Noelle Ford has always been fascinated by the legend of an ancient civilization known as Nytheri. One day, she feels compelled to try to find the ruins of a temple rumored to exist beneath New York City's Battery Park. She soon finds more than she bargained for, including three strangers and her best friend who have all mysteriously ended up at the ruins on the same night. After having a brief vision and receiving a cryptic message, Noelle is left nervous and certain something big is coming. As the forgotten deities of the Nytherian pantheon begin to make themselves known, it's clear that these five have quite a journey ahead of them, and the fate of the modern world may depend on the outcome. This is an ONC 2026 project based on the following prompts: 6: While researching the myths of a lost civilization, you discover a forgotten God of mischief. After exploring their ancient temple, strange coincidences and uncanny events begin to follow you. Something from the deity has touched your life and now you must figure out what it wants. 93: Buried beneath the ruins lies an artifact that whispers memories of an ancient being. The first memory it reveals is a warning and it's meant for you.

When the immortal mother died, her most beloved daughter went with her. Five hundred years later, Livia rises again, and the world has changed. So has her brother. After Livia and Camille reunite, they decide to set out to the mysterious Point Crimson to reconnect and clench their thirst. The town, however, is now watched over by the Saints, a group of vampire hunters suspicious of any newcomers. Keeping their vampirism a secret quickly becomes a lot harder with two particular hunters around. ***** ONC 2026 entry, using prompts 11 [main] and 29 ***** started writing: February 2026 started posting: February 2026 ***** cover: drawn by me, temporary rough sketch

Santiago thought visiting Greece for his 30th birthday would be harmless. A little sun, a little flirting, maybe a date with a beautiful man named Apollo. The date doesn't go well. All Santiago wants afterward is a quick snack before heading back to his hostel - except the apple he takes was never meant for human guests. At The Lily Spa, a luxury retreat catering to gods who desperately need rest, one accidental bite turns Santiago into a problem. An immortal one. Ganymede, the hotel's unflappable manager, and his equally unconventional staff have very little time to hide their human guest before the other residents notice. And the gods staying at the spa are already difficult enough: Hera and Zeus are perpetually on the brink of catastrophe, Dionysus keeps throwing parties in the swimming pool, and no one reacts well to surprises involving eternity. As divine tempers flare and old rules begin to crack, Santiago learns the truth about the hotel, its staff, and the quiet systems keeping gods from tearing the world apart. Some mistakes change everything. Some places exist to contain them. And some encounters happen exactly where they shouldn't - above the ocean, below the sky.

Prompt 44 "May I have this dance?" "Seriously? Right now, in this situation?" This is my entry for ONC 2026. It is a standalone but it takes place in the For Centuries universe. Cover design: Bartholomé Girard

When her office burns down a successful editor must share a workspace with the most infuriating man alive or risk the promotion she's been working her entire career for. **** Chielozonam 'Elo' Williams is thriving. Not only does she have the job of her dreams she's about to make Acquiring Editor of PerfectRomance, the publishing imprint she's been working at for the past five years which would definitely prove to her judgmental father once and for all that he was wrong about her wasting her life away at a dead end job but she's also determined to enjoy the prime years of her youth. Endless fun and casual romps in the sheets are the name of the game. That is until the unthinkable happens. After Elo's building catches fire and burns down she has no choice but to share an office with the one person that makes her blood boil: Connor Price. Archenemies since their days at college Connor makes getting under her skin an art form with his well-timed scathing remarks and contemptible behavior. It's not long before they're locked in a battle of wits, neither willing to back down or give up. When they have to work together to acquire a potentially lucrative manuscript, they are forced to put aside their long-standing animosity for an adventure that will change everything they thought they knew about each other. PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION meets ANYONE BUT YOU meets THE HATING GAME in this contemporary rom-com about resilience, self-discovery and two sworn enemies who can't decide whether to kiss or kill each other. An ONC 2026 story inspired by prompt 40. You and your greatest enemy are struck by a curse that binds your lives together. The only way to survive is to share a kiss, but you would both rather face death than each other.

When Jane decides to follow a black cat into the woods, she does not expect it to lead to her meeting a Grim Reaper named Stormy who needs her help to stop a catastrophic event that may end the world. Unable to bring herself to turn down such an important mission, Jane soon finds that things may be harder than she anticipated. This is an ONC 2026 story! It is based on the following prompts: 98: You never imagined the end of the world would begin with a one-eared black cat showing up at your door. 65: On the way to collect a soul, the Grim Reaper is distracted by a stray puppy. Instead of completing the task, they decide to find the puppy's owner, much to the frustration of their assistant. 72: A real necromancer sits in on a fake seance. The cover art is by Anne Stokes.

Hailey wakes from a forced shutdown to find her boss dead at her feet and twenty-four hours missing from her memory. The evidence is clean, the tech is confident, and everything points to her. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the murder makes too much sense. But not for long. 90. You receive a video message from someone you hate, recorded five hours after their confirmed death.

One job. One heist. One shattering connection. Lyra is a changeling- a human adopted by the wildlands themselves, abandoned as a child to die in the forests outside the frigid Moon Court and raised by magic instead. Accepted neither as a fae citizen nor a human one, changelings are often driven to thievery to survive, and Lyra is no exception. With her small family in turmoil and her brother wasting away from a strange sickness causing his veins to turn dark, she's desperate for solutions... and money to pay for her brother's care. However, when she tries to rob the vaults at the Moon Court castle for a mysterious employer offering a paycheck big enough to change her whole world, Lyra finds herself in significantly more trouble than she asked for-- hearing whispers from an ancient Oracle, averting prophecies at every turn, and wrapped in a messy fate bond with a king as cold and merciless as the frozen landscape of the Moon Court itself. ONC 2026 PRIMARY: 93. Beneath the ruins lies an artifact that whispers memories of an ancient being. The first memory it reveals is a warning and it's meant for you. "Ruins" changed to "castle" as per ONC accepted guidelines on prompt details. SECONDARY: 101. You have a vision of your soul mate but it's of the moment where they end your life.

Rue Domínguez, a twenty-seven-year-old unemployed woman struggling to cure her boredom and at the same time earn some good amount of cash, learns about an app 'ZombieRush' which on winning, promises to reward with $10.5 million. That seemed too good to be true, but with a competitive streak to beat this almost impossible game, Rue decides to test her fate. After conquering the game, she realises it's only the 1st half of the game, and 2nd half is still waiting out there. Rue won $10,000 on completing the 1st half, winning the rest of $10.5 million after completing the 2nd half---now that seemed not too far. But willing to participate in this game that appeared too easy before would have such a horrific result, that Rue never expected. Being forced into a zombie apocalypse while attending a high school reunion and learning that the apocalypse might just be the next half of ZombieRush, Rue realises she very much is 'cooked.' And now she is officially a player, with no way out.

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙. ••• Arthur Pendergast is a man who walks with the weight of generations in his shadow. As a Black man navigating the sharp corners of London, he's used to being watched, but as a necromancer, he's the one doing the observing. To pass a rainy Tuesday, he decides to sit in on a fake séance hosted by a local "spiritualist" in a drafty Victorian parlour. He expects cheap parlour tricks, hidden magnets, and the predictable scent of stale incense. And Madame Valeska is pro at it all. But as the candles flicker and Valeska begins her practiced wail, the air in the room turns unnervingly cold. Arthur quickly begins to realize that nothing is quite what it seems. The fraud in the velvet shawl isn't the only one hiding a secret, and the knocking on the table isn't coming from her foot-it's coming from somewhere much deeper. In this dark corner of the city, Arthur is forced to remember a chilling truth: monsters don't live under our beds; they live in the recesses of our minds. And tonight, one of those monsters is finally finding its way out. WC: 20,000 + CC: Inky