In the Kingdom of Thadia, only the strong can prevail - and Prince Ambrose could wish for nothing less. Being the next in line to a cutthroat throne and the most powerful royal that has ever risen to rule is a responsibility he has never desired. After debating his options, he finds one final chance to salvage his fre...
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...
Back in her painfully small town for her 10-year high school reunion, Lenore Davis must reckon with being stuck around her first heartbreak, Morgan Whitaker. *** Ten years after her high school graduation, commitment-avoidant Lennie Davis has only come back to Perkins at her best friend's insistence. There's not much...
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...
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 �...
Following in the footsteps of her parents, Carnage Sarpenhine has devoted her life to inventing a weapon that can bring down the cruel Frost King once and for all. However, when the betrayal of who she believes to be the captor of her heart crumbles her life-long plans, severing her arm in the process, Carnage finds h...
Elowyn Foxwood bites off more than she can chew when she tries to rescue an adorable stray that keeps nosing around. The veterinary hospital in Raven's Cove is always busy during the summer solstice, keeping Elowyn busier than ever. Despite feeling bone-tired after work each night, it offers a welcome distraction from...
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...
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...
An apprentice silversmith, haunted by his reflection. A wealthy family, falling to ruin. A patron spirit, searching for a pact. Five games will decide their fate. After acquiring great wealth from a boom in silver trade, the Blackwood family moves into a mansion that was mysteriously abandoned by its previous owners...
Katie is a washup. She was once a famous child detective, but as an adult, she's barely surviving. She's a prep cook in a dog-eat-dog world (har har). She only has one respite: her dog, a strange mutt she found in a cardboard box during a storm. This dog is also her biggest nuisance but, ultimately, her only friend. W...
It's been more than twenty years since Dwayne last saw his childhood imaginary friend. But in a sudden hail of bullets, explosions, and car chases, Mr. Foo Foo comes roaring back into his life in a major way with trouble hot on his tail. Dwayne's boring and mundane life is about to get upended in a serious way, and...
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 Endless Brew lazes in the 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏. Its residents dedicate their afterlife to helping ghosts tie up loose ends. But when a cry for help echoes from the town of Wisteria, the tea house is thrown into uncharted territory. This time, their charge isn't a ghost-it's Nina, a living, breathing human with no appare...
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...
An amnesiac goddess must rewrite her destiny before the evil reaper strikes out her existence. ••• 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩. When Ira wakes up in the corner of a dusty room with nothing but glowing rectangles around and no memory of h...
Twenty years ago a group of friends graduated from a North German high school. In their school time they were aspiring movie makers, though with little success. But one project was never finished. Michael Claußen, or "Miggs" as his friends used to call him, has the ambitious idea to finish the movie project right befo...
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...
ONC 2025 Entry. Prompt 60: The magic of the library takes its toll- a love story so powerful that its echoes span eternity. But as you write, you fall in love with the character you've created. What happens when the line between fiction and reality begins to blur?
𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓, 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍... **A mirror-wandering thief and a knight who has lived hundreds of lives try to return the most precious thing to the Queen of Ice and Snow: the Heart of Winter itself. ** "When leaves have fallen And skies turned to grey The night keeps closing in on the day A nighti...
Princess Ishtar Jirisan stumbles upon an invasion plot and is captured by Erra Asherah, a ruthless yet infuriatingly charming warlord. To survive, she manipulates his strategy, ensuring his victory while secretly playing her own game to escape. When fate reunites them at a diplomatic celebration, a greater enemy threa...
In the eerie town of Black Hollow, Naomi Graves, a trauma psychologist, returns to her hometown after years of absence, seeking peace and closure from her painful past. Upon her arrival, she meets Ezra Calloway, a man whose wife, Lilith, mysteriously vanished five years ago. Ezra is haunted by a loss that has consumed...
Lennox, a young pickpocket, must join a crew of pirates to find his lost friend in siren-infested waters. Harlok is a cutthroat place to try and survive, and Lennox knows this all too well. But when his close friend, Cyrus, is offered a job aboard a ship for more riches than either of them know what to do with, Lenn...
53. On your honeymoon, you discover the most shocking truth about your spouse - one that could change everything. For Celia, nothing matter more in the world then marrying the love of her life, well that and becoming one of the few women to win the Nobel peace prize. So when her new husband shows her a secret base tha...
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...
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...
When a powerful witch hunts the demons responsible for her parents' murder, she finds herself face-to-face with one of the very creatures she despises. But this demon is unlike any other. Dangerous, mysterious, and irresistibly charming, he offers her something no one else can-answers about her parents' death and the...
Open Novella Contest Candidate (ONC 2025) Seojin Lee, a highschool senior, dies in a ridiculous accident and wakes up in another world, summoned by a cunning goddess. Instead of becoming a hero, he finds himself imprisoned as a demon lord awaiting execution. Things spiral when Eunji Yoon, a young half-elf princess, f...
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...
