Opennovella2023 Stories

NOVEL VERSION COMING SOON... When Will Payton took his kindergarten class on a trip to the woods, he never expected to find an ancient altar with runes carved into the stone. Nor did he expect that, upon dropping a handful of candies onto the altar, his class would unleash the Norse trickster god, Loki. But that's not all they awoke. With the end of the world on their heels and giant monsters out for blood, Will and Loki navigate the unknown while trying to keep the kindergarten class safe. All the while, Loki comes to realize that perhaps there's more to life than his penchant for trouble.

The wrong place, at the wrong time, had Tyler running for his life. On his way to a job interview, Tyler became a witness to a murder that was done by one of the most notorious hitmen in the country. After being saved by that same hitman, Tyler went from a civilian looking for a job to an informant working for one of the largest assassination agencies in the country. Dion, a hitman who's lived a life in the shadows for years, has finally found light in that darkness. After saving the witness to one of his hits, only to find the boy has a target on his back because of his involvement. Tyler's life was spared but at what cost? What is Dion willing to do to protect the light that found its way to the darkness?

Sebastian seems like an unassuming electrical technician. He survives by just keeping his head down. But after one bad blind date, he found himself waking up to a dead body, a bag of cash and no recollection of who he is or how he got there. Guided only by his wit and a girl he just met, he has to navigate running from the people trying to kill him and also figuring out who he is. Or who he was.

Prompt #9: There's an urban legend that's been circulating for years about a taxi cab that doesn't take you where you want to go, but where you need to go. One night, you stepped into this cab. An entry for the Open Novella Contest 2023.