When Ethan Eaton comes home for the Christmas holiday to find his parents have been killed by vampires, his life takes a drastic turn. Leaving behind his old life, he opens a café in a village located in the Scottish Highlands, which rumours say is frequently visited by supernatural beings. His plan is simple: learn more about magical beings and find out why his parents died. There is no room for distractions, and there is especially no room for his growing feelings towards the fiery and whimsical village girl Airlia, who happens to also be chasing magic. ----- ONC 2025 Round 2 Winner & Shortlister! ----- The Novellas of the Highlands: - Oak's Tea Room - The Oblivious Fool - The Second Draft - A Wish Come True - To be named

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Senna, a young Summoner, has moved to the Land of Departure after the destruction of her home. Scared and feeling lost, she soon finds herself integrating with a trio of friends named Aqua, Terra, and Ventus. Can she possibly let herself be happy after experiencing such tragedy and what if her tragedy has really only begun?

In the shadows of a cursed legacy, DJ Silver navigates the treacherous world of supernatural powers and dark secrets. Born from an experiment gone wrong, DJ becomes bound to a deadly curse: at every full moon, her powers peak, and she transforms into an unstoppable monster, craving death and unleashing chaos. As DJ grapples with her royal demonic heritage, werewolf alpha who fathered her and highschool, mysterious Bryan Rex Moon enters her life, sharing the same curse and hiding secrets of his own. Join them as they navigate through the world of monsters, curses, darkness and love. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cover by @ClaraElisibeth

** 18+ Toxic Romantasy** **Thieves Guilds, Nobles, Fantasy Races, Magic** He's all control. She's pure chaos. She yearns for freedom, while he dreams of power, yet they are more alike than they realize. Only they can understand the darkness hidden within each other, and it binds them in a love as twisted as their fate. --- Nyx: They all thought they were so cunning. Wolfe. Reed. Even my father. They believed I was just a pawn they could use in their little game to grasp for power. They all manipulated me because they believed me to be weak. And perhaps I was, but that was before. Reed might have been an insufferable a**, but he was right about a few things. The first was that I did not need his help. In fact, I did not need anyone's help. I was smarter than they thought and stronger than even I realized. The second was that I unfortunately did belong to the guild. As much as I hated to admit it, as long as one of those idiots was in power, I would never be free. I was not fool enough to believe that any one of them was going to release me, even if I completed the mission. There was only one way I could secure my freedom. I would have to take it for myself. ---- Reed: Throughout my life, I built a house in my mind, each room meticulously crafted and arranged for a specific purpose. I taught myself how to open only one door at a time. Training, weapons, survival, investigation, duty, loyalty, ambition. Doors I opened often. The rest stayed closed. And for good reason. Control. A mechanism cannot properly function when things get caught up where they should not. It is similar to grains of sand in a crossbow. Just a little grit can ruin the whole thing, destroying both its accuracy and function. And I could not afford even the slightest slip-up. There was a closet in that house in my mind. A closet I always kept closed. But Nyx... She threw that f***ing door wide open, then set fire to the whole f****ing house.