ONC 2022👏🏽
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Bait & Hook by ZonderZorg
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On his doctor's recommendation, Alex signs up to an online dating site and creates a profile as Xander. His searches find nobody of interest, and he's about to dismiss it as a bad idea when Roxy posts a message to him. Rosario is an investigator for the dating site, and the tone and content of Xander's profile cause her to red-flag him as a financial predator. She creates a wealthy widow profile as Roxy to initiate contact and honey-trap him. Surprised by how well her interests fit with his, Alex responds. Their messages become longer and more complex, and after a few days, he invites her to dinner. Not long into their first date, he suspects he's being catfished, but hungry and intrigued by Roxy, he decides to play along with her and enjoy the evening. The story is presented in first-person PoV, alternating chapter by chapter.
Crossing Paths With Fate by lillmisshailey
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Parker Beck was just your average high school girl. Got decent grades, had a part time job, listened to music religiously. When her favorite small-town artist, Soren Sheets, has a concert in her hometown, she was ecstatic about the news, but disappointed that she couldn't go. That is, until she runs into him in Target. It was almost like fate. When he gives her two tickets to his show, she could never have been happier. A few years have gone by since that night, and they suddenly cross paths once again. This time, at a big stadium with thousands of fans. Is this fate striking again?
Falling For You by Loiosh
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It's Tyler Morgan's first day as a full time employee, and the Monday forces are working full time against him. If it isn't the snow in Atlanta of all places, then its the scary woman in the elevator who isn't at all what she seems. But it's hard to find that out when you're trapped in an elevator with her, and you're not sure if the whole building is about to come down. This novella is being written for the Open Novella Contest 2022 with Prompt 47 - You're attracted to a well dressed person sharing your elevator while you are late to reach the office. You could never think how to initiate a conversation and hence ignore each other until your elevator gets stuck on the 70th floor and blacks out
Genesis (ONC2022) by basketballdemon
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3 X Featured... ✨Featured July 2022 on StoriesUndiscovered ✨ Featured September 2022 on WattpadZombies ✨ Featured January 2023 on WattpadZombies _ONC 2022 Longlist 🌼Cover by laylagriffin_ 🌼Third place winner in the Horror/ paranormal category of the Count Awards ☣️AN EPIC TALE WHERE THE STRAIN MEETS CONTAGION☣️ In 2023, Scientist Daniel Rudolph told the WHO Board of Directors that he may have discovered a cure to the Coronavirus. He is tasked with carrying out all necessary lab tests to ensure the 'cure' is safe for world consumption. Emilia Larsson, Regional Infection Prevention Coordinator with the CDC, is assigned to work with Doctor Rudolph on his cure and to ensure that all his procedures are WHO approved. It is a dream for her to work with her new team and when she meets the test subject, Alexander Maxwell or 'subject zero' as everyone calls him, she starts to fall in love with him. As Emilia fights to stop the program which she deems to have been carried out unethically, they make a new discovery. The cure works. But there is a cost.
Heartthrob (ONC2022) by Kaykay_is_vogue
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🥇 ONC2022 Round One Qualifier 🥈 ONC2022 Round Two Qualifier ••• "Touch me," he said to my hearing and I almost dropped my tablet. I glanced at him with my eyes wide open. "What?!" I whispered. Was this man crazy? "Helen, touch me. I want you to make me hard and maybe come with these people so close," he said and faced me. "I want to see if you're so confident." ••• Two years ago, Kim Helen left her abusive ex, thanks to a stranger who saved her life from her ex. A hero she always thought about even if she never saw who it was. Now, Helen feels free and ready to start all over again; she wants to feel sexy and irresistible to potential suitors; she wants to become a heartthrob. Helen decides to get private sexual lessons from a man she finds attractive- Her boss! And soon, feelings start to develop. But finding happiness isn't easy when your past comes back to haunt you. **** For the Wattpad Open Novella Contest, 2022. #Prompt 47. 18+ Started: February 5th, 2022. Ended:
Hold The Door, Please | ONC 2022 by LunahElle
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Broke, single, and stuck in a dead-end job at a company owned by her ex, Haylie Finn is more than ready to make a change in her life. When an opportunity for an interview at one of the biggest publishers in the country falls into her lap, she jumps at the chance. However, things go awry on the day of the interview and she finds herself trapped with an intriguing stranger. Who knew the hardest part of the interview would be getting there? ONC entry based on prompt #47
Light and Shadow by Carolyn_Hill
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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
Out of Order | ONC 2022 by zoe_grimm
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When Logan Corbett, the new marketing team's leader shows up late to work over a forgotten power cord, he fears his career is done for; his CEO, Callum Dawson, will question his expertise and hinder the project's funding altogether. Callum Dawson, on the other hand, just wants the rumors and dating scandals to end. After a chance encounter with a fault elevator, Callum and Logan find it a challenge to distance themselves from each other. Will this end in a ruinous scandal or something more? -An ONC 2022 Novella-
The Asshole App by Cocosghost
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When an arrogant billionaire, RAYMOND SINCLAIR, double-crosses the sinister military industrial complex, he discovers the beautiful intern he recently fired, EVELYN SIMMONS, holds the key to saving his life and his company. *There is an expanded version of this story on my profile that is more polished. 'The Asshole App Expanded Version'. *****Author's note. Story contains Mature Language and Sexual References***** My beautiful cover was made by @myie_laura 's Love Graphics Shop. Featured on the #Badass Reads Badass King's reading list No. 1 in the Jam-Board 2022 General Fiction Category. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excerpt from "The Asshole App"- "Baby, I got your text. Now, tell Mama Dee what happened." "My boss, Raymond Sinclair, that's what happened! He's a jackass." Evie gulped air, swallowing bile. "He humiliated me in front of the entire staff this morning." Struggling to breathe, she held her midriff. "I feel as if I've been punched in the stomach." "That asshole!" Deedee's voice was muffled behind the menu as she checked the specials. She lowered the shiny, laminated cardboard. "I told you the man's a soulless billionaire. I don't care how many smart phones or self-driving cars he's sold. Or how hot he looks on the cover of Time. He's an insufferable ass." Suggestively, she laid an exquisitely manicured index finger against her cheek. The jungle-colored nail was painted with tiny, fornicating leopards. "How are you going to get back at him?"
The Girl in the Elevator (ONC 2022) by KurokageJS
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Sam runs into a classy lady in the elevator. He's immediately smitten, but before he can find the courage to talk to her, the elevator stops and all the lights go out. Who said that romance never began - or ended - with a bang? ;)