Onc2022 Stories

When a strange old woman comes to the village of Little Plimpton, her arrival sparks a conflict that could bring the entire population to the brink of war. And by 'war', read 'a series of petty grievances aired in public'. Humphrey, caught in the middle of the ensuing whirlwind of accusations, threats and mildly aggressive and/or violent actions, must try his utmost to bring Little Plimpton back to some semblance of serenity and, if he has his way, at least quiet. If only so he can read his newspaper in peace. A novella, written for #ONC2022. Based upon Prompt No. 6 and in the General Fiction category. Cover created in Canva, using a Pixabay stock picture.

Elena, star reporter of her high school newspaper, must survive interviewing her crush, Chase. Chase, the star player for the soccer team, cannot overcome friend-zoning Elena without sacrificing his future. Will both be able to put their differences aside and surrender to their feelings? Or will one have to choose between the love for the other and their future? *** Prompt Used: For a school magazine, you're supposed to take individual interviews of the soccer team players. You are now hesitant to interview someone whom you have been admiring for years now. @OpenNovellaContest Copyrights© Wattpad.2022. Inc. All Rights Reserved. Published 02.02.2022 UPDATED EVERY SUNDAY - WEEK 2

Between 1813 and 1819, the great composer, Ludwig van Beethoven almost disappeared from public life. Many stories passed about the reason, but none could ever hope to know the truth. Until now. In 1818, Bernhard Gerber experiences something terrifying and heartbreaking, bringing him in contact with the great man, Beethoven, himself. Though Beethoven proves nothing like the person known all across Europe. Between them, the two men take on the task of ridding the world of the greatest horror ever to walk the Earth and, in the process, perhaps lay to rest both men's greatest tragedies and guilt. A deadly serious story with a character that doesn't know it. And doesn't care. A novella, written for #ONC2022. Based upon Prompt No. 70 and in the 'Creature Feature' category. Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.

Adam Mitchell disappeared one rainy night in May, 1996. Twenty five years later, November Falls Police Detective Evelyn Hardy stumbles upon an article about his cold case. It's been long enough, it's time to get Adam Mitchell the justice he deserves. But, with the FBI on scene, the unorthodox involvement of Evelyn's family, and the unacknowledged feelings between Evelyn and her partner finally reaching breaking point, there is one thing that is for certain: Solving the case is going to be the easy part. Part 1 of the November Falls Series. Prompt 67

[Based on They Both Die In The End] In a world where you know when you'll die, two people from different worlds meet-cute on their End Day.

My Heir, April 10th, 1808 If you are receiving this note then it means two things. One: your world is about to hit rock bottom. Two: you are my heir, and therefore need to understand that I say these next words with a vengeance in my heart. You must find your way to your estate in Norway. I have evidence that will help you destroy your greatest enemy once and for all, giving you the power that I know you deserve. At this point, you must be skeptical, but I must ask you to trust me. For who else would know that Leif Aldridge was my betrothed and that I ran to your ancestor Benjamin Sullivan to help escape the treacherous Aldridge household. Regards, Katheryn Ellingboe

❖ ''ZF 16 Ariomma to unknown vessel. Please identify yourself. Over.'' ❖ Farah and Kazem are twins working aboard the Ariomma, a trading airship that sails the edges of a flat world. Out here is a frontier far from civilization: a place known as the Tideless, where water lifts from the surface of the sea, and great creatures rise with it. Only some of them are known. This is not a sailing path known for its safety, but the crew of the Ariomma have rarely feared their work. That is, until they find the carcass of another ship hanging in the Tideless, decimated by an unknown enemy. Soon, their flight to safety becomes a fight for their lives, as the monster turns its attention on the Ariomma... and them. ❖❖❖ Written for #NONC2022, a community-run novella festival operating in parallel with Wattpad's 2022 Open Novella Contest. Complete. Marked mature for violence and other dark themes. Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

Witches. The infamous monsters who have become terrifying legacies after centuries of fear. But where did they come from? And who was the first? Life changed forever for Lore when she burst into flames. And now she will burn the world.

In which Adeana Coleman has to interview Oliver Tate for the school paper, except she's been madly in love with him since the fifth grade. Prompt 97: For a school magazine, you're supposed to take individual interviews of the football team players. You are now hesitant to interview someone whom you have been admiring for years now. Cover credit to: @-hotterthxnhell

Details on the 2022 NONC Open Novella Festival can be found here!

2. That moment when you realize you saw something that could cost you your life. Now all you can do is try and outrun them. I never thought there was a reason for my father's rule: Never cross the lake I never believed that a terrible secret that cost him his life awaited me on the other side, a secret that might just cost me mine. After racing through alien territory and seeking the assistance of rebels, will I be safe, or will the secret forever haunt me?

When the airship Azure Aspect returns from the first-ever expedition to the Dark Continent, it brings with it something that will shake the known world to its core. But what exactly is it and why are some people ready to risk life and limb to protect it yet others want to pretend it never existed? And why is Phillip Watson in the middle of it all?

Vic thinks she has it all figured out. She's on track to graduate in a week and she is determined to have a great time with her friends (and some girl from her calculus class) until graduation day, when they'll all grow up a little bit and move on from the trap that is Cape Hux. And then Scotty gets abducted by aliens. After searching the stars and the internet for months, Vic thinks she has a clue about how to get him back. The issue is, more and more people are going missing around Cape Hux, including her friend Connor-- and only she knows the truth of how to stop it. With the help of the Girl from Seat 2B (who she still does not know the name of) and Leo (a pompous jackass of a young man), Vic sets out on a bit of a romp through the surrounding area, looking for clues, aliens, and, as luck would have it, a name for what's going on between herself and the Girl from Seat 2B.

Choice has always been a stranger to Gustavo. As the son of the illustrious Count of Marcliff, everything is chosen for him from his favourite pastime, riding, to the length of his beard, never past the chin. And when it comes to school, his desire to go to Cambridge is overshadowed by his father's choice: Oxford. But one rainy afternoon at Oxford, fortune smiles on the young count-to-be, landing him in a tailor's shop where the lovely Miku's smile makes him forget Cambridge even exists. Every moment spent by Miku's side causes Gustavo to hope--no, to presume--that he will have the choice of asking her to be his bride. But a letter from his father quickly dashes that dream to pieces: Gustavo is engaged to marry a duke's daughter. He has followed his father's wishes his whole life, always striving to preserve the Dinamarca name. But this is one step too far. He will not abandon Miku for some stranger his father picked out. No matter how well-connected she may be. Beset by a tempest of anger, grief, and confusion, Gustavo meets a mysterious fortune-teller who knows what he needs to do. He needs to convince Miku to marry him. And if she agrees, they will need to make it to Scotland before Lord Marcliff can stop them. Even if they can evade his father, the path to the Scottish border is fraught with obstacles that will shake their love to its foundation. +++ Based on Prompt Number 6 - ONC 2022

Nimma Rigel never thought a book would have the power to change her life. Not only change her life but totally turn everything she thought she knew about her family history on its head. Her ancestor was said to have left a fortune somewhere in the dangerous Disillusion Mountains. Now armed with new information that might lead her to the fabled treasure, Nimma embarks on a journey that even she as an ex-soldier couldn't have dreamed. LONG LISTER IN THE OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2022! Written for The Open Novella Contest 2022 STORY SHALL BE UNDERGOING EDITS LATE IN 2025 OR EARLY 2026 If you see this story anywhere besides Wattpad please make me aware. This is the only place I post stories. I don't have multiple accounts on this site, so this is the only profile this story should be posted on. Thank you, readers.

In a dingy karaoke bar, sparks fly. - Amirah Begum has always believed in happy endings. Even after everything she's been through, whether it be years ago when she lost her favourite pair of light-up sneakers or three days ago, when she got dumped by the girl she thought was the one of her dreams, she hasn't lost her dream of a happy ending. So, when she finds a brooding stranger doing the exact opposite of what she lives her life by, she makes a pact to help them get their happy ending, and maybe re-evaluate her own definition of a happy ending in the process. - started: february 3rd, 2022. completed: april 24th, 2022.

She dreamed of vengeance. And he dreamed of love. A story set in 1200 AC Egypt, in which a young and inexperienced con-artist somehow finds herself in the Sultan's palace.

Having worshipped at God's feet for the best part of twenty-five years, Father Hendrie should know better - nightmares are only a fabrication of an over-active imagination. But the dreams which haunt him are terrifyingly vivid and all are somehow linked to an ancient mirror in his attic. It had been there when he moved in six months ago, but he thought nothing of it then, planning to get rid of it when he had time. Of late, though, it seemed to lure him - tempt, bait - and his faith is hanging in the balance. The nightmares begin encroaching on his waking day - he sees demons from the corner of his eye, even in the faces of people he knows in the community. Adding to the terror, multiple natural disasters bombard the news stations of the globe - people are living in fear as their homes and families are taken from them by earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and forest fires. The world is in chaos. Things take a turn for the worse for Father Hendrie. After an extremely unsettling visit from what he could only describe as an unearthly creature, he deduces he is going mad. All that he believes is being thrown to the four winds, scattered, invalidated. He finds himself talking to demons, listening to impossible stories of Earth's history and more frighteningly, its destiny. 'Heaven' and 'Hell' are about to collide in a battle for dominance over the human Realm. And Man is about to meet his makers. Commenced 2nd February 2022 Copyright © AJWright 2022

[COMPLETED] Elliot wants to win the war. An unresolved conflict from the past led Angels and Demons to be at each other's throats. With each time he brings down his sword, it's as if time keeps stretching forward. Every demon he kills doesn't seem to be the last and every dream he wakes up from seems to be more vivid than the last. As soon as he kills the last demon, he's brought back a month before everything begins. The cycle begins again. Only this time, Elliot knows what will happen. And as usual, someone else is trying to stop it. Word count: 4/30/2022: 39100 Started: 2/27/2022 Ended: 4/30/2022 ______________________________________ {3X Featured} » StoriesUndiscovered: Into the Abyss » FantasyPH: High Fantasy » FantasyPH: Spotlight Stories [ENG] Cover by: @Hamloveham Collab by: @aliyahthebooks and @AmHjonk_ #ONC2022

On the day martial law is announced and put into effect, the whole city of Nova Aria is on fire. Lou is stuck on her way home from work. She calls Robert, her distant ex-boyfriend for help, right before a bus crashes into her car. Little does Lou know, the accident is just the beginning of a long and dangerous journey to safety. From being stranded, abducted, and held at gunpoint to running for her life from a battleship, Lou has never been in a situation where she is pushed to the limit 24/7 both physically and mentally. The more answers she has, the more unclear things seem. Everything Lou has ever known can evaporate in an instance when General Castillon, the Federation leader, decides to use Z, a dangerous chemical element that Robert's team developed, in the war against his political opponents. Lou is forced to work with Robert, even when she doesn't know his plan or fully trust the man. Their past relationship and unresolved feelings toward each other only muddle the situation even more. 🏵ONC 2022 LONGLIST @OpenNovellaContest 🏵Honorable Mention for The Best First Chapter in The Patronus Mini Award 2022 🥈Second place in the Action/Adventure category of the Wonder Awards @Mariya_Evans 🥈Second place in the Action/Adventure category of the April Award @romance_lover16 🥉Third place in the Action/Adventure category of the Okami Award @KirukkanGuild 🥉Third place in the Action category of the Blossom Awards 2024 || COMPLETE @TheBlossomCommunity_ 🥉Gold Award and Third Place of the Action/ Adventure Category of the 🌺🔥Phoenix Awards🔥🌺 @AthenaPersephone9 📚 Featured in The April Award Winners reading list Prompt 3: "They have just announced Martial Law. Anarchy breaks out everywhere around you. The only way out is through. What will you do to survive?" Cover by @sulkytae