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Wattys 2017 winner in The Originals category!!!! This is NOT a romance between the main character and some hunky guy. These are the adventures of vampire Lena as she lives her life from day to day alongside her human flatmate Carmen. Together they encounter human rights activists (not what you think), overly attached exes, vampire geeks, quarrelsome shapeshifters, some really chill people, and a boy band. Let's Go For A Pint is a satire/genre parody revolving around tropes associated with vampire fiction (mostly tv and film portrayals but written works may be alluded) Season 1 is up. While marked as complete, expect ongoing editing and bonus content to appear. Cover made in Canva

England 1921. For fifty handicapped veterans left without home or job after WW1, the only person standing between them and utter destitution is Olivia Altringham. Lacking sufficient funds and a support network, Olivia has managed to keep her veteran's programme running by sheer determination and force of personality. Now, a soldier she had an affair with during the war has suddenly reappeared in her life, forcing her to re-examine their time together and how she ended their affair. At the same time, mysterious and deadly events unfold on the estate that threaten to unbalance the safe environment she has created for her handicapped charges. The times, and circumstances, are rapidly changing and Olivia realises she must change with them -- or risk going under completely. 🔔 #1 in Historic Fiction May 2020 🔔 Featured on the Wattpad Hidden Gems list May/June 2020 🔔 1st place in the Jelsa Awards 2019 🔔 1st place in the One Million Project Awards 2018 in the category Historic/General fiction. 🔔 1st place in the Asteria Awards 2018 in the category of Historical Fiction 🔔 1st place in the Rise Awards 2018 in the category of Historical Fiction

Jihoon hasn't slept well in years. Not since he survived the accident that killed the woman he loved. Yingyue never leaves her house. Not since her parents died in a car crash two years ago. Both crippled by their own fears, the two of them should never work out. After all, two wrongs don't make a right. Yet somehow, perhaps each recognizing they are kindred spirits bound by the things that haunt them, they are drawn to each other like the moon pulls the ocean tide. Can their blossoming romance help them break through the confines of their fears or will it pull them further down under like a leaf trapped under the surface of a frozen lake? --- Update schedule: Once a month.

WATTPAD FEATURED STORY It's the summer of 1976. Sarah has lived in the small lakeside town of Breezewood all her life, growing up with her two best friends, Midgie and Pete. This is their last summer together before they separate in the fall to start their last year of college. Next summer, they would be adults, chasing careers, most likely in other cities. They want one more summer of great memories. But Sarah's memories aren't quite what she expected. She meets Sam.....a lead singer in a rock band that is at the cusp of stardom. Sam's life is so different from Sarah's, yet she feels the attraction between them is too strong to turn away from. Sam's past is hard to shake and his future with Sarah depends on how much her fragile heart can take.

Severus learns Occlumency from Minerva McGonagall. He also learns that he isn't the only one with dark secrets in his past. ✔ COMPLETE

Destiny in a store, Time the Thief, Schroedinger's Cat, and a storm-inducing butterfly-what do they have in common? And why are they called "The Four Metaphors of the Apocalypse"? And what's the color of Universe's loincloth? If these are the questions you want to have answers for, come in and find out. A collection of short stories by @jinnis and @RainerSalt. Tales that wrote themselves, between the lines.

The planet seems perfect for human settlement: water, an earth-like atmosphere and a lush vegetation. Mil plunges into the study of the biosphere with professional enthusiasm. But one detail slips her attention...

Short stories, Including 1. My Lucky Day - a woman finds a lost journal on the train... (Chicklit) 2. Marianne - historical flash fiction - regency period 3. Hen Thief - humour / crime 4. Cliffhanger 5. A Writer's Nightmare - my entry for - 13 Days of Halloween Flash Fiction

"No one's slick as Gaston, no one's quick as Gaston. No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston's." ●●●●● After falling from the castle of that furry-legged, foul-smelling Beast, Gaston couldn't fathom how things could possibly get any worse. That is, of course, until a run in with Agatha suddenly leaves him banished to a world without happy endings. As the famed hunter grapples with the difficulties of modern technology, and struggles to fit into a new world full of people more rude than even HE can imagine, Gaston can't help but wonder if he'll ever get his chance at love. But if Belle could learn to love a beast, than surely someone could learn to love a villain...

Christian and the kids are working on making Ana's birthday special. Read for more. Note it is a short story.

This is where we will showcase our book of the month. We hope you can join us by reading what we have.

What would you do if you woke to find a door in your room? No, not an ordinary, well-behaved door that stays in the wall where it belongs, but one standing near the side of your bed that leads to another world. That is precisely what happens to Thomas John, a widowed university professor in rain-soaked England. Lured through the door by blue skies and white sand beaches, Thomas has no idea that his newfound paradise will be blown up on Tuesday, or that it will be up to him to stop it, wearing little more than a bathrobe and fuzzy ducky slippers. -------- A humorous sci-fi novel inspired by the works of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it. **The story is complete!**

In the sequel to Us Again, Beth is reeling in the aftermath of the argument with her wife Sylvia. She recalls the event that became a turning point in their fractured relationship. On a business trip, Beth meets a charismatic woman named Paula. The dark beauty charms her with attention and silent promises of a night Beth will never forget. With her sexual needs not met at home, will Beth give in to the sexy stranger?

Birgitta the nun, the grumpiest sister ever taking vows, is forever hiding in the Monastery. She wants nothing but to mind her own business - pleasantly seated in her favorite chair in front of a good fire - but is forced on an adventure, as a wizard suddenly turns up at the monastery, bringing her wayward manners and useless staff. The adventure, such as it turns out to be, brings heaps of misunderstandings, some hope lost, and a bundle of broken trusts. Birgitta the nun, in the end, finds herself on a quest, searching for friendship just as much as longing for solitude.

#girlswhotravel #lifegoals Recently dumped and going nowhere, Jennie Jamieson decides it's finally time to listen to all those inspirational Instagram hashtags and do something with her life. A visit to Antarctica has always been on her bucket list, so Jennie quits her job and blows her savings to follow her dream. Then, in the dark, icy hostility of Earth's final frontier, bodies start turning up... and no one can work out how-or why-they died. Join Jennie for mystery, adventure and thrills in the world's last true wilderness, and find out how much she is willing to risk for the #fame, #fortune and #followers of the perfect social media feed. This is my entry in the Open Novella Contest-a challenge to write a novella of 20,000 words, based on a prompt, in just a few weeks. I chose the "mystery in the Antarctic" prompt. ❄️Cover by @trista-❄️ 📱 Top rank: 26 in Adventure 📱

Three hundred years after the fall, the known world is beginning to regain a semblance of order, with the sword the ultimate power once more. But not everything of old was lost, and there are some that will exert deadly effort to obtain what was left behind. Orphaned, plague-marked and mistrusted by the community he lives in, a boy must come to terms with the fact that he is different from everyone else, but is soon the focus of unwelcome and deadly attention. Separated from her father, a young girl has to learn to survive in a foreign land haunted by tribes of ghosts and roving bands of piratical thralls to a sadistic King. A watcher keeps lonely vigil from within a fortress that has been under siege for hundreds of years, while a soldier dies for the twenty-third time, and dies again while wondering if he is going mad. First started in 2015, this story is at 50k+ words, but was removed when a plotting hiccup was encountered. I now intend to split it into three parts, and this is the complete Part 1. Part 2 will begin once I've finished editing another work... Please vote and comment, as your input will help shape the story. Enjoy!

8. Time Management - a time travel dilemma 7. Forgetmenot - Steampunk war 6. The Dead Hitchhiker 5. Tok vs Terra - space war! 4. Dream Funk Inc - dreams or nightmares? 3. G.O.O.D. vs E.V.I.L. - a spy-fy challenge. Galactic Overlords, Operational Division comes up against Eternal Vengeance, Interstellar Liaisons 2. The Feud - what happens when a writer tries to get her revenge for a reader's comment? 1. Mike's Revenge - a time trip for dinosaurs My entries for the MadMike's Revenge smackdown - posted in reverse order of writing!

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What would you do for a second chance with the one that got away? ----- Clara and Dominic have not seen each other in seven years. Now she lives in New York, and he in London. They were each other's best friend, first crush, first love, and first heartbreak. By pure chance, they cross paths after years have passed, and old feelings surface. Attraction. Hurt. Love. Pain. Is fate trying to bring them back together, or will it make them relive the heartbreak all over again? *Wattpad Featured Story* *1st place Romance winner, Galaxy StarGaze Awards* *1st place, Best Cover, Galaxy StarGaze Awards* © Rowan Shaw All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.

PRIDE'S CHILDREN, Book 1, is complete. ***** Finalist for 2016 Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards (UK)***** If you start reading on Wattpad, and would CONSIDER writing a review on Amazon (purchase not required, PM me for an electronic REVIEW Copy). The review is up to you - I won't nag. [It is published, on Amazon in Kindle Select, as of Oct. 30, 2015. The requirements for KDP are that the story not be available anywhere else, so I have taken all but 10% off Wattpad, where it had a great run. It is available in print as well.] If you like the sample here, let me know - all comments welcome. ***** WHAT YOU DO WITH AN OBSESSION COUNTS "I, KARENNA ELIZABETH Ashe, being of sound mind, do... But that's it, isn't it? Being here proves I am not of sound mind..." So begins Book 1 of the Pride's Children trilogy: Kary immediately regrets the misplaced sense of noblesse oblige which compels her to appear, live on national television-at exorbitant personal cost. What she cannot anticipate is an entanglement with Hollywood that destroys her carefully-constructed solitudinarian life. A contemporary mainstream love story, in the epic tradition of Jane Eyre, and Dorothy L. Sayers' four-novel bond between Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, Pride's Children starts with a very public chance encounter, and eventually stretches over three separate continents. ~ ~ ~ The complete blurb is on Amazon: http://amzn.com/B017AZLTLG http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B017AZLTLG ~ ~ ~ RATING: Sexual innuendo, mild swearing, occasional non-graphic violence (PG-13).