Contemporaryfantasy Stories

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION You do magic once, and it sticks to you like glitter glue... When Johnny and his best friend, Alison, pass their summer holidays dabbling in magic, they never expect it to have consequences. Sure, it'd be great if they could banish bullies or change their lives for the better, and what harm could come from lighting a few candles and chanting a few spells? They get their answer in the form of an earthquake unleashed at their behest, which draws the attention of the Marduk Institute, an age-old organization dedicated to fostering the talents of young wizards. Whisked away to the institute and told they can never return to their old lives, Johnny and Alison must quickly adapt to a new world shimmering with monsters, fraternities, and cute boys like Hunter and Blake. But when they're pulled into a dark, supernatural fight that could cost them their lives, they'll have to find strength they never knew they had as they battle for love, acceptance, and their own happy endings -- all with the help of a little bit of magic.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION The nightmare continues when Ryan, the gay wizard, comes face to face with the most unexpected nemeses yet. He will have to figure out if love truly is the most powerful magic of all. ***** After the events of I'M A GAY WIZARD, Ryan wakes up to a startling scene--his father is driving him to begin a brand new life in a small, idyllic town called Misthaven. The dream-like memory of being trapped at the Marduk Institute relentlessly haunts Ryan's new life. In the night, Ryan comes face to face with a nightmarish force who warns him that he and his friends are, in fact, trapped in a magical dream prison created by the Institute to quell its most troublesome wizards. Ryan and his friends must immediately escape this prison for a chance at survival. Little do they know that this is only the beginning of a harrowing adventure where the limits of love and friendship will be tested and the age-old question will return--is love truly the greatest magic of all? [This is the sequel to I'm A Gay Wizard, the Wattpad Original edition.] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This book contains scenes depicting self-harm and violence, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Minnie Morgan has it all. A well earned bachelor's degree alongside a full ride to her MFA program, a boyfriend who she's deemed actually tolerable, and her hair finally decided to work with her and not against her. 2017, she's decided, is going to be her year. Then, she's pushed down a well. As if waking up in 2012 wasn't bad enough, a world famous boy band that claims they can see the future have their sights set on her - and more importantly, the promise that she's going to someday break their lead singer's heart, resulting in a song that will top the charts. With a scandal on their shoulders and Minnie unable to enact the future the well-pushing diverted her from, now is a better time than ever to wield that inevitable heartbreak. Until the reluctant Jackson falls in love with her and writes that hit song, she's stuck in the past. Too bad he can't stand her. ... Open Novella Contest 2026, prompt #14 cover made by @timeravens <3

Can British magick be saved? Hell yes. Imagine modern Britain without magick. No fae enclaves. No flying chairs. No magick wands. Giddy gods, no unicorns. Who wants to live in that world? Me neither. But with magick on the decline, that's the world we're ending up with. Meet the Society for Magickal Heritage. Our boss is a disembodied voice. Our headquarters is a sentient house. You could say we've a vested interest in keeping magick alive. Can a ragtag bunch of magicians, necromancers and fae prevail against inevitable ruin and decline? Hell yes. Try and stop us. First mission? Find the source of a magickal disease that's decimating Britain's troll enclaves - and fix it. Simple. Or... maybe not. For the only place that might hold the information we need is the ancient and inconveniently lost enclave of Farringale... This serial has an official home at http://www.modernmagick.net! Check out the site if you'd like to get a bit further ahead with the story.

Three centuries of silence. One woman's curiosity. A debt that could consume the world. Elara Vance is a journalist who specializes in uncovering secrets, but she wasn't prepared for Blackwood Manor. Hidden deep in the Illinois woods, the estate is a masterpiece of architectural impossibility-and home to Kaelen Blackwood, a man who hasn't aged a day since 1724. Kael is the "Heart" of the house, trapped by an ancient blood-debt signed by Elara's own ancestor. To the world, he is a myth. To the shadowy Ouroboros Group, he is a battery of eternal energy. But to Elara, he is a man drowning in a sea of time. As Elara peels back the layers of her family's dark legacy, she discovers she isn't just a visitor-she is the Architect, the only one with the power to rewrite the curse. But freedom has a price. To save the man she's falling for, Elara must dismantle a global conspiracy and face a terrifying truth: In the game of immortality, someone always has to pay.

No one has ever gotten close enough to discover the secrets of Corbin White's troubling past. Not until he finds a group of other teens hiding supernatural abilities. They teach him how to see and manipulate the Rudin, the uncharted world of unseen energy, and how to fend off the terrifying beings that live there. But they don't have the answers he's seeking. What they do have is a deadly secret of their own. Now Corbin must confront the living nightmares of his past, survive the betrayal of the friends he trusted, and face his role in the earth-shattering events of the future. Anyone can save the world, but Corbin is the only one destined to destroy it.

|Book Three of The Soul-Bound Chronicles| ✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ Everything is falling apart around Josh. If the issues of Cale's Soul Sickness and Mara's growing distance weren't bad enough, now rifts are forming too quickly to hide. With the implosion of pocket dimensions, the very veil between realms is at risk. A potential solution arises in the form of the Elementals. They hold not one, but two of the coveted keys, and their experience with the Energy Realm provides their greatest chance of curing Cale. But there are centuries of tension between the Elementals and the Soul-Bound, and if Josh and his friends don't manage to diffuse it, the Paladins may find themselves losing two important keys to the Shadow Knights. The young Paladins will find themselves tested in ways like never before, and unless they can conquer their inner and outer battles, they will find themselves buried beneath the destruction of a growing darkness. ➢ Amazing cover made by dayisdemigod

|Book Two of The Soul-Bound Chronicles| The veil separating the realms has weakened. With the first four seals stolen, the strength of the temples fades, and more outbreaks from the Energy Realm puts a strain on the Paladins. For Josh, it's nothing he can't handle. With his team by his side, sending magical creatures back where they belong is the best sort of training. At least until Cale and Mara leave for a mission of their own meant to build up their strengths and ditch him with a new teammate he barely knows. As the tensions grow high in the Sanctuary, both because of the ongoing war with the Shadow Knights and shady Sage politics, Josh tries to find comfort in his former life and the people he thought he'd left behind. But his peace is not meant to last. Mara and Cale have disappeared, and all clues point to them being in the Energy Realm. Home to monsters and remnants of Phoenix Dragons, the other realm holds many threats, but Josh will do whatever it takes to find his friends. While there, he discovers a way to give the Paladins an edge in the war, but this solution forces him to make a decision he isn't sure he can make. He must put his fate, as well as those he loves, in the hands of a Sage who hates him. -- Cover by eryxnaps

At the start of a new school year in yet another unfamiliar city, thirteen-year-old Flynn Barnes just wants to keep his head down. After six years of moving from place to place with his mom, standing out has never been an option. But when the opportunity to participate in the school spelling bee appears - along with a series of mysterious letters sent to their home - staying invisible becomes impossible. As Flynn competes for a chance to rise all the way to the national spelling bee, he must do everything he can to keep himself and his mom in Mayville, Florida... without drawing the attention of the Southern Republic of Texas.

Guinevere Rose "Gwen" Pearl is an average girl. She has always seen herself as average at least. Nothing too out of the ordinary or extraordinary. She's a sophomore in college and has a very strict routine. School, work, homework, sleep, repeat. On just another day after school let out for Christmas, Gwen finds herself pulled into a world of magic, dragons, and resurrected Kings, ruining her plans for a quiet Christmas spent watching movies. The sophomore in College is unsure how exactly she got mixed up in all of this unusual stuff but one thing is certain, she blames that strange old man who entered her cafe that fateful night looking for a "tankard of Mead." *Updates Every Saturday*

In this steamy romance take based on Life is Strange: Double Exposure, After weeks of tension and stolen glances, Max Caulfield and Safiya Llewellyn-Fayyad finally give in to the undeniable pull between them. What starts as playful teasing soon ignites into something deeper as their emotions-and desires-spill over in a night of passion. As Max grapples with her time-rewinding abilities and Safiya's shapeshifting powers add an unexpected twist, the two find themselves tangled in more than just each other's arms. In the quiet aftermath, wrapped in warmth and whispered confessions, they realize their relationship has changed forever. But with danger still lurking in the shadows of Caledon University, can their love stand the test of time?

How do you fight evil if death is not the end? Seventeen-year-old Mia trusts no-one. She wants to - she'd give almost anything to be able to - but when your survival depends on the acute awareness of every whim and mood swing of your narcissistic, rage-filled mother, anxiety becomes a default state. Mia has become expert at reading body language, facial expressions, vocal fluctuations - permanently prepared to fight, flee or freeze at the slightest hint of anger, aggression or even just disapproval. Mia's learned it's easier to be alone. But Mia's not alone. When the people children are supposed to be safest with abuse them, it's common to develop this hyper-aware state. Doctors have a name for it: hyper-vigilance. The recruitment scouts at Kazemoto Security (Supernatural Division) have a word for it, too: potential. *** Chapters will be posted here on Wattpad as well as its own Wordpress blog and in podcast form (read by me - eek!) on iTunes, YouTube, & SoundCloud. If you'd like to receive an email from me whenever a new chapter is released, and be first to know little extras about the world of WoWaM like: what exactly are Gossips and their fellow Shades? or; what are the real-world inspirations for the international locations we'll visit as WoWaM unfolds? sign up for my WoWaM readers group at www.tinyletter.com/darcyconroy You'll also be able to send me messages, asking your own questions so that I know what interests you most. I'll do my best to answer as well as I can, as soon as I can (no spoilers, though!)

Yuna Masuda is an ordinary high school student until a fearsome man named Tirr enters her home one night and murders her family. She barely survives and awakens wounded at the hospital where she discovers soon, that she is no longer the same girl as before. A mentor takes care of her and tells her that she is now part of the shadow realm, the world of the Oni. Slowly she explores her new abilities and vows to get revenge on the murderer of her family. New friends and allies are there to help her with her quest. In addition, she meets a young man who develops a romantic interest in her, which is mutual, if there just would not be the thing with the Onihunt, which repeatedly messes up her life completely. Will she be able to avenge her family? Will she experience the tender touch of the first love? Can she find a way to balance her life as an Onihunter with the life of an average high school student? And is there a chance that she might lead an ordinary life without monsters someday?

Seventeen-year-old Karasi Shujaa ain't afraid of no ghosts - although technically they are called roho mbaya - and poachers. Blessed by the gods of her tribe with the magic to mimic the powers of animals, Karasi hunts both down without a sense of fear-not an easy task with her 9 PM curfew. The only thing Karasi does fear is getting caught kissing her girlfriend, as being a lesbian is illegal in Kenya. When a sacred lion cub-the source of Karasi's magic-is stolen by a poaching syndicate influenced by the demonic serpent Kifonyoka, it endangers the natural balance. However, before Karasi can rescue it, her father, a tribal man who neither believes in the gods nor their magic, ships her off to live in Washington D.C. Although her magic draining away, Karasi will fight for what she views as her birthright. With the support of her gods, Karasi must outwit Kifonyoka and his deadly disciples to rescue the cub. Or else Karasi would lose her magic, her mother's legacy, and the love of the girl of her dreams.

On the same night that she gets kicked out of her home, Amanda finds a poster advertising something called The Midnight Circus. With nowhere else to go, she attends the performance and what she experiences changes her life forever.

One shots I make as extras for We love you (so please don't go). Pls keep in mind that they are just extras and aren't canon to the main storyline in any way, shape, or form. :) PS: Although this is not canon to the We love you (so please don't go) series, here is the link to the aforementioned series anyways: https://www.wattpad.com/list/1418716607-we-love-you-so-please-dont-go

Everyone fell for Keith Duskvale because of a love potion gone wrong. Everyone. Except for Zyran Aelys, the one who actually mattered.

Ebony fights to survive. Whether they wander the streets, or perform in a circus, they are determined to live. And, being a Pyro, they're given a choice at a young age: Work for a Ringerleader, or die by the teeth of the monarchy. But, despite the hype, they're never actually asked to light it up. Just "Keep your head down." So, Ebony grows up, befriends an invincible boy and a water-controlling psychic, and mostly enjoys their life in the cirque... up until everything goes wrong. The Kings and Queens of Eb's world ask them to perform for the world, and even after yearning for this opportunity for years, they fear the worst: Bad performers get bad endings. And something told Eb that tricks weren't the only thing the Sovereigns wanted them to do. *New update(s?) due whenever these days.

In a world where reality is stitched together by unseen threads, Elias Vance never believed in destiny-until the rift tore his life apart. When a forbidden catastrophe fractured the balance between worlds, Elias lost Lila, the one person who mattered most. Determined to undo the damage, he embarks on a journey through the remnants of magic and shattered time, uncovering secrets that defy logic. With each step, he learns that the rift wasn't just a tear in space-it was a test, a trial, and perhaps, a doorway to something greater. As old enemies resurface and fate twists unpredictably, Elias is forced to make an impossible choice: save the world or reclaim the one he lost. But what if the two were never separate to begin with? With time running out and the rift closing forever, Elias and Lila's bond is the key to either salvation or destruction. But fate is never so simple-because some threads, once woven, can never be cut.

"A New Beginning" is a contemporary fantasy piece. Readers are pulled into the world of a girl named Page as she is struggling to cope with the loss of a close friend. When her sister, Althea, rediscovers her box of tarot cards, a chain of events occur that forever alter Page's outlook on life.