THE SHORTYS

Welcome to The Shortys, a bite-sized writing challenge for poets and short story writers, brought to you by the ShortStory and Poetry profiles!

Open Novella Contest 2024

[#ONC2024] The Open Novella Contest is back for 2024 with shiny new prompts to get you out of your dragon cave. Once again, we are here to challenge you to create a legendary 20,000+ word novella in 12 weeks! Your epic journey begins February 1st, so mark your calendars.✨

Pirates, Princes, and Stars

Anahita gave up her mermaid tail for legs to win the love of a prince. This was the worst decision she had ever made. Now, stuck in a kingdom of witches, floating libraries, treacherous princes and charming pirates, she must cross seas to have her wish reversed and return to the ocean she loves.

Spooky Stories: Halloween Vault 2020 -2021

HV 2021 Entry: "Fan Fiction" based on prompt 10. 4.4k words The "Ultimate Writer" Winner of the Halloween Vault 3-D in 2020. The following won their category: 🏆 "Loan Me Two Dollars?" for the Horror profile. 🏆"The Village of the Dead" for the SecretTreasures profile. 🏆"The Echo of Carriage Wheels" for the Gothic...

Bayou

(This story will be free on October 4th!) Determined to protect her family from a government set on exterminating them, Willow flees the city into a chemical swamp full of mutated wildlife. Season 1 of Toxic Nature ****** The...

Fluke

"For a place called Paradise City, this island sucks. I don't think a single day has gone by that I haven't thought about stabbing the shit out of myself," he said. "Especially since I'm forced to live with you every second of every day." "Sh. I'm trying to science," I said, not looking up from my binoculars. "See any...

Alaska ✓

NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alaska-Werewolf-Novel-Lotte-Holder-ebook/dp/B09ZD2DFSD A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY Alaska Morgan is a rogue. Having fled from her pack at the age of twelve, she has lived a life of peace and isolation from the packs since. But when her group of Rogues is attacked b...

The Things We Bury - Part 1: In Anticipation of the End of the World [Completed]

In the spring of 2012, the US government captured a creature that wasn't supposed to exist. Faced with a monster of myth and nightmares, they built a secret facility half a mile beneath the earth to lock it away. But the scientists and caregivers charged with observing this specimen have been selected because of the c...

Mounty Huntress (Excerpt) Mavis Mason Series Book One

Mavis found herself crawling home one night after another lengthy shift. The only thing she wanted to do when she got home was unwind, but to Mavis's horror, she found her home had been broken into and a trail of blood leading to the back of the house. Trauma from her past re-emerged when she found her husband had bee...

Fool For You (gxg) | Completed ✔️

Sam, a shy, 16 year old, closeted lesbian who has anxiety issues and abusive parents meets Avery, a soon to be Beta, who wasn't expecting to find her mate in a human girl. But when one act of kindness and tears start to turn things over, Avery realizes that she cannot keep Sam an arm's length away. Their relationship...

MADRIGAL

"God says no." A police officer's suicide is interrupted by the appearance of a woman who tells her she had been recruited to join a covert group that stops terrible things before they happen. Jane Berden is brought into Madrigal, a group created by a man who is able to see the future in perfect clarity and who uses t...

Casual Collection of Oneshots

A book containing all my short stories because why not? Probably will contain lots of prompt stuff, though I can see myself dumping some non-prompt stuff in here too. Will not be any fanfic though, that's something I've decided on. Status will probably remain "ongoing" until I decide to create a new collection.

The Monthly Gemstone Awards: Short Story || JUDGING

Welcome back to The Monthly Gemstone Awards! Similar to 2019, we will be hosting a contest every month, with entries opening on the first day of the month, and results announced on the final day of the month. But was is different, you ask? Well, instead of submitting stories you have already written, these awards w...

Absence

A participant in the "Big Brother" TV show finds out it's the things that are not actually there that tells the real story. New chapters Monday, Wednesday and Friday. April 1st, 2020

Elentiya: The City of Glass

Set in a futuristic dystopia, a well-founded nation must face the true colors of its establishment.

Short Story Writing Prompts

Fancy writing some short fiction? This collection contains a series of prompts that can be used as a personal challenge, a way to compete with your fellow Wattpadders and of course a great place to find some great stories. Everything from vignettes to flash fiction, a celebration of all things Short Story

We're All Mad Here

What to expect here: ✅ Mickey ✅ Magic ✅ Madness Participate in one of WattpadDisney's contests! Photosensitivity Warning: Please note, contest chapter(s) may include flashing images/gifs.

Becoming Her (Trans)

Matthew has always wanted to be Miya, practically since birth. But who can she tell? Her family is in shambles after her father left to be with his mistress. Her friends are oblivious, what with her guy friend trying to get together with her girl friend. Even strangers tell her what a nice and 'handsome young boy' Mat...

Anonymous

Chloe wants to show the kingdom of Sarias, where music is everything, that song should be filled with emotion and passion. But living in the shadow of her popstar step-sister, she has no choice but to hide who she is, even when her voice captures Prince Ethan Alexander's heart... ...

Life, Love & A Little Coffee

Graduation is right around the corner for Ada Sinclair. She's spent all of high school saving up for her dream college and skipped high school traditions to keep her grades up for scholarships. When the acceptance letter came in the mail, every ounce of her effort felt worth it. She's spent her life being a small fish...

Stolen Hearts (2012 Wattys Finalist)

A young man wakes up to find he's been kidnapped and being held a prisoner. He's told he won't be harmed and he'll be returned home soon, but can he believe them? Now he has to figure out how to survive while he shares his prison with one of the kidnappers, a mysterious girl who watches over him. Stolen Hearts wa...

The Explorer's Apprentice

On an expedition to the famous wreck of 'Titanic', 16-year-old Marley Faulkner discovers a mysterious journal, and feels as if she's finally found someone who understands her. Full of the tragic tales of a forgotten soul, the book's ending leaves Marley mourning for a girl she’s never even met. Or has she? The journal...

Incoming: A Second Chance

Emma Swade was in her 3rd year of college, had always done well in school, and was dating the most amazing guy for the past 2 years, Ethan Ross. Everything was perfect, but what happens when your past catches up to your present. What starts off as an innocent phone call turns into something much more. Will Emma take c...

Lycanferatu.

Alexandria is half vampire, half werewolf. Her mother is an actual descendant of Dracula, a legend if there ever was one. Her dad is a real scary werewolf. Shunned from society, Alex has no friends. She is alone. Or is she?

Do It Like A Dude

(Watty Awards Finalist - Trailer inside) My life is far from normal. I may act like a normal teenage girl during the day, but I'm the most fearful street racer the moment the night falls. The thing is that nobody knows I'm a girl. In their eyes I'm just a guy who has a talent for street racing. My whole world turns up...

Tempest

It started with a dream. A dream Grace found all too familiar. Soon she gets strange flashes where she sees people and places she has never seen before. And there's one face she keeps seeing again and again. A young man that seems to be smitten with Grace and yet angered by her. Soon she finds herself in a web full of...

More Than Anything

A story about and from the point of view of 6 teenagers who are all friends or in relationships with one another. With new obstacles and new people coming into their lives they learn more about themselves and secrets they never knew. As they grow up things get harder and they always have to find a way back to reality.

Hunted (on hold)

You can run but you can't hide! A mysterious man is chased by a mystery, and this mystery doesn't play nice, he will hide in the shadows and hunt you down until your too tired to resist, and then he'll kill you. So are you really better off running? And why does he want you dead? Follow both the hunter and the hunte...

My zombie killing diary [ON HOLD]

Follow me on a journey of epic precautions as I write in my diary whilst fighting zombies, meeting new friends and maybe meeting someone special ;)