ONC2023
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Veins of Smoke and Shadow ✔️ || ONC 2023 by AriaOfStorms
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Buried in the wreckage of a Compound meant to imprison her, Faine awakens a shell of her former self. With no memories and a growing taste for revenge, she is given the ultimate decision. She must save the city, or herself. Round One 》✅️ 2k 》✅️ Round Two 》 ✅️ 8k 》✅️ Round Three 》✅️ 20k 》✅️ Longlisted 》 ✅️ 》Featured on WattpadUrbanFantasy and Fantasy《 || Start Date 2/1/2023 || Finish Date 4/20/2023 || || Open Novella Contest 2023 ||
Underneath ✓ by Queen_of_life_Heba
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ONC 2023 Shortlister, An Ambys 2024 Favourite (Fright) & Fright Pride Month Feature 2025. *** Accomplished writer Ríone Embers' life takes a turn when she learns from the solicitor that her dead mother has left her their childhood home in Loutham. It unearths memories buried deep in her past, threatening to unravel the life she has made since leaving that place. Seeking the advice of her therapist, she decides to confront the demons of her past. Nestled by the ocean, Loutham is a quiet town with no discerning feature that might make it different from any other American small town. It's forgettable, a mere pointer on a map. Yet it has a chilling secret hidden in the very waters by which it is situated. And it is calling Ríone to come back home. *** Started: 1/02/2023 Ended: 15/04/2023 Cover Credits: @MoranaInDesign (a total magician!)
The Crimes of the Witches by TalleFey
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The banished Atropa coven witches came back in an all-destroying reaping of revenge. They killed Davinia's mother and destroyed most of her town, coven, and home. Only the humans, the Lycanthropes that bend the knee, and witches' children young enough to be manipulated survived. But that was their mistake. Davinia has dreamed of revenge every single day as she's been playing along with the Witches game. ONC Shortlist 2023 | Amby Favourite 2024 Feautred on: High Fantasy, HOGWARTS | Magic and Mages: 05/01/2023 High Fantasy, Featured High Fantasy Stories: 05/01/2023 Fantasy Ambassadors, Epic Fantasy: © Copyright All Rights Reserved
All The Lost Souls [ONC 2023] by JanGoesWriting
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[ONC 2023 Shortlister] The Hanscome Vacation Retreat had brought fun and happiness to hundreds of families over the years. But, when the last Hanscome guardian of the sprawling home dies, the once beloved hotel falls into ruin until developers give it a new lease of life. Now, potential buyers find themselves trapped in a house that has become home to nightmares and evil. Real estate agent, Maddie Bourne fights to escape the madness, to return to her family, but the house will not let her, or the others, go without paying a steep price. Only the mysterious strangers, Winter and Twilight, stand any chance of reuniting Maddie with her family. An ONC Novella, based on Prompt 62: Hell is empty and all the devils are here - William Shakespeare. A homage to the tv show, 'Sapphire and Steel', The Shining and Dirty Dancing. Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.
Cacophony [ONC 2023] by JansOtherStories
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[ONC 2023 Shortlister] When the world screams, only the dead will know silence. After an unexplained event occurs, people across the world begin to scream. And never, ever stop. As the world falls into chaos, Henna Blackmore tries to survive, looting and scavenging what she can, when she can, but the screams never stop. When her military ex-girlfriend, Cassie 'Cas' Anderson, shows up at her door, Henna isn't certain whether she is friend or foe, but Cas has information. Vital information that could save the world. They only need to travel half-way across the country to deliver it. And the Screamers are moving. Based upon Prompt 16 - The world did not end with a bang, or a whisper, but rather, one scream at a time. Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.
Excalibur by cosmic_lattes
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|𝟏𝐱 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃/𝐎𝐍𝐂 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐒| When the apocalypse arrives 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐄 is ready to accept death after living a cursed life. But fate has other plans for him. Whisked away by a mysterious taxi driver with a silver tongue, Kane finds himself caught up in the world of faes, vampires, werewolves and even dragons! What was supposed to be a quest to get answers regarding his family's elusive past transforms into a journey to make him into a warrior capable of saving his dying world. Enter 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐒𝐓. Blessed by the gods and a Lady of the Lake, her tongue is as sharp as the blade she wields. She has no love for Earth and could care less about its demise. But she too has a troubled past that she wants to rectify. If there's any hope at getting what she wants, she needs to whip Kane into shape as efficiently as possible. Kane is cursed. Tempest is blessed. Together they have the power to silence the banshee's world ending scream before it causes Earth's annihilation. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 & 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟎𝟐/𝟎𝟑/𝟐𝟑 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 𝐍/𝐀 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟏𝟔+ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐭 & 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫: @𝐗𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡