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Distantly Falling Stars (GRAND WINNER * ONC 2019) by Di_Rossi
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Seti, a humble civil servant at the Office of Information, is selected for an important mission to retrieve a cluster of 'fallen stars' with very special, and very secret, properties. But why has he -- ambitionless and without influence as he is -- been chosen? And just who wants these particular stars at all costs? As Seti becomes more and more involved in the machinations of shadowy figures, he realises he has his own personal mission to fulfil, and it has nothing to do with the one he was selected for. Distantly Falling Stars is punk genre thriller set in ancient Egypt following the 2019 Open Novella II prompt #2. (Wicked Meteors) Cover by FlavoredWolf ⭐️ Placed 2nd in the 2nd round of the ONC. ⭐️ Grand winner of the ONC 2019 ⭐️ 2nd place in The Historical Award 2019 (Historical Fiction profile)
The GreenHouse by JoWatson_101
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It's been 99 years since Yellowstone park erupted, causing a mass extinction and plunging the world into an ice age. Survivors are living in a structure dubbed the Greenhouse. They believe they're the only survivors, until a message appears on the outside of the glass. Jack Paul lives in a land of ice and snow, and Ruby Hammond lives in a lush, tropical world where the sun always shines. Even though they're from such different world, their fates are so intertwined that they are destined to meet.
Stealing from Wizards by raconsell
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Volume 1: Pickpocketing Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life , but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity honed him from a young age into the finest young thief in in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for nothing: Avalon Academy, school of magic. Out of his depth and unable to escape, can Kuro find a place among the other misfits at the school, or will his past return to ruin the one chance he has to leave his life in the shadows? I'm also publishing this on Royal Road.
11/28 by uliaj06 by baenewyorkcity
baenewyorkcity
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"So we meet again." ... Ex best friends. 4 years later. New York. ... After being best friends for 8 years, life gets in the way and they part. Rowan Lane works as a fashion assistant. Tate Woods works alongside his dad in this big business they own. He"s very wealthy. Rowan works a lot at fashion shows. She was asked to go to this event to convince certain famous/respected people to come to a show for publicity. Little does she know, it's HIS event. After all these years, they meet again. Who knows what will happen. Same place, same time. ... DISCLAIMER: I do not own this book. uliaj06 (Julia) created this book. Many people wanted to read this book, so I put up as much of it that was left on my profile. If this is illegal or copyright, please let me know and I will take this down! I have no intentions on stealing Julia's work, 100% of the credit goes to her. All 26 chapters are directly from her book, unedited.