"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."

Kim Junhee, Jeon Jungkook, Nishimura Ri-ki, Choi Yeonjun, Lalisa Manobal, Hwang Hyun-jin, Enami Asa, Kim Chaewon... YOU ARE CURSED ⚠️

Every day at exactly 3:19, Lia leaves She rises from Maya's lap with a quiet certainty, slips into the garden and... dissapears. Only to return two minutes later as if nothing has happened. Until the day she returns wounded. When Maya follows her into the mist, she discovers a world hidden beneath the ordinary. A vast Sleepfield where cats walk along rivers of light and guard the fragile seams of time itself. Here, nothing is accidental. Every pawprint alters reality. One misstep pulls Lia into the mist. Maya is left alon with a silent ginger guardian and a terrifying truth: in this world, observation changes outcomes and thinking too quickly makes you visible. Maya must learn to move without breaking the fragile threads that hold reality together. Because time is breathing. And is watching.

In East Texas, you're expected to come back with pie, gossip, or maybe a good story. Just not blood on your hands. Briar brought home a Frenchman, a secret, and more trouble than her mama's prayers could fix. Prompt 51: "While in search of a missing friend, you accidentally kidnap the most feared crime lord." #ONC2026 (Open Novella Contest 2026)

Wang Boshi is a professor of English in a college known for it's specialization in Chinese Literature. To build interest in students he makes them write stories from different genres. Gu Wenrong chooses mystery stories but the story where a woman with a pierced chin ended up washed onto the shore a real missing persons case in town he calls him to warn him to not use public data without authorization. It leads to a new story and Wang Boshi finds himself the protagonist of the story but the story is set one month after.

A lonely gardener sits atop a poisoned world, tending to his family's legacy. He can't imagine a green world where animals roam free of toxic air, but that's exactly what his ancestors envision. Charged with the monumental task of healing a sick planet, he lives his life planting and husbanding the green things that will hopefully one day restore the environment lost. The problem is loneliness has begun to erode his faith in his mission. He would rather suffer in the waste with a companion than struggle alone. In answer to his silent prayers, a being of legend falls from the heavens and into the center of his life. Mansa dreamt of a wife, but his dreams changed the night the dragon fell... *** ONC 2026 Entry Prompt#3: You don't expect excitement in your quiet garden until the day a dragon suddenly appears among the flowers.

A lonely immortal seeks Death, but she won't make release easy for him. The Fates have other plans. ... For hundreds of years, Larkin has lived a miserable life of isolation. Immortality has been nothing but a curse and the only remedy is the one who cursed him in the first place. He's searched the globe, but has only found whispers and rumors. Just when he's given up, she walks casually back into his life and it takes everything in him not to lash out. He needs her to remove the curse, and she won't do that if he unleashes his rage upon her. They were once lovers, then they were enemies, now Larkin doesn't know what they are to each other. He only knows she has the answer to the riddle of his extended torment. ONC 2026 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.

A world where croaky voices, loud sneezing, and loose change falling out of pockets are considered laughable is not a man's world. But here we are. In this world, men undergo voice breaking once a month for several days due to a cyclical decline in testosterone levels. The associated prejudices have meant that men rarely pursue public professions, with less than 20% of politicians, business leaders, or television presenters being male. Beau wants to change that. His confidence grows when he is hired as a staff member on a presidential campaign that has the historic goal of bringing the first man into the highest office. A small step for Beau, a giant leap for mankind. Little does he know that his presence will ruin everything. PROMPT: Self-love often starts small, like planting a single seed. With time, patience and a bit of light, it will blossom.

2026 Leighyeann A. Mies All rights reserved cover by @breakdownwalls (Book 2 of the Braverly series) [COMPLETED ON 19/4/2026] *** Years after leaving her old small town behind, Braverly Lane is now an author and editor at a small publishing company. She has already published a book, which, however, hasn't found much success yet. A series of events, along with a lesson from the past that resurfaces, is bound to reshape her future in a way she has never expected before...

2026 Leighyeann A. Mies All rights reserved An entry for the Open Novella Song Contest (based on prompts #44, #50 and #85) [COMPLETED ON 12/4/2026] *** That one letter. Lim Sanggyeom is certain he already disposed of it. No-one was supposed to read it-so, along with it, there went the secret that was sealed on it with ink. So, why are his past and present bound to collide? What is Oh Saeryeong doing at his wedding? And, most importantly, how is Heo Moeun, his bride to be, involved in this mess? A story where love, truth and lies together form a dangerous chain that is on the brink of breaking...