In a twisted game of truth and lies, Yuki Kobayashi schemes to win the heart of her academic rival, Rhett Tudor, and the college scholarship with it. But if he sees through her deception, it's game over. *** Yuki Kobayashi is the pretty, popular girl at school who's always one wrong move away from having her crystal castle in the sky come crashing down. If her wealthy classmates find out that her parents died bankrupt, Yuki's reputation at Zenith High will be shredded to tatters. With lies as her foundation, Yuki is determined to make it through the next three years with her past safely buried and her future secure. When Era Wang, the queen of Zenith, offers a college scholarship and the coveted presidency of her club as the prizes for winning a simple game, it's an opportunity Yuki can't refuse. But sparks fly when Rhett Tudor, her childhood friend turned enemy threatens to defeat her in the game and expose her web of lies. As the lines between truth and fiction blur and the distance closes between her and Rhett, Yuki must decide whether the end justifies the means, even if she'll lose her only true friend and his trust again--this time forever. ✧ Rivals to Lovers ✧ Academia ✧ GrumpyxSunshine ✧ For fans of K-Dramas like Doona! or highschool anime such as Kaguya-Sama: Love is War. ─────────────────────────────────── Ongoing Word Count: 25.1k

When Elven assassin's enslave a Fae Queen within her own mines - Chyrie is blood-sworn to forge the very iron meant to strike her down. With only a few months to sever the oath, her only hope lands in the palms of a forgotten Captain and his Sea Wyrm. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round One 》✔️ 2k 》✔️ Round Two 》 ✔️ 8k 》✔️ Round Three 》✔️ 20k 》✔️ Longlisted 》 ✔️✨️ Shortlisted 》 ✔️✨️✨️ Lovely Cover by ©️ClaraElisibeth

𝐎𝐍𝐂 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 - When Eventyr spirals into war, three young foxes from its divided kingdoms must discover themselves and their united purpose if they wish to save their home from being destroyed. -❈- A reluctant heir. A living mistake. A misguided ambition. One knows nothing but violence, one knows nothing but deceit, and the last is blissfully ignorant to the war that draws them all together. They all strive to be part of something bigger. And each has their secrets. Colborn is next in line for a role he isn't sure he can take. The burden he bears-and the sacrifice he must make to stoke his father's embers of pride-is all too much to handle. Skadi is scorned and broken. She was never meant to be born, much less, to live. All she wants is to belong, even if it means going against everything she believes in. Trygve just wants to make something of himself, to prove to his family that he isn't just a kit anymore. With passion driven by curiosity and stubborn determination, he's bound to land in the paws of trouble. As pressures rise and the war reaches a breaking point, each fox must face a decision that's bound to weave their threads of fate closer together. Either they accept their role as a force to fuel the conflict-or risk their lives to save another. But there's only one key to stopping the war. They must find the truth before Eventyr is destroyed. -❈- Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2024 Based on prompt 20: Three strangers, two secrets, one key. Final Word-count: ~38,000 Cover by: @avadel

Kindness is magic, or so they say. Gabriella has always done her best to turn the other cheek. Even when her family pushes that cheek into the mud she finds ways to forgive and forget. She's got plans to leva one day anyway so what's a few bad days? A chance meeting and a dance at a ball escalates her timeline and she's desperate to escape. Then her family shreds her las ounce of forgiveness. This time, she isn't waiting for midnight.

Janick, an air superiority witch born to a family of peasants, is tired of her life as a countryside cook but her family is not wealthy enough to support the adventurous lifestyle she wishes to live. At the same time, spurred by an encounter she makes while working the family inn, she feels like she can use her prowess with alcohol magic to make a name for herself. Trigger warning: References to alcoholism Note: The original Alcohol Witch was merged into this book and its old title was Tax Haven #1 in Taxation - April 7, 2024 Awards earned by this book as Alcohol Witch (Ch 1-8): 2023 November-December 8-chapter Challenge winner Awards earned by this book as Tax Haven (Ch 9-18): 2024 Round 1 ONC qualifier - March 18, 2024 2024 January-February 8-chapter Challenge winner 2024 Round 2 ONC qualifier - April 18, 2024 2024 ONC Long list - May 23, 2024

John Smith lives a pretty normal life. He works at an insurance firm, lives in a three bedroom house, has a Honda Civic and drives to visit his parents every fortnight. What he doesn't have is a smartphone or a fancy laptop. One morning, John gets ready for work as usual, but when he walks down to his car, it looks like he's hit one person; or more than one by the amount of blood. John has no clue what has happened, but thankfully his neighbor's security footage and his alibi confirms that John is not the murderer. Mary has all but forgotten her childhood friend. She knows her friend was chased out of town because she could shoot things better than a boy. Aside from that, she's barely thought about her. She made new friends, got a different job and stopped thinking about the girl that changed her life...

When Sawyer Smith is given a second opportunity at life, she finds herself stuck in the pages of the last book she read--her ex-best friend's rom-com. ****** Sawyer wasn't expecting to be given a second chance after a deadly incident, but she's willing to do anything to get back to her real, normal life. Unfortunately for Sawyer, she finds herself reincarnated in the pages of the last book she read: her ex-best friend's cringey Wattpad romance novel. Even worse, Sawyer only read it because she discovered she was the inspiration for the main antagonist. Which was, she would like to point out, written before their infamous falling out. Now, stuck wandering the halls of this strange, cursed high school--stuck with an even stranger bad boy, who may or may not know more than he lets on, and a frustratingly beautiful but misogynistic Mary Sue main character who will stop at nothing to ruin Sawyer's day--Sawyer must work the system to create her own happy ending ... or die trying. (Potentially.)

Hailey Baker doesn't do weddings. She doesn't do small talk, dancing in public, or flying--ever. She prefers her feet on the ground, her heart locked up, and her sarcasm sharp enough to keep everyone at arm's length. Enter Charlie Wilder. Air Force pilot. Best man with a questionable mustache. As a certified golden retriever, he barrels through life with laughter, charm, and zero chill. He's the exact type Hailey swore off--persistent, ridiculous, too handsome for his own good... and annoyingly hard to ignore. After one unforgettable kiss cut short, fate throws them back together. Charlie is determined to prove he's more than a reckless playboy, and his relentless pursuit is equal parts infuriating and irresistible. But behind his sunshine smile is a man with secrets of his own. She doesn't do love. He doesn't do serious. But the chemistry between them? That might just take off-whether Hailey's ready to fly or not.

Ever since he was a child, Robert has never liked his family's business, but neglecting his family's legacy has never been an option-as the only way out is through or by death. On one of his missions for a client, he broke the major rule of being a bounty hunter, which is; never get attached to your victim, and as a result he spares her life but unknown to him-he was subjecting her to a fate worse than death. On finding out about the pitiful predicament of the girl he saved, he's determined to hunt down his family who turned out to be responsible. Now he's forced to be the very person he didn't want to become, a bounty hunter. But for this hunt, his price would be a girl-that's if he's fast enough to save her. Prompt 58 of ONC: In a world where family business means being a bounty hunter, you're not really keen to be part of it.

All Rights Reserved: Aleksandra Mihaleva /@justthebadassme/ 2024 Open Novella Contest 2024 >>> O N H O L D <<< &gt; 2000-word milestone completed The city is seductive, but yet so cruel. And still, it hides me from anybody's eyes when all these hundred millions of windows are watching. Maybe billions even! A murder that has to remain a secret, although everybody knows. And a getaway until every borderline of this country. I am lost again... *** All rights for the used media (if used) in the book remain to their original creators!