Three months ago, Press Gregor was the most popular mage influencer at Vale College. He had the brand deals, the enchanted content and the boyfriend everyone envied. Then came that stupid garden party. Now Press can't remember what happened that night. All he knows is that his magic combusted, someone got hurt and Mateo Santos, the boy he loves, broke up with him before the smoke cleared. Fresh out of magical rehab and forced to live with his ex's mother, an arcanist assigned to monitor his recovery, Press is trying to rebuild. But the people closest to him seem invested in making sure he never remembers what really happened. When a blackmailer gives him five days to leave Caldera Heights or watch his worst night go public, Press realizes the combustion that ruined his life might not have been his fault. Someone wanted him gone. Someone may have cursed him. And the conspiracy runs deeper than one garden party. Now Press has five days to clear his name and survive a world where old money, new magic and dangerous secrets collide. The closer he gets to the truth, the more he realizes that everyone around him has something to hide. Including the boy who broke his heart.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Updates weekly.

When her office burns down an editor must work together with the most infuriating man alive or risk the promotion she's been working her entire career for. **** Chielozonam 'Elo' Williams is doing great. All things considered. It doesn't matter that the job she loves as editor at PerfectRomance, the publishing imprint she's been working at for the past five years has started to feel more like a chore these days. It doesn't matter that her judgemental father might be right about her wasting her life away by not using her full potential. What really matters is getting her dream promotion and enjoying the prime years of her youth. That is until the unthinkable happens. After Elo's office building burns down overnight she's forced to share an office with the one person that makes her blood boil: Connor Price. Archenemies since their days at college Connor makes getting under her skin an art form. He's brash and rude and irritates her like nobody else can with his scathing looks and contemptible behavior. It's not long before they're locked in a battle of wits, neither willing to back down or give up. When they have to work together to acquire a potentially lucrative manuscript, they are forced to put aside their long-standing animosity for an adventure that will blur the line between hate and desire until neither of them can tell where the fighting ends and the falling begins. PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION meets ANYONE BUT YOU meets THE HATING GAME in this contemporary rom-com about resilience, self-discovery and two sworn enemies who can't tell the difference between wanting to kiss or kill each other. An ONC 2026 story inspired by prompt 40. THIS NOVEL IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON WATTPAD AND INKITT. IF YOU ARE READING THIS ANYWHERE ELSE, PLEASE INFORM THE AUTHOR VIA WATTPAD, AS YOU MAY BE READING FROM A MIRROR SITE WHERE IT HAS BEEN PLAGIARIZED AND YOUR DEVICE MAY BE SUBJECTED TO A MALWARE ATTACK.

Four strangers are trapped in an elevator and forced to reveal details about their most malicious deeds within the hour to prevent a fall to their death. But as secrets are exposed, tension escalates, leading to a reality no one is prepared for. ***** Tasha Pierce receives an anonymous invitation she believes is from her ex-boyfriend hoping to see her in the high-rise building where he resides. But upon ascending in the elevator with three strangers, one of them hits the emergency stop and demands they share details of their most malicious deed within the hour to prevent falling several stories to their death. As secrets are revealed and the hour closes in, who the people are and why they are trapped in a precarious elevator together soon becomes the least of her worries. ***** ONC Prompt 56: You are on a typical awkward elevator ride with a group of other people, and suddenly someone says, "So, I bet you are wondering why I've gathered you here," before hitting the emergency button. ***** | ONC 2023 Round 1 Ambassadors Pick | Copyright©2023 by L.L. Sanders

In a land where you pay for clean air, what would you do to survive? These three teens are about to find out...the hard way. In life, nothing of value is free. Not the food. Not the land. Not the water. And certainly...not the air. 200 years into the future, people must buy air. But for some to win, others must lose. This book is a STANDALONE and does NOT require the previous book in the series. The other one is New Adult, while this one is Teen/YA

A hunt for treasure becomes a search for self. Lillian Fray, an adjunct professor at a community college, is asked to solve a puzzle involving a cryptogram and the link to a dead billionaire's sentient avatar. Her quest is fraught with racial politics and a hurricane tracking toward what used to be New Orleans. At stake is a sovereign fortune, the lives of her children, and the key to her identity. "It's not punk, but it has the sharp teeth." -Sam Broussard, Acadian Heritage & Cultural Foundation "I appreciated the technical layering of the cipher. Some of the details of the dregs of civilization were poignant." -David Sloan, author of "The Cameraman" "Pure noir. Your imagery puts me in smoky back-room deals on a black and white TV show in the late '50s. I was on that ship with Knightly and Zeke." -Carolyn Holland, author of "Behind the Dark Veil."

Becca Reed lives in a society where they must always wear masks. White masks are the good and black masks are the impure, the criminals, the evil. She is stripped of her white mask and thrown into the world of the Dark Clan, where she is forced to become the face of a rebellion called the Maskless. Meanwhile, there's an insane man who keeps stalking and threatening her, using her as a puppet. She's pulled in three directions--can she keep sane under all this strain? . . . There is a place full of shame and hatred Where people hide their torn faces They cower behind masks and close themselves off And they're told not to come out no matter the scoff No matter the torment, no matter the pain, Taking off your mask will admit that you're vain. Never take off the mask that hides your deepest truths But what if you did, what would you find beneath the ruins? Someone is following Becca Reed He wants her on the Dark Clan And he says things... Things that don't make sense. Things that are making Becca Reach insanity. But what is insanity In a world full of it? | BOOK 1 OF THE MASKLESS TRILOGY

Two 'average' Community College girls have their lives changed overnight when they accidentally cross over into a different dimension. Suddenly, Chim's biggest problem is no longer coming out to her parents, while this dimension might be the solution to Max's biggest problem. ***** Chim Nedi is your typical upstanding college student with above-average grades living a seemingly normal life. Max Campbell is the opposite with below-average grades, a traumatic car accident experience from a couple of years ago, and a slight marijuana problem. But what happens when they find themselves in a different dimension, a parallel universe of sorts with no one that understands but themselves? What happens as they explore this new world while exploring themselves and their relationship with each other? Can this fantasy world lead to romance? (Book One of The INTERDIMENSIONAL series.) Content and/or Trigger Warning: Drug use, grief, addiction, torture

When Americans turn 20, they become immortal- if they can afford it. Ilana is ready for her birthday so that she can become immortal and enjoy a world where there's no need to live cautiously. When a new amendment is proposed to euthanize Americans who can't afford immortality, the entire country- and Ilana's plans for her birthday- are turned upside down forever. *Content Warning(s): This story contains some mature themes such as grooming, mild gun violence, character death, mild drug use, and brief mention of suicide.