❝ 𝐃𝐔𝐌 𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐄𝐒𝐓, 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐒𝐓. ❞ 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑 she was, 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 had always kept the real world out of her reach. When her grandmother's passing seemed to hold more secrets than she bargained for, Alana's hopes at an adrenaline-filled life quickly turned into nightmares of staying alive as she was thrown into the game of survival she had never thought of playing the protagonist of. The chosen one, they said, the only worthy descendant of the world's greatest assassin walking the line between reality and abnormality - but how much can one person take when the stakes of living a life of mystery and intertwined love are much higher than expected? ♰ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ♰ 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐄𝐒 they claimed to be, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 played the role of the stories you'd tell in the dark, the concealed identities of the world's bravest warriors. The legacy continues fifty years down the line, yet this time, there's no telling of how it will go down in history - for the light had made its appearance. Five, soon to be six, agents of the deadliest spying organization have one goal in mind - finish Operation Nightshade even if it meant risking your life. One mission that their ancestors couldn't complete, and one legacy to be fulfilled, but one question remains unanswered. Who will make it out alive to tell the story? ❝ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑. ❞ 𝗡 𝗢 𝗧 𝗘 ━━━━ • CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN

ONC 2023 Shortlister & Nano Watt 2023 Shortlist Novella Inspired by the prompt: 28: Stumped on a history assignment, you stumble across a time machine that will bring you back to the time period you're studying. ↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹ It all began with an assignment... Why? Why did I pick Cleopatra?! All I wanted to do was to submit my History in English Literature assignment, so how is it I woke up in the time of Cleopatra VII? Not only that, I am Cleopatra. ↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹ After receiving a distressing text from her best friend, Thea finds herself in the location where he was meant to be working on a secret science project. However, upon arriving, she discovers that the project may have been more revolutionary than she realised. However, with great progress comes even greater betrayals and she finds herself stuck in a time she couldn't even formulate a simple essay on. ↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹↹ Started: 3 February 2023 Completed: 10 April 2023 Edited by: @TheRebeccaBlake NB: Word count excludes A/N and banners

"Excuse me, mister, but why did everything suddenly turn black and white?" A miserable adult who prefers to ignore everything, including their dying father. A concerned neighbor/friend/something more with curious connections. A taxi driver who doesn't bother to ask where the passenger wants to go. And a cat with unclear intentions. Where will this journey lead to, if anywhere? --------------------------------------------------------- • Based on prompt #9 of ONC. • Started: February 2, 2023 • Ended: November 15, 2023

A cunning Pirate's long-lost treasure. A three hundred-year-old curse. A wicked taste of rum. ------ When dangerous paranormal activity threatens her life, teen psychic, Lizzy Summers, decides to quit her job with Boston's Chills N' Thrills Ghost Tour franchise. She starts a new life in the Bay Area with her boyfriend, Dylan Grant, working for an eccentric bar owner. After moving into her dream apartment in Boston's eclectic Fort Point neighborhood, Lizzie soon discovers a young man who lived in the waterfront premises has been murdered. The renovated loft is not only haunted; it holds a deadly secret. Not everything's as it seems as the mayor starts buying up surrounding real estate and bodies begin piling up. Lizzie and her friends must solve the murder and the mystery of Blackbeard's treasure, using an antique bell from her grandmother's attic, before they become the next victims. --- ONC2023 Prompt 30: You purchase a new home and during renovations discover a human skeleton buried within your walls. Prompt 75: You have a family heirloom, it's been passed way long before anyone can remember. You inherited this object and discover its secret. This secret will twist your life and change it forever. [Rated PG13 for language, intimacy.]

Just a collection of stats I've gathered while adding the round 1 qualifiers to prompt groups.

❝ DEATH IS COMING. BUT SHE DOESN'T FEAR HIM. ❞ For the people of Khaya's little village living amidst the woods is quiet, and even more, so it became since the creatures lurking in its shadows turned into mere fairytales. Little does Khaya know that the stories she loves to tell are true. But then on a cold winter night, an odd priest and his young soldier appear in Lasow and bring with them the message of death. For Karachun, the God of Death is to revisit them. While they are worshipped like saviors by the villagers Khaya cannot shake the feeling of mistrust in those mysterious strangers. However, if their prophecy turns out correct she might get the chance to meet the one who took her most beloved years ago. And Khaya is not afraid to face him. Yet, she does not know what battling the god of death himself means - nor what secrets can be revealed only in the deepest dark. _____ Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2023 under prompts 50 & 62

~*ONC shortlist*~ It's up to a climbing enthusiast, and the local jaded doctor to find out what's going on when a mysterious hole appears in their town's park at the same time that a strange new illness starts ravaging the community. *ONC 2023 From the ONC Prompts: 38) A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. 54) As townspeople are overcome with a deadly sickness, it's up to you, the only one not afflicted, to find the cause and cure. 69) I had a marvelous time ruining everything - Taylor Swift.

What's worse than waking up beside a dead body and a bag of dirty money? Not remembering how the f*ck you got there. Or even who you are. ~~~ When Roxanne wakes up to find a lifeless woman next to her in bed in a hotel room she doesn't recognize, she's swift to call the front desk for help. There's been a murder, after all! But fear for her life quickly turns into fear of going to prison when all the evidence seems to point towards her as the culprit. A duffel bag filled with thousands of dollars? Check. A trashed room as evidence of an obvious struggle? Check. A whole notebook with her handwriting detailing coded homicidal plans? Check. Any memories prior to this morning? ... Imma need to circle back to this later. Amidst the disastrous morning appears a sexy little stranger offering her help- a bit too eagerly, might I add. Between navigating the life of crime she woke up to and figuring out what exactly happened the night of the murder, Roxanne is also faced with her glaringly obvious attraction to the stranger turned partner-in-crime. ~~~ Agatha might appear to be nothing but a heaven sent helper, but she's got secrets of her own. Ones that would threaten everything she's been working towards if found out. In light of this, she vows to stay focused on the task at hand and leave as soon as possible. So why does she find herself spending more time with the woman she's supposed to keep at arm's length? ~~~ One overnight-amnesiac, one professional schemer. One dead body to get rid of, and one mystery to unfold. It's about to get busy. Heed the sign on the door. Do Not Disturb. ~~~ AN: This is a novella written for the ONC2023. CWs are inside, please check those out first. Prompt # 32: Your character awakens to discover a dead body in the bed next to them and a duffel bag stuffed full of cash on the floor... But the scariest thing is, they have no memory of what happened, or even who they are.

Las Vegas. Now I know why it is named the city of sins. While on a business trip, I drunk-married my boss. Drowning in tequila and the lust for the hots for my boss seemed like the best idea on my week off. There was no undoing except that my boss didn't do soulmates, fate, and marriage. Especially an impromptu one. Very well I didn't do it either. I had a list to tick it all. Many more cities to still visit. Although I never got to know why one would name their hotel REVERIE but joining as their art curator was such a daydream. And no fool would risk it all. Love or lust. Doesn't top the race. Nothing much changed until his ex thought it was the right time to claim a fine man back. Making things difficult in extravagance was her memo. The only hitch in my perfectly webbed play to not acknowledge this marriage was when she tipped it off to the enemy. With those damn wedding photos. Which I thought didn't exist until now. That is when our undone becomes the only lie that can save the Reverie in Venice. [MONDAY & THURSDAY Updates!] #ONC2023 Prompt Number 39: On a blind date with a complete mismatch, you're increasingly uncomfortable but too polite to leave. Then an attractive stranger comes over and gives you an out.