𝗟𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀. Steadfast paladin Séa and half-elf rogue Tash duck into an inn for a well-deserved sex marathon, but their carnal delights are interrupted by the king's guards...
ONC Shortlister 2023! There are few rules in the Kingdom of Kadotaru, and punishment is not kind, even for the young prince who wishes he was anybody else. Tied to the crown, to his family, to his kingdom, there isn't much he can do. He isn't born to bear the crown, to rule over all the creatures of Kadotaru, but it s...
Stolen from her homeland by the ruthless alpha who killed her family, Princess Angharad will do anything to escape her mate bond and wreak vengeance on her captors. When a charming newcomer with a dangerous secret agrees to help her, Angarahad vows to destroy her mate bond by any means necessary -- even if it means ma...
| Round 2 Winner & Ambassador's Pick | Nightshade. It's a name spoken only in whispers for fear that speaking it aloud will summon her. It's the air of death that hangs on the wind and lurks in shadows. It's a curse, a deadly blight that leaves pain, misery, and a single purple flower. Azalea is a weapon, forged in...
The House of Atreus bears a curse. One steeped in blood and nourished by decades of violence. Klytemnestra knew this when she married Agamemnon, but being a princess in Sparta doesn't leave you with much choice, though she longs for it. The Fates spin their threads impassively but all Klytemnestra wants, is to be fre...
[8X FEATURED] Merlin is the greatest-eleven-year-old nerd the world doesn't know because his name has cursed him--he's all parts nerd and zero parts magic and all he wants is to be cool. When Merlin hacks a new encryption code designed to protect online banks, he receives a full scholarship to Code-X Academy and wins...
Humankind has long since perished. But life goes on. Nature is slowly reclaiming the planet. A fire forces a young red fox named Kip to flee her den for the first time. Now alone and left half-blind, Kip must struggle to find refuge for herself and her two cubs. One thing is for certain: this nascent and feral world i...
Hell is empty and all the devils are here Earth has been invaded by the demonic and humankind has been brought to its knees. It was beaten into me that tough times create strong men, and I guess I'm one of them, whether I like it or not. They call me the Nemesis and label me as the Vanquisher of Evil. I do not need or...
🏅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...
- ONC Contest - Shortlisted! - When millionaire Devon Orlando calls Avery out of the blue, insisting she take the job as singer at his exclusive club, what she wants to do is slap his gorgeous face. Instead, she accepts, swallowing her pride. For one thing, she needs the money. For another, there's a serial killer ro...
|| ONC2023 SHORTLISTER x 3 FEATURED || "𝙰 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎." Denizen is Blank Slate, the number one villain in the region-except he doesn't remember it. With only a cryptic note telling him his eight rules, he sets out to discover just exactly who he is and...
[ONC 2023 SECOND PLACE WINNER | AMBASSADORS PICK 2023] An unwilling but gifted geneticist must find a way to safeguard humanity against the deadly pathogen she's forced to design or die trying. *** The planet's population is pushing past 11 billion and counting. With resources spread thin, widespread famine, and heal...
Earth, 35th Century. You can cheat death by downloading your consciousness into a Virtual Universe, with thousands of imaginary worlds to choose from, and countless 'lives' to be 'lived.' But someone of vital importance to the Virtuaverse has been murdered offline. It's up to Daniel Crow Feather, Missing Persons Speci...
Ben Goldman is a successful estate agent with a keen eye for refurbishments. But when he buys the derelict, 111 West End, no one mentions its dark history or the local tales of its ghostly inhabitants. After extensive renovations, Ben develops an unexplainable attachment to the house and, unwilling to sell, he lets 11...
Callista isn't exactly the best in the business. When it comes to being a cupid, she struggles, and her snarky little lovebird pixie assistant isn't any help. She's already in hot water with her boss and has to make her monthly quota by the cupids' biggest day of the year, Valentine's Day. She's on a great streak u...
While her best friend Cassidy snacks on brie and boys in France, Darcy Li-Quinn must face her last year of high school and the unpredictable wrath of her sister, Danica, alone. Darcy's plan for dealing with Danica and her heinous friends is simple-be invisible. But first, she's promised Cassidy she'll do 'one brave th...
An amateur medium races against the brink of her own sanity to track down a serial killer who is already in possession of his next victim. And she only has 23 days to solve the case or else. *** Devyn Brooks has only ever had one fear: don't become like Aunt Atheena. But after helping her boyfriend, Ace Jones, solve...
Hannah meets Max - who broke out of prison. Despite her head telling her he is dangerous, she can't help being attracted to him. - - - ♡ - - - A regular Friday night turns out anything but for Hannah when Max breaks out of prison and she gets caught up in his escape. Against all logic, she is attracted to him, and he...
A kingdom forged out of blood would bare no peace in its time. The Kingdom of Lythe was no less an example of such an ancient rule. Seven countries locked in a faceoff ready to see who would start the next great war. The two main suspects: the northern giant Wisteria and its great southern rival Skrill; slimy foes rea...
When Jessica Sayers and her friends discover a mysterious artifact that allows them to manipulate their dreams it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. It's not long however before they realize that their nightly adventures in their new dream world have deadly real-life consequences. What was once fun and games wi...
Eletonias is a kingdom of great technology and pain. Magic is banned, and those found with it face a fate worse than death at the hands of the King and his machines. Runa barely leaves the candlelit alleyways she calls home, working with a rebel group to overthrow the rulers who have forced her to hide her true self...
The grass-covered hill awakened with a fury, deluging the cities around it with fire. Those out of reach of the lava received the snowfall of ashes. Houses collapsed under the weight of the flakes of airborne stone. With the cracking of the stones and bedrock around the now-active volcano, a plague clawed its way from...
What if having superpowers was not a gift but a curse? Would you still choose to use it? Aleksandra Leszczyńska works as an agent for a secret government organisation training people with superpowers - the Gifted - to work as a police support force. Working as a public servant to keep peace and order was always her dr...
Hiding in her room, Miral wonders how best to run from the surprise party when the most unlikely person rescues her, or maybe he is the likeliest. After all, only the troublemaker Sahir dares to antagonize her mother. It might annoy Sahir to be the only person in their class not invited, but that is not why he crashes...
Asa is an unwilling sensitive with a fear of mirrors and anything reflective. Amy is an unwitting empath. Together they are responsible for murder. THE SHIPPY SIBLINGS are rarely alone, despite living as secluded orphans on the remains of their family's generational farm. Tucked between the scrub-spattered...
When a magical necklace is found in the belly of the slums, Octavia sets out sell it. But when the deal goes wrong she's thrown into disarray and a disturbing truth awaits to be unveiled. ________________________________________________________________________________ An Entry for ONC 2023 Prompt 20: You finally buil...
| 3x Featured | | ONC 2023 Shortlister | "I'm not scared of heights. I'm afraid of falling from them." - - - A love-cynical high school athlete and a helpful, ailed high school senior work together, maintaining a dating platform to escape family and forget t...
~ONC 2023 Shortlister~ An embezzlement, two murders and a series of suspicious deaths that follow- with a bloodthirsty murderer on the loose, Gabriel must race against time to defeat a powerful nemesis with no regard for law or life. Armed with an amateur for an assistant, next to no evidence and an old walkie talkie...
An angel becomes a guardian for a human haunted by a dark curse. ***** Azrael, a Seraph, is one of the last of her kind, haunted by a centuries-old curse that turns her people into monstrous Revenants. When she meets Adira, a human targeted by the same evil forces, Azrael's own darkness compels her to protect the youn...
[ONC 2023 Honorable Mention] Zero is the resident hacker of the Heights Crew, the best drone 'jacking crew in all of Bernal Heights. During a routine heist, the crew stumbles upon a storage drive that turns their world upside down. Now on the run from enemies within and without, Zero must find unlikely allies to rescu...