"The night is far from dead. Historians often wonder why humans no longer possess the shadows that once haunted our likeness... Maybe the Gray War almost a hundred years ago was the start of the declining of human shadows. When magicians were burned and executed and our shadows disappeared, possibly succumbed to the darkness..." Fifteen year old, Zuhra Konami wants nothing more than to be a Shadow Warden. Shadow Wardens keep the monsters of shadows at bay when night falls upon the land. But when a boy who has been mauled by those very monsters, shows up on her doorstep, everything changes.

This is a story about two perfumes in my current story: Burberry, a soft-hearted perfume developed a crush on Posh the second perfume in my collection thus follows their story which started when Posh arrived in the perfume collection and the story along the way. Later the story goes, the greater the tension and spice goes on between them. Was Posh thinking the same thing... Was Burberry pointed out she's gay?

Clara Swenson is a brilliant criminal prosecutor who believes only in facts, evidence, and final verdicts. Emotions have no place in justice-at least, that's what she has always told herself. During the final hearing of a high-profile murder trial, everything she knows collapses with a single touch. When Clara comes into contact with Jennifer Smith-the woman accused of killing her powerful and widely respected husband-she is violently pulled out of her reality and thrown into another time Trapped in the past, Clara is forced to relive fragments of a life she thought she had already judged. The rules are cruel and unyielding: uncover the truth behind the accusation, deliver the correct judgment, and she may return home. Choose wrong-and the consequences will be hers to carry. #onc2026#opennovellacontest2026

| ONC 2026 Entry | Haunted by videos her parents posted of her childhood, Psychology professor Elizabeth Walsh is determined to build the future she never had, one without cameras in her home. She dreams of a private life filled with love, not greed. Until an anonymous text arrives. Strange letters follow, sent to her new address along with a doll. Students from her class begin to vanish. As the threats grow more personal, Elizabeth realizes it may be the same person who has watched her for years, someone who knows her past better than she does and wants her back on camera. To protect her relationship and career, she must confront the stalker who tried to take everything from her before she becomes the next face on a missing poster.

Aurora is thirty-three, single, and done. Done with dating apps. Done with men who think sarcasm counts as a personality. Done with being told she should still "believe in fairy tales." But when a man who looks like he walked out of a fantasy novel crashes through her ceiling in full armor and declares her his destined bride... Aurora is really done. Malamier Everhart is not just any prince. He's the Crown Prince of Aelvarad, born under the Moon's First Bloom, on a quest to find the one foretold to break a curse on his kingdom. He speaks like a romance novel, looks like a sin, and insists that she's his prophecy. There's just one problem. Aurora doesn't believe in prophecies. Or curses. Or love at first sight. She believes in oat milk lattes, feminist podcasts, and her very comfortable, man-free life. But as reality fractures and fairy-tale creatures leak into her world, Aurora must choose: keep running from the destiny she never wanted... Or rewrite it on her own terms. A romantic comedy for every woman who ever rolled her eyes at the "fated mate" trope, then secretly fell in love with it anyway.

St. Alden Academy - a prestigious school ruled by heiracy and power, where the rich always get their way. But when the academy decides to ban the hierarchy system under the guise of an experiment, everything changes. Rivalries ignite, friendships are tested, and unexpected romances bloom. Secrets surface, alliances shift, and every student must navigate a world where status no longer guarantees privilege. Who will rise? Who will fall? And who will rewrite the rules of St. Alden Academy?

║ 18+ ║ Fantasy/Romance ║ Expedition 33 ║ From the day Cyd was born, she already knew the exact day she would die. Because on the eclipse each year, the new oldest age in her world is lowered. With only five years left to live, the young dancer and her best friend Gustave, join Expedition 33 to seek out answers and stop the countdown to their extinction. The goal was simple at first. Until she met him. The stranger with eternal youth he didn't ask for. Verso. ━━━⊱●✤●⊰━━━ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ║Mature scenes + Heavy themes ║ 18+ ║

The creature thundered past, its huge shape blocking out the morning light for a moment. It stopped and sniffed the air. A low growl rumbled from deep inside it, shaking the ground beneath me. I bit my lip so hard I could taste blood, but still didn't dare move. *Is this... really the end of the world?* ~*~*~*~ Kang Min-jae is an ordinary school dropout working at a convenience store to support his struggling family, dreaming of returning to school once life improves. That simple future is destroyed when Earth is invaded by alien creatures, forcing Min-jae to fight for survival alongside allies he meets along the way. As the chaos spreads across South Korea, Min-jae and his friends awaken supernatural abilities, revealing that the invasion is only part of a much larger threat. 🏆 Special Mention: Flowers Garden Awards | 2026 🏆

| ONC 2026 | Twenty-one-year-old Maxine Brown attends a prestigious university as the final semester approaches. Students scramble through stressful exams and deadlines to keep their position. Until someone is found dead in their dorm room, followed by three more the following week. Authorities are left searching for answers as the clues give them more questions than they resolve. Majoring in forensic science, Maxine puts her skills to the test when her roommate goes missing after the deaths, leaving nothing behind but a VR headset and a note. Wanna play ;) Will Maxine put it on? And how does this object connect to the deaths at Macabre University? *** Cover designed by @Jeonvrn

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