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The Golden Core | Secrets of the Core #1 by cmroth76
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Landing herself in trouble with a man who seems to always be there for her, Winter learns she is a cursed witch with a ruined magical core. Secrets and lies appear more often than she expected as she tries to escape what she thought would get her further into her plan, only pulling her further away. Will she figure out the details of the curse and improve her magic? Or will everything tear Winter apart? _______________ -Featured on Fantasy: Young Adult Fantasy -Featured on High Fantasy: Middle Earth | Fantasy Adventures -Featured on Magic: A Magical Journey -Featured on Adventure: Fantastical Adventures -Second Place in The Talent Awards
Chasing Colors (ONC) | Fade to Grey #1 by cmroth76
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BOOK ONE - Scarlet's perfect world gets turned upside down when life begins to drain of color. After losing her parents, Scarlet realizes she has the power to see things no one else can. Struggling to bring it all back to normal, she finds herself on a hunt with her best friend in order to learn the truth about her family. With the world crumbling quickly, they begin to run out of time. Racing against the clock, Scarlet can only hope she'll find them, until she learns who is behind everything falling apart.
Zombie Soap by Kaiddance
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Soap is supposed to be harmless, but when a pet ferret dies after eating some, a group of friends has doubts. When the ferret suddenly comes back from the dead and attacks them, they have an entirely new set of problems on their hands. *** People always figured the apocalypse would come someday, but no one imagined it'd begin with a tainted batch of soap and a ferret. Not only do Jayson and Taylor have to fight off the suddenly-rabid animal, but things go from bad to worse when two of their friends find themselves trapped at work, staring down a gauntlet of ravenous "Soapies" looking for their next living meal. Staying in the city isn't an option, and they know they have to regroup in order to escape to safety. The trip seems impossible with thousands of mindless Soapies in the way, so they have to find allies and outrun enemies while looking out for each other in this apocalyptic tale of friendship and survival. Book One in the Zombie Soap Series 🌟WATTYS 2020 WINNER🌟 "Polished, intriguing, this captivating zombie story really lets you connect with the characters, and the storytelling is quite engaging - we enjoyed this a lot!" -The Wattys- -Cover by Azanthiel- ©2019 **NOT recommended for readers under 17** Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content and violence, including themes of racism and past sexual assault.
Buried Roses by WinterSleep85
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Grace, the illegitimate daughter of Edward IV, finds her life turned upside down when he dies and her family flees into sanctuary when her uncle takes power. Torn between family loyalties and her need for love and stability, Grace struggles to survive a dangerous world. A historical fiction story set during the War of the Roses. One fateful night, a young woman flees with her family to take sanctuary in the church. The illegitimate daughter of the late king, Grace, is told her uncle Richard has stolen her half-brother, the new king and is seizing power. Her stepmother, Elizabeth Woodville, takes her children and Grace into sanctuary and begins recruiting others to take down Richard. Young Grace is sent on a mission and meets her uncle. His kindness makes her doubt that he is as bad as her stepmother claims. But she sticks to her loyalty to her family even as everything falls apart. Elizabeth's plan fails, Grace's half-brother is taken by force out of sanctuary, and Richard reveals Elizabeth was never legally married to Grace's father, making Richard the king. Elizabeth refuses to leave sanctuary, keeping Grace and her half-sisters trapped as rumors grow about the disappearance of the girls' brothers. The only bright spot of Grace's life is meeting with a messenger, a young man who is the first person to see this forgotten king's daughter. As much as she wants to leave, her loyalty keeps her buried alive. Shortlisted in the Open Novella Contest 2020 Shortlisted in the Wattys 2021 and Wattys 2022
Nothing Is Eternal (Book One) by WinterSleep85
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A young rebel journalist living in a dystopia covered with mysterious darkness, searches for the truth behind the Eternal Light theocracy alongside the love of his life and his best friend. ***** All his life, Will Morris was told to never ask questions. In a world of eternal darkness, survival depends on eternal light. The light is given by priests at a price. People must worship the Eternal Light as a deity, accept the harsh rule of the priests, and never question anything. Some resist the tyranny of the light. Will struggles for truth in a world of lies. Kate struggles for peace in a world of strife. Shin struggles for freedom in a world of chains. The bond of these friends sustains them as they fight for a better world. But enemies are closer than they realize and one wrong move could destroy them all. Book One in the Eternal Series Content warning: This story contains themes of suicide.
Everything Is Eternal (Book Two) by WinterSleep85
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Nothing should be eternal. Everything should end. Change was coming to a world caught between destructive dark and the merciless laws of the light. The rule of the servants of the Eternal Light was about to end. The truth of everything was finally beginning to emerge. Three friends fought in different ways for a better world. They fought something greater than themselves. They fought to extinguish the lies of the light. Their destruction was inevitable. But their actions should have brought an end to the lies that chain the world. But nothing is that simple. This is not an enemy that can end. The truth was in the lies. They thought nothing was eternal. But everything is Eternal. Cover by the master of horror Crimson_Graves! Content warning: This story contains themes of suicide.
Señorita Pufferfish | ONC 2020 by LadySapphire2018
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Sapphire's mournful howls of despair and grief pierced through the battlefield between her fits of hopeless sobbing. It was the sound of heart being shattered into a thousand, tiny bleeding pieces as the mermaid looked upwards. It was as if she was making a vow to the Heavens themselves. "I'll never love again." The words were so soft that Aphrodite almost convinced herself she hadn't heard them at all. They felt more like the echo of a whisper hidden within a half-forgotten dream, but the goddess of love heardthem all the same. "Well, that sounds like a challenge." Open Novella Contest 2020 Entry Based off Prompt #65. You declare to the Heavens that you will never fall in love again. Aphrodite takes that as a challenge.
Phobia  by SamiCoops
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Five teens. Kidnapped. To live out their darkest fears. *** When five teenagers are abducted outside of the local nightclub, it sends shockwaves through the small town of Redstone. How were they taken? Where are they being kept? And most importantly, why? The answer is as simple as it is horrifying. The creator of a new serum called Phobia needs test subjects. And if she can't get volunteers, she will just take them by force. Detectives Jon Cartwright and Isaiah Sanders willingly take the case. But they soon realise they are in over their heads. With the parents desperate to find their children and an evil genius who's always one step ahead, the race against time becomes crucial. Trapped in a room and injected with the serum, the teenagers begin to lose their grip on reality and are unable to tell fact from fiction. Minutes turn to hours. Panic descends into paranoia. Bonds will be tested and broken. And their worst fears will come to life. [Featured on @mystery, @fright and @newlywrittenbooks] Amazing cover by @FireOpalDani
Keeping A Straight Face | ✔ by minimxmist
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Taylor Ferguson & Darko Ulyanov, two closeted best friends with unrequited feelings for each other, decide to come clean before high school ends. With problems in either person's lives, will coming out be as easy as they think? ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ♫ A Wattpad Featured Story (2018) ♫ The Wattys™ Longlisted (2018) ♫ 3rd Place in The Pride Awards (NA Romance) 2024 ♫ Winner of 15 awards--more details inside! ♫ #3 in #Love out of 1.8 million stories (9/4/2019) ♫ #1 in #GayLove out of 25.3 thousand stories (9/1/2020) ♫ Featured on 'Best of Wattpad Outreach Ambassadors' reading list ♫ Book 1 of the True Colours Collection ♫ CW: Family death, homophobia, racism, dementia ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ [Longer Blurb] Taylor and Darko, Darko and Taylor: Two lifelong best friends. The two have their differences - Taylor's a musical geek, a natural talent with the piano, and Darko's a gifted dirt-bike enthusiast - but they both share a life-changing secret. Taylor's bisexual, Darko's gay, and they are both secretly in love with each other. Over the years, the two have suppressed their feelings, cruising through high school. While it's been easy presenting as macho straight dudes, both boys are sick of the façade, each toying with the idea of coming out in their own unique ways. It's never that easy, though. They're both entangled in two complicated webs--one filled with grief and guilt and another filled with lies--and both have got to navigate through them before either can find the true happiness they seek. Sometimes, however, the silky threads of the web are more comforting than the unknown abyss below. Will they come clean about their feelings? Or will they keep a straight face until the very end? ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ This story is exclusive to my Wattpad and Patreon pages. If you see this story elsewhere, such as on NovelHD or any other similar sites, it has b
Like Chalk and Cheese | ✏️ by minimxmist
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Love is sweet, but Rith and Wes's meeting was anything but that. Drawn together by lust, fate, and maybe a hint of feelings, can the two strangers overcome their awful run-ins and polar lifestyles for a shot at true love? ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ 🏳️‍🌈 #NaNoWriMo2019 🏳️‍🌈#3 in #Rugby as of 4/11/2019 🏳️‍🌈 #1 in #NaNoWriMo2019 as of 14/11/2019 🏳️‍🌈 #1 in #Cambodia as of 14/11/2019 ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ [Longer Blurb] Meet Rith Duong and Wes Spurnrose. Rith's an underappreciated writer, struggling to get the respect and recognition he wants (but denies he needs) from his stubborn, scientist-or-nothing family. He slaves day in and day out at his family's Cambodian restaurant slash bar and dreams of leaving one day to become the next best writer the world has ever seen. Wes' only ever known the insides of the closet he's become comfortable in, straying out only when alcohol comes knocking or when porn suggests otherwise. His bisexuality's something that just can't be shared in his line of work, as queer and rugby player simply don't mix. His girlfriend of two years just left him, and all he wants to do is to be left alone. But after an unfortunate meeting at Rith's restaurant, and a more-than-fortunate meeting at a party, Rith's family is nothing but a distant memory and Wes secret no longer feels worth keeping. What happens if feelings mix together, but their worlds are so different it can't work? Like chalk and cheese, the two are total opposites, but can true love find a way around it?