If somebody were to tell Cady Somber that her best friend would be a murderer some day, she wouldn't of believed them. But now, with a police siren whining behind her, and Kendal Winters sprinting ahead of her, she doesn't know who to believe anymore. TRIGGER WARNING: this book includes themes of abuse, depression, and suicide. Started 11/29/15 Completed 1/02/17

Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can. ***** It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living? [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]]

❝JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN HANDLE YOURSELF DOESN'T MEAN I WANT TO SEE YOU HURT.❞ ━ In which Eddie Yamaguchi can't tell if she wants to kiss Axel Canterbury or punch him in the nose. ©️ Jordin Verona, 2023 CROSSES OVER WITH 'OVERKILL' BY STEPH MIDORII

Mabel's life is falling apart. Between her long-time situationship who wants to be more than friends now, her rapidly deteriorating grades, and a group of friends who've been conveniently excluding her from their plans lately, nothing is going her way, and the pressure keeps building up from all sides. That's when Katie comes along, a brilliant new student who is quickly arranged to be her tutor. She seems like everything Mabel could never be. And yet, she understands her better than anyone ever did before. As the two start spending more time together, and Mabel's life becomes increasingly messier day after day, Katie will add another problem onto Mabel's plate-one that, if not handled properly, could leave a bitter taste in their mouths... and hearts. ~ 🍋 ~ Entry written for Open Novella Contest 2025 Prompts: 126, 118, 134, 69 Genre(s): Contemporary YA Romance PUBLISHED: 2/1/2025 COMPLETED: TBA

[WATTY WINNER 2021] The summer takes a turn for the worse when young filmmaker Dakota Black returns to his Washington hometown to co-produce a series with a premium television network, and the screenplay becomes a chilling reality. ***** Dakota Black isn't looking for fame. He isn't even responsible for submitting his short film that wins numerous awards at a prestigious film festival in New York City. He has his ex-girlfriend to thank for that. One year after skyrocketing to stardom, graduating high school, and moving to Los Angeles for film school, Dakota returns to his island hometown in Washington State to co-produce a drama series with a premium television network. But when the summer takes a dark turn as the series' screenplay becomes a chilling reality, Dakota and his splintered group of friends are pulled into an elaborate conspiracy that elicits fatal consequences. [[2021 Watty Winner - Mystery/Thriller & Wattpad Editors' Choice]]

Love Out Loud Reading Event 🌈 They fall hard. So will you. From messy crushes to emotional slow burns, read the LGBTQIA+ stories the Wattpad community can't stop recommending. And win Coins while you read. 📚 Read from the Love Out Loud Reading List 🏆 30 minutes → 30 Coins 🏆 90 minutes → 90 Coins 🏆 150 minutes → 150 Coins + 1 month of Wattpad Premium 📅 June 15-21 Come for the yearning. Stay for the rewards. *** Persephone is an isolated art prodigy. Eris is the future cartel princess. When the two rivals realize that joining forces is the best way to win a prestigious competition, their involvement soon extends beyond the paintbrush into something deadly. [a sapphic mafia romance] [complete] 🎨 #1 in artist - 8/28/20 🎨 🎨 #1 in sapphic - 1/30/24 🎨 [Editor's Choice September 2023] [@WattpadMulticultural Featured Stories] [@YARomance Top of the School | Wattpad's Picks] [@Wattpad Latine and Hispanic Writers]

Soren never asked to be the only faerie on campus who can see ghosts. Because honestly? It's kind of a nightmare. Between dodging chatty spirits in the hallways, and constantly being late because some 200-year-old ghost will not move from the dorm entrance, Soren has enough problems. And after Soren loses his protective charm, things get worse. The ghosts aren't just harmless annoyances anymore. Some of them are dangerous. The shadows are getting darker, the spirits are getting hungrier, and Soren is seeing things that no faerie should ever be able to see. Soren would love to focus on literally anything else, like figuring out how to make a certain angel fall in love with him or passing his exams, but first? He needs to fix this before he ends up as just another ghost on campus.

Everleigh Meadowlark has always been good at running away. A flight attendant and nursing student nearing the end of her degree, she must face what scares her most in the next few months: staying. When she accidentally trades phones with Maverick, a DJ with a proficiency in tardiness and smelling roses, Everleigh slowly realizes it's scarier to find someone who might keep her grounded. ━ ©️ Jordin Verona, 2021 ━ COMPLETE ━ crosses over with the woman, the womyth, the legend, Steph Midorii's ADRENALINE that you should definitely go read before this. cheers, mates. ━ slowly editing. this is a first draft.

FREE STORY WITH PAID BONUS CONTENT FROM HARTLEY's POV! It's a summer of firsts for 15-year-old Gwen, including a life-or-death secret that could change her forever. * * * * * Fifteen-year-old Gwen Lincoln has three goals before sophomore year begins: 1.) experience her first kiss 2.) find a way to get rid of her childish "chipmunk cheeks" for good 3.) escape the separation of her parents ... a dilemma she's keeping from her free-spirited, yet slightly unstable best friend Hartley MacKenna, who she's visiting in New Orleans during summer break. With Hartley taking charge of her ambitious to-do list, Gwen's "Summer of Change" begins, but nothing prepares her for meeting Sullivan Reed, the adorable soccer player next door, who to her utter disbelief, asks her on a date. Now, all she needs is a crash course in Kissing 101 - and her BFF has a surefire-ish plan to show her the ropes! Caught between living her life and trying to run away from it, Gwen's longing to embrace the sun-kissed wetlands of Louisiana and broaden her previously limited horizons is coming true. But when she discovers the secret her friends have been hiding - a secret that could mean the difference between life and death - she must learn to face her own demons (with a little help from the lovable Creole drag queen down the street), or surrender herself to a tragic reality. Copyright © 2021 (post revisions) Darly Jamison - All rights reserved Formerly titled: My First Kiss (and Other Summer Disasters) Cover artist @surviving_dreams (you can find her on Fiverr!) Notice: This document is not authorized for upload or use with artificial intelligence systems or platforms. Any attempt to upload, analyze, or process this content using AI technology is strictly prohibited.

𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗬𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 · EDITOR'S PICKS · AMBYS 2022 WINNER · A quirky Asian high school story fused with sci-fi, romance and mystery | A lonely, small-town gamer girl dreams big when she enters Komoreby High in a glamorous eco-city. When the first day hits rock bottom and a science anomaly zips her to a parallel universe, she must reforge life and love while solving the mystery to find her way home. *** Komoreby is the metropolis of the future--an eco-city brimming with stylish urban life, where dreams are forged into reality. It's everything Evanna Zeller's quiet, old town was not. Nerdy in mind and whimsical at heart, Evanna is a lonely girl with dreams far bigger than herself. She's darkly inclined with sunshiny kawaii, and she's herbivorous with a taste for video game blood. Evanna's adventure of a lifetime is her move to Komoreby, where she reunites with her childhood bestie at the city's most prestigious high school. When she expects a brilliant new start, pranks and betrayals sink the very first day to rock bottom. As if that isn't bad enough, a school tour of the city's high energy physics lab, home to a gargantuan particle collider, takes a bizarre turn. Now she's trapped in a parallel universe of draconian rules and warped versions of everyone. As she spins down a rabbit hole of mind-boggling quantum physics, can she find her way home through the murk of the unknown? All the while weaving through a social web of potential friends, foes and a mysterious rocker guy she's relentlessly drawn to. © 2021 Su Vida | Exclusively on Wattpad *** FEATURED @Anime @ScienceFiction + 25 more BOOK 1 of the Komoreby series WC: 108,000 This tale is loosely a sci-fi Alice in Wonderland. The strict school is based on real Asian schools (chap 4+). The ban on romance, classroom raids and shadow education are real. Expect shoujo/kdrama vibes, slowburn ship, gaming, rock music, real science and veganism!