🏆 OFFICIAL ROUND TWO QUALIFIER | OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026 🏆 --------- Maya Chennuru is the queen of skeptical vlogging. To her, "hauntings" are just bad lighting and good editing. But when a chaotic night at the Hyderabad Numaish leads to an accidental phone swap, Maya finds more than just a stranger's messages. She finds a gallery full of sketches "of her own face". Following a digital trail of train tickets and ancient calendars, Maya flies to the cursed ruins of Kuldhara to "expose" the man she thinks is her stalker. But Bhairav isn't a stalker. He's a man haunted by dreams of a girl who died in his arms five centuries ago. When the tech goes dark and the sand starts to bleed, Maya realizes her "Ghost Hunter" brand is a joke. Because in the silence of the desert, the ancient Tantrics are waiting for the one thing Maya didn't know she possessed : THE KEY ------------------------------ Do you believe in soulmates, or do you believe in curses? 🧿 By the time the desert moon rises, you might realize they are the exact same thing. 🌙 Buckle up for a journey where modern tech meets ancient blood. 📱🩸 Step into the desert. ⏳ The gates are already closing... 🚪🔒

Lily doesn't have the best luck. In fact, she's reminded of that every time she looks outside to see a constantly growing garden in her yard. She's starting to get overwhelmed by the emotions until one day, a little dragonfly appears in the garden. A once quiet place where she sits and dwells on all her mistakes, becomes a journey to find herself and accept that it's okay to fail-beautiful things can come from it. And then she starts to realize that the garden may hold a deeper meaning, and a little dragonfly named Snowdrop is there to guide her through it all.

A wedding crasher with a broken past. A mafia boss who doesn't believe in accidents. Some love stories begin at the altar. This one begins with an interruption. °°° Male x male romance This book might contain mature content -most likely words that feels illegal to use :). Please be aware of that.

When two ex-best friends turned rival assassins cross paths on a mission, they must work together to uncover the truth, reopening old wounds and buried feelings while battling monsters.

[ONC 2026] When her best friend vanishes without a trace and the police refuse to look closer, she decides to handle it herself. What she doesn't expect is to cross paths with the city's most dangerous man. Now standing at the edge of something far bigger than she anticipated, will she walk away while she still can, or step deeper into the shadows? **** Kenna Sato is a florist with a quiet life, a love for true crime documentaries, and a loyalty streak that often overrides caution. Tenacious and determined, she refuses to sit still when someone she loves disappears. But chasing answers in a city built on secrets comes at a cost. Nikolai "Niko" Volkov rules the underground with cold precision and an iron grip. Feared, calculating, and always several moves ahead, he does not tolerate interference. Yet when fate throws him into Kenna's path, their worlds collide in ways neither of them expected. As danger tightens its hold and betrayal lingers in the air, an unlikely connection begins to form. In a game where trust is fragile and power is everything, can two people from opposite sides survive the storm they are about to face? Or will the darkness consume them both? [Story only slightly edited / proofread] Copyright © 2026 All rights reserved.

When the two rival football stars collide again, the tension between them shifts from hatred to something far more dangerous. Loving the enemy could destroy their seasons, their futures, and the identities they've fought to protect. *** Gabriel Chase rebuilt his body from the ground up. After a season-ending injury nearly stole his future, he's back on the field with something to prove. He refuses to be underestimated. He refuses to be someone's secret. Mateo Del Campo built his reputation on control. On the field, he hits hard and never apologizes. Off the field, he keeps his real thoughts locked behind discipline and loyalty. He does not make mistakes. He does not lose focus. When their rivalry reignites during Gabriel's comeback season, the tension between them shifts from resentment to something neither of them knows how to name. The chemistry is undeniable. The consequences are brutal. In a sport where loyalty is everything and weakness is punished, falling for the enemy is more than a risk. It's a gamble with careers, reputations, and hearts on the line. *** Open Novella Contest entry for 2026 Prompts: 30, 58

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 ."

Where the evil Queen of Hearts and the eccentric Mad Hatter fall in love. --- Marra is the Queen of the Kingdom of Hearts. She is known to be heartless and cruel, a tyrant through and through. She has been searching for clues on how to find the mystical being called the Jabberwocky. As she sets foot on her adventure, she encounters different people and creatures who will change her outlook on life, including the eccentric Mad Hatter. Will she let herself fall in love with the madman? --- Based on the "Alice in Wonderland" franchise, particularly the classic books "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. --- An Open Novella Contest 2026 entry. Prompt 44. "May I have this dance?" "Seriously? Right now, in this situation?"