New poll in chapter 11. Help decide how the story ends! In the drowned shadows of the Louisiana bayou, a starving wolf follows an impossible scent to a flower that should not exist, and becomes a man who should not return. Declan Laroux awakens from instinct into memory, from beast into alchemist, with only fragments of his past and a single certainty: his forgotten hometown of Vieux Marais is in mortal danger. The town festers in secrecy, its people warped by unseen corruption, its church ruled by a predator in a priest's collar, and its streets haunted by sins that remember his name. Though he does not yet recall what he once did there, everyone else does-and they fear him for it. As Declan digs deeper, old alliances coil back to life: a snooping journalist who learns too much, a dangerous woman bound to a demon, a shadow-loyal servant with a taste for blood, and something ancient and nameless pressing against the borders of the town like a malignant hand against glass. Armed with forbidden potions and a will sharpened by reckless pride, Declan vows to cleanse Vieux Marais. But the deeper he descends into its rot, the clearer one truth becomes: the greatest evil in the town may not be what waits for him in the dark... but what waits for him in his own past.

Adventure, friendship, explosive action (and diarrhea), this book has it all! Blending surreal comedy with soft, psychological sci‑fi, "Local NPC discovers dreams" feels like Inception meeting meme culture. The result? Dream travel gone wrong. Two strangers accidentally meet in a shared dream and get stuck there - one a sarcastic girl who never asked for a sidekick, the other a lost NPC-like guy who doesn't even know how he got here. Their differences in character aren't even the worse things they'll have to overcome... « Do you see it? - What? - There. Right behind that tree. He squinted at the green uniform mass of bushes. Nothing particularly shocking around them, except perhaps a bald head poorly hidden between two shrubs. Great, another bald head. But this one was probably trying to put them back in jail.» Welcome to the nightmare they never asked for. 🏅ONC2026 Round 2 Qualifier

In the gilded boardrooms of Nairobi, the "Angel" is a devil in silk. Maxine Hector has spent a decade perfecting the globalization of her image. As the CEO of a multi-million dollar firm, she is the "Angel" of the Westlands-untouchable, resolute, and flawlessly swanky. But beneath the ornate lace and red silk of her public persona lies a labyrinthine secret. One reckless night, the facade begins to crumble. A clandestine encounter .When discovered the first bit of shrapnel is launched. Now, Maxine is caught in a visceral game of cat-and-mouse. Her auslander husband is digging for the truth, her partner-in-crime is eyeing the nearest exit, and the pristine life she built is becoming a dilapidated wreck. In a city where influence is currency and betrayal is an art form, Maxine must decide how many people she is willing to level to stay on top. One Night. One Earring. One Empire about to burn. Official Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2026 (Prompt #12).

The last thing Caleb Vos wanted was to play babysitter to a rich, spoiled brat. He didn't protect people, he took them out. He was damn good at it too, but no one says no to Hendrik Vos. ONC 2026 ROUND 2 QUALIFIER

Nakeeta has spent her entire life training to enter the healer division of the army, but when initiation day comes around, she is assigned to the hunters; an elite group of fighters that are gifted the ability to shapeshift in order to fight the spreading corruption. Left with no other choice, Nakeeta must either adapt, or die. This is an entry for #ONC2026.

Some dreams are never meant to stay asleep. Ever since childhood, sleeping has been terrifying-not because rest isn't needed, but because dreams don't play fair. They show strange places, unknown faces, and events that sometimes spill into reality. No one believes the truth. They call it nightmares or paranoia. But what if it's more than imagination? From those who watch silently, to those who protect and those who dare to fight, every dream is a warning-and every choice can change someone's fate. In a world where dreams can save lives-or end them-who can you trust, when destiny itself seems to be watching? *** Open Novella Contest (2026) Prompts: 18. At eighteen, you begin dreaming of a stranger who feels like your other half. When they finally appear in real life, everything you thought you knew about love and reality begins to shift. 21. You wake from a dream about perfect faceless soulmate, only to meet someone in real life who feels exactly like them and somehow knows things you've never told anyone. Book Cover Created by: @Pretty_flower00

ONC2026 Entry. Sidharth is Parvathy's safe place. He's her best friend, her winter comfort, and the one person who makes Canada feel like home. But he's also off-limits, dating someone else and firmly placed in the "friend zone" to protect her heart. When her mother introduces her to Jithin, a stable, kind potential groom, Parvathy agrees to give him a chance. It's what her family wants. And maybe, just maybe, it will finally help her move on. But dating Jithin doesn't erase her feelings for Sidharth. And when Sidharth's relationship starts to fall apart, the careful boundaries of their friendship begin to blur. Caught between keeping everyone happy and following her heart, Parvathy has to decide: Will she stay safe in the life others chose for her? Or risk everything for the love she's been hiding all along? Tropes: Friends to Lovers | Slow Burn | Unrequited Love

Clara Morel arrives at a fashionable Riviera resort after a most determined journey, fully prepared to prevent a wedding she considers both foolish and ill-advised. Unfortunately, she arrives a day too late. The ceremony has already taken place with admirable efficiency. What remains is a nearly empty hotel, a quantity of unused champagne, and a handful of guests whose politeness seems somewhat strained. Each of them appears to have a private grievance, an awkward history, or an inconvenient secret. Clara soon discovers that while she may have missed the wedding, she has arrived in perfect time for something else entirely. After all, in a place where everyone has a reason to resent someone, it rarely takes much for resentment to become murder.

She is sent to kill the dragon. Instead, she might become his only salvation. *** In a world swallowed by the Ever-Dark, Iva Vernigora is nothing more than a lowly servant in the house of the cruel Voivode Yakub Ivanov, Duke of Highroot. But when Voivode blackmails her with the lives of her parents, Iva is forced to pretend she's his daughter, as she infiltrates the royal academy of magic - Kolegium. Voivode Yakub's order is absolute: poison the Prince Konstantin Veliki. Prince Konstantin is the heir to the throne, the last of the line of Dragons - a Zmey warrior of light, who was blessed with a dragon-shifting gift. At a first glance, he is nothing but a smug, pompous royal, and everything Iva is supposed to hate. Yet every touch, and every shared lesson at Kolegium blurs the line between the enemy she must kill and the man she is beginning to crave. While Iva stalks her prey as a knife in the dark, waiting for the chance to extinguish Konstantin's light, she discovers that the dragon everyone fears is the only thing standing between humanity and the void. As the Ever-Dark Shades rise, Iva must make an impossible choice. Will she carry out her sinister orders and secure her parents' freedom, or will she stand by the Dragon in the battle for the world's last light? *** The Shades are coming. The Dragons are falling. And the Eternal Spark is waiting for its host. © 2026 EvelynHail Exclusively on Wattpad Based on prompts: 97. "When the world slips into endless darkness, something begins to move in the shadows and you must find a way to survive in a night that never ends." 4. "You discover that the dragon everyone fears is in danger, and you are the only one who can save it from the knight sworn to slay it ."

Valentine never had a lick of magic to his name, but that didn't stop him from becoming high society's darling in the enchanted land of Stellamaris. Until one cunning witch takes it all away... Valentine wakes up five years in the past as a backwater bookseller in Greater Moss-on-the-Wold, stuck in the drab place where he started. Robbed of his status, his looks, and his charmed life, Valentine is determined to find the legendary witch Lilivere and be freed from this horrible curse. Except Lilivere is out of town... and the only witch who can help him now is her taciturn daughter, Luciana. Who doesn't have a single drop of magic. Stoic, brooding Luc couldn't care less about high society, the art of spellcraft, or a sullen has-been cursed to return to his humble past. Outcast and misfit, she lives alone in the woods, preferring solitude to the villagers' scorn. But as they work together to break Valentine's curse and set things right, Luc and Valentine realize there's a greater scheme at play. And that magic, like so many things in life, is never as simple as it seems. Written for the ONC 2026. 39: After being cursed, you go from being the most popular socialite to becoming a nobody. 11: The daughter of the most powerful witch is nothing like her mother. 73. You wake up in a body that isn't yours, living a life almost identical to your own, and soon discover you're bound by an ancient curse forcing you to relive your past until you finally get one thing right. (Slightly modified; the curse is not particularly ancient.)