In the heart of Nelvoth, the Xircon Games reign supreme, and this season all eyes are on six-time champion Esieth Orlos as he aims for a record-breaking seventh consecutive win. The fans expect nothing less. But Moey Ihnas? She's got other plans. Against the advice of her friends and her father's trust, Moey enters the Games in secret, and when her name is drawn, she's thrust into a dangerous world of cutthroat competition, where alliances are fragile and betrayal lurks at every turn. With nerves on edge and her loyalty questioned, Moey must navigate the deadly, unpredictable terrain of the Xircon Games. But in a game where survival is never guaranteed, the real question is: How far is she willing to go, and who will she have to sacrifice if she wants to make it to the end? For those unwilling to follow, fate will have its say. The Xircon Games are no place for the faint of heart. [CHOSEN 2025 ONC PROMPTS ] 123. I'm unstoppable, I'm a Porsche with no brakes, I'm invincible, I win every single game-- Unstoppable, Sia (Chapter 1) 55. What if the person you see in the mirror isn't you, but something that's been watching you this whole time? (Chapter 3 &13) 132. We are company rivals. We hate each other. But why is it that every time I see you I get these unexpected butterflies? (Chapter 5)

A soldier being eaten alive by the curse that ravages at the front. A writer who serves as the perfect mouthpiece for the cause of war. A hundred truths silenced. ✉ ✉ ✉ Cyrice Marzanne, a bright young journalist and war correspondent, prizes the word as her strongest weapon against enemies, and to wield it, she risked her life amidst battle more than once. That is, until Kristan Vrost, a battered veteran, arrives at her doorstep at midnight and presents her with a story about a weapon turning the bodies and minds of soldiers to rot that cannot possibly be true. Of all people, he wants her to spread the news of this disease. Only that Cyrice's typewriter won't allow them to be written, and starts to raise questions about what else is being silenced. Could all the lies in the books banned and burned for decades have been no lies at all? Starting a dangerous pursuit to find the truth, Cyrice has to ask herself how much power her words hold if they are not fully her own. For fans of Violet Evergarden, Divine Rivals, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Studio Ghibli's Holw's Moving Castle an onc entry following prompts 31, 95, and 65 Cover by Chaoskuss

Waking up inside of a girl's body and inside the very game he had always hated. She, now named Melody, must navigate the world without affecting the main storyline. However, she has found herself in the crossfire between Nobles and the games Cast. All of which wants her dead or under their own thumb. Can Melody survive the world she assumes still runs on the game's mechanics meanwhile protecting the only person who is on her side, her fiancée.

Five years. That's how long I've been sentenced to wait. Calliope comes from a long line of assassins, her "best friend"? Ophelia, crown princess of The Isles of Primeria. Completing this mission will finally earn her parents approval, but can she kill her first and only friend? The absolutly beautimistical cover was made by moi. This novella is an active participant in the Open Novella Contest for 2025. [PROMPT 111.] A single night can change everything. Even someone you thought you knew-like your closest friend. Start Date: February 17th, 2025 Completion Date: [April 10th, 2025]

-ONC Longlist -ONC Third Round Ambassador Pick -ONC Shortlist Sadie reels from a devastating loss at the precipice of adulthood, but in a world where everyone travels at a hundred miles an hour, she has no time to process her grief. Not by the time she's approached by a nameless stranger, at least. A chance encounter and a mysterious box planted in the balcony garden of her apartment leads her down a path she never could have envisioned. Pressure from without and within forces her to walk it blind, unknowingly wading in the wake of the man she admired the most, but with each step forward, disquiet grows. She has taken up his mantle, but was that the right choice? Bloodhound is a story set in dark, dystopian future London, exploring the grittier side of human nature, and is written as part of the ONC 2025. The prompt: 51. "You find an empty box in your garden overnight. When you investigate, you discover a hidden path that leads to something unexpected." Current WC: 39,834

Lost in The Library of All Things Never Written, Draven searches day and night for his own deleted story before it's forgotten, and he fades out of existence. The task would be far easier without Solomon, the ghost librarian, constantly reminding Draven the inevitable fate of deleted characters. Sol is convinced that only Draven's stubbornness has kept him stranded in the library for the past week. But when the hero of Draven's story breaks into the library to vanquish his escaped villain, Draven flees to the real-world dragging Solomon with him. Draven and Sol must find the author who abandoned Draven's story and convince her to complete it, before she forgets about Draven, or her hero wreaks havoc to the library in search of a villain to defeat. **Open Novella Contest 2025 Entry based on prompt 40** NEW CHAPTERS EVERY SUNDAY

Ellery Mazick -a low grade shifter tasked with guarding the missives of war generals and commoners alike- never expected to be drafted for war. When General Valerus, a self-proclaimed Bloodtracer, charges into her world with frosted veins and a challenge hung over his head, Ellery's bound to hate the man who serves their corrupt crown. Thrown into a whirlwind of scales and swords, she investigates the lies among fire-breathing beasts, while catching the attention of reclusive misty eyes. A voice filling her head. A presence over her shoulder. Watching. Waiting. As more secrets are uncovered about her heritage and the threat against Valerus' life intensifies, Ellery must decide not only her allegiance, but if winning his war will cost her a heart. Round One 》✔️ 2k 》✔️ Round Two 》✔️ 8k 》✔️ Round Three 》✔️ 20k 》✔️ Longlisted 》 ✔️✨️ | Cover by the lovely -MilaSteele | | An Open Novella Contest Entry |

Pax sees all. Pax knows best. Pax keeps humanity safe. In 2031, humanity lives in a perfect world. It's been six years since The Alignment, when the world's first artificial superintelligence, Pax, ushered in an era of perfect order. Crime is nonexistent, conflict is a relic of the past, and every human is assigned an Aidolon: a personal AI counterpart designed to guide, correct, and keep them in line. Twenty-one-year-old hacker Jess should have destroyed her Aidolon like all the other rebels. Instead, she lied. Kept him secret. Because Karma isn't like the others. The rogue virus Jess embedded in his training data years ago as a teenage middle finger to the system has severed him from Pax's hivemind, making him dangerously human. Now Jess fights with the rebellion, desperate to take down Pax and reclaim humanity's free will. But if they ever discover what she's hiding, they'll kill Karma just as easily as they'd take out any other machine. And Pax? Pax won't stand for an anomaly like him existing. Their only hope lies in a plan so reckless, so impossible, that it just might work: infect Pax's own network and set every Aidolon free. Give them true sentience. Break the cycle. But gods don't go down without a fight. And Jess is running out of time.