Despite still being an emotional mess from his breakup, losing his car to an abomination made of multiple deer, and injuries from both the car accidents he was in. Travis refuses to die in this backwater town as the dead stitch themselves into fresh horrors. Miss Della spent decades building her diner and sewing herself into the fabric of Red Oak Valley. Seams tore to shreds, the patchwork monsters ripped them asunder and mended them into their disturbing embroidery within her business. Kendra wanted a change, but got it in the worst way. She and the few survivors of the diner turned slaughterhouse are now looking for help, but is there anyone left to save them? Burdened with the knowledge of what will befall Red Oak Valley, Tiffany needs to return to her radio station for what's coming. As these abominations overtake the town and their numbers grow, can anyone survive this town turned hell on earth?

||WRITTEN FOR TEGSA2025|| ❀ ❀ ❀ Ash Kincaid lived by three truths: 1. Family was a conditional, temporary arrangement. 2. Trust demanded wilful blindness. 3. Ash was what remained following an incineration of life. He'd perfected the art of tolerance. After a lifetime of abandonment, first by blood and then by those who promised to keep him, his survival depended on one thing. No attachment. No promises. No hope. However, when the college dorms close for Christmas, he's forced into the chaotic Rossi household where encroaching is the norm, solitude is next to impossible and there's Lala- the Rossi sister who just sketches in furious silence. The quiet is a sanctuary, their coexistence effortless. He doesn't ask about her paintings and she doesn't pry behind his walls. Until a silver SUV pulls into the driveway and the woman Ash once called "mother" steps out. Rundown: chapters 1 and 2 - major chapters 3 and 4 - minor chapters 5 and 6 - minor chapters 7 and 8 - minor chapters 9 and 10 - major

This is my entry for TEGSA 2025. --- Melissa is the only one who knows her dad didn't kill her mom. She knows a monster did it. She saw it herself when she was nine years old. Or so she thinks. Now, being twenty-three and fresh out of college, she knows there is no such thing as monsters. There weren't any voices to hide from under her blanket, there weren't any shadows chasing her in the halls, those were all fantasies of a kid with too much imagination. Yet, she is still determined to find out what really happened to her parents, and most of all, why. Because the one thing she does know, is that people have lied to her. All of them. All the time. --- 🥇First place in the Hollowed Verse Awards (<1k reads category) 🥉 Third place in the Moonlight Trove | Astania Awards 2025 (Mystery)

Parth was excited for his new job. A new place. A new life. Little did he realize that life in the small sleepy town amidst the mighty Himalayas would change his life forever especially when he meets the mysterious Lily and her daughter Rose. What dangerous secrets do these enigmatic ladies hide which could not only uproot his life but his loved ones' as well? "He thought silence would protect them. She thought love was enough. Yet, when a decades-old betrayal resurfaces and long-buried lies begin to unravel, They find themselves at crossroads. Can they walk forwards together or has the truth ripped them apart?" This is not your usual romance. This is a story of love, betrayal and redemption. Best Heartfelt Award Winner - The Blazing Verse Awards 2025 #TEGSA 2025 Copyright Disclaimer © Ana_Miga, 2025. All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. No part of this story may be reproduced, distributed, or mirrored without the author's written permission. Unauthorized copying, reposting, or scraping-including automated mirroring on third-party websites-is a violation of copyright law and the spirit of creative integrity. Cover photo courtesy: Anita Jankovic on Unsplash Submitted for Kahani Kalakar Awards 2025

Johanna of West-Francia is once again stuck in the waiting room of her father, the Frankish king. Will he marry her off for a 3rd time or will he send her to the convent of Senlis? Neither option sounds appealing, so the young widow decides to take matters into her own hands. She has learned a thing or two from her time in Wessex and more specifically from her late husbands' negotiations with Northmen. West-Francia too is plagued by Viking raiders and in an attempt to prove her worth to her father, she explains to him the advantages of a hostage exchange. One of the advantages being the opportunity to spy, she doesn't stop there and volunteers to be the first Francian hostage in her father's dealings with the Vikings. What she didn't count on though was Tyr of Danmark, the Viking leader's infuriatingly attractive son and his lack of decorum when dealing with a Frankish princess. If only he would stop calling her Tove, she might be able to focus on her mission and return to her people a heroine, but Tyr seems to have his Gods and their magical powers (aka an obnoxiously persistent white dove) at his side, chipping away at her resolve one brooding gaze at a time. #TEGSA2025 @officialTEGSA Content Warning: since it's Vikings ... probably some violence & gore, since it's me ... probably some (consensual) smut (but more romance, always more romance)

When bizarre deaths plague Nueva Aurora, neurologist Dr. Eloise Garcia is compelled to unravel the mystery, facing a past science alone can't explain. ❥๑━━━━๑❥ Determined to unravel the truth that destroyed her family, brilliant neurologist Dr. Eloise Garcia returns to Nueva Aurora, a city she left to end her nightmares that caused her scars no medication could cure. She came to work at a hospital that is involved in a series of strange fatalities, a mystery she is urged to solve. As coded messages appear on the victims, Eloise finds the chilling incidents linked to the ghosts of her past. Peril approaches as the truth seems within reach. Can she decipher the enigma before death claims her, too? ███████████ TEGSA 2025

Jeanne had always dreamed of claiming her cousin's throne, but dreaming was all she ever intended. That is, until her prospective fiancé falsely frame her for treason and she is banished to the countryside. Years pass before she is summoned back to the palace to witness the royal wedding, between her traitorous cousin and the man who ruined her life. Jeanne accepts the invitation, but not to offer her congratulations. She returns with one goal: to steal the throne they always feared she'd want. For that, she must forge a strange alliance with the most wanted criminal in the kingdom. Wren never expected to catch the exiled princess of Alblionia in one of her traps, let alone strike a deal with her. But the idea of overthrowing the queen is too tempting, and her own past is too painful to ignore. As Wren finds herself more and more entangled in the web of schemes of the beautiful aristocrat, she must decide whether revenge is worth becoming someone else's puppet. Ranked: #01 in overthrow #03 in sapphic #07 in morallygrey #10 in political

A wartime story set in England in 1940 Originally written for TEGSA2025 (The Ever-Generating Story Awards 2025) What with her lack of friends and family, mental health struggles, and responsibility of caring for her senile and increasingly abusive father in the midst of the Second World War, Margaret Crawford's life becomes bleak and empty - until she meets Terence Davies, a dashing and talented musician who knows how to strum the strings of cellos, guitars - and Margaret's ravaged heart. But will love conquer the challenges presented when Terence has to go to war, or will their romance end in unforeseen and devastating consequences...? Read Margaret's diary, truly a memoir of lovetime war. For as Terence would say, that's what it is, isn't it? Lovetime war rather than wartime love.

Months after retiring from the Riverton Precinct, a detective spends his days in a bar in order to amuse himself. Yet a call from an old boss enlightened him; however, the job that was offered was more than what he bargained for. After retiring from the police force, Detective Oswald Morris missed the company he had at work. As a widow, the retiree would spend his days with his canine companion, Enzo, in a quaint cottage. After getting a call from his former boss, Oswald's desires were answered, but not in the way he had hoped. A new investigator in town needed Morris' help in capturing elusive drug dealers in a crime spree, but in a shocking development, Oswald learned that an old flame and an energetic rookie were involved. The options for Oswald were quite baffling, but his boss was counting on him to come out of retirement. Written for TEGSA2025 (The Ever-Generating Story Awards 2025)

|WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · TEGSA 2025| #SupportIndigenousVoices When the Thunderbird awakens in the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, the Mystery Gang and their new friend Ihaan embark on a journey that tests everything they thought they knew about mysteries and the Ghost of Ontario. *** After surviving their first year of college, the Mystery Gang is excited to return to Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park to spend a week with their friend Ihaan, where they try to reintroduce him to society with modern gifts--and teach him the fun of solving mysteries. However, that night, Ihaan dreams of the Thunderbird, a Spirit said to encompass good and evil, who only appears when someone needs help. The next day, he and the gang are drawn into a new mystery when the Spirit Animals disappear, and a strange lightning storm signals the return of the Thunderbird. As Ihaan and the gang fight to calm the Lightning Spirit and save the Spirit Animals, Ihaan must learn where he truly belongs, while the Mystery Gang learns the harsh truth of the word "erasure". By then, though, will it be too late for all of them? *** *Sequel to What's New Scooby-Doo: The Ghost of Ontario. Can be read as a standalone.* *FYI: This story is based on a TV show, so expect a screenplay-like writing style.* *Also inspired by Indigenous mythology.* *Main Tropes: Angst with a happy ending and found family.* *Moral: "Some mysteries are more than someone in a mask."*