Includes the 2020 WATTYS SHORTS WINNER. * once upon a time two people fell in love they thought it was happily ever after but it wasn't ***** Short stories about loss, love, and living in a queer sort of world. Featuring the winner of the 2020 Wattys Shorts Award, This was a Home Once, and a story previously paywalled in a Wattpad Stars anthology, now free to read, Glitter on the Floor. Will update sporadically. *featured on CoffeeCommunity's 'Espresso' list* Images from Canva and Unsplash. Copyright ©️ CC Starfield.

On the twenty-third day-he hunts, bringing the scum of the earth to justice; his justice. Ending up as a patient on Dr. O'Reilly's table could either save your life or end it in the most horrific way. New York City. The infamous city that never sleeps; the place where dreams either shine brightly or shatter into razor sharp pieces of metal. For Dr. Cian O'Reilly, it's the perfect city to disguise his dark alter ego. As a top surgeon at Lincoln Hospital, he has access to resources far beyond the reach of the average person; the ideal cover for his double life. By day, he's the epitome of professionalism. By night, the facade is stripped away and his true depraved self is revealed. When Dr. Athena Payne joins the roster as a new surgical intern, Cian's carefully constructed life is thrown into turmoil. With her sunny smile and wide-eyed innocence, she threatens to break through his iron-like exterior, exposing the man beneath. Following her dream of becoming a cardiovascular surgeon, her internship at Lincoln Hospital is the first step in achieving her goals. Something about the dark air of mystery that surrounds her new boss, Dr. Cian O'Reilly, leaves Athena questioning just what it is that the good doctor is hiding. A killer on the loose. A doctor wielding a deadly blade. An intern caught in the midst of first love and a lethal web of murder. Lincoln Hospital. Where the cure can be your worst nightmare. Warning: Contains violence and graphic situations not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.

When Mia's best friend and long time crush proposes to his girlfriend, she's forced to move on from her hopes of a future with him. ----- After being in love with her best friend since high school. Mia Oliphant finds herself face to face with her inner demons caused by a lifetime of giving herself to someone and completely disregarding herself. She then goes on a long and bumpy journey of self discovery and falls in love with the person she becomes. Featured on: @dangerouslove

Sydney Brown, is gonna be 18 in a few days. But her birthday is a nightmare for her. She will be wedded to a 49-year-old man on her birthday. Though she is not a maid, she works like one. Her life is no secret. As the whole town is aware about her incident. An incident that made her an outcast. She keeps her head down. Never speaks until she is spoken to. And tries her best to never get into trouble. Noah Miller, 26, is one of the richest in States. Runs a billion dollar tech company and soon going to be inherited Miller Enterprise making him the sole influential person in the region. Not very social. Treasures his privacy most. And calculative in his ways. But nowadays he is on a road trip. Each town is somehow connected to Miller Enterprise. Every girl in those towns is crazy about his arrival and gonna wear their best dress. Seems like a love story? Think again. Try three chapters and you will be so emotional that you feel like not reading further. Read five and you might bewitched by this book and would love to read it. On your own risk.

Ashley Martin has been through more grief than a person experiences in their entire life and carries baggage that no kid should ever entail. Tyler Miller is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse, blinded rage and will single-handedly destroy anybody who stands in his way. Then all of a sudden, they're thrown together and despite their destructive past, they're forced to overcome their differences. It's time for Ashley to stop running away from his death glares, blank stares and that spine-chilling scowl that reminds her just how little he cares. Driven by a whirlwind of secrets, a class assignment and midnight walks into the past, things should start working out. But then fate kicks in; hard-hitting and soul-crushing. It's a fight-or-flight situation, a reincarnation of her past, a chance for him to right the wrongs he did by her. A second chance is like giving someone an extra bullet for their gun after they missed you the first time round. So here's Tyler's gun. Here's Ashley's heart. And here's to their second chance, however hopeless it may seem.

Mate. One little word. One big concept. A belief that someone, somewhere, is holding the key to your heart. They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but who's to say they're not the same. Killers, notes, blood, and mystery. Love, lies, and bad history. Hunter Rivered is the most powerful werewolf in charge of the strongest pack. Hunter never thought much of having a mate, he'd much rather be destroying other packs, killing other wolves, and training. Rosalyn Edwards on the other hand has always imagined her life with a mate. She was just a regular wolf in the Silver Heart Pack, who is as sweet as the name of her pack. All she wanted was to finish high school then travel the world- I know, very un-wolfish. What happens when the horrid Hunter Rivered decided to make a claim on Rose's Pack territory? Rose was never good at fighting. She could barely squash a spider, so how far would she go to protect her family? Or herself. Hunter is possessive, protective, and strict. Rose is kind, stubborn, and good-hearted. You know what they say, opposites attract, and mates are forever. Read to find what happens when these two opposites find themselves connected in more than one way. --------------------------------- Cover by @lisannemeijs Copyright © 2014- xX_jada_Xx . All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, modified, adapted, or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author.

Whistleblower is now published as a Paperback, and E-book with W by Wattpad Books. As Wattpad reader you can read the original version and get details for Published book inside. ***** A journalism major gets tangled up with the beloved quarterback of her university's football team when she uncovers a scandal involving his coach. ***** Laurel Cates is a people-watcher. She's determined to get through college without stepping on any toes or causing a scene, and so far, it's going pretty well. But when Laurel uncovers a scandal involving the head coach of Garland University's beloved football team, she knows she has to do the right thing. Even if her classmates don't believe her. Even if her boss tries to fire her from the side job she desperately needs. Even if the heart-of-gold quarterback, Bodie St. James, seems hell-bent on hating her for writing the article that got Coach Vaughn put under criminal investigation (a feat which proves difficult when Laurel and Bodie wind up in the same group for a class project in BIO 108: Human Sexuality). ***** (#9 NewAdult, #3 TeenFiction. The Fiction Awards nominee for Best Romance, Best Diverse, and Best Overall. Reader's Choice Award finalist.) © 2020 Kate Marchant

WATTYS WINNER When her fiancé ends up in a coma and his secret mistress, Halley, shows up, Mary feels like her world is falling apart. What she doesn't realize is she's actually falling in love...with Halley. ***** Eight years after a traumatizing accident that killed one of her loved ones, Mary Kincaid is about to marry her childhood sweetheart when the universe yanks the rug out from under her yet again, leaving her fiancé badly injured and in a coma. Of course this is when his secret mistress shows up, a beautiful person whom Mary should by all rights hate - so why does she find herself inviting her to stay in the spare bedroom? She soon learns that sometimes the person you're looking for comes when you're not looking at all. Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions violence, addiction, and childhood trauma, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 - 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. 𝐈𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Bᵤₜ ₛₕₑ ₛₑₑₘₛ ₜₒ bₑ ₙₒₜ ₜₕₑ ₒₙₗy ₒₙₑ, wₕₒ ᵢₛ ₕₐᵤₙₜₑd by ₜₕₒₛₑ dᵣₑₐₘₛ Original Version (with different development) on Episode

They say opposites attract. But what happens when a rogue and an Alpha who both crave chaos end up being mates? It seems like Moon Goddess has made her first mistake. ______ I tilt my head, scrutinizing him. He did the same. A frown tugs on my lips. He did the same. "Copycat," I breathed out. A smile reaches his face and his eyes twinkle with curiosity. His stares bore into me as he eyes me up and down, pride swelling in his chest. He opens his mouth to speak, "Pleased to meet you, mi amor." "It's a pleasure to meet you, too, mate." ______ I'm definitely not a professional writer or any of that sort so mistakes in terms of grammar and plotholes will be inevitable