put their differences aside and surrender to their feelings? Or will one have to choose between the love for the other and their future? *** Prompt Used: For a school magazine, you're supposed to take individual interviews of the soccer team players. You are now hesitant to interview someone whom you have been admiring for years now. @OpenNovellaContest Copyrights© Wattpad.2022. Inc. All Rights Reserved. Published 02.02.2022 UPDATED EVERY SUNDAY - WEEK 2

~ turning point (noun) a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs, especially one with beneficial results. ~ Morgan Lin has spent the last four years trying and failing to move on from a devastating loss. Settling into a comfortable rhythm of working from home and spending time with those closest to her, the last thing on her mind is romance. Her life may not be 'exciting', but it's safe and steady. The two things she needs as she attempts to recover. When Gabby Vásquez moves in across the hall, sparks fly - and not the good kind. Gabby's dealing with her own heartbreak the only way she knows how, with loud music and kickboxing. The former of which drives Morgan crazy. The latter of which may just be the key to helping her move on. But the more time she spends with Gabby, the more Morgan realizes that, not only is her heart starting to knit itself together again, it may just be opening up to new possibilities. If only she would let it. One apartment block, two souls in need of healing and a turning point that will change everything.

Having worshipped at God's feet for the best part of twenty-five years, Father Hendrie should know better - nightmares are only a fabrication of an over-active imagination. But the dreams which haunt him are terrifyingly vivid and all are somehow linked to an ancient mirror in his attic. It had been there when he moved in six months ago, but he thought nothing of it then, planning to get rid of it when he had time. Of late, though, it seemed to lure him - tempt, bait - and his faith is hanging in the balance. The nightmares begin encroaching on his waking day - he sees demons from the corner of his eye, even in the faces of people he knows in the community. Adding to the terror, multiple natural disasters bombard the news stations of the globe - people are living in fear as their homes and families are taken from them by earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and forest fires. The world is in chaos. Things take a turn for the worse for Father Hendrie. After an extremely unsettling visit from what he could only describe as an unearthly creature, he deduces he is going mad. All that he believes is being thrown to the four winds, scattered, invalidated. He finds himself talking to demons, listening to impossible stories of Earth's history and more frighteningly, its destiny. 'Heaven' and 'Hell' are about to collide in a battle for dominance over the human Realm. And Man is about to meet his makers. Commenced 2nd February 2022 Copyright © AJWright 2022

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