OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST '25 | Two rival actors find themselves tangled between breaking into a romance plot, subduing a prowling murderer, and trying to get that Emmy nomination. It's really hard being an actor these days. ☏ The Murderer? A beloved film actress, well known for her Blockbuster Indies and Woefully Pragmati...
Freja Ahlem is anything but normal. Her parents were brutally murdered one night, and Freja just about escaped from the assailant with her life in tact. Several years later, she still has no answers. Now living with her mums sister, an aunt she barely knew before her parents passing. Freja regularly has nightmares...
The werewolves of Marrowbone Village are all dying...slowly. Excruciatingly. And unfortunately for the rest of the pack, the only wolf immune to the terrible plague-their last hope to find a cure-lies with the runt, Amelie. With time running out, Amelie desperately scours the surrounding forests, clinging to a fadin...
Quite frankly, I don't give a fuck about you or Christos. What I care about is that some Cartel punk has stepped onto my island, messing with my business, so we are going to use you as bait to draw him out. ~~~~ Five years ago, Solara Doukas escaped from a strip club in Tijuana, just to learn that her new husband is a...
Supermodel Kaia Keene has the perfect life-until she uncovers her footballer boyfriend's infidelity and shady charity dealings. Refusing to be just another scorned ex, she teams up with a rising popstar and a relentless journalist to expose his secrets. This time, she's not the side character in his story-she's the on...
After returning to college, a scarred and reclusive college student must protect the woman sending him mysterious roses, all while navigating growing feelings that could change them both forever. ----- Kal had been receiving roses from an anonymous sender since returning to campus after an incident that left him sever...
ONC Prompt #134 - "You did more for me in six days than he ever did in seven years." In a world where men hold all of the power, one can simply claim anyone as theirs via a marriage claim. Cadence's life is turned upside down when that fate falls upon her, despite the fact she never thought it to be possible. Being be...
**For the Open Novella Contest 2025!** "If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return, the spell would be broken...for who could ever learn to love a beast?" When she receives a cryptic but urgent text message from her father, Isla Lamborne returns to her childhood home in Long Island to find her fam...
One demon. One contract. And one heart in serious danger. * * * Rhea had one goal in life: survive adulthood with minimal disasters. Paying rent on time? Struggle, but manageable. Balancing work and personal life? Debatable. Accidentally summoning a demon into her tiny apartment? Definitely not on the to-do list. Kael...
Soren never asked to be the only faerie on campus who can see ghosts. Because honestly? It's kind of a nightmare. Between dodging chatty spirits in the hallways, and constantly being late because some 200-year-old ghost will not move from the dorm entrance, Soren has enough problems. And after Soren loses his protect...
"A missing woman. A chain of murder cases where the corpses refuse to stay dead. A cryptic phone. And an infuriatingly vague mystery texter." Superintendent Inspector Ahsan Kabbo has faced superhuman criminals, underground conspiracies, survived Freadmin's tyranny, and-most terrifying of all-Nishi's cooking. But nothi...
When a monster is summoned into the palace, an anxious court musician must eliminate its presence before evil corrupts the entire realm. 39. An ancient tribe, living for centuries, accidentally summons a monster. Now, they must figure out how to undo the chaos they've unleashed. 94. All the songs in your playlist begi...
Two souls once shared a passionate romance that burned brightly but ended too soon. Twenty years have passed since Angie's and Jack's reluctant breakup, and life has taken them on separate journeys. Now, fate gives them a second chance amidst the joyous chaos of their children's wedding preparations. As they navigate...
**A free STEAMY Novella** Sofia Reyes has spent the last two years clawing her way up the ranks at Kingston & Co., the most prestigious law firm in the city. She's put up with late nights, impossible deadlines, and worst of all her insufferably hot boss, Xavier Kingston. But it's all been worth it because tonight, at...
Esme and Matt can't stand each other, even if they have to play nice for the cameras. As public speculation about their chemistry heats up, they're forced to confront what's real versus what's just for show. ***** Esme Mendoza is everything Matt Crain...
Dr. Elara Voss and Dr. Niall Renton are close colleagues, working together to get humanity to live on the moon. But all goes wrong If Niall makes a big mistake. Now Earth and its population are doomed. Can they fix it? Or is this truly the end of the world?
28-year-old Calista's life took an unexpected turn when her parents died and left her all of their fortune. Her fiance Trevor came at an opportune time and helped her heal from their loss. Now, she is engaged and having the time of her life at her bachelorette party in Mexico with her friends. All that changes when sh...
"Nightmares should end when we wake up... but what if we see them with open eyes, fully conscious?" *** After moving to a new place, Isa wakes from a chilling dream of being bullied, thinking it's just a fragment of her fears. But when she stands before her new home's bathroom mirror, terror grips her-because the refl...
In desperate need of a lifeline, Spencer Pelekai catches a last minute flight to San Francisco where she runs straight into the arms of her missing piece. ***** Spencer Pelekai isn't sure how to let go of her seven-years long r...
ONC NOVELLA 2025 ****PROMPT:#126: "Because you're you, and I'm me, and we just don't fit" -Idea of You, Book by Robinne Lee***** Skylar O'Hara was a smart-mouthed and street-smart high school senior who believes that geeks and popular kids do not, and will never, mix well. And when it comes to Drake Andrews and Jor...
What happens when love collides with the supernatural? In a world where a demon roams the shadows, Nadine finds herself inexplicably drawn to Havoc, a self-loathing demon grappling with his dark purpose. As their paths intertwine, Nadine discovers that falling for a demon was the last thing on her wishlist, yet it may...
On the morning of her wedding, Edrea is prepared to seal a political alliance with the man she despises. But fate, or something far darker, has other plans. An empty box appears in her garden. A hidden path leads her underground. And a deck of cursed cards delivers her into the hands of Malphas, a demon bound by an an...
"Something has been forgotten, something has been lost and something has not been forgiven." During the summer holidays, Alex Lockwood stumbles upon a dark-and buried-family secret forcing him to enlist the help of his secondary school classmates who must unravel the truth before the ghosts of his family's past seek t...
Ivy Rosewood - or Ivonne, as her parents call her - never wanted to be a princess. Her role always fit her beautiful and charming older sister Eloise much better, but now that they are both receiving marriage proposals from foreign kingdoms, she's forced into that role as well. Unruly and with a tough attitude, her pa...
Adeliza of Normandy has only ever wanted a place to belong. The illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Normandy, she never was certain there was a place for her. Orphaned at a young age, all she knew was conflict and misery, as her brother, William, fights to inherit Normandy. Illegitimate like her, William promises tha...
Jocelyn Jones' life has always been practical - maybe a little too practical. At 44, she has spent years worrying about everybody else, trapped in a marriage whose spark fizzled ages ago. A tomboy at heart, Joss has never been the type to swoon over fairy-tale romances, nor has she ever conformed to society's idea of...
The Mindy Project meets The Silence of the Lambs ~~~ After a rough upbringing, Erin Han has transformed herself into a modern city woman: fit, beautiful, and successful. By day, she works as a receptionist at Moretti & Associates, Manhattan's premier OBGYN clinic headed by the pre-eminent, Dr. Adam Moretti, and by nig...
Fame, fortune, and millions of followers can disappear as quickly as they come, especially in an era where getting ''cancelled'' is just one viral scandal away. Hollywood's former golden boy, Finnegan Braxton, knows this all too well. Once a beloved teenage heartthrob, he's now branded as a notorious player, arrogant...
Colby is finally doing it. Not selling his family home like he's meant to be doing, that's just a side project. His real goal is to get in contact with his father's ghost and determine just what life after death is really like. Maybe he shouldn't have tested his new ghost hunting hobby on the ghost of a serial killer.
It all starts with a bouquet of roses. A renowned ballet dancer with her own studio, Lily is miserable in her spiralling career. But when she's delivered flowers by an anonymous writer who inspired her, she finds herself finding that spark again. Olly Gilbert is a has-been, or that's what people call him. With only on...