Anna lives a deliberately colourless life-one spent in the background, where asking for anything comes with a price she learned to stop paying long ago. At school, on the bus, at home, her world has been built on silence, routine, and the certain safety of going unnoticed. It's a balance she maintains meticulously, because being seen has never ended well for her. Then, one day, that balance fractures after a brief moment of accidental acknowledgement-small, meaningless, fleeting, and completely impossible to undo. Now, Anna is forced to confront the quiet life she's built. She begins to question whether survival is the same as living... and what it might cost to want more. She finds herself wondering whether the price is too low-or far too high. Because once you're noticed by someone, the world doesn't always let you disappear again. Highest ranking: #1 literaryfiction 01/03/2026 - Ongoing.

EVERYONE THEY TOUCH DIES - EXCEPT EACH OTHER. For 423 years, Libby has been a walking biohazard: one accidental brush of skin and it's game over. Now she's the world's oldest virgin, a shut-in, and a not-so secret romantic who spends her nights writing about the experiences she can never have firsthand. But she isn't alone. For centuries, a robed figure has watched her from the edges of history. Libby assumed he was a hallucination, a coping mechanism for a mind fractured by four centuries of solitude. Then one night he slid into her DMs. And after four centuries of living without a single IRL connection, Libby is ready to be touched by a Reaper - whatever the cost. NOTE: This story is one of my Wattpad ONC 2026 entries. I wrote it in response to Prompt 114: "An immortal being, worn down by centuries and cursed so that anyone they touch dies, starts searching for a way to finally end their endless life. But Death, who has grown possessive and infatuated with them, refuses to let them go." ⚠️ TW: death, dirty language, sexual content, suicidal ideation.

If monsters need humans, and humans don't need monsters... which species is truly powerful? And what happens when humanity finally realizes that? The strategist Hugo meets Merille. She is not human, and so they stand in direct opposition. But Merille is unlike any monster he knows. She doesn't need him. Control is the answer. But how can he wield power when the rules have changed? It's time to control the system before it masters him. According to prompt 80. Monsters don't live under our beds. They live in the recesses of our minds.

𝟏𝟔𝟗𝟐 A woman engulfed in flames screams from the pyre that she will make the town weave its destruction. Disregarding her promise, the townsfolk throw her ashes into the waves. As the tide swirls in, sailors drown, and women begin to hear whispers of what the sea could offer were they to betray their town. 𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 The young inquisitor Rowan patrols the beach as he stumbles upon a bottle near the cliffs. There is a message inside, asking the dead witch for help. Rowan realizes he needs to act before the curse destroys what little remains of their once blossoming village.

//ONC entry 2026// .*★🌷 •♪ ⚔️ ★.• 🌼° ♪ In the middle of the city a temple stood proud in the shape of a cube no one thought it loud Time made it fall asleep until a robot came to plant a SEED another was one step behind both hoping that the weapon was theirs to find .*★🌷 •♪ ⚔️ ★.• 🌼° ♪ Main prompt: 32. Two assassins/bounty hunters from rival organisations are sent on the same secret mission, only to realise the assignment hides a much bigger truth.

Delilah Daine is the most ordinary girl in existence. At least that's what she wants everyone to believe desperately. After spending years in a residential treatment center as a pre-teen, she wants to be normal and fit neatly into the popular mold society creates for girls her age. She has a social media account, so she isn't considered too closed off, but she only posts nature photos and shares cute animal videos. She works as a librarian surrounded by people every day, but after work, she prefers to stay home and be alone. Her carefully curated existence shatters when she receives a letter from someone every doctor insisted never existed - a person who was supposed to be nothing more than a figment of her childhood imagination. Nathaniel Fitzpatrick knows he must leave Europe, especially after spending years caged in a delusional scientist's basement as a test subject. Only one thing keeps him from boarding the ship to America and disappearing for at least a decade - Delilah. A talkative little girl who once showed him he shouldn't spend the rest of eternity hidden in dark caves, only coming out for food. He decided weeks ago it would be best to write her a thank-you note before his departure and forget about her, the way he assumes she forgot about him. But now that it's time to board, he realizes a simple letter isn't enough. He needs to know if she's even alive and what kind of person she has grown into during the years he was imprisoned. People change, and he has to find out whether the only good person he has ever met managed to retain her kindness and compassion - or if she lost that battle the moment she grew up, the way most humans usually do.

Long ago, a ruler made a devastating choice to save his kingdom. Now, the world must live with the consequences of his sacrifice. With living shadows and monsters roaming the earth, humans have bartered to stay alive. Barely. Author Note: I want people to interact with this world authentically without fear of their own opinion and the opinions of others. As the author, unless I am @ specifically in the comments I will not respond. Even then I may choose not to respond. I don't want people to be afraid of hurting my feelings and I want people to interact with my work without feeling like I'm looking over their shoulder. That being said, I will like comments as a thank you for taking time to read the story! It means a lot :)

Dr. Edna Whitmore is a scientist who believes in data, logic, and proof. So when letters begin arriving with dates set fifteen years in the future, she assumes it's a mistake-or a carefully planned deception. Until she recognizes the handwriting. It's her own. The letters describe events that haven't happened yet... and warn her about choices she hasn't made. They know things no one else could possibly know. But the real question isn't who sent them. It's how Edna Whitmore could have written them in the future... and sent them fifteen years back in time. This is my last-minute entry for ONC 2026. I truly hope you enjoy reading it.

Cal Porter is Highridge Secret's golden boy, a striker who scores with ruthless precision. Kess Caldwell is Iron Row FC's shield, a defender who breaks plays and crushes strikers without mercy. In the Barefield League, where cleats are banned and mixed-gender rivalries turn brutal, Cal and Kess are sworn enemies. Every match is a collision waiting to happen. When an injury benches one of them, and a red card suspends the other, the game changes. Forced off the pitch, they're about to discover that the only thing more dangerous than their hatred for each other... is their chemistry. /// ONC 2026 Main Prompt: 58. You're injured during a big game, and to your surprise, your rival from the other team carries you off the field. Used alongside: 44. May I have this dance? Seriously? Right now, in this situation?

In the Kingdom of Erianon, the seasons influence the magic of its spell casters. Every year a spell caster's power is strengthened by its root season. But what happens when Spring suddenly disappears from the land? The freezing Winter immediately turns into bitter, hot Summer at the vernal equinox. And the spell casters with the elemental abilities of Hydrokinesis, Chlorokinesis and Photokinesis become weaker with every passing year with no Spring. No one knows why or how Spring went missing. Some began to believe that a curse was placed on the kingdom. While others believe that the goddess of Spring, Aviva, was kidnapped by an evil spirit or captured by the other gods due to jealousy. Whatever the cause of Spring's disappearance, what is certain is that the Summer and Winter-bound spell casters increase exponentially in power while the Spring-bound weaken and become bullied outcasts. There is imbalance throughout Erianon. Natural births decline, diseases run rampant through the vulnerable, water is contaminated, and food storages dwindle. After 5 years without Spring, tensions are rising within the kingdom. Protesters flock to the King's court, and under his declining reputation and the pressure of the people, he is left with no choice but to hope the rumors are true and Spring can be restored if Aviva is found. For this task, he will assemble a party of only the strongest and wisest spell casters to send on a quest and solve the most enigmatic mystery in recent history: What happened to Spring? It will be up to the 6 spell casters recruited to restore the missing season and bring back balance or face the wrath of the King if they return with no answers. Who will be named the King's heroes? And will they succeed in this impossible journey?