A reimagining of the enchanted fairytale we all know as Sleeping Beauty, in which the evil fairy has a son. ~ The unseelie fae know many stories. Their favourite is that of their mistress's son, Draco. The unseelie prince of thorns. With his vivid eyes and small horns, his brave, kind heart and his unexpected adventures. For when his mother, known as a witch amongst the humans, cast a spell only to be broken by true love's kiss, no one would've expected that Draco would be able to break the curse. No one expected him to love a human princess. No one expected Briar Rose to love him. However, it is for this very reason that the unseelie fae love the story of Draco and how he came to love Briar Rose. How the two of them reunited a realm torn apart, the humans and the fair folk. And how they brought peace and joy amongst their people, creating a story lost with generations to come. ~ This is my entry for the Wattpad ONC 2026 contest.

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 the star-flower blooms beyond its mountain, The one who endures shall mend the fracture of worlds. Neither sky nor stone shall sway her heart, For through her steps, the frozen paths shall thaw." Astraea Edelweiss has always dreamed of seeing her favorite flower in real life. She never imagined it would find her. One star-shaped bloom appears overnight in her backyard-and the moment she touches it, Astraea is hurled into a world of magic, prophecy, and danger. A realm built on a prophecy meant for a savior she is not. The Keepers admit their mistake: they summoned the wrong human. The realm is fracturing. Winter spreads unchecked. Monsters slip through cracks in reality. They want her gone. But Astraea refuses to leave. Not to fulfill the prophecy-but to rewrite it. She discovers the truth long buried in ancient scrolls: the prophecy never said "he." It said: "The one who endures." In a world that rejects her, with fate stacked against her, Astraea must defy magic, challenge myths, and prove that endurance-and courage-has no gender. Book Cover: Created by a good friend of mine.

This story navigates the theme of love, heartbreak, sorrow and happiness, as a momentary part of life. It shows how personal actions can affect for good or bad the lives of love ones for generations. At the center of it is Caru Ainsworth and his family. Although being born with a beautiful soul, his heart will be continuously put to test since his childhood. Questioning his purpose in life and if he was ever love. I always wanted to write a tear jerking story, this time with a male lead. Please stay tune as I wrap up the story. I will try to participate in the Novella contest with the prompt: 46. "We love broken, beautiful people. And it doesn't get more obviously broken and more classically beautiful than you." (A slightly modified quote from "Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid)

When a strange message popped up on Iris's phone, she didn't expect a link to a game that would change her life forever. Trapped in a neon-lit world with no exit button, she finds herself surrounded by other players, people she has never met before, all of whom seem just as lonely and lost as she is. But this game isn't like any other she's played before. There is no score, and there are no winners. Instead, the system gives them quiet, deeply personal quests that force them to talk, trust, and confront the things they've been running from. The more they open up, the closer they get to logging out, because the game's true purpose was never for entertainment, but to save them. The only problem was that Iris had already made up her mind about being alive. Prompt: 60. You download a new app that promises to cure your boredom, and it delivers far more than you ever expected.

"I had never valued the backbone of my life... until I was forced to lose it..." "She was so beautiful that Death fell hopelessly in love with her and tried to tear her from my arms." Sunny Rose's world revolved around Suga; Suga's world revolved around music. Sunny was as sweet as honey, and Suga was as bitter as coffee. She was like a three-year-old child living in the body of a twenty-one-year-old girl, and he was like an eighty-year-old man trapped in the body of a twenty-eight-year-old. Sunny was as bright as her name promised, and Suga was like a gray cloud desecrating the true beauty of a blue sky. Who could ever believe in the combination of these two people? Do opposites really attract? Or is it nothing more than a saying with no truth behind it? Yet never forget that when a daring ray of light pierces through nostalgic raindrops, a beautiful rainbow is born. "I always believed my only lover was the piano, until I betrayed it for her." "He was so beautiful, She was capable of imprisoning my soul in hell just for him."

Samara Williams has always wanted to play professional baseball, and after recovering from tearing her ACL, she finally has a second chance. What she didn't expect was dance rehearsals, back flips, or Luca Dotson. * open novella contest: 30 & 44 onc round one winner | 2026 © Jordin Verona, 2026

Death is no mystery to Peggy after living as a vampire for over half a century. That doesn't mean the death of her best friend isn't devastating. Add to that the threat of someone going after that friend's great granddaughter, Maya, and suddenly death has a new fear to it. She'll have to push the boundaries of life itself to uncover what and why Maya has suddenly become a high priority target for a secret society. There might just be answers to her own murder hidden in the web of secrets.

And here comes the punchline. / OFF CAMPUS, multiple pairings © neoniridescent [18+] CW: Explicit content

🏆 ROUND 3 WINNER - OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026 🏆 A misfit businessman must find an escaped beast before it wreaks havoc in the last place it should: inside the campus. ⋯⋯⋯ For Alexi Jansen, a third-year student and a full-time arms dealer and exotic animal breeder, security is his currency. So when a shape-shifting beast escapes his menagerie, the last thing he expects is to find its traces in the Lyllan University of Magic where absolutely no one should know of his...extracurricular activities. Now, he has to capture the beast, scrub clean its prints, and find out who released it―all before it leaves a clue he can never cover up. From the author of the award-winning novella, 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘢 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘈𝘳𝘭𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯, comes a story of privilege, wealth, and the divide between the elite and the common. Ideals are a salvation for many, but in the quest for freedom and power, sometimes, they are the first to go. AN INSTALLMENT OF THE LYLLAN UNIVERSITY OF MAGIC AND MISFITS SERIES ˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°• © 2026 (First Edition) [25,000 - 30,000 words] [All graphics are made by @sardonictabby] 🏆 LONGLIST - OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026