FEATURED on OFFICIAL WATTPAD's Community Happenings] Cover by the magician @MoranaInDesign (she is literally a magician!) Maya, a journalist, finds herself in the middle of religious panic when a prostitute she had met is found to be murdered. **** Lucifer, as they have been named, faces the namesake of the Devi in Devipuram. Will they be able to sacrifice this rose too like the other ones, or will the thorns now make them bleed to death? **** Maya has been tasked with writing something about the folk of Devipuram for the upcoming Puja magazine. She decides to visit the slums where the prostitutes live. Here, she meets Radha- a beautiful prostitute with a daughter. The very next day, Radha is found dead in the temple premises. And what the villagers label as the next-in-line in a chain of paranormal murders is a magnetic mystery in the life of Maya which tempts her to get to the root of this cruelty. Will she succeed in finding out the culprit or succumb to death like the five victims? WORD COUNT: 60,000-65,000 words

[ Fᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴏɴ @WᴀᴛᴛᴘᴀᴅAsɪᴀɴFᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ, @Fᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ, @Aᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ @ᴍʏᴛʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅ ] Wᴀᴛᴛᴘᴀᴅ Iɴᴅɪᴀ Aᴡᴀʀᴅs 2021 Wɪɴɴᴇʀ (Tʜᴀᴛ Sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ Qᴜᴇsᴛ) ONC 2021 Lᴏɴɢʟɪsᴛᴇʀ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬・✿・▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ As mysterious flash-floods rising from a dam reservoir begin drowning the town of Ketakey, it is up to the mages of the Kingdom of Kedhara to keep its citizens safe. Daminey Roukha, a mage apprentice of the Jackal lineage tasked with rescuing civilians finds herself plunging headfirst into her nightmares as she navigates the town. With inexplicable and terrifying phenomena thwarting her attempts at saving the locals from the deluge, time is a stream of sand slipping through her fingers. The dark secrets surrounding the quiet riverside town unfold in the peculiar rains, and soon Daminey stumbles upon a being whose existence would undermine hers in the eyes of the citizens of Kedhara. When you die in the darkness of the Ketakey Reservoir, you come back. But you never come back the same, there's always a price to pay for resurrection. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬・✿・▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ONC 2021 Pʀᴏᴍᴘᴛs #5 ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟᴇ ᴅʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ʀᴀᴠᴀɢɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀs ʀᴇᴄᴇᴅᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ʟᴀᴋᴇ/ʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴏɪʀ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ғɪɴᴅ. #66 ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ. ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴀ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʏ ғᴏʀ ʀᴇsᴜʀʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

| FEATURED | "Do you guys know each other? Great." "You both look amazingly charming together." I gritted, looking at his face as he too made a disapproving face. We both started at Ramesh sir and Samyukta ma'am. " A masterpiece on-screen couple. Maya and Ajay as Rani and Vicky." They both smiled at each other and that is when I realized my life was doomed. ***** Meeting your enemy after 14 years is never a good idea. And when you have to act like a couple, it makes things worse. Maya Padwal is a rookie entertainment reporter who wants to forget everything related to her dreams of becoming a popular actress in Bollywood. She has only one wish, to move on from her past and make herself capable as a reporter but things don't seem to work out as planned when she gets assigned to take the interview of the handsome rising star, Ajay Sharma. Little did she know then that he was the same neighbour, her childhood enemy. When fate brings her a sudden offer to act as the lead in a romance film, she finds herself paired with Ajay. Now they need to go through the whole filming process but with the rumours and camera don't lie theory, how will they manage to handle all of it? And what is this new feeling disrupting their lives? ***** 💕 Featured in NA/YA reading list of @Contemporary Lit Wattpad 💕 Featured in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun Reading List of @RomanceIN Wattpad 💕 Featured in Isn't it romantically funny? Reading List of @Humor Wattpad 💕 Featured in Diwali Reading List of @AmbassadorsIN Wattpad 💕 Featured in Head Over Heels Reading list of @Romance Wattpad 💕 Featured in Lights, Camera and Starstruck Reading list of @ChickLitIN Wattpad COMPLETED (UNEDITED) Best Rankings: #1 in faking #1 in undiscovered #4 in film #5 in partner #12 in wattpad

In which Sitara orders a milkshake in the middle of the night and Shaurya delivers it to her. ~ a novella [25,000 - 30,000 words]

"Truth is like the Sun, whereas Realization is the first encounter with reality." But when woven, an unwavering path of Self-Realization is created. "Destiny has been changed by you, Karna! Remember that eventide, when you had come to learn archery from me. Remember that moment when you had spoken about your true identity." It's a tale of Self-Realization, "I am the son of Sun God." Of Justice, "From now onwards, you are Prithvi-The Protector of Common People." Of Love, "I will fill this world with the colors of love." It's the journey of an ordinary boy whose truth became the reason for his Self-Realization. Let's join the magical and Pulchritudinous journey of Karna when he speaks the truth about his caste to his teacher Lord Parashurama. It's the life of Karna, his questions, his views, his visions, and I invite you into Karna's Realization. Flip the pages to unravel the essence of truth and Self-Realization. ━━━━━━━༺۵༻━━━━━━━ Featured by: @HistoricalFiction, @Fantasy @lowfantasy, @AmbassadorsIN, @Highfantasy, @action, and @adventure. Cover, Banner and mockup credits:- @Anoralily. Aesthetics credits: @hazelwolfx.

[desi academic rivals to lovers] Vishal and Layla - two notoriously competitive all-rounders, never shy to play dirty when it comes to winning. It's all grades and glares between them until one day, it's more. [Paper Hearts #1]

India wins the T20 World Cup! A new name is on everyone's lips: Arya Kondela--the twenty-two-year-old newcomer who hit the winning four. With not much to speak about his background, the media dubs him as cricket's new, mysterious hard-hitter. They couldn't be more wrong. He's not mysterious. Far from it. He's simple, boring and easy-going. But the world doesn't need to know that. When he's not on the field, messing up all his catches, he's at home playing Gin Rummy with his grandfather, drinking whiskey with his father, and letting Stevie the lab sleep on his back. His life has a tune to it and he isn't about to allow some misplaced luck and unwanted fame disrupt all his normalcy. It didn't matter if he never forgave his mother for leaving or if he barely knows his siblings or if he's still stuck on his first love. Problems are made to exist under the rug. But life has a way of throwing curveballs, and sometimes it comes in the form of violin-wielding maestros, rash decisions on roads, and impromptu trips to the Middle East. Times are changing and all Arya can do is buckle up. Life is just getting started.

| 𝔉𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔡 x 3 | Book 1 in the FORTRESS series Spirits. Ghosts. Apparitions. Rudra Sharma doesn't believe in any of it. He has always been a Science buff. Majoring in Physics, hoping to become an IAS officer one day and solve the practical problems of the citizens, he is one of the last people to believe in anything paranormal, supernatural, or spooky. The only horror in his life stems from a bunch of strange nightmares he has of a warrior wielding a sword and riding a horse in the middle of an ancient fort. But those are only a bunch of random dreams. Nothing too serious for him to ponder over. He and his friends are optimistic about the absence of ghosts or spirits in their world. Hence, planning to spend a night at one of the most haunted places in India is nothing but an adventure for their young hearts. But when they reach the deserted town and visit the infamous fortress of Bhangarh, they are indeed forced to admit that there are... no ghosts. Lol! However, not everything is what it seems. People around Rudra seem to have secrets. His girlfriend does. His family does. His mother does. As one by one he and his friends begin experiencing the presence of the paranormal, a gruesome truth is revealed, tying his entire existence with the haunted fortress of Bhangarh. Not to forget, all of them have their lives hanging in the balance because an evil spirit has hitchhiked with them and is now roaming free, casting its menacing shadow, and biding its time to unleash hell. [Featured by: @Fantasy, @AmbassadorsIN, @fright]

Cover by @MoranaInDesign | BOOK 2 in Maya Mysteries series While investigating the case of Abhinoy Das' death, Maya is plunged into the hidden world of Bengal's dark creatures, one of which takes a secret interest in her. **** After her success in the case of Devipuram, Maya has gained fame as a detective with expertise in handling paranormal cases. Soon this name invites her to Khatra to investigate the mysterious death of the youngest son of the affluent Das family. But unknown to her, many more deaths are occurring in Khatra, and all of the attacked are virgin females. Despite being asked to not venture outside her case, she does what her heart wishes to. And this time, her heart will be caught. [Book is not a standalone and cannot be read without knowing the events of Daughters of Kalika] Word count: 56k-57k

WATTYS2024 SHORTLIST | The Ambys 2024 Grand Favourite in Mystery/Thriller | 6 x FEATURED When a brash, rich woman, washes ashore, in a quiet country town, with a knife sticking out of her back, she promises something. A darn good story, and a chance to get out of dodge for the young inspector. But will he solve his first crime, or will he mix business with pleasure and learn to regret the whole thing? *** Devi Dhungel is broken. She's bruised. And she appears to be dead! When she washes ashore on the beach of a secular country town, gossip flutters: 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝘴𝘩𝘦? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 Mystery Cove? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝘦? 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦? Questions that also plague the lonely-yet-handsome town inspector, Hector Juan Martinez. For a man who's been searching for a little oomph in his life, Devi Dhugel brings it in spades. For him, solving the biggest crime to land on his lap could secure a promotion, or at least get him a transfer out of boreville. It's a doable task for the kind-hearted cop if only the victim of the attempted murder would stop lying about being some hotshot author he's never heard of and tell him the real story. Or he may be tempted to get rid of her himself, damn the promotion! This is Murder on the Orient Express, without the murder, of course. And only one man can solve it. Hector Martinez. But first, he's got to figure out what he's doing. *** Genre: COSY MYSTERY X ROMANCE Wordcount: 124K This is a first draft, so may contain errors/typos which will be fixed in edit rounds. Featured on: @Ambassadors - Diverse Fiction (Dec 2024) @action - Thriller (July 2024) @Humor - DiverseLit Humor (July 2024) @AmbassadorsIN - Diwali Reading (Oct, 2023) @WattpadAsianFiction - Hidden in the Sta