****2025 Pride Awards Shortlisted!!**** When Miles's long-time hater wants help experimenting with "playing for the other team" on the DL, Miles is surprisingly here for it. The problem? Miles's best friend is definitely not. ___ Miles Green has been out of the closet since sixth grade, and hasn't really thought twice about it. He's popular and gets invited to every party, so practically no one bothers him. Except for James, who goes out of his way to show how much he despises Miles's existence. So imagine Miles's surprise when James kisses him. Or when James says it wasn't a drunken mistake but an experiment in his sexuality - a dilemma that James needs Miles's help with. As Miles and James grow closer, it sparks jealousy in Miles's best friend, catching Miles off-guard. Why would Harlow be jealous, especially when there was nothing but friendship between them? It was all platonic. Right? ___ AMAZING cover by @-DeeIsDead-

Shipwrecked during the war, four survivors strand on a plague-haunted island, where something monstrous hunts the living faster than the disease ever could. *** Italy, 1381 The country is torn by the war between Venice and Genoa. After surviving a harrowing battle at sea, the ship's medic, Adriano, and some of his fellow shipmates find a momentary refuge on an abandoned island in the Venetian lagoon. At last, they believe, the worst is behind them. But some shores are not meant to be reached. Something begins to hunt them - something the sea didn't keep, and the land doesn't want. A creature feared like a curse by all sailors, serving only Death. One by one, the men are dragged into the dark and slaughtered. On an island forsaken by God and men alike, the past demands its due, leaving no one unscarred. As fear fractures the survivors and silence becomes impossible, Adriano is forced to choose between survival and a truth long kept hidden, forbidden by law, faith, and fear.

Willing to risk her life, a seasoned soldier recruits a vengeful goddess to fight a war of the future. *** When UN Army Captain Akira Dunn is sent to investigate an outlandish legend, she doesn't question her orders. Realistically, she knows it's impossible that a goddess lives among them; even less likely is that said immortal is dead set on destroying the world's greatest enemy, Verus Rex. So when myth becomes reality, and she finds herself face to face with the goddess Danya, Akira begins to feel something she had forgotten over the last fourteen years of war: hope. Unfortunately, Concordia is far from an easy opponent, and the country in the sky seemingly takes pride in destroying the world beneath them. Danya's defiant personality, coupled with her sporadic outbursts of anger, doesn't help either, and it's Akira's job to keep the temperamental goddess in line. But Akira refuses to let that stop her. For the sake of their future, and for those that no longer have one, Akira intends to do whatever it takes to end the war once and for all. *** WARNING: This story contains depictions of suicide and violence that may not be suitable for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

When an assistant to a multi-millionaire CEO of a fashion magazine agrees to a fake dating deal, she doesn't expect to find that there may be more to her boss's cruel heart than she thought. ****** Working for a brutal boss was the last thing Alaina wanted to do, but the high salary is too hard to resist. When an unfortunate situation pushes CEO Mylène Seydoux to move in with Alaina, both their worlds are disrupted as rumors swirl around them. And one way to deal with that problem? Stage a fake relationship with a hefty bonus. Alaina accepts the deal, but things become complicated when the money is not the only thing that is irresistible. Mylène Seydoux's reputation as a cruel, workaholic CEO precedes her. Moving in and striking up a fake dating deal with her mousey assistant is not part of her plans. To make matters worse, that same pretty, sassy sunshine of an assistant manages to stir up feelings that Mylène has kept buried deep for years. Love has become off-limits to her when she has enemies who are waiting for the right moment to strike. Fake blurs into reality as their dating deal slowly combusts into a passion neither one of them wants to escape. Will they be able to handle each other's worlds for a chance at something real? Or will the secrets that taint both their pasts be too much for them? **** My boss is staring at me as if I'm her last dinner. "Merde, you look so fucking beautiful, amour." A smile tugs at the corner of her red lips. "And you're even wearing a red lace bra. Have you prepared for this moment, naughty girl?" I lick my dry lips. "And what if I have?" She smirks. "Then I love that." She beckons me with her finger. "Come here." Swallowing the lump in my throat, I walk to her. Until I'm standing right over her. And even when she's sitting, the power wafts off her in intoxicating waves. She truly is the Devil's Mistress. And I'm ready to burn in hell. Banners by @-DeeIsDead-

|SEASON 1 OF CLAXTON| |3X FEATURED · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · PAID STORY ON INKSPIRED!| As the Octopus Man returns from the Bermuda Triangle, Makenna Angelia Delling teams up with Merlin the Great's ninja-like fairy apprentice, Tracey, to defeat him. However, what will happen when Tracey learns he is the K-T Magic Murderer? *** Fourteen-year-old Makenna Delling is a Metamorphic Fairy, a rare fairy from a family in which one person must have been a fairy. Except, who is that one person? To help find answers regarding her past, Makenna teams up with seventeen-year-old Tracey, a mysterious fairy who hails from Merlin's Island. Together, they are dragged into the flight of their lives after they learn that the Octopus Man has returned from the Bermuda Triangle, and he is eager to kill Tracey. Mustering up all her courage, Makenna must find a way to stop Tracey from becoming who he truly is. She has to help him defeat the Octopus Man himself if he is to change his fate. Both teens have high stakes, especially since Tracey could be one of the greatest threats in the entire Magic World. Who is Makenna? Who is Tracey? Most importantly, why must Makenna find her long-lost family member? It's so she can call herself a True Metamorphic Fairy. *** *Main tropes: bad boy, love triangle, and friends-to-lovers.* *Note: My writing style is 3rd-person omniscient, so please judge it accordingly. Thank you!* *Important: There is a non-graphic suicide attempt in Part Two of Chapter Sixty--just FYI, in case you'd like to skip that section.* Main Achievements: 🏆Most Original Fantasy in the Strawberry Cupcake Awards! 🏆 100K Reads on another writing site! 🏅 Shortlisted for the Red Carpet Awards!

[ONC '24 SHORTLISTER] When a group of assassins is onto her irritating escort, a happy-go-lucky bodyguard must ensure they survive their trip before his escort's past demons catch up to them. * * * No one expected easygoing Aspen Mendoza to be accepted into Interpol as a field agent, but she couldn't be any more excited to finally land her dream job. Her first assignment? Escort Lucas Tan, a public figure with an enigmatic past and an attitude to match, to Davao City aboard a new train system connecting every major island in the Philippines. When their journey is disrupted by the poisoning of one of its passengers, it's up to Aspen and Lucas to catch the culprit before anyone else gets hurt. But little does Aspen know, Lucas is keeping a secret that threatens the lives of every passenger on the train, and she must figure it out before his past demons catch up to them. * * * | 20,000 - 25,000 words. First, rough draft. | Based on ONC 2024 prompts 28 and 60. Cover by @sardonictabby.