Killanaus, a second-year biology student at an alien university on Xorrak, is down to one last chance to obtain research experience in the summer prior to graduation. However, Lokath, his would-be research advisor for the summer, harbors concerns about the student. As he enters the troubled waters leading to graduation, he and his advisor are about to raise questions on their system of abduction licensure. This book is written using prompts #110, 111 and 128 for the 2025 Open Novella Contest #1 in license (February 23, 2025) #1 in admissions (March 17, 2025) Ambassador pick (August 25, 2025) 2025 ONC Round 1 qualifier 2025 ONC Round 2 qualifier 2025 January-February 8-Chapter Challenge Winner 2025 ONC Long List 2025 ONC Short List

[COMPLETED] (OLD) Leaving the comfort of your own home is one thing, but travel around the state in just one week is another. William is the type of person to never go wild and follows every rule. He has never left his home city, until one night where he met a very odd stranger named Benji. Benji takes William on a very crazy adventure to who knows where. They go from place to place, but what William keeps asking himself. Is why would Benji be driving around to such odd places? What is Benji trying to accomplish? Where is Benji really going? You'll see how one very strict human being and one very optimistic person travel around the state with humor, sorrow, and love. Only to find what is at the end of the road. ••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°•• Cover Photo: © kevkinghorn (Tumblr) Cover Design: © IzTerp (me) Cover Sticker: © OpenNovellaContest (Wattpad) Prompt: (Thrilling Fiction) 9. Animal Adventure ➤ Round 1: February 12, 2019 (qualified) ➤ Round 2: March 13, 2019 (qualified) ➤ Round 3: April 18, 2019 (qualified - long list - short list) ✓ Featured on: @lgbtq (Reading List - Trillseekers) ✓ Featured on: @OpenNovellaContest (Reading List - Long List) (Reading List - 2019 Short List) WARNING: This story may contain strong language, slight violence, slight sexual content, and mentions of death that others may find offensive, viewer discretion is advised. Word count: 22,821 Started: January 4, 2019 Ended: March 31, 2019

*MADE IT TO THE FINALS OF ONC's SHORT LIST* One makes, one nurtures and one extinguishes - thus, a balance is maintained on Tellus. But what happens when the scales topple?

In which a wrong number leads to the right kind of chaos... When a guy accidentally texts a random number in a desperate bid to reach his friend, the last thing he expects is for the stranger on the other end to be so persistent, so sarcastic, and so completely irritating. Enter the girl who's having way too much fun with his frustration, sending him a mix of ridiculous texts and unsolicited nicknames. What starts as a mix-up quickly turns into an ongoing battle of wit, insults, and way too many "pumpkins" thrown in for good measure. Despite all the sarcasm, the messages start to mean more than either of them could have expected, and soon he's wondering if maybe he's found more than just a wrong number. One wrong text. Endless sarcasm. And a connection neither of them could ever have predicted. Highest Ranking: #1 in Dialogue- 2nd Oct 2025 #1 in Dialogue Story- Oct 17th 2025 #1 in Phone Call- Jan 11th 2026 #4 in Phone- Jan 22th 2026

Teenage love is already complicated enough as it is, you don't need the whole battle of good versus evil thrown into that mix. Think Romeo & Juliet in modern age, with superpowers, heroes and villains. :-) This is my entry for the Open Novella Contest 2019. The judges selected this story for the Short List!

When Sawyer Smith is given a second opportunity at life, she finds herself stuck in the pages of the last book she read--her ex-best friend's rom-com. ****** Sawyer wasn't expecting to be given a second chance after a deadly incident, but she's willing to do anything to get back to her real, normal life. Unfortunately for Sawyer, she finds herself reincarnated in the pages of the last book she read: her ex-best friend's cringey Wattpad romance novel. Even worse, Sawyer only read it because she discovered she was the inspiration for the main antagonist. Which was, she would like to point out, written before their infamous falling out. Now, stuck wandering the halls of this strange, cursed high school--stuck with an even stranger bad boy, who may or may not know more than he lets on, and a frustratingly beautiful but misogynistic Mary Sue main character who will stop at nothing to ruin Sawyer's day--Sawyer must work the system to create her own happy ending ... or die trying. (Potentially.)

❝ Life's a chess game, and we are the pawns. ❞ Someone killed Daya Jones, and Achelois thinks she knows who did. With the weight of reality pulling her down, the last thing she wants is getting involved in a high school scandal, but when word gets in about a series of events set to follow, she's forced to take matters into her own hands. Something big is happening in Coachella High, and Achelois is determined to stop it before it spirals out of control.

❝he was a roaring flame, seeking to set fire to her purpose-to ignite her, and maybe even watch her burn.❞ a star basketball player. a seemingly average girl. a recipe for cliché? well, think again. when arden crosses paths with lauren on the most starry night in wisconsin's history in the most unexpected way possible, both their lives take a turn for the better. actually, maybe not. © angel lawson

Florence Eisley is dead, according to her death certificate and her loved ones. Gone. Buried. Already rotting away into nothingness in her little grave. Ethan hasn't seen her in over a year, after a falling out that left both of them too awkward to reach out and mend things. Not only that but for some strange reason, Florence entrusted Ethan to be her post-mortem confidant, a person responsible for sifting through a dead person's online life. Now, finding himself knee deep in Florence's digital life, Ethan must figure out what's worth keeping and what's worth erasing from the internet forever.

On the day of their college graduation, best friends Desmond and Mercy decide to date. Everything's "perfect" except for the fact that Desmond can't feel any butterflies in his stomach and knows he will never do so with anyone. ♦ queerplatonic Black love ♦ aroace + neurodivergent college graduates ♦ transmasculine + nonbinary main character NOTE: Desmond's pronouns are he/him/his and they/them/theirs. ----- This story is a rough draft. Feel free to provide constructive feedback! © 2024 Indigo Ivy Salamander / @indigosa All Rights Reserved