Wattyslonglist Stories

*2018 Wattys Longlist* Sandelene is self-taught white witch struggling to make a living in Memphis, Tennessee. When a local historical library contacts her about hostile paranormal activity she figures, what the hell, I need rent money, and investigates. Sandy divines the source and steals it back to her home to cast a spell to free the spirit, but winds up binding him to her instead. Problem is, she can't release him without knowing his true name, which he refuses to tell her until after he's had his revenge.

~In watty longlist 2018 ~ An attempt to create, and explore the crevices untouched. Be part of my poetry journey, as I attempt to rediscover parts of me, parts of you and an inexplicable bond one shares with words. ... Denial & Bliss is a collection of short poems that borders between mildly heart-breaking scenarios and its acceptance of conflicts arising from loneliness. It aims to capture different facets of human despair and evoke neo-noir imagery, and tries to be intentionally unsettling and jarring with its rhyme scheme on certain occasions. The collection opens with "Mortal Shell with rust", a poem describing pain due to heartbreak and unfaithfulness and how it kills your spirit. It continues to explore the narrator's wish to be separated with "Explorer", and relive her experiences to understand her feelings with "End", "Muted Wails", and "Infinitely Close". The point of view begins to shift from "Scared", where the reason of insecurity & ache stems from what people now perceive her as. The narrator's struggle to heal is apparent in "shards" and attempt to move on in "Breathe me in." The collection ends with "Evolve", one of the shortest poems in the collection which evokes its namesake as it all comes to end.

WATTYS LONG LIST. He's got three polyamorous, pole dancing moms and his world is the stuff of which teen boy fantasies are made. But when he falls for a feisty cancer patient who is about to die, he truly learns how to live.

- The Command Series (book 1) - In a society where everything is controlled, there is no room for deviance. Each morning, the citizens of Arabel put on bracelets that send commands to their brains and give them electric shocks if they fail to obey. Smile, Citizen. Be silent, Citizen. Do not harm yourself, Citizen. Kyra Jackson is a perfect citizen. Loyal, hardworking and smart; how everyone is supposed to be. When Kyra's future is decided, she changes from the controlled to the controller. However, this power puts her in a dangerous position, leading her to make decisions that are not only about right and wrong, but life or death. - 2018 Wattys Longlist. Winner of science fiction genre in the Digital Dreamer competition. Previous title: I Control You, Citizen.

When Kiara Grimm moves in with her eccentric great- grandfather Felix the last thing she expects is to be pulled into the dangerous and complicated world of the Grimm's Fairy Tales. Now she must dive head first into another world and save the legends that we have come to depend on. In a battle of light vs. dark, heroes vs. villains and fate vs. free will, will the fairy tales survive? Will Kiara be the hero that the world needs her to be or will she let the villain win? Find out in ONCE UPON A GRIMM. This is a story that i started writing on my other account @stephthewriter2017 . I have sense decided to delete my works from that account and begin a fresh account where I can repost my edited previous works and continue them. I promise you this is my work, just wanted to put that out there out front so that there was no confusion. Feel free to message me on my other account to verify if you have questions. I am proud to say that this story made it onto the Wattys long list last year. Please Please Please check this story out. It is one of my favorites that i have ever done and i love working on it. Let me know what you think and how i can improve it. I really appreciate it!!!!!

(Wattys2018Longlist) Childhood friends, Luka and Dakota, commit the ultimate drunk mistake and have one unforgettable night that changes their friendship in ways they never imagined. But is it for better or for worse?

[Completed] [Editing/Re-Writing] [10/9/19] For hundreds of years Natasha and the rest of her village have been prisoners within their own town, their own homes, as a punishment for what she believes was a failed revolution attempt against their unjust rulers. Men and women over the years have disappeared without a trace for disobeying the rules of the Guards, the mysterious figures who enforce their imprisonment. To Natasha, the imprisonment seems unlikely to end, until the night she almost becomes the next victim. Coming face-to-face with a Guard, Natasha fully expects to lose her life, but instead escapes the confines of her village with her entire world turned upside down. Everything she had been told growing up, all the stories she had heard as a child, everything she believed, was a lie. Now free of her village, Natasha is determined to find out the truth and save her village, no matter the cost.