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 thing'. Mustering the courage to say 'hi' to the cute boy on the bus, Darcy expects rejection or indifference. She doesn't anticipate a grumpy ghost with unfinished business who needs her help. Suddenly, a quiet year of flying under the radar looks increasingly unlikely. *** Rationally, Hunter Viera knows that his brother's death wasn't his fault. But that doesn't stop his guilt about Archer invading his every thought or lessen the grief sitting heavy in his chest. Changing schools offers a fresh start, and Hunter's plan is simple-be invisible. But he hasn't counted on Darcy, or her ludicrous claim that Archer speaks to her from beyond the grave. Suddenly, a quiet year of sitting on the sidelines looks increasingly unlikely. *** This is a story about hearts and hope and public transport. This is Darcy and Hunter's story (and a little bit Archer's too). *** 'Get A Life' is my entry for Open Novella Contest 2023 and is inspired by the following prompts. 20. You finally build enough courage to talk to that cute someone you see every day on the bus. Their face turns dark as they respond "You shouldn't be able to see me." 9. There's an urban legend that's been circulating for years about a taxi cab that doesn't take you where you want to go, but where you need to go. One night, you stepped into this cab.

Despite the fact that Blythe didn't choose her new husband to be her partner, the young woman is optimistic-this is a chance for her to join a family that will actually love her! Who wouldn't be hopeful, after enduring 23 years of toxicity and hatred? However, just when Blythe thinks she's found a place to belong, she learns her new family is just as unkind and unsympathetic. She falls into despair, resigning herself to a life where all she can do is gaze out onto the cerulean sea, dreaming of a better life...or so she thinks What Blythe discovers in those tumultuous waters is much more fantastical than just a happy future. Amidst the unknown depths, Blythe encounters the enchanting Calypso; a mystical siren ensnared by the allure of humankind, just as the young woman herself is captivated by this ethereal creature of the sea. To escape her unhappy marriage, Blythe will have to learn to trust in Calypso...or face the wrath of a true monster on her lonesome. *ILLUSTRATIONS EVERY CHAPTER!* MERMAY 2023 WINNER! AMBY WINNER 2023!

"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ in order to escape burdensome social obligations.

[WINNER - Wattpad Low Fantasy Ambassadors: A Magical Suprise contest] I don't do New Year's Eve-I'm asleep every year before the clock strikes twelve. I guess, in the celebratory sense, I'm a midnight virgin. Ok, and maybe in the general sense, too. But that's not the point. Or maybe it's part of the point. The real point is that New Year's Eve, with all the drinking, and all the parties, and all the resolutions...it's a shit show. Because nothing changes. Fine, nothing in my life changes.

* ONC 2020 AMBASSADOR'S PICK * * ONC 2020 HONORABLE MENTION * * ONC 2020 SHORT LIST * * HIDDEN GEMS * Sean has a problem: his dreams come to life. It causes him enough trouble that he moves across the country to start fresh at Everwood Institute. But as his repetitive dreams become more vivid, he wonders if anything he sees is real, and if the black leaves Finn trails behind him are truly there... Finn tries to keep his dreams under control, but this year, he keeps dreaming the same dream. It haunts him in the day, and doesn't help when he's trying to keep his past problems separate from his present life. Then there's the matter of Sean, who leaves flowers blooming wherever he steps... As Sean and Finn grow closer, they realize there's more to their dreams - and each other - than they know. ~*~ COMPLETED | #lgbtq+ #mlm #contemporaryfantasy "How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?" - Plato Prompt #15, OpenNovellaContest2020 Word Count: 21,198 words

Tristan is a Quiz Bowl star. Vyrsa is from the stars. But is their interstellar romance written in the stars? *** Following a successful heist on a rival planet, Princess Vyrsa just needs to step through the Portal of Wishes to be brought straight back to her home planet Isola. But when Vyrsa steps through the portal, she finds herself on Earth, a primitive planet in a forgotten corner of the universe, with no means to return home. After having spent the night studying for an upcoming Astronomy test, galaxies, planets, and asteroids are on Tristan Conway's mind as he drifts into dreams. So he's unfazed when a strange glittering woman suddenly appears in his dorm room, convinced she's nothing but a figment of his imagination. When he finds her in his kitchen the next morning, eating his textbooks and befriending his cat, he's not so sure anymore. With no fancy alien tech at her disposal, Vyrsa will need Tristan's help to return to her faraway home planet. Ecstatic to be part of a plot reminiscent of the space movies he loves, Tristan throws himself wholeheartedly into the mission. After studies of possible fuel sources turn into Netflix binging beside her endearing host, Vyrsa's resolve to leave weakens. Maybe she'll just stay with Tristan a little bit longer... Surely nothing bad could come from it? Unless the owners of the artifact she stole figure out where she went and decides to obliterate the whole planet where she's hiding just to punish her, of course. *** This is an ONC Novella using prompt #18: You step through a magical portal thinking it's the way back home, but what you find isn't what you expected. This story is completed.

❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞ It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target. Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours. [2022 Watty's Shortlist]

⊹ Book 2 of the Aldergrove Duology ⊹ {ONC 2023 Shortlister} Desperate to see his dead mate again, Sebastien makes a deal with the Devil. But the price he has to pay is much more complicated than simply handing over his soul. ⤠ ≻ ◈ ≺ ⤟ Graduating from Aldergrove Academy and heading to the New World was anyone's greatest dream. But what was the point in starting a new life if the person Sebastien fought so hard to be with wasn't around to start it with him? Struggling to accept the death of his mate, Sebastien seeks out one of the rulers of the New World and offers him his soul in exchange for his lover's resurrection. But any deal made with the Devil is never so simple, and there are several deadly strings attached. Sebastien faces his greatest challenge since going up against Aldergrove's elites, and this time, his brute strength simply won't be enough. ♠ Gay Male MC ♠ Haunted House & Paranormal Curse ♠ Race Against Time ♠ Word Count: 31,600 ─────────────────────────────────── ✵ NumenVerse year: 1177 2023 © Tate Csernis | | Exclusive to Wattpad and Inkitt

[Completed] The Royal Guard of the Empire has faithfully served Byzantia for nearly three centuries now. Hand picked from foreign lands, these guardsmen hold no political ties, carry no agendas, and bare no creeds except to those who sit upon the Onyx Throne. They are vanguards, protectors, loyalists. They are Vangen. Change has come to the Empire. An Empress sits upon the throne now, destroying any who would rebel against her with both fire and iron. To the east, her loyal Vangen work to quash the newest rebellion, until a letter arrives one day, marked with the Empresses seal. The contents within bare only dread and disturbance for the Guardsmen. The Black Ministry, the former Emperor's cabal of Sorcerers, have turned against the Empress. The Vangen's return is bittersweet. The city they once called home is now a battlefield, every street a choke-point. Every home a possible nesting ground for rebels. The Royal Guard will have to fight tooth and nail to put down the Ministry and protect the Empress, but the deeper they go, the harder the lines begin to blur. In a world where good and evil does not exist, where then does a man's loyalty lie? (Comments and Feedback are always appreciated)

Fed half-truths by his kins, an angry vampire starts to abhor werewolves. However, his longing for a certain wolf might be leading him straight to a war - between their species - just like the one fifteen years ago. ********* Book 1 | Beyond Matebond series {ManchildXManchild} Dimitri Putin, twenty-five years old, is the son of the commander-in-charge of the vampire coven in the town of Pentagon. Uncaring - although a bit perturbed - of that his arch-nemesis, wolves, he roams around the town. His aloofness towards the beasts comes to an end the night he has a run-in with a cocky werewolf outside his usual hangout place. Chris is a werewolf with a jovial persona. He is a casanova and is at the top of his game until that one night when he crosses paths with a rather delicious-looking Dimitri. Right there, Chris decides he wants a taste of the vampire. They meet, fight, go separate ways and repeat. The pattern only seems to break when a smart and powerful enemy is thrown into the mix. As they dig deeper into the identity of their foe, skeletons start spilling from dusty closets. The duo now has more baggage than ever. Will Chris and Dimitri be able to eradicate the threat together while standing united or lose the fight because of their ego? ********* 206 in #lgbt 93 in #india