The house is safe. The hills outside are not. The basement is out of the question. Joel has been trapped in the house for what has felt like an eternity; all hope of escaping lost after the first few years. Without the company of the eight strangers who arrived with him, he would have gone mad long ago. But while liv...
🏅HONORABLE MENTION IN ONC 2023🏅 Written for the 2023 Open Novella Contest: It's easy to get away with crime in a packed, unruly and newly built city--Cantonesia: The Jewel of the Orient. That's what Amelia Yeung's family has been doing for decades. She's part of Cantonesia's most notorious and elusive mafia family...
** The horror slumbers buried under many meters of rubble and desert sand. Nameless cartouches, desecrated relics, and a sarcophagus containing an ancient riddle. ** "Ancient lands lost in time. Storms of sand, walls of lime Surround this mask of death that I wear Awakened by invading souls The curse of Pharaoh upon y...
Eight years after the Great War, the world is now ruled by four kingdoms. On the surface, there is peace and prosperity. However, nothing is ever what it really seems. Each Emperor seeks power. Each ruler is searching for the key to winning over the others. Each one is looking for the unknown legendary strategist. Oh...
General Min Lian has climbed the stairs of treason and reached the top: his opponents are crushed, dissent is all but gone, and his ascent is a matter of time. Soon enough, he will become the new Chairman and cleanse his beloved country of the despicable spinners - artists who dare to shape the world with their unnatu...
Humanity always held a discernible kind of potential; one that wavered in its fragility every time the earthly concept of good and evil was tampered with. What was once a world equipped with the brightest of stars, became a land overrun by monsters deformed by mortal-urged hunger. Those of whom hungry for everything b...
Welcome to Alexander, Michigan. It's a small city like so many others on the surface. But underneath, there is something in Alexander. Something predatory that haunts this city. Tim has seen the madness haunting him both awake and as he dreams. There is no escape as the dead continue to taunt him. There is only death...
When Akali, a young diwata, chases her dream to become the best tattoo artist in the realm of the Engkanto, she struggles with the challenges of her new job and gets into mischief as she serves various creatures in the famous parlor of Pinta inside an acacia tree. *** Featuring the mythological creatures from the Fili...
❛ . ╱╱ ❪ 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 ❫ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Ambys 2023 Winner | 2x featured As the Roman empire reigns over Judea, a couple from a small town is chosen to fulfill a prophecy that will deliver their people from persecution. ( ✦ ) ▌ 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❪ 2020 ©...
When two young demonhunters discover a magical map in a secret weapon stash, they decide to follow it into the unknown of Faerieland to find its treasure. *** Frankie and Meg are the best of friends. They also happen to be stud...
🏅🏅🏅🥉🏆Winner of 3rd place in the Wattpad Halloween Vault.🏆🥉🏅🏅🏅 🏅 Highest ranking: No 1 #Halloween Vault 2021 🏅 "In the darkness its limbs are misshapen, elongated... It drags itself over the stone floor inch by inch and I'm frozen to the spot in horror..." "Each year, they say, someone goes missing on Hallo...
On crossing paths with an old friend, Maeva is one more heartbreak away from feeling alive again.
Nineteen-year old Nico Floyd has the world on his shoulders. After his freshman year of college is brought to a devastating halt by the death of his father, Nico is left picking up the pieces of what remains in his childhood home of Heavensport Island, Maryland. Five rambunctious younger siblings. A resentful mother e...
In the prestigious race of stars, Sozo must hide the truth of who she is or pay with her life, but her blossoming relationship with the most talented competitor threatens everything she's worked for. ***** Every ten years, the lucky chosen bond with...
Iris's brother has done a stupid, stupid thing by challenging a shadewalker from the Veil family to a game of Creznen Roulette. Unfortunately, he won. Now, the shadewalker's older sister is demanding Iris's life in retribution. In desperation, Iris's father has gone to Adrian Colt, another shadewalker, begging him to...
Kya Edwards is a liar. She can't seem to help it. She opens her mouth and the lies just spill out without thought or reason. Typically, her lies are harmless until one lie spirals and lands her in a heap of trouble with the absolute wrong crowd. Who knew the Mafia wouldn't have a sense of humor? KISS ME WHEN I LIE i...
What would you do if you were one of the only people to remember someone? After witnessing the murder of their ex-classmate Markus Raz one night, Hazel Blackwell and her friends start to notice something strange. Nobody seems to know he died that night, and stranger yet, nobody seems to remember him. Then, a string o...
Long after its mistress's death, the organ of Madame Ophelia pounds out a strange, haunting melody every night, tormenting the villagers in their sleep. Something must be done. Enter the Bunts: a young couple who buy Madame Ophelia's house, unwittingly stepping into a nightmare worse than death. A short story.
When Zev finds himself on a journey away from his home in Sanctum with only a new friend and his less-than-powerful ability, he must travel a path of hardship and dedication to find his lost older brother. In a tornado of self-discovery and more mysteries about the twelve-layered world he lives in than he can count, Z...
Sometimes, the known roads we take in life bring us to unexpected turns that alter the course of our lives. When Jahan Fatima decides to give up her job to travel the treacherous mountain roads of Northern Pakistan, she isn't expecting it to involve murder and mayhem. Soon, Jahan's quest for justice will take her down...
Dive into a captivating collection of conversations with the winners of the prestigious Elpida Awards. This book provides a unique glimpse into the minds and creative processes of some of the most talented authors in the literary world. Cover by @latoniamiller
