Wattywinner Stories

🏆 Watty Award Winner (2022) This updated edition includes revised chapters and new scenes. Trans guy Collin makes a bet with his coworker that he can land a date with the hot new barista across the street. It should be easy. Except the more time he spends with her, the more the bet starts to feel like the worst idea he's ever had. ### It's 2003 in Santa Cruz, and 21-year-old Collin thought transitioning would be the hard part. But now that he's on hormones and passing with ease, he's still stuck wondering who he is and where he belongs. It doesn't help that his girlfriend of six years just dumped him. So when his coworker challenges him to prove he's still got game, Collin agrees to a stupid bet: get a date with Heather, the cute new barista who just started working at the café across the street. With some unexpected help from his roommate Sam, getting close to her might be easier than Collin expected. But what starts as a harmless distraction quickly turns into something real. And when the truth behind the bet finally comes out, Collin will have to decide whether risking his heart again is worth it... or if he's about to lose the best thing that's happened to him since the breakup. A nostalgic beach-town rom-com about bets, baristas, and what happens when pretending turns into something real. ☕ Tropes: friends-to-lovers vibes, a very bad bet, coffee shop flirting, early-2000s nostalgia, and learning who you are while falling in love. NEW CHAPTERS EVERY TUESAY & FRIDAY

*2019 WATTY AWARD WINNER: YOUNG ADULT* Madiera-Jade has no money, no luck, and absolutely no sense. Atticus has no interest and no patience, especially not for Jade. When Madiera-Jade enters Atticus' life (invades, really) she takes him by storm. On the run from a quarterback hell-bent on revenge, she attempts to steal from Atticus, the latest bad decision in a long line of bad decisions. Atticus, a perpetual grouch who is already a semi-established video game designer at 19, has no idea what's about to hit him when he agrees to his Aunt and brother's request to take her in.

It all started when Julia Millers got captured by two men who happened to be her classmates. These men took Julia to a place that Julia herself doesnt know, these men raped Julia. After a long night, these men stabbed her, thinking that Julia is dead, they left her body in the woods. Julia survived. She disappeared and fled. She came back with a sweet revenge, blood dripping in her hands, sweet blood will flow. Watch out.

It was around midnight. Jeff knocked my front door. Little bit high, smelled like alcohol, and his forehead was bleeding a little, but he's still charming like always. He didn't say anything, just stared at me. And he cried like a lost boy. But, why did it had to be me who found him?

Gilmore Girls meets Sweet Home Alabama in this Watty-Award winning, small-town, second-chance romance! Quinn is hustling to make her dream of owning her own business come true. But first, she'll have to survive a week of hosting her small town's Founder's Festival with her ex-boyfriend. Could Quinn Kelley's summer be more stressful? She's hustling to complete the certification program she needs to launch her own business. She has enough ongoing family drama to keep up with a Kardashian. And, oh yeah, her ex-boyfriend is back in town for the first time in years. Quinn would have been perfectly happy to continue pretending Ty Rossi doesn't exist. But when their mutual friend has a family emergency and has to leave town suddenly, Quinn and Ty are left in charge of their town's Founder's Festival. If they can survive an entire week of co-hosting events without murdering each other, it'll be a miracle. Their tempers ignite like flames set to paper anytime they're together. But the more time she spends with Ty, the more Quinn questions if all those sparks are fueled entirely by hate. 2020 Watty Award Winning Novel! [[word count: 60,000 - 70,000]]

A musically talented teen with her sights set on the spotlight must find a way to get her life back when she falls in with the mob. ***** In a city where con artists make the rules and aspiring females wear sequins and dance with a pole, Melody Holiday refuses to ride on the coattails of her semi-famous grandfather. She wants the freedom to choose her own path to showbiz greatness. When a chance meeting with a handsome stranger provides Mel with an opportunity, she thinks she's landed the big one. But her grandpa isn't thrilled with the direction Mel's career is going, and it's not until she stumbles across something she probably shouldn't have that this becomes clear. Perhaps meeting the stranger with the Rocky Balboa eyes wasn't by chance. Maybe Mel is rubbing elbows with the kind of people who could take away her freedom for good. This story is loosely based on the author's feral youth. So, if you like your fiction shaken not stirred with a sprinkle of badboy on the rim, NEON GIRL delivers the goods; giving readers a dose of drama, a dash of romance, and a heaping helping of Las Vegas schmaltz. Oh, and there's a killer playlist, too. WATTYS WINNER! LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction and owned by the author. If you attempt to plagiarize, the author knows people backstage who can 'take care of things'. IN OTHER WORDS: If you find this story on any online platform other than WATTPAD, the author did not allow this. You may also be exposing yourself to malware. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe form, do it here on WATTPAD.

***2019 Watty Award Winner - Science Fiction*** Charlie has always been the one left behind. It isn't because there's something special about him; in fact, there is nothing special about him at all. As one of the few unlucky members of Terran society to be born without powers, Charlie's luck has never looked worse. After a visit to his brother's school ends in an international disaster, Charlie finds himself stranded on an alien planet with no idea where he is, how he got there, or why he is even awake. Why did his captors let him go? How will Charlie get home? And more importantly, what in the world is Trial 017? [Book One of the Scion series]

Maya always minded her own business, committed to her dream of being a big time ballerina. Coming from the loud city of New York she knew when to stay out of troubled situations. This all changed when her mom died and she was sent to live in Armelle, Louisiana with her sister whom she hadn't seen in seven years. Suddenly her ballerina dreams diminish and Maya is stuck trying to deal with life in a small town. After only a night in Armelle she's been cast as the infamous Grey Mercer's next target and the innocent Maya finds herself tangled in bed with the bad boy.

Love is a journey. we must find the essence of being in love. The story is about a girl and her journey throughout her high school days (last year).... read to get to know what all happens in her life how much did u relate? Have u ever experienced love before??? COMMENT ME ;))

The sequel to HUMAN SPINES, a 2016 Wattys winner! It's been seven months since the Opaque struck the desert and ravaged the Demon's caverns. Seven months since the Reaper-Mother gave up. Seven month since Dumaine last spoke to Emmeline. Seven months since Hans died. Huddled in a house perched on the crest of a mountain so remote only Demon's come to visit, Dumaine has come to learn a simple lifestyle. Expect nothing (except the daily drop ins from rampaging gangs of bloodthirsty Translucent), and accept everything (especially the learning opportunities provided by the aforementioned Translucent's resulting corpses). But while time seems to have frozen for Dumaine as he waits for Emmeline, it lurks forward beyond their snowy alps, creeping toward the shadow of the Opaque's threats until one evening they find five human strangers hidden in their home. And one of them is dead.

Lisa Ritter has developed a very special talent for getting herself into trouble. One foggy evening she has to climb onto the roof of her neighbor's carport to hide from a pushy admirer. Paul Darrer, on the other hand, seeks the peace and seclusion of his suburban home to contemplate the future of his fencing career. Uninvited, his new neighbor brings more excitement to his doorstep than expected. Nevertheless, the man with strong nerves must admit to himself that this troublemaker fascinates him more than a little. This is the translation from my Watty-Winner 2020 Book "Mit Herz and Degen"

Marithyda Skyelorn has barely managed to escape Magus Opté with three of the four Magestones in her grasp, and the Empress's army encroaches. ***** Reeling from Sabin's betrayal and Rumiya's damning prophecy, Marithyda is determined to realize the full extent of her power and put a stop to the enslavement of her kind - no matter what it takes. However, the kingdom that Marithyda left behind has become all but unrecognizable in her absence. Marithyda and a grief-stricken Queen Taileen Winship must put their rivalry aside to save the land and the people that they love, learning that some forms of powerful magic are hidden for a reason. (Book Three of the Skyelorn Chronicles trilogy) Content and/or Trigger Warning: Some scenes contain violence and references to self-harm that may upset sensitive readers [[Word Count: 80,000-90,000]]

MYTHOLOGY SECRET SERIES (Book 1) Athena Known as the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law, and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. She's known as most in specifically for her strategic skill in warfare and is often portrayed as a companion of heroes and is the patron goddess of heroic endeavor Athena is also known as The Virgin Goddess just like Goddess Artemis and Goddess Hera. Athena was never swayed by love or passion. Consequently, she never had any Child. Some say that Erichthonius was an exemption, but in fact Athena was only his foster-mother. In Olympians, Athena is the only one who don't have a child, her father Zeus, didn't allow her to Marry or Love a Human. Her father wants her to Marry also a God Like them. But she had a secret That even Zeus her father didn't know about it......

COMPLETED: 2019 Watty Award Winner in Fantasy Every night she plays...and every night they come... Lira is a violinist by nature and a performer by imprisonment. Stolen as a child by a malevolent wraith and trapped in the Spirit World, Lira now spends her days playing the very music that seduced her in the first place. She sees no escape from her existence under the sorceress Bebinn, until one day her music lures Owen who, at age 16, is supposed to be too old to succumb to its spell. Imprisoned alongside Lira and desperate to find a way back home, Owen vows to find a way to free them both. The only problem: no one has ever escaped Bebinn and the Spirit World alive. 1st Place Winner in Fantasy for the Undiscovered Writer Awards! 1st Place in Fantasy for the Hidden Author Awards! 1st Place in Fantasy for the Hot Dog Awards! Winner of @EventualElites "Hypnotized and Hooked" Award! 3rd Place in Fantasy for the Book Center's Summer Awards! Cover by: @Baneen121

REALISATIONS... from past mistakes, innocent conversations and spiritual healings. Poetry by Ken Maraj

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Evelin is known as the wild Fendway sister. She dreams of someday escaping to the Forbidden Lands to the west, despite the rumors of its danger and dark magic. Evelin escapes to the lands and finds them to be not exactly how she expected. The creatures there need help, and only Evelin will save them. On a journey filled with bandits, elves, faeries, kingdoms, and a prince, Evelin tries desperately to break an enchantment cast long ago. Completed 9/30/15

TO BE PUBLISHED BY WATTPAD BOOKS DECEMBER '23! Marina's new life in Boston might seem perfect on the surface. She's a student at her dream school, MIT, and she has her family to support and guide her. But when old ghosts lurk in every closet, can a house really be a home?

[Wattys 2021 Winner - Sci-Fi Category] Clara only wanted to reach her interview on time. Now she finds herself lost in time, space and reality with only an impeccably dressed six-foot tall lemur for company. Dragged through Breaches to alternative realities, timelines, alien worlds and a filthy diner off the I95, all she wants is to return home. Preferably before tea-time. Trigger Warnings: Severe shoe damage, references to drug taking (Bloody Linda!), oh, and minor foul language. Unsuitable for hydroelectric citizens of Vardak V (Citizens of Vardak IV and VI have shown no signs of explosive side-effects. So far). Gluten free. #1 in #Bonkers (2nd Sept. 2020) - Achievement unlocked! 🥇 1st place Winner of the Sci-Fi category of the "Starlight Awards"! Woohoo! 🥇 1st place Winner of the General Fiction category of the "Dream Heart Awards"! Cover by @LynaForge

From the palace what we called earth there something under it that we can't define in one word. There's a disease that can swallow your whole body even your gold soul. And lastly, there's no cure for that pain that can own your body wholeheartedly. Can you risk your own life just to save someone? Can you run faster than flash so you can escape the earth's vengeance? Can you fight even you need to take some life so you can breathe and hide? Are you ready to die miserably? And plan to make an escape but in the end you've just split and break your soul.