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¤ LONGLISTED IN THE OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2019 ¤ 
//COMPLETE

"-To die is easy. Living-" he paused. "Well, living is the real victory." 
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Theoddar Byrne had never meant to die. 

Stuck and desperate in the Underworld, he is given an invitation from none other than the God of Death himself to regain his life. 
All he needs to do is take part in a competition. And win. By killing the others. 

And does he accept? 

Of course.
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"Because sometimes you're given a second chance. 
At living. At everything. 
And you have to take it."

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entry for the open novella contest- prompt #7 in Fantastical Fiction 'Gods of Death'All Rights Reserved

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The Sharded Blade | Part 1 (A Dark Fantasy Novella) by MathiasCavanaugh

What happens when death is not the end? For one assassin, it wasn't. Now, in order to die, he must continue to kill. ⭐2020 Ambassador Pick⭐ ⭐2020 ONC Shortlister⭐ ⭐2020 ONC Honorable Mention⭐ The Sharded Blade (Part 1: Ghosts of the Past) was my entry into the 2020 Open Novella Contest (#OpenNovellaContest2020) and is approximately 24k words. It didn't place in the Top 5 and win, but it did receive a very kind Honorable Mention from the Wattpad Ambassadors who ran the contest. I am deeply thankful for all of you who read and enjoyed this story. Parts 2 and 3 (turning this into an entire novel length story) are currently being worked on. This story is based on the following two prompts ... with some liberties taken: 4. When something tragic happens, it's often said we lose a piece of ourselves. How far would you go to find these lost parts of yourself in order to be whole again? 45. You are possessed by a demon. The only way to cast it out is to kill 7 people - each representing one of the 7 virtues.

Infinite Games by X_marks_the_0

*1st Place Fiction Winner of The Emerald Awards* *2nd Place Action/Adventure Winner of The Skull Awards* Simon Tellard is dead. After a short seventeen years in the land of the living, a prop gun ends his life. His wretched existence --full of neglect and poverty-- is over. No more stunt work. No more cheap ramen dinners. Just a bingo game that never ends in a giant white tent, suspended by clouds. Every time a player shouts "Bingo!" a mortal goes to the side of the angels... or the side of the demons. No matter who you were before death, your fate is decided entirely by random: eternal afterlife in glorious Heaven, or the rot and filth of the Underworld? Your heart stopping isn't the finale. It's the encore. Welcome, demons and angels, to Demimonde. Cover made by spandrelgraphics

Mara - The Lady Grief (Completed) by LeonaPage

Mature Content including violence, sex, and language The gods are fighting. Mortal creatures worship and pray, scheme and plot, all in the name of their chosen deity. It is a silent war, but every war has casualties. I am one of those casualties. I have no beast in me. I am just a simple Acera girl, born into the Fifth House, under the Love goddess. My Fated is not a simple male. Thane of the First House is a Lord, a powerful Tasuri warrior and his love for me was not enough to stop the war from creeping into his heart. He rejected me. He murdered me. But that was not my end. One god took pity on me. The one god who has no House, no children, just a temple filled with thousands upon thousands of souls. Nateos, the Lord of the Underworld, Death himself. He claimed me as his daughter and gave me a name: Mara, Grief come to life. But... there is war. And, I am now a part of the battle. My new father gave me life. A home. A family. What else does a father give his only living child? I was not ready for him. But I want him.

The Death's Game by CarolineKorlins

Striking a deal with Death can have dangerous effect - especially when you end up in a love triangle with one of its reapers, while fighting for your life in a deadly underworld competition. *** Percy Spring has always been able to see the darker side of the world - ever since the car accident that almost claimed her life, she has gained the ability to see demons and Death's reapers. But when Death itself offers her a second chance at life, she knows she can't pass it up. In order to save her friends, Percy agrees to enter The Game - a deadly competition in the underworld where no one is as they seem. As Percy navigates the dangerous world of The Game, she realizes that she has been placed in competition with one of Death's reapers, Ryder, with whom she has a complicated past. To make matters even more complicated, she is also competing against Death's jealous mistress. When the other players start to die, Percy must decide who she can trust in order to emerge victorious. As she struggles to outwit Death and save her friends, Percy must also confront her own feelings and decide where her loyalties lie. Can she trust Ryder, the reaper with whom she shares a tumultuous history, or Blake, the mysterious man who promised to help her save her friends? And can Percy truly trust either of them? Striking a deal with Death has never been more dangerous, and the consequences of Percy's choices will have a lasting impact on her future. Will she come out on top, or will she be caught in Death's deadly game forever? *** "Percy Spring, you are offered a second chance." "A second chance," she repeated. "This mean I will come back to life?" "The game of second chance was created for people whose fate is in doubt of whether their time has come or not. It is also for those who wish to go out on a limb and try their luck in winning with me," Death started explaining. "You will be put in the game, and we will play."

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Kill Me If You Can ( #OpenNovellaContest2021 ) by TheWritingSensation

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Death is Looming by BrokenPetals228

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