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Once Upon a Deadland

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Reads 542
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Parts 28
Time 36h 11m

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Witness the Inevitable

In Ringsville-a sprawling mega-metropolis of glamour and terror, survival means navigating a city rigged to break anyone who dares to challenge its harsh reality. 

'Once Upon a Deadland' weaves through the lives of several Ringsville characters, each locked in their own struggle to endure, defy, or redefine what survival means.

Former CIA operative and RIB agent Idris Delcoy returns to his fractured hometown only to find that its secrets run deeper than ever. Pulled into the gritty underbelly of the police force by an old friend, Idris faces the harsh reality that his city has long evolved beyond his ideology. As he strives to make a difference, he finds that he's only a grain of sand in a world much bigger-and darker-than he could have ever imagined.

Meanwhile, across the city, lives collide: a criminal mastermind plans an audacious, prison escape to complete his 'heavenly work'; a billionaire is set on reopening old wounds that will unleash chaos; and a group of young adults encounter a mysterious power beyond their wildest dreams.

In this sprawling metropolis, the paths of these characters intertwine, each of them fighting for survival, purpose, or control in a world that seems determined to consume them. Ringsville is on the brink, and these characters are about to find out if they can shape the city's fate-or fall victim to the inevitable.All Rights Reserved

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TIME TESTAMENT by night-writer2073

William Testament is a mild mannered insurance man until his life becomes a series of unfortunate events, beginning with a horrific car accident. A visit to a meditation retreat changes his whole mindset and a mysterious and beautiful nightclub owner who moonlights as a sorceress seems to understand his mind better than he does. The city they live in is a dynamic place in the near future, but built up from the past, layers of millenia holding up its foundations, and dark energies working deep beneath its basements. The histories lurking there aren't the ones we read about in history books and some of them are infected with the future. The underworld is full of high-tech gangsters, artificial super-intelligences, and witchcraft wielding criminals spreading rumors and illusions. Rumors of a time-machine underground where the past and future collide. William is determined to bring order to this dark chaos growing beneath the city. With the help of Samantha, a young citizen journalist, and a mysterious spiritual teacher somehow linked with his own personal past, he hopes to try and control whatever this unseen thing is before it is too late.

Earth, After ✔️ by talia-v

Some fates are worse than death--survival is one of them. In the two hundred years since humanity left the Earth's surface to live in the sky, life on the ground faded to a myth, a tragic memory from which they severed themselves to survive. They floated above continents turned to sand and lands swallowed by the seas, watched storm after storm rage against their cities and their monuments until they broke apart the last vestiges of civilization in penance for generations of human greed. As a lightning harvester charged with flying her ship into these storms for energy, Raina has seen more of the planet than most. She has spent her entire life soaring above its craters and scars, studying the gaping wounds of human devastation, as she honed her skills and became the youngest captain in storm-chaser history. Her ship has flown for generations. Her skills are unparalleled. But none of that matters the day they go down. ~ Praise for Earth, After: "I'm so not ready for this ending. I will reread this for sure. It's honestly my favourite work on wattpad ever, and among my best reads in general, it's insane. I love your creativity!" "Sometimes tearing my eyes away from the page is torture. Gosh...!!!!" "This is literally a movie - the images are so clear!" "oh my god... it has been such a long adventure [...] Youve dried up your surviving characters until the very last drop before giving the end, and my, Im speechless. Out of this world." ~ Highest rank: #17 in Adventure 25/08/19 #21 in Science Fiction 16/11/19 #24 in Action 01/01/20 Trident Awards Winner Trident Awards Judges' Favourite Award The Aurora Awards 1st Place in Science Fiction Wattpad Chronicle monthly feature April 2020

The Water Witcher (Completed) by Van_Carley

During a massive drought, a Water Witcher goes trekking across several states to visit a friend but finds himself in danger when a group called The Hounds begins hunting him down. 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 1 ~ 🅦🅐🅣🅔🅡 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 Corbin has been witching water since he was a young boy. It's a skill his grandfather taught him to survive living in a time of thirst. He also taught him never to venture farther than their property because the world had become too dangerous with people fighting over water. As an adult, however, he finds himself alone. The home he once shared with his grandfather feels more like an empty shell with echoes of memories. Deciding to head for the road to visit a friend, he sets out to wander what's practically become a wasteland. Except, he soon discovers that since his last adventure north, Water Witchers are being captured and sold to high bidders by a group called The Hounds. With his friend Coyote living up north, a few states away, he'll have to figure out how to get there safely, but it won't be easy with danger at every turn. * * 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧: ~Editor's Pick - Oct 7, 2022~ @Wattpad - Adrenaline Rush @WattpadExplorer - Adrenaline Rush @WattpadDarkFantasy @Adventure - Featured Stories @Fantasy - Featured Fantasy @Mystery Featured Mystery @Adultfiction - Featured Adult Fiction @Action - Featured Action Stories

War: A Business by asiannibba

"Why we have gone to war? Is it because of fighting for a cause? To change the world?To rule the world? To be remembered in history? Or for pleasure or to make business out of it?" In 2080, 50 years after World War 3, the world changed forever.Terrorist organizations became numerous and more powerful that it is a global concern in this now completely globalized, interconnected world. Private military companies dominated the industry because of constant wars.Countries fall and rise. A commander lost his two legs and his former life because a hooded figure shot his legs off during a military campaign in one of the territories of the Philippine Federation. His best friend from childhood, now a owner of a military contracting company called Sons of War, rescued him and his brothers from battle. Now he works for him and he is trying to find the person who defeated him. Now, he and his brother are now elite mercenaries sent to a mission to Mongolia to infiltrate one of the Lotus terrorist organization's base and extract information from the target. But after the mission, they have unlocked a secret about the enemy organization that will trigger a series of events that reveal the truth about the most powerful organizations in the world and reveal the path to his revenge.

Moebius 2157 | ONC2019 Short List [Complete] by taivaan_sininen

Special Agent Alyssa Caine has been tasked with the most important mission of her life: the assassination of the man who would bring about the end of the world. The only problem? He is already dead. A minor issue that is resolved in the year 2157 when a renegade group of scientists develops a device that allows to jump through time. They recruit the former special agent to send her back fifty years, to take just one man out of the equation, a minimal change with a predicted maximal effect on the fate of the world, and prevent a devastating war that has driven the last surviving humans to live in decrepit underground bunkers. Every action has a consequence. Alyssa is humanity's last hope, and her actions will determine the fate of the whole world. She is willing to sacrifice everything for a better future. But she soon realizes that the impact of her actions might be beyond her control, and beyond all predictions. _____ Highest Rankings: #16 in Science [06.02.2019] #36 in Dystopia [06.02.2019] #65 in FemaleProtagonist [01.02.2019] #71 in TimeTravel [06.02.2019] #1 in Paradox [28.02.2019] #1 in ONC2019 [01.02.2019] #3 in OpenNovellaContest2019 [28.02.2019] This is my entry for the ONC 2019! At first I thought I'd pick something a bit out of my comfort zone (so.... NOT SciFi for once...) to expand my horizon, but when I saw a prompt about time travel I was immediately inspired. Please keep in mind, all of this is WIP! The title, cover, and some of the content might change at any time... I have an outline and I worked hard to come up with a compelling and consistent story line, but due to the nature of the story (timey whimey stuff!) I might have to revise things a few times as I write. I'm grateful for any feedback and I hope you enjoy :)

Anonymous Part 1 by garima7

A secret organization not known to any one is targeting the high elites of the New York. One after the other the names in their list are being marked as the name of the businessmen makes the headline of the next day's news paper. Government officials are still keeping it a hush, manipulating with the cause of the deaths to prevent any chaos or probably to hide their failures. Ringgg..... "Yes Sir, who is the next target?" "Yeah, that'll be KENT STEVENS." And the phone hangs up. Kent Stevens, a multibillionaire, owner of the Stevens Empire. Unknown to the looming danger around him. He is what you call the loner, broody guy of the story. He hates his work, hates people around him and doesn't give a damn to anyone with a lower pay grade than him.But as usual the story has someone that'll act as a knight in the shinning armor for Kent. Agent Sean Evans, an ex school mate of Kent and a total goofball.Last time they were under the same roof, Kent wanted to kill him for a girl. But now its upto Agent Sean to protect Kent and dig some dirt on these unusual killings throughout the state. Beware my friends, here not everyone is exactly who they say they are. Some secrets lie behind every door. Kent and Sean will be tested every now and then. So let's see how it works for these two 'Frenemies'. Hope you enjoy the story

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Shadows of Elysium: The Laughing King by DalisJamesBunch

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TIME TESTAMENT

William Testament is a mild mannered insurance man until his life becomes a series of unfortunate events, beginning with a horrific car accident. A visit to a meditation retreat changes his whole mindset and a mysterious and beautiful nightclub owner who moonlights as a sorceress seems to understand his mind better than he does. The city they live in is a dynamic place in the near future, but built up from the past, layers of millenia holding up its foundations, and dark energies working deep beneath its basements. The histories lurking there aren't the ones we read about in history books and some of them are infected with the future. The underworld is full of high-tech gangsters, artificial super-intelligences, and witchcraft wielding criminals spreading rumors and illusions. Rumors of a time-machine underground where the past and future collide. William is determined to bring order to this dark chaos growing beneath the city. With the help of Samantha, a young citizen journalist, and a mysterious spiritual teacher somehow linked with his own personal past, he hopes to try and control whatever this unseen thing is before it is too late.