**AMBYS 2024 WINNER** The Alliance's top galactic terraformer, Pelin Demir, uses state-of-the-art biotech to transform barren rocky planets into lush habitable ecosystems. Seeking escape from a dying Earth and a tragic past, Pelin has devoted a decade to serving the Alliance in the seemingly endless galactic turf war between post-Earth humans and powerful warrior lifeforms, the Karinja. Pelin's life of quiet order is thrown into chaos when her Alliance leaders inexplicably force her to train Midori, a surly rookie navigator. When a terraforming mission spirals into a catastrophic Karinja ambush, Pelin discovers the dazzling secret that Midori, and the generals of the Alliance, are desperate to keep hidden. Forced to navigate deep space, draconian Alliance protocols, and her own turbulent past, Pelin charts a galactic course to protect Midori at all costs from the Karinja assassins hunting her, and from the sinister Alliance generals aiming to use her as a weapon of war. Yet Pelin can't seem to protect herself from her growing feelings towards her abrasive protégé. As the conflict for galactic control reaches a climax, Pelin struggles to keep Midori, and her own heart, safe. 🥇AMBYS 2024 WINNER - SCIENCE FICTION 🥇First Place, Katana Awards 2023, Science Fiction 🥇First Place, Lovely Valentine Awards 2023, Science Fiction 🥇First Place, Gloria Regali Awards 2023, Science Fiction 🥇First Place, Jamboard Awards 2022, Science Fiction 🥇First Place, Hearts Awards 2022, Science Fiction 🥈 Second Place, Aster Awards 2022, Science Fiction 🥇First Place, Star Awards 2022, Science Fiction 🥇First Place, Misfit Awards 2022, Science Fiction Cover designed by @laylagriffin_

Haresa Saenin is no stranger to villain antics. They've been doing hero work since the age of five after all. But when an old nemesis enrolls in their high school with a new identity and a hidden plan, they can't help but be vigilant and watch Sheldon Phan's every move. Sheldon wants Haresa to leave him the hell alone. Sure, when he went by the stage name Shelly, he made a bad impression by terrorizing the city as a kid but all he wants to do is get his degree and spend the rest of his free time with his boyfriend. If he had to steal and cheat people in the process, then it was the world's fault for being so unfair. Lurking in the background of Haresa and Sheldon's bickering and fighting, a greater threat is approaching. Will the two notice in time and set aside their differences or will it be a fight between the two until the end? Featured on: @ambassadorsinternational "Thai 🇹🇭 แบบไทย" @lgbtq "Bisexual/Pansexual" "Diverse Lit" @YA "Mission Impossible | Action/Adventure" @superhero "Heroic Humour" @AmbassadorsTH "The White Elephant | Mystery & Thriller" @WattpadFusion "Book of the Month" "AAPI Heritage Month Celebration | WattpadFusion" "Love, Asia" @YARomance "Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month | YARomance" @WattpadFriendsandFamily "Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month"

When Dante drinks the blood of a woman with AIDS, his health takes a turn for the worse. His immune system should be infallible, but here he is: every day, he wakes up healthy, only to attract another painful and rare disease during the day that is miraculously cured at night. It is a never-ending cycle and dreams and reality seem to blend into nothing but pain. And unlike Prometheus, there will not be a Heracles to kill the eagle and break the chains. He'll have to save himself, but can he do that when he's his own worst enemy? There's no antidote for life or suffering. *** Trigger warnings: loneliness, mild self-hate (mostly for being a vampire), passive desire to die, mention of past torture, detailed description of flu-like symptoms, symptoms of depression, anxiety Cover by the wonderful @_coffeewithhoney

[Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner] The Redding takes you if it knows your name. That's the rule that's kept Meg alive --- or awake, rather --- since the night the world went to hell. Nobody knows where the red stuff came from, but it acts like water, it's in the water, and it falls as rain every night. The people it captures drop like puppets with their strings cut. They're asleep, not dead, and you can wake them if you say their name again. But then they just try to kill you. Meg and the other survivors she's befriended think they've found a stable equilibrium, six weeks after the catastrophe began. Nicknames become real names, and Meg knows she's getting better at identifying safe houses. Her crush discovers that Morse code, like writing, is a safe way to say a Sleeper's name. It's the night after learning it that Meg wakes up just as the nightly rain is starting. Raindrops, as it turns out, can make dots and dashes, too. The Redding can talk. And it's telling her to run. ❖❖❖ Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner. Featured on: @Wattpad - Embrace the Fear: Horror Stories @WattpadExplorer - Embrace the Fear: Scary Stories @Creators - Scary Stories to Read in the Dark @Wattpad Explorer - From Our Creators @dystopianapocalypse - Featured D&A Stories @Wattpad Explorer - Why Not Buy Some Flowers @Fright - Featured Stories Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

The release of the newly developed headset, known as SoulDive, reignites interest in virtual reality massive multiplayer online role-playing games (VRMMORPG). Mythic Kingdoms (MK), a recent game offered on the new console, provides players the opportunity to traverse fantastical worlds inspired by mythologies around the world and interact with artificially intelligent characters that behave like real people. The game's fun comes to a halt when everyone ends up trapped in the game. With the "log-out" button disabled, the only way to escape is to complete MK's one hundred and fifty levels. To make matters complicated, players learn that in-game deaths will leave them in a permanently catatonic state. Mai Chongrak is among the thousands of players trapped in MK and is determined to overcome the game's challenges. When she first logs in, she notices she has an ancient grimoire in her inventory called the "Book of Fate" that no one else seems to have. It contains the history of MK's worlds, but also serves as a powerful spell book to the first mage, the Enchanter. With her guild, they uncover a sinister plot concocted by an evil organization known as Venomous Hearts, who have captured the hearts of the Goddesses of Light in order to conquer MK and break out of the game to wreak havoc on reality. "Mythic Kingdoms" is a virtual reality gaming novel inspired by KINGDOM HEARTS and the light novel, SWORD ART ONLINE by Reki Kawahara. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ~200,000-250,000 words~ ♡ Featured on @highfantasy, @YAFantasy, @StoriesUndiscovered ♡ Featured for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month on @action, @Alt-U, @anime, @WattpadDarkFantasy, @WattpadFusion, @WattpadAsianFantasy, @WattpadFriendsandFamily, @WattpadMulticultural, @YARomance, and AmbassadorsAR ♡ Updates on Sundays, 8 PM PT ♡ 3 week break every 9 chapters ♡ Content warning: strong language, minor violence and gore

Koa isn't your garden-variety vampire. They know more about human biology than any other vampire around. Unfortunately, being the only vampire interested in biology has its drawbacks. When a new disease starts working its way through the vampire community, all hands start to point to Koa as the culprit. Using their love for science, they have to find the real culprit or risk being banished from the only home they know. But just when things can't get any worse, Koa catches the disease, starting a race against the clock to find a cure before death becomes more than just a possibility. - update schedule: posting as i go

Love is in the air── it has always been── since the day Amaya came into Rae's life, and it has only grown stronger over the years as their boundaries as friends grew some wiggle room. Despite her feelings, Rae has never allowed herself to entertain the idea of breaking the boundaries altogether and turning their relationship into something more, but when a determined Amaya confesses her romantic intentions, will Rae embrace it or find a way to keep herself grounded? © 2021 Indigo Ivy Salamander / @indigosa All Rights Reserved ----- Featured as an ONC 2021 Ambassador's Pick by @OpenNovellaContest. Also featured on @WattpadFriendsandFamily, @AmbassadorFeatures, @Romance, @WattpadLitFic, @adultfiction, and @generalfiction.

Rowan Marlowe hated three things: his birth name, his father, and feeding on live blood-which was ironic for a vampire. Julien Rosenthal loved three things: sex, blood, and his bodyguard, Rowan Marlowe. Haunted and running from his past, Rowan thought he had found the perfect job as the bodyguard to the tenth vampire prince of the powerful Rosenthal Clan, Julien. Except, the unruly prince's insatiable sex-crazed and bloodlust feedings turned into a live show every night for the last twenty-five years. A point of contention between the two, but the protection of living under the Rosenthal name is too good to pass up-no matter how much Julien's antics get on his nerves. But when it's revealed a spy lingers amongst the Rosenthal Clan, threatening to burn the entire Rosenthal Clan to the ground, they'll both learn that they have more in common after all, and their need for each other is stronger than any blood ties they've thought they ever known.

AMBYS FAVORITE 2024 What happens when Joan of Arc and the Archangel Gabriël break the most important law of the Heavens and declare their love for each other? The divine plan set in motion hundreds of years ago has at long last reached the endgame. *** There is one absolute law all angels must abide by - never fall in love. After she is burned to death, Joan of Arc becomes an angel of the Vale to fight for God. But even after 600 years, Joan continues to rebel against the Lord Protector, Michael, unwilling to forgive or forget that her mortal life ended in flames. The only one she still listens to is the Archangel Gabriël, who does all he can to protect Joan from Michael's judgment. When an old enemy gravely wounds Gabriël, he and Joan are confronted with their feelings for each other - and the risks of banishment if they dare to cross this line. Yet, with a demon slowly taking hold of Gabriël's mind for the sake of personal vengeance and Michael's growing suspicion of their closeness and his own deep, unanswered affection for Gabriël, how long can their secret possibly last? As Joan and Gabriël are threatened by both friend and foe, they learn that everything they believed and fought for, everything that they thought they were, was a lie. *** [[This story is complete; total word count - around 240K]] IMPORTANT; please read the author's note for all trigger warnings. I do not go easy on my characters. Advised for mature audiences only. FEATURED ON @Fantasy - DARK FANTASY @Paranormal - PARANORMAL PARAMOURS @lgbtq - PRIDE AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER and GRAND WINNERS @WattpadESL - FANTASTICAL, MAGICAL & MYSTICAL/ FANTASY & SUPERNATURAL @WattpadAfterDark - FANTASY, MYTHICAL BEASTS, PARANORMAL AND SCIFI ROMANCE @StoriesUndiscovered - CAN YOU SEE ME NOW (September 2022) @WackyWriters - OUR JUDGES FAVORITE (March 2022) @newlywrittenbooks - ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN GO FANTASY Banner by @-xaurora Cover by @lavendareyes