Modernretelling Stories

❝You don't fall in love with broken things, Gigi. You cut yourself on them.❞ He's a ghost from her father's past. She's only supposed to help him finish a song. But inside Studio 9, what begins as a secret collaboration turns into something far more dangerous: a duet, a confession, and a love story written in ruins. A "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll" Fan Fiction set in an alternative universe. #1 in #elizabethgillies (07/04/2026) #14 in #rock (04/08/2026) #41 in #music (04/13/2026)

When Teia Cloto travels to Naples, Italy, hoping to steady a life already quietly unravelling, the last thing she needs is a blind date that turns into an easy, unexpected friendship. Alden instantly makes the city feel strangely familiar in ways Teia didn't know she needed. Drawn deeper into Naples' ancient past and her own unsettling sense of déjà vu, the line between coincidence and destiny begin to blur. Staying friends is simpler. But Teia must confront whether destiny is a story we inherit, or one we choose to rewrite, no matter the cost. Water and Sand is a contemporary love story that reimagines the myth of Theseus and Ariadne, where love is a labyrinth and friendship feels like the safest way out. #ONC2026 contest. Story is complete. Prompt 24: Staying as friends is meant to be safe, but that doesn't mean it's the path you're meant to take; Prompt 28: Self-love often starts small, like planting a seed. With time, patience, and a bit of light, it will grow; and Prompt 29: You meet many people in your life. Many will come and go, but some will leave footprints on your heart.

Florence "Flora" Briar has lived her entire life under lock and key. Her father isn't just overprotective-he's paranoid. Haunted by a dark fortune teller's prophecy that Flora will die at the age of fifteen, he has banned her from bikes, adventures, and anything resembling a normal life. Flora wants nothing more than to be free, but a single mistake on her fifteenth birthday changes everything.After a minor bike crash triggers her father's worst fears, Flora is suddenly banished from her beloved city of Chicago and sent away to live with an aunt in Cape Cod. Alone on a journey across the country, Flora thinks she is finally escaping her father's constraints. But as the clock ticks closer to the prophecy's deadline, she realizes some curses can't be run away from-and the real danger might be just waking up. A sharp, modern, and realistic retelling of Sleeping Beauty that explores the fragile threads of family secrets, the weight of paranoia, and the desperate fight for freedom.

Jack Spriggins is just an average angsty teenager who wants to survive in the harsh city. However growing tensions between him and his mom forces Jack to sell precious memories of his father. In return, a mysterious stranger offers Jack a chance to change his fate in exchange for rent money. This encounter changes Jacks whole life, for better or for worse. A modern retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk

He's a billionaire with a God complex. She's a scholarship student with a Zero-Day exploit. Let the games begin." Eliza Bennet doesn't believe in fairy tales, especially not the ones involving "Tech Kings" and glass towers. As a law student struggling to keep her family's vintage bookstore from being swallowed by gentrification, she has no time for the arrogant 1%-specifically William Darcy. The CEO of Pemberley Tech is brilliant, cold, and famously blunt. After overhearing him dismiss her as a "tolerable local" at a high-end gala, Eliza makes it her mission to humble the man who thinks he's untouchable. But in a world of viral scandals, corporate sabotage, and deep-seated secrets, first impressions are rarely the whole truth. When a charming stranger from Darcy's past offers Eliza the tools to destroy him, she must decide: Is she seeking justice, or has she become the very predator she hates? As the "Ice King's" walls begin to crack, Eliza discovers that behind the pride lies a man worth more than his billions-and behind her prejudice lies a heart she never expected to lose.

Hello. My name is Maya. I really like Hamilton, and I see a lot of fandoms adapt their characters into modern times, so this is what I thought I'd do. It's Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler's love story, set in modern times. If this has been done before, I'm sorry, but I hope you'll take the time to read this one too. WARNING- slight cursing sometimes, other than that it's clean. THIS IS NOT A SMUT BOOK. okay thanks, happy reading!

Dahlia is an art student, vlogger and self-proclaimed fangirl. She doesn't get out much because her adoptive mother is agoraphobic so when college begins things get interesting ... she meets Charlie. A sarcastic, culinary arts student who isn't afraid of much, and has sworn off romantic entanglements all together at least till she finishes her degree. But when the two hit it off... Charlie aims to inspire Dahlia, not only artistically but also to step out of her safe zone, and find her birth mother.

The line between beauty and beastliness is not always black and white. Aiden is a boy with anger issues. He has had trouble keeping and making new friends, and feels like he's all alone. His family is getting frustrated with his unwillingness to try and change. His father says he will send him to a real mental hospital if he doesn't at least try and make a difference. That's just the issue. Aiden doesn't know how to change. Anger is all he knows. It's the only emotion he knows how to express. Marina used to be Aiden's best friend as a child. But once his parents got divorced and Aiden began to act differently, Marina's father suggested she give Aiden his space while he figured things out. Over time, they grew apart, but their families still stayed friends. After a freak accident, Marina and Aiden are thrown together. Can Marina soften Aiden's guarded heart before it's too late? This is a modern retelling of the classic tale, Beauty and the Beast.

A modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. "Let me help," I said quietly. In response, he glared up at me. "I should have my father fire you." I shrugged my shoulders. "Okay, but right now your ankle is hurt. So how about you let me help you up and into the house, and then you can fire me later?" I must have surprised him, because his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. I waited for the next argument, watching one side of his face scrunch up. Finally, he answered, "Fine."

A modern retelling of Henry the 8th's first wife and the queen of England.

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What if Jane Austen's Persuasion were to be set in the 21st century? How would Anne Elliot and Fred Wentworth meet? How would they communicate through texts and emails? How would the story leading up to their separation build up in this modern setting? Read ahead to find out!

A modern take on Greek gods/goddesses, their stories, and the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.

Elizabeth Bennet didn't need distractions, she was just attempting to make it through college with good enough grades to get accepted into med school. But she hadn't counted on the antics of her haphazard family and the disapproving attentions of Mr. Darcy.

When Persephone said she hated her life, it wasn't an understatement. She had a name as old as the earth itself, a family who tried to hold itself together by only a few threads, and the thing she hated most in all the world, the small town she was born in. The only thing she loved most in the world was her garden of flowers. But her normal boring life turns upside down when the new exchange student comes in. He, in Persephone's eyes, is the epitome of danger with his eyes like fire and his smile that speaks of trouble. Will Persephone stick with her plan of leaving this place behind when she graduates or will he change her life upside down just it time to see everything in a new light?

once, there was a fighter, who bled like a river and bruised like a peach. book the third

At Hollow Hill Academy, an elite boarding school surrounded by wind, moors, and secrets, two students from opposite worlds collide. Catherine Earnshaw is brilliant, restless, and destined for greatness. Heath Hale is guarded, misunderstood, and fighting to prove he belongs. Bound by late-night conversations, stolen moments, and a love neither of them knows how to control, they discover that some connections feel inevitable-even when the world insists they are impossible. But ambition, class differences, and fear threaten to tear them apart. In this modern retelling of Wuthering Heights, love isn't about possession or destruction-it's about choice. ✨ A story of forbidden love, obsession, and finding home in another person. ✨ A reimagining inspired by the upcoming Wuthering Heights movie.

They told me I was dying. It was the first time I felt alive." Valancy Stirling has spent twenty-nine years being a ghost. In a house that smells of mothballs and judgment, she is the "plain" daughter, the "old maid," the burden. Her life is a gray loop of emotional abuse and suffocating rules-until a cold, clinical letter changes everything. The diagnosis: Cancer. The timeline: One year. With a death sentence in her pocket, the "mouse" finally bites. Valancy turns her back on her toxic family and flees to the rugged Blue Hills, seeking out the one man the town fears most: Barney Snaith. Barney is a man of secrets-a disgraced billionaire's son who traded his corporate throne for a remote cabin and a pair of work boots. He's hiding from a past of ego and greed; she's hiding from a future that's being cut short. They strike a desperate bargain: a marriage of convenience to give Valancy a taste of freedom before the end. But as the "Blue Castle" they build together becomes a sanctuary, the secrets begin to leak out. Valancy discovers she isn't dying after all, and Barney's past comes hunting for him with the weight of a billion-dollar empire. When her family tracks her down, expecting a broken woman, they find a queen. Protected by a husband who has traded his axe for an army of lawyers, Valancy must decide if she can step out of the shadows of the "dying girl" and into the light of a woman who finally has everything to live for.

What if Belle wasn't so sweet, and the Beast wasn't so mean? A Beauty and The Beast modern retelling.