Prince Leo learns the hard way that even the paranoid can be right sometimes. When his own guards suddenly turn on him, he's forced to summon a demon for protection-and to finally take revenge on the nobles who have mocked him for years. But said demon is not the terrifying monster of darkness the books described. Apa...
Levi is a nineteen-year-old asexual wizard with too many problems and not enough friends to help him with them. The magic and the price for using it is taking its toll but he refuses to give up before he has fixed what he broke eight years ago. But when magical beings start disappearing around him he is forced to ackn...
When a fellow witch is accused of a heinous crime, Rowburta Copperbottom. A witch of minimal magical ability but a thirst for knowledge, must investigate the allegations and then prove at a trial the innocence of her colleague. But, with mysterious enemies trying to thwart her at every turn, Rowburta must rely on far...
In the aftermath of a long and bloody war, the daughter of a king, no longer a princess, Mussumi, has to bend the knee to the man who has defeated her father. With only a small escort to lead her back to her homeland, Mussumi soon realises that the warlord does not intend for her to reach home alive. Only the interven...
The idiot elders are desperate and have ordered me to lead a mission way too close to the forest surrounding the city. Everyone knows it's a goddamn suicide, some are just better at pretending it isn't. At least I have Astrid with me, but maybe not even she will be enough, especially since we're forced to take two use...
Prompt 19. You inherit a house from a long lost relative, only to discover it's haunted by a ghost from your past. How do you deal with what you once knew? When Simon receives an unexpected letter claiming he is the last descendant of a long-forgotten bloodline, he travels to the abandoned Blackthorne Manor to uncover...
Here is my ONC 2025 entry. I've made it to the long list a handful of times and the short list once! Maybe this year will be the year? I chose # 69 - Corporations dominate the world, stifling creativity with the force of the sterile police to eliminate any threat of unauthorized competition. It gives plenty of room fo...
Combine a mountain filled with rugged orcs with a mysteriously arrived shop serving delicate cups of tea. Could this be the start of a revolution? **** On Orc Mountain, there is nothing but dirt, smoke, and backbreaking labor in the mines. There are no colors, no sun, no breaks for rest. There is definitely no tea. Th...
Elora isn't like other girls. Because she's a faerie. The wings, the pointy ears, the sparkles-- she's got it all. She's also not like other girls because it's not often that one is ripped from royalty, whisked away by a thief with long dark hair and stormy blue eyes. With her new captor in tow, the flames of a pot...
Hiding from the strict French regime, a spirited revolutionist risks everything to keep the truth alive, until she uncovers a conspiracy that could erase her and her cause forever. - ༓ - In the dark heart of 19th-century France's reign, where print is tightly regulated, dissent is dangerous, and women are expected to...
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...
Mei's mother left Hong Kong for America when Mei was just a baby. Her husband chose to stay behind with their oldest daughter, splitting the family in half. Now at the age of 25, she has been performing missions at the behest of the Chinese government for almost a dozen years to keep the family that had stayed behind...
"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...
Cary Leong sees ghosts. Ever since his parents were brutally murdered by one, he's lived in the space between reality and the other world, mingling with humans and the supernatural alike in a desperate attempt to track down their killer. But there's only so much one boy can do---until Jackson Grey shows up on his doo...
Nyla is sleeping with her boss, but who isn't? It's finally time for her to get a move on with her life and hope she can get out of this funk of choosing emotionally unavailable women. Now who's that cute neighbor over there?
In a world where every citizen's lifespan is predetermined at birth, Liora receives an unprecedented message - she has been granted 20 days of freedom before her scheduled expiration. Confused and terrified, she escapes the surveillance state that has controlled her every move, determined to uncover the truth behind h...
• academic rival novella • The Structural Biology Lab has three rules: 1. Document everything. 2. Follow protocols. 3. Don't fall for your junior. Mr. Madhava Kamat, a fourth year grad student, is about to break one. Warning: Contents are under extreme academic pressure! --- The characters mentioned in this book belon...
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 says she inspired him, she finds herself finding that spark again. Olly Gilbert is a has-been, or that's what people call him. Wit...
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...
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...
Zade Farrah thinks that spilling coffee on his shirt or blowing the back tire of his only bike, while on his way to work, are the only exciting things in his life. But when he realizes that he is not alone in his little apartment, things take a terrifying but oddly alluring turn. ...
The only thing worse than being on holiday in paradise with your chaotic family while your father is being investigated for tax evasion? Being there with your ex.
When international superstar, Laila, decides to ignore all warnings and fly to her next gig in a storm, she finds herself lost on a mysterious tropical island with no hope of rescue. With only her uncompromising pilot for company, both women must learn the secrets of the island in order to escape back to the modern wo...
Markus has left everything behind to live in a remote cabin near a lake. He wants to be alone, but in the middle of a snowstorm, a stranger knocks at his door and asks for shelter. Prompt 44: In the middle of a storm, a stranger arrives at your cabin, and you offer them shelter. But the storm's forecast says you'll be...
This is an ONC 2025 story! When Maya decided to take a yoga class to get out of attempting an actual sport, she had no idea that she was about to unlock memories of a past life, or that she'd accidentally travel to that past and find her current self in the middle of unexpected danger involving Gods, Goddesses, and th...
In a realm where demons are nothing more than nightmares to be hunted, falling in love with one is the ultimate betrayal. But when a fierce warrior crosses paths with a cursed demon, everything they know about loyalty, fate, and fear is shattered. As their bond deepens, a dangerous attraction ignites, forcing them in...
Open Novella Contest 2025! This is my interpretation of prompt 50. A supervillain has a midlife crisis and decides to become a superhero. But redemption might be harder than they imagined. ___________________________________________________________________ Cassius Vale has spent his life in the shadows, a man forged...
Ah, the start of Senior Year. Homecoming, late-summer house parties, team tryouts, and betting on which universities will fight over your over-accomplishing athletic career. Can it get any better? Certainly not for the It Couple of Northride High. Cameron Hansley, the captain and star of the school's record-setting ho...
This story is written for the Open Novella Contest 2025. I utilized prompt number: 11. Vampires are bound by an ancient destiny: their soulmate is always human, and this bond is governed by three rules. The smell of their soulmate's blood is irresistible, its taste is sweeter than anything else, and if the love is unr...
When Rosie McGee's new husband ignores her, she begs the harlot next-door for lessons on seduction (1980s suburban dystopia with a spicy lesbian romance) *** It's 1982, and newlywed Rosie McGee has just moved into an idealistic suburban cul-de-sac called Windsor Lane. As a good Christian girl, this is Rosie's dream co...