Opennovellacontest2019 Stories

Achilles is used to a life with rules and structure. Being attracted to men doesn't fit into what he considers structured. But he's used to burying things deep down, and this is just another item on the list. Xander crosses into his life, and he's completely outside the rules and the opposite of structure. Something about Xander makes Achilles' wolf sing, his blood jump and his heart soar, even if Xander is a man, even if he is a vampire. Innocuous meetings turn into a building attraction and Achilles wants to take the leap to be with Xander. Can he do it? This is an entry for the open novella contest. Genre: MXM romance with a suggestion of magic, a dash a of angst and werewolf and vampire protagonists.

Earth, 2070 AD. 18-year-old Kai and his twin sister Zel are survivors. Two years ago, they lost their parents in an apocalyptic environmental disaster that ravaged Earth, killing many. Kai and Zel now live a scattered, nomadic existence along with other survivors. On a planet left devastated with few natural resources available, Kai and Zel work hard to stay alive. But while Kai goes deeper into Earth for answers, Zel looks to the stars. She is convinced that their time on Earth is limited, and that in order to save humanity, they must travel to Mars. And when a Martian spaceship crash lands into Earth near the Blue Ridge Mountains of their childhood home, Zel sets out on a journey to find a new home on Mars, the Red Planet. *Cover Design by @CelticWarriorQueen17 *Longlisted in Wattpad Open Novella Contest Winners, April 2019. *Second Place Winner for SciFi, Majestic Universal Awards, May 2019. *Second Place Winner for SciFi, The Creativity Awards, June 2019. *Winner, Most Engaging Characters - Fiction, The Futhark Awards, July 2019. *Second Place Winner for SciFi, The Grace Awards, July 2019. *Entry for Science Fiction in the Wattys, 2019. *Featured, Wattpad Science Fiction's Space Opera Reading List, 2020.

Tim, a garbage handler in a post-apocalyptic bunker, loses the little he has. But then he finds Amy, the redhead with an attitude. Together, they will try to change the world they live in. -- Tim is one of those who shovel the shit and clean away the waste. Life in the dirt of others is all he knows. When his father gets arrested, he flees and ends up in the deepest tunnels of the shelter. There, he finds Amy--a stubborn, smelly, and fierce redhead with a punch, an attitude, and dreams of a better world. She scorns him, and he fears her. But together they climb in a quest to free his father and to find sunshine. -- Dystopian, post-apocalyptic SciFi with humor in unexpected places. An abbreviated version of the book was 2nd place winner in the Open Novella Contest 2019! Wattpad Editors' Pick in 2019. Major edits in September 2020 and in May and September 2021. Featured in the reading lists of the @dystopianapocalypse ambassador profile.

[Rebellion Saga #1] Another warring Era began after The Third World War. Another fractions, another ideologies collision, between those who come from the Red Planet and those who stayed in the dying Earth. The one who modified life cycle to gain strength and those who used anything in their surroundings to barely survive. - He was never been a Human. Breed in laboratory far in the depth of Mars, He was a sentient Martian, came from a long extinct civilization, came back to filled the promise between two clans of planet. But stripped away from its identity, He found something else on Earth: people, despair, hope, and above all ... emotions. He never realized there is a hole inside his chest and when he realized, he was torn between hard choice, each one of them would forever warped his life, and his destiny.

Book 1 of the Paradise Series. - 3019: The world was now advanced in all sorts of technology. They were stronger than any species known. And now, they began their exploration of other planets, searching for what humanity wanted to find even during the past millennium: planets capable of hosting life and paradise to all. At last, in this very year, they have found a planet worthy of being Earth's twin. But as soon as the first humans landed on that same planet, they were killed, suggesting that they were not alone on the new planet. So NASA sent a group of humans to planet Greta to investigate. But eventually, they realized that there is more at stake than what they expected. -

[ ONC 2019 | Ambassador's Pick | Judge's Honorable Mention ] [ Formerly Featured on Wattpad's Official @mystery account's Elementary, My Dear reading list ] The New Year kicked off to a bloody start for the private detective duos - Jamie Loxley and Blaine Ebony, as they strode into a murder scene. Two heads are better than one when it comes to disentangling a case. But, when a simple interrogation turns into a convoluted string of head game, figuring out the puzzle pieces won't be plain sailing. And, it doesn't help that the subjects are an immigrant who has trouble speaking English, an alcoholic suffering memory issues and a pathological liar. The grand form of deception will always be camouflaged in front of our very eyes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This is my entry for Open Novella Contest 2k19 | Thrilling Fiction prompt #6 Three Suspects Copyright © CrownedMadness | Maddy Alson 2019

When a jinn dragged Glasgow science teacher, Tavish MacBruce, to a Scotland where dragons and unicorns are real, he took on the role of a wizard. After a princess is murdered, he's asked to be a detective. When he finds a second body, he realizes it'll take more than a knowledge of BBC crime shows and the know-how to make a crab apple battery if he wants to survive.

Born with a multitude of health issues, Astrid's days were limited. Her parents opted for surgery to install mods to fix them. What no one expected was that her body would reject them, resulting in seizures, blindness, deafness, and a host of other problems worse than what she had before. But the doctors found a medication that could help delay the destruction of her body from the inside out. But Astrid keeps refusing to take the medication despite the consequences she's been warned of...only to discover there's much more to it than anyone's ever told her.

Round 3 Qualifier for the Open Novella Contest Amazing cover by @riyamcyriac Prior to the apocalypse, Amelia conveniently decided to be more social. And it's a good thing, too, because her reunion with an old classmate just might've saved her from the zombie apocalypse. Formerly known as: The Hiipe _____________________________ Content Warning: Violence, Profanity Open Novella Contest Entry: Suspense Fiction Prompt #3

Liberty Davis is just a typical fangirl who loves superheroes. Despite the millions of comics, games, movies, and TV series in existence, CW's Arrow, based off of DC Comic's Green Arrow, is her favorite. A trip to Comic-Con gives her an unexpected surprise as she meets the Roy Harper. With Roy's help, Liberty will become someone else, something else. She'll go from zero to hero, from cosplayer to vigilante. ~•••~ I own the plot and Liberty, everything else is owned by DC and the CW. It's based off the 10th fanfic prompt for the Open Novella Contest. Contains spoilers for seasons one and two. There are some changes to the Arrow plot. Takes place after season two and before season three. The first chapter involves a Google search, and I literally quoted Google, so credits to Google. ~•••~ Qualifies in 2nd Round of the Open Novella Contest #34 arsenal #13 nyssa #129 stephenamell #478 opennovellacontest #453 saralance #27 coltonhaynes #237 vigilante #83 cosplay #166 blackcanary #267 laurellance #141 opennovellacontest2019 #58 arrowfanfiction #751 oliverqueen #463 greenarrow

The kingdom of Duskeverisle. It is situated in a world different from ours. There, there is magic, mythical beings and pretty much everything you'd expect from a fantasy world. There is one thing, though... This world, though it might seem, at first glance, comparable to the medieval times in our world, has simply evolved differently from what we know here... Some things may seem out of place, but don't worry! It is NOT bad writing! Not at all! Anyways, Selph is a simple villager. He doesn't have much money, but that doesn't stop him from having a huge dream. He dreams of becoming a royal knight and has been training all his life, waiting for his moment to finally come. But what he has been dreaming of his entire life won't happen, all thanks to a simple encounter with a peddler that he helps out one day. What he will find in his reward from said peddler will instead lead him to a battle with the Demon Lord of all things... Made for the Open Novella Contest 2019 (I'm really bad at titles...)

She knew that her twin brother Casey got into trouble outside of school, but she didn't know that he was getting into "Lukas Hasten" kind of trouble. And until Christmas break, the name Lukas Hasten meant nothing to her. Boy, those were the days. ******* Dev Asters is used to flying to Garber, Michigan every year for Christmas break. She's used to how her parents leave her and her brother behind to go on luxurious vacations. And she's used to spending most of her time with her aunt and uncle when her brother runs away with his friends. But the one thing that she isn't used to is having her routine, no matter how boring, interrupted. So when her parents tell her that they're moving to Garber in the summer, her world is turned upside down. Things seemingly can't get any worse. That is, until the day she meets Casey's friends. They agree to go to an abandoned house in the woods. But when they get there, they find something unthinkable. There's a dead body in the forest, and no one seems to know what happened or how it got there. At first the death is labeled an accident, but it soon becomes apparent to Dev that something more sinister has taken place. *I do not own the images used on the cover of my book*

#OpenNovellaContest *Prompt: General Fiction #9 - Open Prompt* No one will listen to Bryn Newhart. She is certain that something terrible is about to happen. But if no one believes her, what is she to do? After coming across a mysterious book, her life takes a disturbing and dangerous turn. She is suddenly equipped with a knowledge that she neither fully understands, nor wishes to possess. But fate--or some other force--has placed the book in her hands. Time is running out, and quickly. What if the only one she can trust--the only one that knows the truth--is herself?

Becky is staying with her parents, after an acrimonious breakup, when her bedroom cupboard starts singing to her in the middle of the night. As she investigates she finds a long forgotten heirloom, bequeathed to her by her great great aunt Rosalind years ago. Things get really weird and kind of creepy when it starts to talk. Written for the Open Novella Contest II - since I had such fun last year. This is for Fantastical Stories, prompt #8 - check out the author's notes for a complete run down.

A cursed family heirloom and vivid daydreams that seem to come alive once written down. At the night of her twentieth birthday, Thea's life takes an unusual turn and she's undecided if it's a good thing or not. Especially when people start getting hurt; in her dreams and in real life. ___ A Open Novella Contest II Entry ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©copyrighted Freya Winters 2019

Things are looking up for Carter. After months of serving coffee, fixing equipment, and just trying to be noticed as an intern, everything was falling into place. He spent day after day sucking up to his bosses until they finally started to take him seriously as a mechanic. Now at long last, he had been given his first real mission aboard the only large expedition to Tau Ceti, a recently discovered star system that was believed to have hospitable planets. The readings from drones had been very promising. Now Carter had the honor to be a part of the effort to discover uncharted land. His dream was finally coming true. But the shuttle hardly makes it out of the atmosphere before it all comes crashing down. Literally. Aboard the only surviving escape pod Carter and a group of crew members crash land on a small island in the middle of the ocean. Their radios are silent, their supplies are limited, they have no idea where they are. It seems like things can't get any worse. Until Carter realizes they're not alone on the island.

[COMPLETED] (OLD) Leaving the comfort of your own home is one thing, but travel around the state in just one week is another. William is the type of person to never go wild and follows every rule. He has never left his home city, until one night where he met a very odd stranger named Benji. Benji takes William on a very crazy adventure to who knows where. They go from place to place, but what William keeps asking himself. Is why would Benji be driving around to such odd places? What is Benji trying to accomplish? Where is Benji really going? You'll see how one very strict human being and one very optimistic person travel around the state with humor, sorrow, and love. Only to find what is at the end of the road. ••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°••°°•• Cover Photo: © kevkinghorn (Tumblr) Cover Design: © IzTerp (me) Cover Sticker: © OpenNovellaContest (Wattpad) Prompt: (Thrilling Fiction) 9. Animal Adventure ➤ Round 1: February 12, 2019 (qualified) ➤ Round 2: March 13, 2019 (qualified) ➤ Round 3: April 18, 2019 (qualified - long list - short list) ✓ Featured on: @lgbtq (Reading List - Trillseekers) ✓ Featured on: @OpenNovellaContest (Reading List - Long List) (Reading List - 2019 Short List) WARNING: This story may contain strong language, slight violence, slight sexual content, and mentions of death that others may find offensive, viewer discretion is advised. Word count: 22,821 Started: January 4, 2019 Ended: March 31, 2019

(Open Novella Contest 2019 Round 2 Qualifier) Rose Granger-Weasley tried to reason with the prank-loving American students. Their idea was dangerous, illegal, and they would probably get expelled. But now that he had a wand, Talieson was determined to go back and save an imprisoned mystical creature he had found with his mother on a trip through the Redwood Forest three years ago. His best friends William and Micheal were game for the adventure, but tangling with the magical creatures, dark magic, and the unsavory history of the Redwood Forest quickly became more than they had bargained for.

Everyone knows Haru pays attention to nobody as his mind is focused on swimming any chance he gets. For this reason nobody expects the reaction Haru has when Gou stops flipping channels on a news report of a young pop idol with local connections going missing. Gossip abounds regarding the local beauty queen and her possible secrets, yet none expect said secrets to involve Haru. Disclaimer - I don't own Free! Note - This is written for Open Novella 2019. The prompt is the General 5: Missing Beauty

Ryo stopped appearing in Japan or anywhere else as the pop idol Doragonhanata, but decides to return when the world learns upon Sam's return of the Galra threat to help boost morale. He finds himself met with questions regarding why he disappeared from the public eye. One of the sisters of the missing cadets, Rachel, personally doubts his motivations, yet feels he wouldn't understand how she feels about having a family somewhere in the universe fighting the Galra. (AU) Disclaimer - I don't own Voltron: Legendary Defender. Note - I wrote this for the Open Novella 2019. The prompt is General Fiction 7: Public Disappearance.