The Demon I Fell For (ONC2025)

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑨 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 �...

Forbidden Love: Rosalie & Belvedere | ONC 2025

*ONC 2025* Prompt 118: "You're feeling trapped in your current relationship and can't shake the urge to break free." A young French woman, Rosalie Ballou, is solemnly betrothed to the enigmatic Scottish Duke, Campbell, a union orchestrated to secure and preserve the noble lineage of her family's spectral abilities. Un...

Charlie (bxb) ║ ONC 2025

Sixteen-year-old Cas is clever, sporty, and on the brink of a bright future at university. His best friend Vish has no such prospects. A painfully shy artist, Vish's future won't go further than his daily routine of pills, sensory issues and panicking parents. Cas and Vish celebrate what could be their final summer t...

Wolf in the Woods || ONC 2025

Veyr Thalric was born beneath a blood moon, his fate inked in the past and bound to a future he cannot escape. The son of the slain Wolf, he has spent his life hidden in the shadows, waiting for the moment he can claim vengeance against the one who stole everything from him-Rowan Ashwood, the legendary hunter who wear...

Hook || ONC 2025

Strange disappearances have plagued the small fishing town of Port Lawrence for months. With the only thing to hint at who will be next being flickers of blue scales Terrified, the townspeople decide to take on the assistance of a legendary monster hunter. Reimu Asahi is no stranger to monsters. She has spent her ent...

The Curse of Zenith | ONC '25

In the timeless embrace of Zenith-a mansion woven from echoes and moonlight-Adina Grace walks among ghosts, bound by blood to a fate she never chose. But in the hushed stillness of the night, she feels him. A presence like a breath against her skin, a whisper in the dark. Azrael Silvino, a cursed spirit, forever yearn...

Kilroy Is Back! (ONC2025)

ONC2025 entry based on Prompt 110. 20 days of freedom and Prompt 77. In a world where art and entertainment are forbidden, you're born to challenge the system and change the world.

The Adventures of the Hypotenuse (or: Philosophy in Portland) (ONC2025)

Rennie Fitzgerald is nearly forty and has finally realized that there is no timeline for adulting, no ticking clock for setting a date for marriage, and no pressure to have children. If only Imani Aguillon's parents had reached the same conclusion... What do you do when you're on the cusp of middle age and under pres...

Hojo Ginko

In Neihon, the Yokai are leaving. Slowly, one by one, they cross the waves toward the rising sun, walking, flying, and swimming toward a new land that only they can see. Yet some remain. They remain out of love, or out of obligation. The Minamoto clan has defeated the Taira clan, driving its warriors into the sea. Th...

Paradise Rising (ONC 2025)

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...

Pick Me Up On Tuesdays (bxb) || ONC 2025

What's the worst that could happen when a socially anxious nerd crosses paths with Paramount High's golden boy quarterback in a game of Fear Pong? Spoiler alert: Everything. °*° Clark would rather fake his own death and live under a rock than go to a party. But thanks to some questionable life choices, he's now locked...

A Distant Shore [ONC 2025]

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...

A Sip of Magic and Other Oddities | ONC 2025

It all started with the tea shop and a newspaper clipping. Aletha Robin lives in the small town of Lilitia with her girlfriend Freedom Williams, who goes by Fey. They go to eighth grade together and are open about their relationship, despite facing discrimination for it. One day, Fey shows Aletha a scrap from a newspa...

A Shred of Light || ONC'25

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 th...

En Pointe || ONC 2025

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...

Where the Star Weeps | ONC25

Running from a war-torn world, Aulka and her pack find refuge in a Dream where there is no suffering, no pain, and no death. It's a well-needed reprieve...until Aulka discovers that the dreamer, Maikai, is dying and the Dream along with him. When Aulka sets out, she runs into the mysterious, Dream-dubbed "hero", Kaone...

Last Kiss (ONC 2025)

A stormy night shattered Dawson Sanders's life when she was only sixteen. Ten years later, she returns to her sleepy town in Maine, still reeling from the scars of her past. Settling into the home of her late great aunt, she discovers a secret that could hold the key to redemption, or it could trap her in everlasting...

The Lighthouse's Reflection || ONC 2025

A lone lighthouse keeper watches over the coast, tending to her light as the sea rages beyond. The storms are nothing new-neither is the solitude. She is content with the quiet rhythm of her life, the crash of waves against the cliffs, the scent of salt and parchment filling her days. But when a shipwreck leaves a bat...

Aradin's Claim (ONC 2025) (GxG)

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...

Legacies & Bloodlines | ONC 2025

Blurb When 14-year-old Eva moves to a new town with her parents, she decides to get a job at the newly opened curio shop named "Mystic Curio Shop". Before asking about the job advertisement, Eva browses through the many shelves, coming upon some paintbrushes. "Hello, I would like one of these," Eva said, pointing to t...

PARASITIC

In a world where a parasitic virus has taken control of the population, only a cure can end the tyranny, but finding it may be impossible. During a mission to discover the cure, a rover accident strands Juliette and Roman on the dark side of the moon. At odds with Roman and fighting her attraction to him, she must wor...

The King of Rats ⱽᵒˡᵘᵐᵉ² | ONC2025

** 𝑰𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉? Robin and Marian's feelings, together with their convictions, are put to the test when the bloodthirsty rat king threatens not only the rebellion but also the fate of all England. ** "Just one dream can wake a nation Just one man can break down a door A single light can be los...

Nuance -:- ONC 2025

Love and retaliation conspire to foil a billionaire land developer's attempt to bulldoze a family business. Heather Clayburn owns Nuance, a thriving upscale restaurant in a nineteenth-century house in Vancouver's West End. Her family has lived above the restaurant for generations, but after her divorce, only she and h...

Orcs, Tea, and Revolution (A Cozy Fantasy written for ONC 2025)

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...

The God Codex: SURVIVAL MODE

In 2081, Mia has survived two attempts on her life-and learned she's far cooler than her best friend, Nate. But surviving a mad scientist after the proprietary tech inside her body is nothing compared to becoming the most wanted fugitive, with a bounty on her head. The surface is still off-limits, humanity lives under...

The Perfects -ONC 2025

Isabelle Holden, Gregory Jagger, and Ren Hawthorn. If high school were a kingdom, they would be royalty. Hailing from old money, everyone turns a blind eye to their crimes: drug dealing, abuse, and addiction. They are The Perfects of Rosewood High. Everyone wants to be like them. Everyone wants to be their friend. Bu...

INTERSTICE | Outpost No. Nine | ONC25

ONC 2025 _______ Dr. Merilyn Bascom Quartermain was scheduled to return to the Olympus Moon Colony a month ago. Now, her father, a high ranking official with T-CUAS, The Center for Universal Astronomical Studies and Air Force Commander, Jethro Bascom is sending a military team to go and bring her in. If they can find...

Hymn for the Shattered Kingdom || ONC 2025

When the sacred Wind Scepter is stolen, the elven kingdom of Everdaile is plunged into chaos. Varelor, a disgraced prince, must uncover the truth behind the theft but his quest unravels a conspiracy that might paint him as the world's greatest threat. ❥๑━━ In a world on the brink of ruin, two elven brothers are bound...

Rainbow's Destiny - ONC25 (Ongoing)

My ONC25 entry: Prompt: 85: "A sickness descends on your pack, and you're the only one immune. As the Alpha succumbs to the illness, it's up to you to find a cure before it's too late." The Silver Moon pack were living normal lives in the forest when suddenly, a sickness called Parvovirousis struck within the pack. A...

Awaken Secrets || ONC 2025 🏳️‍🌈 GirlXGirl 🏳️‍🌈

"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...