❝ 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣｡ ❞ ✮₊⊹₊⋆ ☠︎︎ ⋆₊ ⊹✮ Savannah St. James knows how this story is supposed to go. The star quarterback falls for the quiet, bookish girl, leaving his blonde, cheerleading girlfriend behind. When she catches her boyfriend, Jason, cheating with Emily Hayes, she does the reasonable thing: dumps him on the spot. But the next day, Jason spreads a rumor that Savannah was the cheater, not him. While Savannah becomes a social pariah, Emily and Jason get to have their happily-ever-after. Except Savannah isn't interested in being anyone's cliché. So, in a moment of blind, drunken rage, she kills Jason. It wasn't exactly part of the plan, but now Jason is dead, homecoming is short one quarterback, and Savannah has a very big problem on her hands. Revenge is one thing. Getting away with murder? That's a whole new game. - - - - - - - - - - - Based on ONC 2025 Prompt #25

✨First Place + Grand Winner of ONC 2025✨ (thank you!) In the wake of her estranged mother's death, Maricel Ferrer returns to her childhood home to confront the dark secrets she left behind. 🪞 Maricel has spent years trying to forget the house she grew up in - the house where her mother's mental health slowly unraveled. But after receiving unexpected news, she has no choice but to return. The old fears should be gone, just like her childhood "imaginary friend" who liked to appear in her reflection. At first, it's easy to dismiss the strange occurrences: a flicker in the glass, a movement that doesn't quite match hers. But then the reflection smiles when she doesn't. Moves when she's still. Whispers things she doesn't want to hear. By the time Maricel realizes the truth - that the thing in the mirror has been waiting for her return - it's too late. Because now, it wants out. And it wants to take her place. ONC 2025 | Exclusively on Wattpad Prompt 55: What if the person you see in the mirror isn't really you, but something that's been watching you this whole time? Prompt 105: Your childhood imaginary friend, who disappeared years ago, suddenly returns - only this time, they're real. © 2025 Darly Jamison. All Rights Reserved. This work is protected under international copyright laws.

Disruption hits Ely's peaceful life when she starts seeing her best friend Peniel's ghost. With an unfulfilled bucket list, they'll work together to help Peniel cross the rainbow bridge. _________________________________ Eloise (Ely) wakes up one day with the newfound ability to see her dead best friend Peniel's ghost. This new ability means a lot of changes in her actual life, and Ely hates changes. But Peniel is stuck here, unable to move on and unsure about what is keeping her in the realm of the living, and Ely might be the only person who can help her. With a peculiar bucket list of things Peniel might have left undone when she died and the help of Melchior, Peniel's fiancé, Ely will do everything she can to help Peniel cross the bridge of the afterlife. But along the way, Ely will have to confront her own life's demons, demons she didn't expect to face ever again. ______________________________ Cover made by the amazing @ElleJNior👏✨ She does not take requests, that was special treatment 😝

"Nightmares should end when we wake up... but what if we see them with open eyes, fully conscious?" Burdened by a fractured past, Isa had moved to a new place, hoping for peace - but what she found was far more eerie. The first time she stood before the bathroom mirror in her new home, she knew something was wrong. The reflection staring back wasn't hers. It was the bruised and broken face of a girl she didn't recognize. And when Isa screamed in fear, everything around her faded into darkness. She awoke in her bed...but the memory lingered. Again and again, she encountered the same haunting presence. Every time she looked into the mirror, the girl returned. Every time, Isa fainted. And every time, she woke up in the same place, as if trapped in a loop. Desperate for answers, Isa enrolled in a new school. But the deeper she dug, the more chilling the truth became. Someone - or something - was guiding her. Whispering through silence. Leading her toward a story long buried in shadows. As Isa uncovered layer after layer of secrets, one thing became clear: the mirror was not just glass - it was a portal to a past soaked in suffering. And the truth waiting on the other side was far more terrifying than she ever imagined. AWAKEN SECRETS is a chilling tale of lingering spirits, unraveling mysteries, and the darkness that clings to the forgotten. ------------------------------------ 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 LGBT 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🔪 Murder 🔪 🕵️‍♀️ Strong Female Lead 🕵️‍♀️ 🎢 Emotional Rollercoaster 🎢 ------------------------------------ This Novella is exclusively available on WATTPAD Copyright, 2025 © S. K. Taylor All rights reserved. Publication of this work or parts of this work to any other site or forum, either on Wattpad or anywhere else, without the written consent of the author is strictly prohibited. Thank You 🌹🌹🌹

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, and a lying cheat. With his career hanging by a thread, his PR team scrambles to salvage his image. Their solution? A reality dating show where Finnegan must prove he's not the heart-breaker the world thinks he is, but a man searching for true love. Everything takes a turn when Finnegan crosses paths with Aurelia Winslow - a recently fired librarian - who is unimpressed by him. After their public altercation goes viral, she's thrown into the contest. For Finnegan, it's a chance to rebuild his reputation. For Aurelia, it's merely a paycheck. Will Finnegan face the truth and reclaim his integrity, or will the spotlight expose him for good? Can he prove he's more than just a tabloid scandal, or will this love experiment be the final nail in his Hollywood coffin? ★| ★ | ★ | ★ |★ | ★ | ★| ★ | ★ | ★ |★ Open Novella Contest - main prompt 31, secondary prompts 126,128 130. © 2025 minsari // all rights reserved

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. That is, until a mysterious tea shop appears in the orcs' domain. Glimmering in blue and pink, it stands out against the rugged backdrop. At first, the hardened inhabitants of the mountain are understandably leery about the malpositioned shop, wondering how it got there and why. Lava, a dedicated supervisor at the mines, takes it upon herself to investigate the suddenly-arrived business. Stepping inside, she meets Jasper, the bubbly fairy shopkeeper, who offers her a fragrant brew. Once Lava takes a sip, the sweet yet bitter taste pulls her in, making her clamor for more. Soon, all orcs are hooked on tea, but something sinister is brewing under the surface. When Lava catches Jasper conducting a secret meeting in a backroom, the true purpose of the tea shop is revealed. Soon she is forced to choose between her newfound passion for tea (and Jasper) and her dedication to the mountain's mining operations. *** Legends & Lattes x Shrek *** An ONC novella using prompt #15: A mysterious tea shop suddenly appears and you can't help but wonder: what's its true purpose, and why does it seem so important?

Giles is a 15th-century holy man. Raised by a religious order since the age of two, he was very surprised to be twenty-six, dead, and in the sixth level of Hell. No training could have prepared him for that! After centuries of torture-- and therapy! --Giles is granted twenty days of freedom on the mortal plane. He has seen this happen before to others, and thinks it's all just a cruel game being played by the demons and their masters. Giles decided to use this time to find a way out of Hell--because there's always a way out, right? ------- "I find it amusing that you thought you knew everything about my realm." Lucifer chuckled at his statement. He paused and focused on Giles as the soul tried and failed to move into a sitting position. "What's the matter, holy man? Does it hurt?" ------ ONC prompt 110: 20 days of freedom. Cover by: @lostlovefairy Content Warning: Paranormal dark drama/thriller/horror Triggers include hell, torture, religious beliefs, abuse, gore. (I may add to this.) Please read safely.

(Book 1: Nocturnal Law Series) { ONC 2025 Shortlister }Magic and justice collide when witch lawyer Gwyneira Grimheart fights to save vampire Emrys Hawthorn's sorry fangs. Sanguine City is notorious for corrupt bat cops, human trafficking, highly addictive fairydust, and contract killings orchestrated by the bloodthirsty vampire mafia. But even these lowly criminals deserve a fair shot at trial and someone has to do it. Gwyneira defends the supernaturals that no other witch or sane mortal will go near, so when Emrys Hawthorn comes politely knocking at her law office's door in the middle of the night, she knows what she has to do. Vampires are dangerous beings, and Gwyneira knows the risks all too well, but if she's not careful, it won't just be her blood he takes. It might be her heart too. Lovely cover created by @-MilaSteele Genre: Paranormal Fantasy Thriller Current Word Count: 35,381

[ONC 2025 Shortlister] * * * And so you see, you couldn't really say I hadn't been warned. You couldn't say I didn't know what lurked out there amongst the trees. Because I did. I had been told. I had been warned. But I didn't believe. I didn't listen... * * * Fern lives on the edge of a wood, about which many myths, legends and folk tales are told. But when one of these stories appears to come to life before her eyes, she has a decision to make. To believe or not to believe. But such decisions are never as easy as they first seem... * * * The Demon of the Woods has been written for ONC 2025.

Where 'ABC' by Gene Luen Yang meets 'Starry River of the Sky' by Grace Lin... Kieran Fu and Katharyn Kuang have been inseparable since Day One, building their friendship on shared stories of ancient folktales and a love of home-cooked, non-American food. But they're more connected to those old fables than they think: riddles and red strings run deep in Kieran's family, while Katharyn can trace her family tree back to a tragic myth of star-crossed lovers. During their formative years, the pair encounter groundbreaking discoveries and strange signs that reveal the truth - and the interconnectedness - of the folktales they know and love. When Kieran and Katharyn return home for the summer after university, their families start pushing them toward a fate of eternal union that neither of them wants. Bound by ancient prophecies and long-standing tradition, the two must decide: can they rewrite their destinies, or will the red string of fate tie them down a path they can't escape? After all, only one thing is for certain: legends are more than lessons - and they can turn to reality in the blink of an eye. ----- 'red string:' an ONC 2025 novella by Faith @kth_disneyfanatic cover by @Saramitra_