* A Shortlisted story in the Open Novella Contest!* To deal with the recent influx of suicides, Death created a new breed of angels. His Death Dancers are the souls of those who died too soon, and whose life was filled with happiness and kindness. Their job is to search for the souls that are standing on the edge, and ready to jump. They find the people who Death isn't ready to welcome just yet, and talk them down. Ellie is a new Death Dancer. With an inner sense of where she needs to be, she jumps around the city, talking people off ledges, full pill bottles and sharp blades. She gives them hope, friendship, a guardian angel. Until she Dances her way onto a ledge with Death Himself.

Annabelle is frightened as her first season in London approaches. Marriage? She always hoped it would be for love. But what does she know about love. When looking for clues among her letters from her past suitors, she finds a letter she's never read before. Such passion and love, although she does not know its author, she has made it her ideal of what she wishes to find ... Love's Counterpart. Cyril Kane is probably the least romantic person on the planet. He wouldn't know a sonnet from a bonnet but upon seeing Annabelle all that has to change. He does not know how but he is determined to be the man worthy of her love. Made it through 3 rounds of the contest and on the short list from which the top five finalists and grand prize winner will be picked. 2-19-18 02-01-18 Ranked 215 in Historical Fiction #OpenNovellaContest ©All Rights Reserved by Ruechari If you are reading this story on any other site other than Wattpad you may be subjecting yourself to Malware. To view this story in it's original, safe form please go to the link provided. https://www.wattpad.com/story/128874217-love%27s-counterpart-opennovellacontest

Broken by life. Repaired by music. Near-penniless fashion blogger Romy Stone reluctantly goes to a folk concert with her best friend, and she doesn't expect the event to even entertain her. Wendell Scott is a brilliant musician--the classical kind. But his teacher thinks it would be good for him to expand his horizons, so he takes her concert tickets with the hope of giving his compositions some life. When he and Romy both catch one half of the ceremonially tossed drumsticks, they think they've gotten a quaint souvenir. But this is The Jaded Bottles' last bow, and Romy and Wendell now each possess one half of a fortune that could leave either sitting pretty. In order to get paid, she has to convince him to part with his drumstick. Which means Romy had better go find Wendell because she has no idea who he is. ~~~ teen fic | coming-of-age | romance | multimedia Completed offline and being reposted. Updated on Fridays. ~Was a finalist in the The Open Novella Contest ~The Titan Awards: best flow, best grammar and second place in teen fiction

Aled is a gay man in a soldier's uniform. Unhappy with the turn his country is taking, Aled seizes the opportunity to enter a mysterious portal into the strange, primitive world of Thera. Finding himself trapped there, Aled discovers Marius, a man left to wander blindly in the wilderness. Surrounded by intrigue, Aled and Marius must find a way to trust each other, to save both themselves and Thera's Lady. 2022 AMBY AWARDS Winner for Alternate Universe stories. Finalist for the Open Novella Contest 2017/8. Sci-Fi and LGBT ♥ **Edited version now available on Amazon etc with the title PORTAL**

Victor has never considered himself a monster. Sure, he came into the world in a somewhat unconventional way, and maybe he doesn't have all of his original organs. And he still looks 30 at 53 (or is it 83?). But his sole purpose in life has been to love, his only goal to enjoy the life he was given. Now they are hunting him for answers he doesn't have and he must decide if life without love has any meaning at all. ********** A finalist in the Open Novella Contest ********** Highest rank #271 in Science Fiction ********** Started on 11/18/17, completed on 1/31/18

WATTPAD FEATURED STORY | WATTYS 2018 SHORT LIST | OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2018 FINALIST | On her wedding day, Charlotte de Winter carried a crossbow as she walked a lone dirt road through a snow-laden forest. She wasn't saying her vows as she had hoped. Instead, she was hunting the monster who killed the man she loved. But there's only a small window of opportunity to bring Alexander Prescott back from the dead. And breaking a curse isn't easy, especially for a seventeen year old witch who has so many spells left to learn before her knowledge of witchcraft is complete. Can Charlotte save Alexander from his cruel fate? Or will this monster with the power of death and darkness at his command destroy her magic entirely? ​ Highest ranking: #85 Paranormal, 2-9-18 Featured: 2-1-18 Wattys2018: Long List Ranked #1 in Historical Fantasy: 12-14-18 Open Novella Contest 2018: Finalist

What happens when a bunch of killers are forced to live together? BATTLE OF THE KILLERS is a reality show that follows Betinia Woods, a girl kidnapped and forced to live in an underground bunker with twelve other killers. The bunker is equipped with hundreds of cameras and microphones that follow the killers every move. Every week, the killers must participate in challenges and other activities to gain points. The four killers with the most points get to leave the bunker. How do you get the most points? By killing the other contestants. ↬ Winner of over ninety Wattpad Awards ↬ First Draft

"Because when you open your eyes you never know what awaits you„ Chester Henderson never expected he would wake up to a stranger location after a long, long night of partying. As he risked for a single chance in escape--to be back with his parents, his girlfriend, his best friends--he slowly had his life seized from his grip. Honestly... he was never ready to brace the horrors that preceded that party he wished he never attended--the horrors of being put in solitary. [The current cover is only a mock cover I whipped up hurriedly. There will be a newer and a more well-developed cover later on.]

-⚔️Wattpad Official Contest Finalist: Completed ⚗️ Life is not about light or dark. It is messy, it is grey, and it is powerful. A Hero does not have to be an Adonis that glistens in the sun with muscles crafted by the gods. Heroes do not have to save the world on their lunch break, kiss babies, and bed incredible women. Real heroes can arise entirely by accident, by determination, or by sheer force of will. Life will bring you horrors beyond imagination and happiness beyond your comprehension. What you do with those fleeting moments that change not only your history but the history of those around you is a choice. Celebration city is a land of choices. A world where heroes and villains can be born with power or develop it. It is a land filled with corruption and hope. A world just like ours but a little more super and supernatural. This is a story about a man. A crippled man with a broken home. He lost everything but got up dusted himself off and used what gifts he did have to make himself stronger. Charlie is a man fueled by failure, with a daughter to protect and vengeance to be satisfied. He is not a hero by goal, but a hero by accident, he is going to rid the world of a monster not in pursuit of fame, fortune, or everything that is good in right, but because it suits him. Someone has to pay for Bellina's death and the loss of Meg's innocence. He is a father a tirade, and not even death will stand in his way. Featured on Wattpad Profile: Action- "Superpowers!" **Wattpad Action Novella Contest Finalist #443 highest ranking to date in action #314 in paranormal

"Scars just prove you didn't get defeated. A scar simply means you survived." Orlon Kane has been a delinquent for most of his life. Before the age of 21, he has been in Federal prison for committing crimes against the government. Now the government wants him out. The president of the United States himself pardons Orlon for an important mission. A crucial political figure, Willder Gordon, has gone missing. Orlon is hired by the government to find Willder, but can he bring himself to work for the government when he's been against them for so many years? *Round 3 Open Novella Contest Finalist*