Ethan Wong, an ex-prodigy violinist, thinks it's not meant to be. After his latest mental breakdown at his last violin competition, where he placed tenth out of ten contestants, he's not sure why his music professor appointed him the soloist for their New York concerto. Cameron Langley, the star college baseball athlete, believes it's meant to be. After being completely ghosted and shut out of Ethan's life after high school, he's finally found the man at a chance encounter at an overbooked hotel. More determined than he is to win his college's first championship, Cameron is desperate for answers and another shot at love with the guy who stole his heart. Will they face the music or strike out from each other's lives for good? -An Open Novella Contest 2023 Shortlister-

When Ethan Johnson wakes up with a dead body next to him and a duffel bag full of money, he has no memory of how he got there. As he tries to uncover the truth about his past, he discovers that he possesses an alien artifact, a key that operates a gate to the various 'memory storehouses' in the galaxy. With the help of his fellow Team Agent, Sharon Michaels, Ethan must follow through with a dangerous mission to save the Earth or all of humanity's memories will be harvested and lost forever.

Bernard heard other elves talk about finding true love. After living a thousand years he'd not found it, always waiting one more day knowing full well the odds were stacked against him. Disclaimer - I don't own 48 Christmas Wishes or The Santa Clause. This is written for ONC 2023 for prompt forty-three, "You waited a thousand years to find your true love, what's one more day?" 2/5/25 - Ambassador Pick for Fanfic for February 2025. 3/9/25 - Added to Fanfic's Crossover list.

All Seraphina wants is to kill the king of the vampires, but ending the life of Hawthorn Lukariah is not as easy as she thinks it will be. Given a golden opportunity to achieve her goal, Seraphina accepts an offer from the human government to take down the king of the vampires. With the skills that she's spent years developing, Seraphina is their ideal assassin. One fateful moment will alter everything, and the past that Seraphina wanted to avoid will catch up to her. Forced into a situation that she cannot control, Seraphina has to accept that she must bide her time. When the situation changes and the government moves to strike again, Seraphina must decide to listen to her mind or follow her heart. Will Seraphina save the king of the vampires? © Cover and Story TM Watkins (xMishx) 2023 No part of this story or cover may be used without written permission from the author. This story is exclusive to Wattpad. All rights reserved.

Hannah meets Max - who broke out of prison. Despite her head telling her he is dangerous, she can't help being attracted to him. - - - ♡ - - - Hannah loves romantasy shows and her cat Elvis. It's a typical Friday night for her, until she runs into Max - the handsome inmate she's been spying on for weeks, now on the run from the police after his escape from prison. Caught up in Max's plans, Hannah's life is turned upside down. She must confront her own issues - self-doubts, her taste for bad boys, and a growing attraction to Max, who doesn't seem to mind her company either. But as they grow closer, Hannah realizes Max isn't a gentle man and almost nothing he says is true. Faced with the harsh reality and the police, Hannah must make a choice. Will she follow her heart or reason? - - - ♡ - - - Note: This story is meant to be a bit funny. Don't take it too serious ;)

(ONC 2023 Shortlisted) Shannon Meadows thought he was renting a house in a quiet secluded neighborhood that would allow him to focus on writing his literary masterpiece. Little did he know he was living next door to 80's rock legend Antony LeBon Lacey. Their personalities clash immediately, but soon they are forced to work together to discover what happened when two months disappear overnight and they appear to be the only two people left on Earth. Can they overcome their differences to find an answer to this mystery?

Three women. Three tangled lives orbiting Mars aboard the Phobos Transit Space Station. Val loses her station operation engineer job under false pretenses, Exo-biologist Cassy is blackballed for doing the right thing, and ex-marine Kate suffers a broken heart. Fortunately, Mavis, the owner of the Starlight Tavern and rescuer of lost souls, is there to help, recruiting the women into her Quilters Guild. But when hostile forces invade the station, the stakes become far greater, and the Guild finds themselves embroiled in a multi-world conspiracy. And they are not about to just stand by and let it happen. Redemption comes stitch by stitch. *** Open Novella Contest Round Two Ambassador Pick *** *** Open Novella Contest Winner - Third Place ***

Until recently, Mia's biggest challenge was attracting visitors to a province whose unsolved crime rate keeps climbing. After her Bear Claw Lake ice fishing tourism campaign gets axed because a body was discovered, an unusual stranger offers her unconventional help to catch a potential serial killer. Even with his help and that of her childhood friend from the affected community, the clues leave Mia with more questions than answers. But she must discover the truth to keep the province safe, get justice for the victims and save her job. Trigger warning: This story is related mature because there are brief mentions of the suicide of a family member having an effect on a supporting character as well as one scene that flashes back to child abuse in the form of neglect resulting in a near-death experience. Cover photo by Simon Wijers (from Unsplash)

There once was a boy named Raziel; Whose mother was Rachel and murderer was Thanatos. He went to Elysium at 16 and years later was reborn. Whom Death sensed had returned and rose his scythe to reap him. This second time how will the Son of Hades respond to the call of Grim? _________________*________________ A demigod is destroyed by Thanatos in 1966 and revived by Hades almost a century later. However, to him, it feels like he's only been gone for mere seconds. But his locked memories and unfamiliar surroundings makes him to doubt his initial perception and the enigmatic butler that tends to him. He must now figure out how to avoid Death the second time along with the help of two mortals (descendants of legends) that he meets in highschool. _________________*________________ *Book 1 of SoH(SON OF HADES) ----------------------------------------------- A novella based on the ONC 2023 Prompt 2 #FEATURED on @WattpadDarkFantasy *Cover by the awesome @JadeJupitar2023

***2023 SHORTLISTER FOR THE @OPENNOVELLACONTEST & FEATURED ON (FORMERLY) @STORIESUNDISCOVERED'S 'FEAST ON FICTION' READING LIST IN OCTOBER 2023*** Born and raised within a few steps of Hollywood's golden gate, Arlene Berkshire always knew she wanted to be an actress. After some minor roles in overlooked features, Arlene gets her break at last when she secures a role in Forrest Washburn's highly-anticipated directorial debut. Asked to play opposite a veteran actor who seems to stray from the script only in her presence, Arlene soon finds herself at the cusp of a blossoming affair with the famed Norman Stillwell himself. Yet it is not long after their affair's beginning that an individual reveals a secret that could bring ruin to Arlene's career before it's even started. Thus torn between the man she's fallen for and her reputation, Arlene realizes relatively quickly that no script could have prepared her for what turns out to be her own Hollywood scandal. AN OLD HOLLYWOOD NOVELLA & AN ONC ENTRY.