This is the Stormy Nights Reading Challenge. (Sept 2nd thru Oct 31st) Join the fun to find new stories and possibly win prizes. This is a collection of murder mysteries, horror stories, science fiction, and some humor--the perfect stories to read on a stormy night! Brought to you by @LLSanders @Monrosey @SheHopes ***Please note: Participating stories may refer to issues and situations that some readers MAY find distressing. Please read responsibly and take note of each author's individual warning for possible story triggers. ***NOT affiliated with Wattpad or Wattpad staff

✨A WATTYS 2022 PARANORMAL & "BEST CHARACTERS" WINNER✨ A college basketball star risks everything to prove his innocence with a girl who can communicate with ghosts. *** Ace Jones isn't certain about a lot of things in life, but basketball has always come easy. This is until he finds himself as the prime suspect of a murder he knows he didn't commit. Lucky for him, Devyn Brooks knows he didn't commit it either. But not because she witnessed it--she simply sees the victim as plain as day and even endures her incessant talking. Though Devyn usually does everything in her power to hide her supernatural ability, she'll have to start embracing it in order to save Ace from a common fate. And Ace will discover a deeper part of his identity that challenges his notions of the world. Will they be able to solve a case that America is so eager to pin on another Black man? ✨| FEATURED ON WATTPAD READING LISTS | ✨ 💕 Wattpad Editor's Choice Dec. 2022 💕 @StoriesUndiscovered, Thrills N Spills 2022 @SpeculativeFiction, The Crypt 2022 ⛈ A Stormy Nights Challenge Participant 2022 ⛈

Vampiring is HARD. Things Bob has on his checklist when he accidentally becomes a vampire: a) forget everything he knows about vampires b) Google vampire survival tactics c) don't get brutally murdered by vampires. Apparently there are vampire LAWS, and Bob, a young, romantically-challenged black man living in Toronto, never got the guidebook. Even though it's not his fault that he's broken every rule, a secret vampire society is hellbent on giving him a more permanent death. With the help of his best pal, Claude, Bob tries to stay alive and hopefully turn around his screwed-up existence in the process. This is a FREE story with Paid Exclusive Chapters. Wattys 2022 Shortlist Wattpad Stormy Nights - Winner 20 CHAPTERS only on Wattpad [[word count: 50,000-75,000 words]] EXCERPT: ****** "Look: vampires are traditionally afraid of religious symbols. It's a well-known fact. If you're any kind of vampire, you should be outta here by now, not just sitting there drinking your coffee." "I'm not actually drinking it yet. Some idiot keeps interrupting me by shoving religious symbols in my face." Claude held up an ornate brass cross with a macabre Jesus Christ in the throes of death, designed to repel any nearby vampires. "Oh look," I said dryly, "the idiot's back." ****** Edited by Debra Goelz Cover model: Ariel Pacheco Cover Photo by: Theik Smith Cover designed by: Rodney V. Smith Want more? JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/brxdsA9 Jaime's Infinite Playlist (spotify) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7DfPirPYtLKwEeSQ1upKZY?si=NhEhkcsIQOOpb7kKXIXWNw Book Playlist: https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/jaimes-infinite-playlist/pl.u-JPVJCEXxXYv

Surviving in juvenile prison? Tough. Surviving in juvenile prison with the added bonus of seeing ghosts? Tougher. Bailey has a sixth sense, a criminal record and no appetite for trouble; serving a year-long prison sentence already sucks enough in and of itself. If only the spirits would leave her in peace. A strange warning, an inexplicable injury, a disturbing message written on her cell's wall in blood: Bailey has no choice but to conclude a ghost is out to get her. To save her life, she must find out why. But in a place where restriction is everything and escape impossible, that may be harder than it seems. ~ONC 2020 shortlister and honourable mention~ ~Featured on 'Die Young, Stay Pretty' reading list on @Horror~ -Featured on 'Horror/Paranormal' reading list on @CommunityTeam~ ~Featured on 'Life after death' reading list on @Paranormal~ ~Featured on 'Wicked little creatures' reading list on @TeenFiction~ ~Featured on 'I see dead people' on @fright~ ~Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered, may 2022~ ~Featured on 'The Rebels' reading list on @Badassreads~ ~Amby Awards 2023 Top Pick~ Written for ONC 2020. Cover by @agraveyardhag

** PREVIOUSLY A FEATURED HORROR STORY** The dead have risen. You wake up in the middle of this violent, rotting new world. The putrid stench of carnage is in the air. You flip on the news to learn that dead people are coming back and cannibalizing every living creature in sight. A never-ending cycle of death and the rise of the undead has begun. Will you fall prey to the undead, or have you got what it takes to survive? Females and males can participate! In Guts you control your fate. You will choose your own path to survival or death, so choose wisely. Good luck . . .

A librarian gets sucked into a web of horror as she investigates a century-old disappearance in the new town she has moved into. *** Yvaine Agan had always led a quiet life and had expected to do the same when she moved to the small town of Andrasville. Little had she expected to encounter a message in a bottle dating back to the 1800s and the whispers that accompanied it. As her curiosity grows she finds herself immersed in the mystery of the disappearance of Wilhelmina Andras and the darkside of the seemingly peaceful place. Will she be able to unravel the century-old mystery? Or will she be sucked into oblivion, becoming one more tragic memory of the town? And most importantly, is the disappearance of Wilhelmina Andras the only conundrum that haunts Andrasville? *** Started: February 1st 2022 Ended: March 31st 2022 Word Count: 32,304 Cover Credits: @Atwin_May Achievements (Currently/Previously): ONC 2022 Longlisted, General Category Winner at Dusk Awards, featured by @Paranormal, @fright, @Mystery, @action. Featured by @fright for AAPIHM 2023.

•• Wattys 2018 Winner •• Wattpad Featured Story •• One day, a wind blew into the town of Millstone and didn't stop. Slowly people moved away. It was like the town was trying to clear itself out, as though it was preparing for something sinister. When a strange man moves into town and purchases the old abandoned farmhouse on Clay Road, Harper suspects he might be up to something. As Harper and his best friend Jeremey investigate the man's activities, they end up discovering some frightening truths about their town, the newcomer, and the wind itself. But getting close to the truth comes with risks, and they soon find themselves in danger not only of the stranger on Clay Road, but also the dark forces within Millstone that have remained silent for too long. •• AWARDS •• 🥈2nd Place in Horror, The Chaos Awards (April 2018) 🥉3rd Place in Horror/Paranormal, The Literally Lit Literature Awards (May 2018) 🥈2nd Place in Horror/Paranormal, The Blossom Awards (June 2018) 🥈2nd Place in Horror/Paranormal, The Psychedelic Awards (July 2018) 🥉3rd place overall and best grammar, The X-Factor Awards Season 2 (August 2018) 🥇1st place in Horror, The Hidden Gem Awards 2018 (September 2018) 🏆 The Wattys 2018 Storysmiths Winner (October 2018) 🥇 1st Place in Horror/Paranormal, ILoveAwards (May 2019)

When men vanish around the city, a young, paraplegic detective takes it upon herself to uncover the truth and soon realizes the culprit might be a lot closer to home than she imagined. **** Barbara Gordon thought her career as a promising young detective ended after she was left crippled in a tragic accident. But when men start disappearing around the city, Barbara is given one more opportunity to fulfill her dream. Convinced her dad's new fiancee is not who she seems, Barbara begins her own investigation and discovers she might be responsible for the recent string of disappearances. But a darker truth lies just below the surface. If this once would-be detective wants to solve the case, then she must accept the help of some even more mysterious--and possibly dangerous--allies. [Wattpad Editors' Picks AUGUST 2021] [Wattys 2021 and 2022 Shortlist] (Cover by @lantea-)

Participating story in the 2022 Stormy Nights Reading Challenge! Popstar Insomniac Werewolf? Verity Jayne is harboring a secret buried so deep, even she doesn't know what it is. Until one day, she does. Or she thinks she does. Her family and friends worry that she's losing her mind. Either they're right... or they're lying to her. Alek Sinclair knows her secret, but he isn't telling her what it might be. Hired as her bodyguard, Alek's real mission is to watch Verity for signs that she's taking after her mother. Verity believes her mom succumbed to mental illness. The truth is far stranger-so strange that even Alek will be forced to reevaluate everything he thought he believed in. Verity wants to embrace who she's become, but if she does, Alek will have to finish his mission: ending her life before the world finds out what she really is... or what she's capable of doing.

REWRITING How far would you go to clear your name of a murder you didn't commit? Would you sit back and let life unfold around you, or would you take matters into your own hands? Follow young artist Kazimir Ivánovič Vassiliev down a bloody trail of revenge, deceit, and deadly secrets to uncover the truth. When he seeks help from gangster Emmett Larson for a murder investigation, he never knew how strong his feelings would grow as they search for answers and try to clear his name. Amid their murderous world, love is the last thing they need on their plate, but the heart isn't always tamable. The line that keeps good and evil divided is wearing thin, cutting deep through Kazimir's fragile heart as he struggles to piece himself back together. Will he be able to return from the shadows as a victorious hero, or will he succumb to his darkest desires and let his own demons control him? Genre: Crime Drama/Mystery Current Word Count: 10,015 Cover by the amazing @Crimson_Graves