Onceuponnow Stories

Frankie always loved playing with her "adopted Grandma" Ellie. The adventures they had together were the stuff dreams are made of. But when "Grandma" Ellie dies suddenly, Frankie is stricken with a grief she couldn't comprehend. Until the day she learned the truth behind her Grandma's love of playing "pretend".

What does it mean when your eyes begin to change colors and your skin begins to turn wrinkly, but it only happens when the clock strikes twelve? Not to mention how your mother leaves you a letter along with a map leading to the middle of nowhere to a woman named Naomi? I don't know, but I'm sure the Big Bad Wolf has an idea.

A twist on the classic story of Rapunzel in which her 'savior' is the damsel. This is a a poem that rhymes... yeah that's it. Enjoy! Created with @cakebaker666

Published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, in an anthology called Once Upon Now! Available on Amazon and at other other fine retailers. Cupid has an epic party, but, whoops! He accidentally sinks Charon's Ferry. Hades is not amused. To avoid the ultimate penalty, Cupid has to travel to Hawaii and do a favor for Hades - ensure that his daughter kisses the heir to the Bullseye Mattress Kingdom and never comes into her demigod powers. Cupid must combat a lukewarm cup of coffee, a beady-eyed crab, and his own heart if he's to succeed. Business major Phoebe Thompson needs a job or she and her mom will have to spend another month eating nothing but Spaghetti Loops. There is an amazing opportunity for a management trainee at the Bullseye Mattress Kingdom. All she has to do is pass three tests. What could go wrong when she has the "help" of a certain love god? In this modern retelling of "Princess and the Pea," a young woman has to prove her worth not by sleeping on mattresses but by selling them.

What's a penny worth? Do you ignore the ones lying on the sidewalk because they're not worth picking up? For the shy and clumsy Norah, a penny will become so much more than a simple cent. Every morning she enters the elevator of her office building and hides among the throng of professionals sandwiching inside. From behind their shoulders, she's safe to hopelessly stare at Cole Collins... or at least get a glimpse of the back of his well-trimmed hair---the hair she dreams of running her fingers through. When a loud and obnoxious office Temp decides to barge her way into Norah's life, they develop a friendship that might be exactly what she needs to change up her luck with love. And it all starts with picking up a penny.

Sure, I can turn invisible and blind someone if it really came down to it, but if my opponent could open wormholes and summon lightning, I wouldn't stand a chance. So what happens when my opponent takes on the most unexpected form? Well, then I'll just have to find allies in the most unexpected form as well.

"What am I doing here and why am I handcuffed??!" I asked the guy in white uniform whom I assumed to be the doctor. "I'm sorry Mr Bryan that's not my place to tell, I came to inform you the detective would be here in a second to ask questions" he replied in a bored tone. " The police,Why??" I asked him confused which made him raise an eyebrow. Then i remembered it all....I was charged for murder!!!! I killed my beloved wife....

When Scarlett is hoping for the Summer camp of her life she realizes she is going to have to share a bunk with a complete opposite of her. But they have to work together in a challenge they thought didn't exist.

PREPARE FOR THE WORST AND HOPE FOR THE BEST, RIGHT? BUT HERES THE PROBLEM: NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU FOR THE WORST. Abby Sanches is a 14 year old who loved horror books & movies. She thought she was prepared for the worst, but nothing can prepare you for the worst , & Abby found that out the hard way. #JustWriteIt #OnceUponNow

Michele never thought that her life would change after she moved to house close to her friend,at fallen mist

Walking is healthy. It's good for the environment. But it's not always the safest, is it?

In the year 2053 the abundance of technology has made it known as Techno-Decade. With flying cars, hover boards and more robots then people. It seems the only thing they don't have is something that creates everlasting youth. Until, Dr. Grant Anderson discovers a new and rare breed of flower on accident. It is then after watching a frog that ate it turn into a tadpole. He names it the Fountain of Youth Flower or FYF and publishes his studies claiming that this flower is the key to eternal youth. He then plans to turn it into a chewable pill. It explodes on social media and takes the world by storm. Billionaires and Actors already preordering the pill in mass quantities. Grant dedicates his life to creating the perfect pill. With millions of dollars backing up his research, he plans to have it ready in the next year. Then something happens that makes Grant question the purpose of the pill. Is the pill really safe or is it more evil then good? Cover Art By: @AMidnightDreary

Four kids are thrown together in a crazy adventure in the wrong dimension after a depressing childhood, and they find that their birthdays at all the fourth of the middle month. The holiday of moons. As they find their destinies and quests, they figure they can bend the rules... But should they?

"How it all began? Well, that's a very long story." He says, picking at his hands. The man across the table stares at him with dark eyes, "I have the time."

Casey always hated how she'd messed up her vision when she was younger, and suffered through the inconveniences of glasses since the 4th grade. All through high school, she dreamed of a life free of the sleek black and blue frames resting on her button nose and when she left college her wish finally came true when she received both the perks of a brand new job and a set of contacts. Not any contacts- a pair fresh off the drawing board, rumored to eventually restore your vision. What Casey ends up seeing through her very own eyes, is a completely different story. #OnceUponNow (I don't usually write fantasy, but why not?)

Meet Jonathan - a typical American teen, who just likes to have fun. However, the day has come when he is to travel to Germany, where he will stay with his aunt and uncle during the summer to help in their shop. This is anything but fun for him. But that's until things start to get interesting. After meeting a girl and being thrown into an extraordinary situation, one feared by the locals, Jonathan learns of a century old myth that still haunts the small German town. Meanwhile, Jonathan ventures further to get to know this mysterious girl. Meeting atop Lorelei Rock at midnight, Jonathan is unknowingly pulled deeper into trouble until one night when he makes a discovery he finds hard to believe. Struggling between family and vacant love, Jonathan is forced to make a difficult decision - one that means life or death! Based upon the German myth of Lorelei. This story was entered in Target's #OnceUponNow contest, and is now entered in the #Wattys2016.

Everything seems better with a sprinkling of fairy dust. Following the death of her father, Florence feels as if her entire world has been torn apart. She has lost her family, her friends and her aspirations for the future. However, when she meets Sebastian and is introduced to the new designer-drug, 'Fairy Dust', she begins to see the world in a way which will change her life forever. Florence is thrown into a world where it is unclear what is real and what is simply a figment of her imagination and she must fight for her own survival. A re-imagination of modern life with 'a sprinkling of fairy dust', considering the fine divide between reality and fiction.

A modern-day fairy tale about why you never-ever follow the cute new boy in class into the woods behind the cafeteria.... #OnceUponNow