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Cogito, Ergo Scribo -------ONC 2025

In a world where books are cursed and words breed demons, Scribe defies the Older Ones by writing "The Chaos Walker"-a tale that takes on a sinister life of its own. Fleeing into a rogue library ruled by spectral keepers-one who hoards, one who overwhelms-Scribe must rewrite their creation or lose more than their soul...

TRAIN GUY

ONC 2025 JASMINE BAKER has given up on men and has decided to find herself. She catches the 6.20 from Flinders Street, each evening. Intrigued by one of her fellow passengers, she watches and listens to phone calls she can't understand. Jasmine witnesses Train Guy exchange packages with another passenger. Her ima...

The Metaverse

ONC 2025 Entry. Prompt 60: The magic of the library takes its toll- a love story so powerful that its echoes span eternity. But as you write, you fall in love with the character you've created. What happens when the line between fiction and reality begins to blur?

Do You Really Want to Know? | ONC 2025

Have you ever wondered what your friends really thought about you? Do they like you half as much as you think they do? Well, what if you didn't have to wonder? What if you could be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt? The pages of this book will give you the power to find out once and for all. All you need to do is sig...

A Child of the 1950's

A Memoir. Happy memories of childhood, told in an amusing, upbeat fashion. This is the story of my life up until my early teens.

Library Limbo | ONC 2025

You were once a character in a deleted story, now lost and memoryless in the library. All you recall is your former importance. To rewrite your own backstory, you must first outwit the ghost librarian, who won't stop offering unsolicited advice.

Little Help Home Services.

ONC 2025 Born to drug-addicted parents, Linc Bridgestone was crippled in an accident when he was a child. After breaking up with his girlfriend he overdoses and is brought back to life by his sister. Linc doesn't believe in luck. He doesn't believe in love. He doesn't believe in anything except broken relationships...

THE READER'S VOICE AWARDS ⭐ (2025)

The Reader's Voice Awards is a reader-driven celebration of Wattpad's most beloved stories. Vote for your favorite tales and help us crown the most popular stories of the year! ENTRIES OPEN [❌] ENTRIES CLOSED [✅] VOTING [✅]

play, pause, replay

we're all beggars here, clawing at each other's sepia-toned loneliness ... || caffeinated afterthoughts and lovers' vomit ||

This is What Tomorrow is For...

An island and a traveler. A man who has lost his past. A woman seeking a future. An institute and an AI. After that it gets a little complicated...

Christmas at Joes

I read somewhere that when you stop believing in Santa Clause, you get underwear for Christmas. Well, I'm not going to give you just any underwear. I'm giving you my Christmas shorts. A collection of short Christmas stories. Some romances, some humor, and a lot of Christmas sentimentality.

Looking Down the Barrel of a Brand New Day - COMPLETED

#1Nonfiction: Will Ceci be seduced by ax crimes, buried girls & mushy poems? Will she fall head-over-ass into a forbidden affair or continue down an entirely prudent and reasonable path? Everything is real. Everything is true. The Authors: Ceci is a peach from Detroit, who directs documentaries, runs a video product...

All You Never Wanted

Two months ago, Megan found a genie. Now, the bottle's gone her wishes don't work. Her popularity's slipping, she's suddenly failing all of her classes, and she's getting ready to get kicked off the track team. She hasn't used all of her wishes yet, so what could be going on? When Jake finally shows back up at school...

Secrets of the Shadows

Shadows are pretty sweet as shade from the afternoon sun yet it is shadows that we fear while out on an evening run. We run away only to realise, they are part of us. Wherever we go, our shadow follows. Except when it's the night and we realise our cold lonely souls cannot find peace without seeing them for we all fe...

last ~ poetry

~ are these the last ones / or the ones that'll last? ~

Division & Despair

Some called it the New Revolution; others called it a Civil War. No one knew what it was; they only knew that it divided the Country by more than State loyalty, even community loyalty. The deaths and destruction of the Country were not foreseen. Outside influence wasn't even thought of; no one thought it would go as f...

A Tale of Two Carnies

When hostile townsfolk imprison a transient teen girl accused of murder, her best friend struggles against a stacked legal system to protect her from being railroaded.--- Local law enforcers eager to solve the case rush to judgment and arrest Cozbi Miraslova, a pretty teenager of Roma heritage working with a traveling...

Ethereal

Entries for Fantasmical 2024. From zombies to time travel and everything in between including Vampires, a retelling of Robin Hood, and some interesting commentary on current affairs, there is something for everyone and you won't be sorry you checked out this thought-provoking humorous collection of shorts linked into...

Traveller's heart

"And what you've been looking for, has been right in front of you, you didn't dare to look back." [ A poetry collection ] #5 on poetry (11th June, 2024)

Thus Sayeth the Coyote

Rambling ruminations, words of wisdom and awesome alliteration from your favorite coyote. An experiment, not so much a story as a stream of consciousness focused on human folly. Please enjoy the silly similes and playful, philosophical, political, provocative, purposeful, and pensive prose, pontifications, parabl...

EC Fiction Awards '24 [Closed]

Awards that are uniquely mundane for all the writers out there. We aim to crown all the wonderful stories out there, unbiasedly, with exciting prizes that would definitely make you feel good about what you do, coupled with all that you can do to be better at what you do! Too confusing? Quit this, and simply peep in to...

Fake Friends

Joby Carson compartmentalizes the things in his life. In one box is his career as hotel manager for Peachtree and Kings; a high-end hotel owned by old southern money. He lives on the premises and keeping things running smoothly is his first priority. In another box--the one he keeps hidden in the closet--is his person...

The Other Bill Shakespeare

In the vibrant tapestry of 1970s Australia, where high society meets the counterculture, orphaned Madeline "Maddie" Piedmont is thrust into her aunt's care, uncovering family secrets, while sparking laughter and growth in cousins Simon and Edith (Didi). As shy Simon stumbles toward Logies stardom, shedding his stutter...

Inspire

Here are some poems to inspire when you lose that spark.... for when you get in a rut and can't get out. For when you think you are not enough, to chase that goal, that dream.

Conversations In Rhyme

This collection is for when I write with other poets.

Short stories for competitions

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The Denver Chronicles

-THRILLER/CONSPIRACY- Charlotte is a newly minted podcaster, with a skill set to go far. She intends to uncover everything strange and unspoken that is lurking in the Denver, Colorado International Airport. Rumors of cults, new world orders and aliens swirl. Once there, what she unearths will shatter even the most ske...

Curse of Stone

A Curse crawls inexorably across the Elysium Realm, turning everything it touches to lifeless stone. Anara, a powerful young witch, vows to stop it, but became herself infected and disfigured. After his mother goes missing, Micah, an unaware college student, finds himself drawn into an alternate world where magic rule...

the slow art of breathing bitter

slow dancing love and pain in the midnight chorus of liquor-washed autumn green ... || a constellation of destructive poetry ||