Onemillionproject Stories

A witch's curse turns cruel Lord Caspian into a beast, and causes Transylvania to suffer a century of snowfall and blood-shed. When the Hershel men trespass on the Beast's property during a hunt, Lord Caspian captures and threatens them with death. Harlan Hershel offers his daughter Rosalind to the beast for a month to save his sons. But when the Beast sees Rosalind, he believes she is the reincarnation of his late wife and becomes fiercely drawn to her. Though terrified at first, Rosalind grows fond of the abominable lord. The closer she gets to the secrets Caspian keeps, especially of the mysterious stranger in the violin room, the closer she comes to the darkness waking inside her. When Rosalind's true calling is discovered, that she is the one prophesied to kill the lord, her burning desire for him threatens to destroy the person she once was, and all of Transylvania. Rosalind must decided if she is strong enough to destroy Caspian and end his rein of blood, or give into the dark love she has found and become a monster herself. Beauty and the Beast meets Dracula. Other influences: Alice in Wonderland and the tale of Hades and Persephone. There's a sequel called Bellua. Highest ranking #1 Gothic, #1 Dracula, #1 Dark Romance, #2 Horror, #1 ONEMILLIONPROJECT. Amby Awards 2023 TOP PICK in Paranormal. Rosalind won first place in PrettyInPunk's Paranormal Romance category and tied for third place in the Paranormal/Supernatural including Vampire/Werewolf category in the One Million Project challenge. The beautiful cover was made by @KatrinHollister . Disclaimer: violence, dark themes, abuse, death, sex (not graphic but still hot), vampires, monsters, curses, and typical Christine darkness. This is not the final, fully edited version. Rosalind can only be found on Wattpad. It cannot be shared, altered, sold, translated, etc. without my permission. All rights reserved.

More short stories and flash fiction, exploring random themes and random moments.

Miranda the absent-minded sleuth is taking a cruise to avoid anything related to solving mysteries, of any kind. But the forces just won't let her rest.

Another collection of short pieces, random thoughts and things that occurred to me in the middle of the night.

More of the Weekend Write-In.

Jake's childhood imaginary friend haunts him awake and asleep. His dreams come true, which scares him, his family, and the whole town. Going away to college, Jake hopes for a normal life, but it becomes more complicated as he learns of his new friends' secrets. The girl he has a crush on has more secrets and powers than Jake could ever imagine. One of his roommates is a vampire. Plus, a demon wants them all dead. Jake must discover who and what he really is to save his friends and himself. (Book #1 of 3- The Witch Hill Series. Book #2 is Hidden Paths. Book #3 is Fork in the Road. Best if read in order.)

Calandra the mermaid gets caught up in a web of treasure-seeking pirates. This was supposed to be a vacation! Warning: non-graphic violence abounds and there are definitely feels here. Takes place in the setting of my fantasy world for "Bastian's Song", but it stands alone and you certainly don't need to have read one to understand the other. This was written for publication in the One Million Project: Fantasy Anthology of 2017 and will be available for purchase (I believe) in September/October of 2017 via Amazon. All proceeds from any purchases go towards charity and do not benefit the authors. [ Cover Artist: Hilary Simonson ]

A collection of short stories - fleeting moments of gratification in floating worlds.

'Bottle Fairy' is a collection of short stories, based in a world of sword and sorcery adventure. It will be added to on an irregular basis, depending on when I can think of stories in this world.

Among the salt-licked tombstones and the blood-red roses, my mother's fragile sanity shatters and she is slowly driven to madness. My mother believes I, her only living child, is a ghost haunting her. But I am flesh and blood...am I not? A bereft mother believes her only living child is a ghost haunting her. In the gloom and solitude of her tower, the mother is slowly driven to madness. Gothic Gloom top 10 finalist! Featured on @fright 's Gloom and Doom Gothic Tales. 2nd place winner in the category Short Story in the One Million Project Awards. Part of the Wattpad Bookshelves family. Featured in @StoriesUndiscovered and @WattpadShortStory . Now a graphic novel! Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/938326 Comixology: http://bit.ly/2OuSH5U Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/shop/christine-bottas/the-maggies-a-gothic-graphic-novel/ebook/product-24098361.html This is powerful. Loved it! Your style is so lovely and dark at the same time. My favorite part was of the little minnows. It painted such an eerie vision. Enchanting. Well done! @Pixee_Styx I'd be lying if I say this book did not take my breath away. The writing is just elegantly morose and each paragraphs are punctuated with a poetic feel. It's beauty is almost dizzying. @fraulein_elle The Maggies is such a brilliant book that I went to the comment section to write something but I was so speechless after reading this that I couldn't find words. I haven't read such a good book for a long time! Thanks for writing this masterpiece. @MFOshin I read this and already kind of guessed what's happening but when I read the explanation. Oh. My. God. My heart died. And tears in my eyes. This is such a beautifully written short story that I can't fathom how such a story can hit your feels so hard. But this did. This is amazingly haunting and chilling and yet depressing and sad at the same time. I'm in love with everything about it. This is one of the most beautiful stories I've ever read. @KrystalM

Short tales of the paranormal.

Being faced with the opportunity to work for the biggest company across-the-board, Pamela is beyond elated. That is until she finds out her boss is the 'heartbreaker billionaire', Martelo Knight. Billionaire CEO, Martelo Knight has it all. From the most expensive cars to the most luxurious houses, there's nothing he can't buy. or is there? Known very well for his arrogant and cocky persona , Martello can't settle down. After his last failed relationship with his ex wife, Martelo promised himself to never love again. Pamela Rios is a broken mystery. She's a plain girl with lots of unshed tears. After countless heartbreaks and relationships that ended up in disasters, Pamela doesn't have the will to love again. •what will happen when Martelo Knight meets Pamela Rios? •will Pamela finally open her heart to Martelo? •will Martelo end up crushing Pamela's heart? •or will they both be able to love again? ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪

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Julia hasn't been able to get a good night's sleep in six months! She is desperate enough to try anything in order to get her REM sleep. Finding an intriguing website, Julia learns about The Insomnia Club, a place where insomniacs can get together, de-stress, and find their way to Dreamland. Little did she know that she would find her way to love as well! And maybe love is all she needs. (Please note: This is a short story. No more chapters will be added. I may, someday, expand this into a novel, but I have many other books that have a higher priority to me.)

A collection of short pieces inspired by the work of Hokusai.

This is an excerpt from one of 40 short stories in the OMP (One Million Project) Fiction Anthology. Historical fiction based around the Battle of Culloden -the last battle to be fought on Scottish soil.

This is a short story I wrote for the One Million Project. Young David finds a book on his grandfather's shelf, and he asks questions about it.

Summer Brinkley is thrilled to be promoted to a job in California, where her best friend from college lives. She is sad to find out Dana won't be there the first three months, but her best friend offers Summer her apartment to live in while she searches for her own place. The only problem is that Dana has a roommate, Jesse, who Summer crushed on all through college. Jesse James is stunned to find out the girl of his dreams will be moving in with him. He avoided meeting in person during college as Summer had been dating someone else and lived miles away. Now that they will be down the hall from each other will Jesse finally get some Summer Lovin'?

Lisa was tired of waiting for their first baby to arrive. She couldn't stand any delays once the due date had passed.