Wattys Shortlist 2022! | Kyla Shepard, a sixteen-year-old orphan who conjures massive ink-like creatures with her thoughts, must learn to tame the monsters before they consume everything in their path, including her. **** While surviving in the blackened two-mile radius within the quiet city dubbed The Scalded, Kyla Shepard befriends fellow survivors, Lilac and Hermit, who attempt to help her tame her imaginings before they run rampant and destroy everything with a pulse, including them. But when a group of city men infiltrate The Scalded to kill anything living and take back the land, Kyla attempts to fight fire with fire by training her imaginings to defend the place she calls home. As the monsters grow in strength, her attempts to tame the beasts might not only place the city and its residents in danger but cause her to lose the one thing she needs to succeed ... her power. **** Inspired by the short story Make It Stop by L.L. Sanders. Read the twisted tale on my profile! **** Copyright©2020 by L.L. Sanders

Ricardo Torres has spent most of his twenties chasing the bohemian lifestyle, right down to the paintbrush that seems permanently attached to his hand. In his quest to capture the damage wrought to his beloved Lake Fúquene on a canvas, Rico once again finds himself lakeside. However, he soon discovers that the lake has been hiding a secret beneath its waves. With the water all but gone, a stolen Botero sculpture emerges from the cracking, muddy lakebed. Shortly after the police are called, Detective Sonia Mendoza arrives on the scene, eager to warm up this cold case. But as soon as Ricardo and Sonia are back at the police station in Bogotá, they learn that the lake was hiding one more secret. Now this unlikely pair must team up to solve a mystery neither of them anticipated. [[[ONC 2021 Longlister]]] [Based on Prompt #5]

They died, thats where the story starts. James and Paige woke up in hospital, they were told their hearts stopped, then started beating again, and they are here to get better. Only at night, they start to see creatures that climb into their beds and whisper in their ear. Strange enough is that they wear each others faces, and parts of themselves they always hoped to hide. Can you really start a heart again, and will it ever beat the same?

There is a belief that with each origami star folded, a falling star is saved. After folding 365 stars while mourning the loss of her mother, Vilvian makes a wish that will change her life forever. Enter Nox Bright - the handsome and mysterious guy who has been haunting Vilvian's dreams. She can barely believe it when he walks into her homeroom near the end of the school year. Has she gone crazy or is it possible that wishes really do come true? [Unedited version. Edition version available for sale on the Tapas app.]

[Winner of The Fiction Awards 2018 for Best Mystery/Thriller, Best Overall Story and Best Undiscovered] Vivian Harper Maldonado, a 17-year-old facing her last year in high school. With pranks abroad, laughter spewing and perfect friendships, what more could she wish for? That is until the day humiliation surfaces with a crowd present to witness it all. Enraged with anger and her heart shattering to pieces, she storms the building deciding to go home. Except she never makes it that far. What fate lies ahead of her goes unclear, as waking up in a room with 15 other girls only startles and confuses her... "Be careful princess. They fool easily." [Warning: Use of profanity]

EPILOGUE WILL BE FREE STARTING JUNE 29TH, 2023! Diana wakes up in pain, tied to a bed and unable to escape. She's been trapped by a group of surgeons with a twisted passion and she's their next victim. ***** Diana Slater, a typical University student, wakes up in pain, tied to a bed and unable to see. After a mysterious figure, known only as Dr. Sweeney, nurses her back to health she finds out the truth. The Doctor has kidnapped her and given her a cat's eyes as part of a larger ploy to turn humans into collectibles. Now she's being trained by Ben, another patient, with the skin of a snake, on how to behave. Diana and Ben are forced to work together to try to escape the murderous doctors - until she discovers Ben might not be the victim he makes himself out to be. The only person Diana can trust is herself, and if she fails, her eyes won't give her another nine lives. [[Winner of the 2018 Fiction Awards for Best Horror Story]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

" he broke up with his supposedly true love, her. she can't seem to do anything but write. " 「 watty award winner 2015 / #1 in short story 」 copyright © 2015 by 13-year-old layla all rights reserved.

I write about what I feel. I'm told I have a way with words.

Sometimes how you feel can't be put into words.. Sometimes you just need someone to relate to, without feeling judged. This book allows you to relate while healing. I feel as if you want get better/feel better, you first have to recognize your problem.. what's holding you back from being happy. This book helps anyone and everyone to just heal.

Well, the title pretty much gives it away... Allie is a country girl who has been living alone with her sister, Manna, for a few years. Their parents got in an accident, and the two sisters had to stick it out and live alone on their parent's abandoned farm. But when Allie finds out a shocking habit of her sister's, she doesn't know what to think. When her sister becomes an enemy of the police, Allie is demanded to join forces with the authorities to lead them in the direction of Manna so that she can be taken down. Will Allie be able to take down her own sister? Or will her emotions get the better of her? And will she find love along the way? Too many questions, jeez!