- Short Listed for the 2019 OpenNovellaContest - Ever since the meteor hit Earth and the Red Plague spread, life has been a nightmare. Anyone who catches the plague turns into a bloodthirsty monster, killing everyone in their path. And after Evelyn's mother, the Queen, dies from it, Evelyn is expected to take the throne. Instead, she hides, abandoning her people. So when an organization shows up and offers a chance to escape, she takes it. She leaves the palace. And enters the world.

[Open Novella] - [Long Listed] In the middle of a snow encrusted field stands a tree. Ancient and formidable, its roots run deep below the surface, carrying secrets that could unravel the very fabric of reality. Follow Ayessa as she struggles to remember herself and the journey that brought her here, and to the man beneath the tree.

||2019 ONC Ambassador Picks Reading List Selection|| Orphaned as an infant and raised by a troupe of Renaissance Faire actors, Quadir Janszoon is haunted by the past. Six days before his 25th birthday, spectral riders of the Bás Anáil gallop into Central Park in an attempt to murder him and claim the moire, a divine essence in his blood. Born to an ancient line of guardians, warriors known as the Dakaari, Quadir is thrust into a world of magic, prejudice, and political intrigue. With only his wits and his mother's ith'nael sword, he must fight for his life against a powerful, hidden foe sworn to kill him, ending the sacred bloodline of his family forever. <<<WINNER-BEST FANTASY-The Novella Awards 2020>>>

Five girls. Detention. And one strange diary. Kayla, Winona, Helena, Ashleè and Zaire come across a diary left by the former members of a club named the Burden of Breaking Hearts Club. It's motto? To break the heart that has broken a heart. It's a little strange, but it's seductive - being beautiful and powerful enough to break hearts. It starts off pretty harmless- getting justice for poor girls who have had their hearts broken by jerks. Then, it becomes something sinister, and by the time the girls realize this, they're in too deep.

A tarot reader aids a mysterious man who believes she is the only one who can help him return to his true home in the eerie Manaan caverns where they must fight the natural and supernatural to stay alive. ***** Maxine Shepard is a tarot reader who has survived several traumas in her twenty-five years of life. Without living parents, trusty friends, or a loyal partner, she is unfulfilled and lonely, seeking meaning outside of her tarot shop. Bombarded with visions of a mysterious man with a strange tattoo, Maxine's world is turned upside down when he enters her shop, claiming she is the only one who can help him return to his true home. After reuniting with her old gang to aid the odd man, they become trapped in the maze of the mysterious Manaan caverns where they must fight against the natural and supernatural to stay alive. --- [Wattpad Picks: Editor's Choice] [Wattpad Picks: Friday the 13th] [ ONC 2019 Shortlist ] 🏆 2nd place in the Materia awards 2019 in Paranormal. --- Copyright © 2019 by L.L. Sanders

Life has many things in store for Raiden within a week. His parents' debts result in his house being confiscated. His sister, Ece, is missing, leaving anemone petals as his only guide. Shortly afterwards, his ex-crush, who's supposed to be dying at the hospital, is alive without any traces of her sickness, and decides to visit him at his confiscated house. Criminalities also have tons of schemes for the city that week. The city's explorers have found two ransacked homeless shelters. Their inhabitants who are also immigrants are nowhere in sight. Six heists are reported by six sites, both artificial and natural ones. Jewels are stolen. It's as if they're back to the ages when the largest crime is thieving jewelry. Those who observe both occurrences can't help but to question the link between those events. Are those coincidences? Or is something bigger than their comprehension takes place? The city and its individuals shall be stunned by the bizarre, fantasy-related secrets their environment has always held all this time, as they try to solve the matters at hand. 👣 D E D I C A T I O N S : The amazing cover made by KatySantiago08. Check out her cover shop! And to all of you, who gives this book a chance by reading, voting, criticizing, or commenting it, your supports are more than appreciated. 👣 A C H I E V E M E N T S : 1. Shortlisted in ONC II Round 3. 2. 1st place in The Blue Rose Awards for the Untold Story category (March). 3. #64 out of 346k in Mystery (October 2021) 5. #206 out of #479k in Fantasy (October 2021) 6. #208 out of #425k in Adventure (October 2021) 👣 P R O M P T S : 1. Suspense Fiction #5 (Red Petals) 2. Suspense Fiction #7 (Soul Sickness) 3. Suspense Fiction #10 (Faceless Creatures) 4. Thrilling Fiction #5 (Cursed Jewel) 👣 WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED SHORTLY (LIBRARY FOR UPDATES :D)

The first terraformed world, Tau Ceti Four, was now ready for colonization. Some called it Paradise, and it seemed a fitting name. The initial conditions before the terraforming began were perfect, too perfect for botanist Mora Torr. Something was not right. Engineer Gan Finn came over with the other colonists on the Ark Hope ship. He, like Mora, was as much running away from an anguished past as seeking Paradise. But twelve light-years distance itself does not cure broken hearts. "So, are there any alien jubjub birds, bandersnatches, or jabberwocks around here I should be worried about?" Laughter rolled from her mouth at the Alice in Wonderland reference. "Oh, nothing like that. It's not the big scary creatures we should worry about, besides other humans that is, but the tiny ones. History has shown us that things like bacteria, virus, and small parasites are the real killers. The deadliest creature in all the human history is a mosquito with a pathogen." ** Re-edited ** ** Open Novella II - Short List and Ambassador Pick ** ** Wattpad Editor's Choice (January 2020) **

In an effort to safe guard his youngest daughter from Bubonic plague scouring the English country side, King Henry VIII sequesters his ten year old daughter, Princess Elizabeth, in the Cotswold village of Bisley in Gloucestershire. When the young princess unexpectedly dies from an unknown fever, panic sweeps through the royal household. Courtiers frantically rush to hide the Princess's death from her father. What ensues is the greatest deception in political history. Replacing the royal dead child with a farm boy from the local village. *This Famous Imposter theory of Queen Elizabeth I being replaced as a young child, sometime between (1543-1544), was first written about by Bram Stoker in 1910. OpenNovella2019 Prompt #1 Body Modification

The course of investigative journalist and 26-year-old Marina Davis' life is changed completely after a one night stand gone wrong. She wakes up the next morning to find her lover, Emmett, has disappeared completely. Marina isn't the only one looking for Emmett, however, so are the police. Murder. Deception. Cover-up. Who is really telling the truth? Will Marina expose Emmett for what he truly is or find out what is really going on? Read "The Morning After" to find out! #4 in #CoverUp Cover by @Crimson_Graves

An #OpenNovellaContest (#ONC) Ambassador Pick! Eleanor and Lydia, book 1 Armed with knitting needles and a fantastic playlist, Eleanor and Lydia set off to solve The Mystery of Novak Manor. Eleanor Albright is a spritely ninety-year-old ex-detective with more than a few skeletons in her closet and a grim determination to keep them there by hiding from the world. Her great-granddaughter Lydia is twenty-two- years old and sorely misunderstood by the world. After all, just because a girl dresses in all black and listens to My Chemical Romance doesn't mean she lacks vision or hope. Well... maybe hope. When Lord Novak calls Eleanor from his castle in a tiny, beautiful Eastern European nation with a desperate plea for help, she agrees, with mixed emotions, to come out of retirement and she talks Lydia into serving as her assistant. Now the two women must find the truth about the fearsome ghost that's haunting Novak Manor before the "ghost" finds the legendary secret treasure with the power to bring the monarchy to its knees.