2019 Award Entries
52 stories
Like Minds by MistressCara
Like Minds
MistressCara
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  • Parts 11
In 1996, nine-year-old Jayla Bennett disappeared while walking home from school in Chicago. She was never seen or heard from again. It was a case that baffled the authorities, and an incident that haunted Lucien "Luc" Moreau throughout his life. 13 years later, Luc, now a private investigator, is hard at work to find out what happened to his childhood friend all those years ago. He catches his first big break with the arrival of South Korean Inspector Joon-Ho Lee, who initially came to Chicago to find answers on a case that could affect the relationship between America and South Korea, but instead, finds himself drawn to the mystery of a missing girl, and the man who will stop at nothing to find her. As the two detectives work to unravel the mysteries surrounding the case, they become embroiled in a world where evil knows no bounds, and everything they know is called into question. Meanwhile, someone is watching... waiting... planning...
Home Sweet Home by MistressCara
Home Sweet Home
MistressCara
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  • Parts 4
Interior designer Liana Carter was called back to her hometown Oakville, Texas to attend the funeral of a high school classmate. Coming home for the first time in 14 years, she was forced to deal with a past she had worked hard to escape, and the people she had hoped to avoid for the rest of her life. However, all these turned out to be the least of her worries when it was soon discovered that this somber reunion had an ulterior motive: They weren't brought back to mourn the loss of someone they knew. They were brought back to join their dead classmate.
Cut To The Bone by druidrose
Cut To The Bone
druidrose
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  • Parts 50
Azima Rousseau, a demon hunter destined to save her world from the denizens of the Underworld, has to venture through the Seven Levels of Hell in order to face its Prince and close the rift between their worlds once and for all. ***** Ever since her eighteenth birthday, Azima Rousseau knew she would die battling the forces of Hell just as her mother had, and every other Rousseau before her. So when her destiny delivers her to Death's door, it is not the Devil who answers, but the Demon Prince Malecoda. Instead of ending her fated existence as his sworn enemy, he decides to bind her into a pact that challenges not only the intensity of her will to survive but also the integrity of her soul to persevere. Together they soon discover who the monsters truly are- Azima's own people. [[ 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST ]] ---------- Cover designed by Stefanie Saw
Iron Empire by SmittyBS
Iron Empire
SmittyBS
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  • Parts 86
HEROES AREN'T BORN - THEY'RE FORGED. ☆Now available in paperback and ebook format! Search "Iron Empire" on Amazon!☆ Armageddon has come and gone, but the Iron War rages on. Thirty years after a devastating nuclear war swept the globe, society has been reborn in the image of the corporations that now rule the thriving remnants of humanity with an iron fist. Their insatiable drive for power and profit fuels the creation of Mobile Electronic Combat Hardware - giant robots known as mechs. The world is perpetually at war, a crucible of conflict designed to keep the factories running forever. If allowed to continue, this commercialized bloodshed will tear the world apart once more. Enter Jackson Quinn. His goal? End the Iron War. But in a world where betrayal lurks around every corner and alliances shift like sand, every step toward peace will come with terrible consequences. From the smouldering ruins of forgotten cities to the sprawling battlefields of the Iron War, join Jackson and his allies as they risk everything to unravel an international conspiracy decades in the making. - Part of #writteninaction - People's choice winner in the Youngblood awards (2018) - Highest ranks: #1 in World War #1 in Mech #1 in Machines #10 in Robots #31 in Sci-fi #127 in Action
Kill or be killed by cocoa596
Kill or be killed
cocoa596
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  • Parts 20
Wren is a skilled assassin most have come to know as Death. He's been killing since he could hold a knife and was cursed after making a mistake. After the disappearance of his soulmate and their siblings, Wren has to 'play nice' in order to find them. But it's a race against time. Wren's family holds secrets he can't comprehend, and his dark masters want him to serve a larger purpose. Emotion is not part of Wren's game, or his dark masters. Until it is. Third place winner of the Golden Arrow award 2019 Discontinued!!
Twilight Witch by TheDreamChronicles
Twilight Witch
TheDreamChronicles
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  • Parts 29
Stone-cold, arrogant 635202 lives with a numbered name, a broken memory, and a shadowed past. Looked on by her peers with respect, she remains detached, for the fear of losing everything remains on her mind. Magic is in the air, and the fear of an unknown past looms over 635202's head. When a group of prisoners from the surface world comes to her compound, she finds herself trapped with a young man who is her polar opposite... and possibly the only gateway left to a past life she can't remember save for her dreams of another boy with emerald eyes. 635202 must choose between what is, what there was, and what the future has in store for her and uncover her cursed memories before not only she is in danger, but the very fabric of magic as she knows it. THE SECOND DRAFT OF ENCHANTRESS OF DESIRE!!! NO LONGER A SEQUEL BOOK! Cover by scmimi
ONCE UPON A WARLOCK ✓ by YORUBOY
ONCE UPON A WARLOCK ✓
YORUBOY
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  • Parts 31
He's a distant descendant of the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses. He loves cheerleading, spandex and his cheating boyfriend. He is Julius Sullivan! But he's unsure of this other warlock slowly sneaking into his heart with a love spell. Preying on him is exactly what Julius should do according to the paranormal food chain. Or could this strange guy have more to offer him other than late nights spent nursing literal heartaches, faux trips to the therapist's and pure trouble? Cover and Banners by diwatera ♥ Winner of multiple awards. Featured on Fantasy. Featured on YA; Mission Impossible. Featured on LGBTQ; Wicked Little Creatures. Featured on StoriesUndiscovered; Diamond. Featured on FreeTheLGBT; Wicked Little Creatures
Teenage, Troubled and  Telekinetic (ON HIATUS) by mejemorley
Teenage, Troubled and Telekinetic (ON HIATUS)
mejemorley
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  • Parts 27
Joshua is bullied at school. He's black and introverted; a clear target for racist bullies. When he's driven to attempt suicide, inherited powers spring forth. Extremely strong powers that never seem to do what Joshua wants them to. Instead, they cause destruction and harm and they seem to only work when his emotions go haywire. And it's all Joshua can do to control them. So, when the suggestion comes from a stranger that he went to Nigeria to train, he feels it is a good idea and agrees. But in Nigeria, he's unsafe and also there lies the answers to some questions he wants answered. Still, those same questions are why he's in danger. He and the other telekinetics that have been kidnapped in the past years. Give a bullied teenager powers like Joshua has and find out what is possible if matter can be manipulated to the sub-atomic. **Praise for Joshua Morley Omole** "Our writer is sage, sound and sympathetic..." @MissMysteryGame Cover by @CannibalisticNecro
Not Like The Rest by BooskiBabii
Not Like The Rest
BooskiBabii
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  • Parts 22
Twenty three year old Jayla doesn't open up to anyone, except her two friends, Lily and Zoella. After a psychotic ex-boyfriend destroys her soul, she second guesses her worth. She's had her heart broken so many times, she doesn't think true love exists any longer-until she meets...HIM. Twenty five year old Jayceon shuts everyone out of his life, except for his two closest friends, Zayne and Hayden. But even those two he keeps at a distance. He's a mamas boy with a protective side who loves big jacked up trucks and fishing. His relationship with his father is more than toxic, so Jayceon doesn't believe he's worthy of love and won't look a woman in her eyes-until he meets...HER. Together they're a force. Together they're unstoppable. Together they find love in one another. ----- I press my hands softly on Jayceon's damp cheeks as he whispers the words I've been waiting to hear. "Darlin', please don't leave me. I-I love you, Jayla Rayne Conway. I can't live another moment without you." When he finishes speaking I crash my lips onto his and he kisses me back like his life would end in that moment. He is my jackass. He is my jerk. He is my everything; and he, Jayceon Blaize Knight, loves me. Our love story isn't a smooth fairytale, but it's one we will never forget. *** ----- This novel contains fast love, detailed sex, close friendship, traitors, fights, gunshots, kidnapping and even possibly murder! Be prepared to fangirl and love our Jayceon as you read, "Not Like The Rest". !-WARNING-! There will be very detailed sex scenes between characters so if you're not of age or aren't comfortable reading such material then look out for the warnings. #TheStarAwards ★ Winner of 11 Awards! ★ Placements located in special chapter!
Kiss me: Kill me [Complete] by NatalieJennifer7
Kiss me: Kill me [Complete]
NatalieJennifer7
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  • Parts 24
'She was fire and I was earth. Intoxicating. Mesmerising. A thousand cliches all rolled up in one and I was suffocating because of it. I knew that she was about to burn my secrets away, but somehow I thought I'd be able to hide in the smoke.' Being yourself isn't easy- but Alyssa is about to try. Alyssa had it all: popularity, looks, grades- but then her life changed forever. She meets the new girl- George- a fun loving, reckless teen who shows her a side to herself she never wanted to admit. This is a story about love, lust, self acceptance and all those feelings in between. #lgbt #freethelgbt Cover by the talented @annie-Joyce