Nanowrimo2018 Stories

Kay Willows is in her Junior year of high school which she documents in her diary. Follow her story through narrative and poetry as she fights mental illness, works to maintain friendships, and even falls in love... New cover by: @magnamanetum

[ a band geek love story ] [ N a N o W r i M o 2 0 1 8 ] (Warning: This story includes long descriptions of band, food, and cute guys along with lots of mayhem and references to random things. The reading of this story may result in drooling, humming football tunes, long dreams about cute guys, daydreaming, and confusion. Read at your own risk) Alana Bower practically lives for marching band, but when a distraction in the form of tall, dark and bad boy starts to steal Alana from band practices, she has to make a choice: lose what matters most or lose the bad boy?

Alice knows what it is to be second best, the lesser stepsister; she's not, never will be, the great beauty of Bluethorn - that's Lilien. Lili, too beautiful, too fae to be safe - who disappears into the Samhain night. There's only person Alice can turn to - someone fae enough to bring her stepsister back safely His Lordship, Bluethorn's own monster. But there is a darker threat looming on the nights to come - something that might bring ruin to the last mortal town left in the Wildes... *a retelling of Beauty and the Beast* updates bi-weekly!

The America that she knew is gone, replaced by the new country Icamera. Can Rowan adapt to the new ways or will she become a threat to the new government regime? *************************************************************************************************** Awesome cover design by @Crimson_Graves. Be sure to stop by her page and give "Dog Days" a read.

The earth is in shambles. When a catastrophic event destroys the last farm on Earth, Dorothy is forced to leave her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry with her robotic dog Toto. Landing on the strange and beautiful planet of Oz, Dorothy accidentally kills the Master of the enslaved Munchkin people, sending her on a journey more dangerous than anything she had ever faced on earth. Hunted by the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys, Dorothy teams up with an adroid with unreliable memory storage, a cyborg who is externally more robot than human, and a genetically engineered lion that's intellectual yet cowardly. Things in Oz are not all stars and yellow brick roads... sinister plots, power struggles, and political turmoil linger in ever nook and cranny of the planet, even the beloved Emerald City... Dorothy and her friends soon find themselves forced to choose sides and learn where their loyalties truly lie. ***Special thanks to @My_Night_Light for the gorgeous cover***

Sixteen year old Tinsley Mathis seemingly has a good high schooler's life. She's dating Manuel Rivera, who is one of the hottest guys at school, has three best friends, and has a good relationship with her mom. But on the last day of school, her and Manuel go to a party, and she catches him flirting with a girl, which is a continuous problem with him. After the party, she confronts him, and breaks up with him. Although she was sad, her friends were there to cheer her up. When one of her friend's invites the group to join her and her mom to go on a summer vacation to Greece, they decide to go. In Greece, Tinsley meets another guy on vacation named Caleb Reed. They hang out, talk, and kiss, just like how any other summer fling goes. When she gets back from vacation, Manuel apologizes and begs for her back, claiming he was very drunk, so she takes him back. On her first day of junior year, she was having a typical normal day, until she coincidentally sees Caleb at school. Manuel has no clue what happened in Greece, and she definitely doesn't want him to find out, even though they were broken up at the time. Will she be able to keep that a secret? Will she continue to date Manuel or will she catch feelings for Caleb?

{Nanowrimo 2018} Morwen Lovell never expected to fail out of college before even declaring a major, but after a failed quest to find a normal, secure place in the world, Morwen returns to Ohio and the familiarity of her parent's Great Midwestern Renaissance Faire. Her summer filled with make-believe royals, pirates, and turkey legs is turned upside down when a dashing knight-in-authentically-replicated-armor, a mermaid, and William Shakespeare come alongside her and help her realize her new destiny: put her outstanding cosplay skills to use and apply to a design school she has only ever dreamed of. But getting into an elite costume design program is easier said than done while trying to navigate faire politics, a mysterious saboteur, and an encounter with internet fame that brings an army of jealous trolls down on her cosplay accounts when she's forced to step out from behind the sewing machine and into the spotlight.

Un joven asiste al funeral de su abuelo y recuerda las experiencias que tuvo a su lado mientras estaba vivo, reflexionando a cerca de las lecciones que aprendio de el. Un viaje a traves de las memorias de un niño y su abuelo, lleno de escenas familiares y situaciones con las te podras sentir identificado.

4,000 years ago, the gods left the Earth to save it from a hideous evil. Before they did, they took all magic with them, and left the Zevros family in charge of getting rid of what they couldn't. To help, they left the Zevros with a gift. Eggs that hatch dragons, called Eospawn, For generations, the family tree has been recorded and marked, with every viable descendant who could get an Eopsawn, ...So why is it that an Eospawn egg has appeared when there's no child born to the family? It's up to Kalika Zevros, the family's newest enforcer, to find this missing child and bring them back to the family...or severe this missing branch of the tree for good. Cover by WendyWhite13: http://wendywhite13.tumblr.com/

1908 England. Thrown into a loveless marriage; Millicent Briggs believes her happiness must come from a mother's love. Seemingly, her dreams for a child are destroyed when her husband refuses to consummate their marriage. As he forces his nephew into her life with desperate demands, will Millie agree to his orders, or allow the kind Dr Barnes to steal her from everything she ever wanted? Thrown into a world of deceit and emotional turmoil, how will Millie ever find the happiness she desires?

Government became incredibly controlling, trapping citizens in large domes in which they thrive. As people came to realize they weren't happy, they created a new rebellion. They must escape the Dome.

In the conquered land of Enoss, Samael is a mage living in the slums of the capital city, Archill. Starvation is a daily threat, as his immense magical powers eat away at him from the inside. He is also attuned to the whispering of demons, as all mages are. And the voices are as hungry as Samael himself. The invasive Serandan military occupies Archill, and magic is now illegal. On the run from the ever vigilant mage-hunters, the Knights of Soma, Samael must find a way to survive in the worst conditions. But little does he know, the Knights of Soma would be the least of his problems. When disaster strikes, he has no choice but to rise and seek opportunity in the ashes. Will his powers be his salvation, or will he be another meal for the crows?

Stacy is an alcoholic mother. David is the father of their toddler. Lulu is the Thai trans woman he cheats with. Maybe that's a good thing? "The Out" is a complete novelette. Rankings: #1 NewAdult (January 1, 2019) #1 MatureRead (November 27, 2018) Note: This manuscript is a second draft that I've posted in hope of critique. So the beginning may be clunky, but it picks up around chapter 3. Thank you for bearing with me.

Aidan's game review YouTube channel and affiliated blog were never going to be the biggest things on the Internet, but if you were a fan of MMORG or RPG gaming, you'd certainly have heard of it. His combination of knowledge of gameplay, the lore and (sort of) the technology behind it were nothing special. But the snark he brought to the table? That had won him a following. Not enough of a following for him to ever quit his job at the customer service desk of a payroll processing firm, but, eh, everybody needs a hobby. And, oh, how these reviews irritated Game Devs. Elana Bancroft in particular. But astute business woman she was, she knew she needed his input for her next project, a revolutionary immersive MMORG, codenamed Wellspring, supervised and chaperoned by an AI developed by her father, the neuroscientist Peter Bancroft. She'd learn a few things. Oh, and definitely teach the guy a few. And daddy's Data Algorithhm Virtual Immersive System (DAVIS) would help her. And while she was at it, her best friend Maribel. Sweet girl, but boy did she need some steel in her spine. Everything was going swimmingly. Until DAVIS decided to get a few ideas of its own.

In a world where faeries grant your wishes when you wish upon a shooting start, Kaea Reeves has just made a very dangerous one. She didn't really expect the wish to be granted, but the Fair Folk happen to be more bloodthirsty than Kaea ever anticipated. With a faerie with murky intentions by her side and a world of supernatural creatures to navigate, Kaea starts to realize that things aren't as simple as they appear on the surface, and the world of humans isn't as exclusive to them as they thought. With little time left in her life, Kaea decides to use her remaining wishes in an attempt to right some wrongs around her in a last attempt to let her life mean something. But the line between good and evil doesn't exist for the fae, and Kaea has some tough choices to make, especially when her fate seems irrevocably tangled with the mysterious faerie by her side... ******************************************************************************** My story for NaNoWriMo 2018 I'm trying to write faster that I've ever done before, so if you see any grammar or spelling mistakes, do tell me and I'll try to fix it as quickly as possible. Don't forget to vote and comment if you enjoy the story!

Liliana "Lily" Hamill is just your average working woman. 5'5" with wavy brown hair the color of milk chocolate and blue eyes, she's never been described by anyone as "a catch." She's pretty enough, what with her athletic frame and well-proportioned face. She rises every day, runs almost every morning, and gets ready for work just like many twenty-something-year-olds in the United States. She's been working mostly in the marketing department at Andino Incorporated since she graduated from a college in Texas at twenty-one, and she's lived in New York City for the past two. She doesn't think she's anyone special. But she is, because Lily has been blind since birth, although her disability has never held her back. That burden has fallen on her insecurities. Now, though, she's attempting to face her fears. Her closest childhood friend, Joseph Montran, has invited her to a company social event, and Lily grudgingly has agreed to go. All she knows is that it's informal, that she and her guide dog, Chelise, can mostly hang out with Joe and his wife, Katherine, if that's what Lily wants, and that she shouldn't be afraid to "act natural." What she doesn't know is that social event will change her life forever. //// I KEEP EDITING AS I'M WRITING. I'm sorry to anyone who gets updates for old parts to which I make minor grammatical changes. Don't kill me. c:

Villains. Heroes. Try as they might, one is always bested by the other, an endless fight without true meaning. We all have to pick our sides, but I think it's outdated. We all need to toe the line - to really satisfy our purpose. That's where I come in. Not only the undoing of villains, but the remaking of heroes. It's time for everyone to welcome a new chess piece on the board. Check mate. ≄ completed ✓ standalone highest rank in sf: #180 cover: @narwhelly