Under The Wildflowers | ONC 2024
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  • Reads 128
  • Votes 18
  • Parts 10
  • Time 2h 17m
Complete, First published Feb 04, 2024
Mature
In the wake of his parent's tragic demise, a usually zestful Dominic Gray finds himself consumed by grief, spending a majority of his time in the solemn expanse of their resting place.

It is here amidst the row of memorials, that fate leads him to cross paths with two strangers each drawn to this sanctuary of memory for reasons unknown to him.

As their connections deepen, secrets veiled in the echoes of the past emerge, weaving an intricate web that binds them together in unfathomable ways. For Dominic, this signals the genesis of an unsettling chapter, one whose conclusion rests solely in his hands.

*Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2024*

Warning ⚠️: This book contain themes disturbing to some readers. Reader's discretion is advised.

Prompt:

#20: Three strangers. Two secrets. One Key.
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ABHORRENCE {Complete}

5 parts Complete

"The difficulties lay not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping old ones" Technology had been playing its most important in the human lifestyle in this modern world. Everywhere we go every man on Earth, would have various gadgets around them. The world is now borderless. Everyone can communicate with anyone no matter where they are. There aren't any more boundaries between societies. Other than that, with the presence of the Internet man, could seek various kinds of information from multiple websites; be it useful or harmful. Death had not been any man's fear. Even though it is a fact that every man would pass to the afterlife when the time had come, they do not fear the consequences they had to bear later. Some mistakes weren't well observed as not everyone was gifted with good observation and understanding skills. Due to that, some man was blind by revenge. Hatred and revenge burnt in their heart and soul forgetting that the law is still being upheld. Letters and notes were old ways to express someone's feelings. With the new technology, many had decided to move on, using e-mails and social media to express what they feel. Having a note in a home compound might be exciting for anyone but not Addison Lore. Those notes were sent to her without fail for fourteen continuous days. Even a red ruby ring. Will she be able to escape the fate she was about to face? Or would she succumb to her unknown fate leading her to nothing but death itself? (JustWriteIt 2017)