Valora is a simple young woman. As a forester, she spends most of her time trekking through the wooded mountains, gathering valuable plants and fungi in places where no one else dares tread. That was the only life she knew, and she was content to live that way until she met Livia, a prim and proper lady who was oddly sheltered by her parents. The two begin a secret friendship that blossoms into more. Life was like a wonderful dream, a feeling only first love can evoke. Until it all became a nightmare. Now, Livia has been taken away by the intimidating Lord Brennan and Valora must leave the life she knows to embark on a seemingly hopeless journey to rescue her beloved. She finds herself in a world where she does not belong and where the mountains and forests hide unnatural horrors and the only truly safe place is along the great Mother Road.

Loving a human woman with anxiety is hard. It's even harder when you're a brooding, gothic, antisocial vampyr with an insatiable hunger for her blood, among other things... Meet Lucien Sabatini, a 200-year-old vampyr elite who doesn't adhere to the accepted stereotypes of being a creature of the night. He's walled himself off from others for hundreds of years to avoid emotions, and he's been an unfeeling mess ever since. But when his interest is piqued by a beautiful woman in a newspaper photo, he finds himself driven to hunt her down and orchestrate her presence in his Italian villa for a week. He must bring himself to keep from devouring her when the Thirst takes over him, but when her time in Italy is up, will he be able to let her go? And when his sordid past catches up with him, will it cost Lucien more than he's willing to give up?

Seventeen-year-old Jay thinks he has his life sussed, except he's just been yanked out of it to live in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly friendless, he resigns himself to six miserable months alone - until Hannah trespasses through his backyard. Hannah isn't sure what to make of Jay. Realistically, she knows a friendship stands no chance. She's built her defences by shutting up, laying low, and pushing everyone away. It's only a matter of time before he realises she is social suicide. When Jay insists on sticking around, Hannah must decide if it's possible to find a balance between opening herself up and keeping her secret locked down. But spilling the truth could spell out an escape. And when it comes to those he cares about, Jay's not one to give up without a fight.

"I want to fuck you so hard, that the whole world hears your screams and when you finally cum on my dick they'll know exactly what pleasure sounds like." Iris had the perfect life, perfect family, and wonderful friends. She had everything she wanted.... Until she meets Vixen. Who awakens the door of her inner sexual desires, she never knew she had inside....

Kyra is an eighteen year old werewolf on the run from the man who's only desire is to train her into a killing machine. Without much memory of where she came from she attempts to stay one step ahead with her Aunt Claira as her only companion. That is until they run into a spy who helps them escape to safety. There's little to no time for her to linger on the intrigue Kyra has for this new ally as she prepares to return to Eden, her home world where she will face the truth about her destiny. Will she be strong enough to handle what her world needs from her? What will happen when she comes face to face with enemies she once called allies and even friends?

WARM BODIES meets THE BREAKFAST CLUB meets ZOMBIELAND in this YA apocalypse story full of fluff, comedy and humans biting back. ✿ "When I imagined my high school crush would be dying to eat me, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind." ✿✿ Ava Sterling never expected she'd be the one solution to the zombie apocalypse. Then again, she never expected she would end up biting one of them either. But, hey, desperate times call for desperate measures. During a moment of intense panic, Ava's teeth end up firmly lodged in the arm of her old crush, now turned very much zombie. A spur-of-the-moment impulse that even drowning in mouthwash wouldn't erase. After this impromptu bite, Gabriel the zombie turns back into Gabriel the human and the zombie apocalypse suddenly takes a completely different turn. This not-so-fun revelation changes everything for Ava's ragtag group of survivalists. Tensions are higher than ever. Feelings are getting in the way. And it seems that being newly re-humanized does leave some nasty mental side-effects on the previously zombified. Still, not everything is that bleak for Ava and her survivors. For one, it's finally time for the humans to bite back. ✿✿✿ ACHIEVEMENTS: 🏅ONC Round One Winner, Ambassador's Pick & Shortlister WARNING: There is occasional swearing, some gore, and lots of laughs. You have been warned.

{SHORTLIST OpenNovellaContest 2021} {ONC 2021 Round One Ambassador Picks} Aithne Pan, a Chinese-Irish girl living in the futuristic city of Venice has to decide between what her heart tells her is correct, and what she has always been taught is right. Ai has always been special, what with her unusual physical characteristics due to her mother's colour-changing abilities that made her hair a strange tint of pink at birth and her own powers to manipulate water and encourage aquatic animals to do her bidding. Brought up in a strict yet loving family she has learned to love and act upon the law, her father's job as an attorney making her crave the need to protect the city herself in any way she can. Her need to protect and serve sends her to the Imperium Police Department, her first job consisting of going undercover and bringing the powered people that don't abide by the law to justice, protecting the city in the process. What happens when our nineteen-year-old Aithne learns about the monstrous things happening under the very building she works at, and how will she react once she learns that the government is behind it? ~~~~~~~~~~ Started: 1st February Finished: 28th February

Hayley Taylor was looking forward to a drama free senior year, spent with her three best friends. She was content with her mediocre social status in school and admiring her long time crush and neighbour Charlie Boyd from afar. All that changes when she is included in a group text by accident throwing her life into chaos and potentially the arms of Charlie. She knows she has to stand up for what's right, but at what cost? *Open Novella Contest 2021 entry* Prompt 73. In a group chat you reply to a message that was not aimed at you and yet you inadvertently start something with your crush.

Featured on Wattpad - Editors' Choice, Epic Fantasy & Extraordinary Realms (2023) 🏅Wattys 2022 Short Listed 🥇Short Listed for the ONC 2021 There is nothing more terrifying than waking up in an unfamiliar place with no idea of what happened. Alexis knows firsthand what this fear is like, considering she woke up stranded on a sandy beach. The icing on the cake? Zeus whisked her away to the ancient kingdom of Troy. The very Troy from the epic legend, the Iliad. Alexis finds herself ensconced in a world on the brink of war, at the mercy of the gods, and conflicted in her feelings for a young man destined to bring the fall of the great city of Troy. ⭐ WattpadTimeTravel ⭐ MythandLegend ⭐ retold ⭐ TheWarriorGoddess ⭐ BadassReads ⭐ Fantasy ⭐ WattGreek ⭐ WattpadLitFic ⭐ WattpadMulticultural ⭐ WattpadExplorer