Nanowrimo2020 Stories

Cursed. Evil. Dangerous. The townspeople whisper terrible things about Tara when she passes by. Terrible, true things. Bad luck has a habit of following Tara around. Especially unfortunate deaths. Since before she could do much more than walk and talk, her relatives have dropped like flies; first her grandmother, then her great-aunt Maeve, and cousins, uncles, and finally, her father falls ill. Desperate to protect her family, she heads off to Miralyn Citadel, hoping their famed oracles can lift her curse. On the way, she meets an unlikely friend, Mercury Silvertongue, the famed bard of Byralie. He's no stranger to bad luck, in fact, those around him often suffer the misfortune of a missing coin-purse. When he meets Tara, he knows she's the girl he's sung about since he was young. A song about a girl, her pure white goat, and the dead rising from the grave. Together, they seek help about Tara's curse, but she soon finds herself surrounded by enemies on all sides. How can she survive in a world bent on her destruction? How can she change her luck

Allen Porter's life in Bellum, Washington wasn't perfect, but with the best friends he could ask for, a dream of becoming a musician, and a burgeoning relationship, his senior year wasn't going terribly by any means. Until his best friend goes missing. Sending shudders through the small town, Allen must reconcile with the past, himself, and strange happenings that whisper of a world beyond our own. In the magic-filled, emotional, and winding first installment, Allen learns what it means to love, and not to believe everything he sees.

The world was full of magic until it was not. When the young Empress of Aurora suddenly died a century ago, so too did the world's magic. Since then, the ghost of that power has been slowly fading away from the bloodlines of the empire's nobility with each generation, growing duller like the once vivid colors that paint every building within the city of Prism. Most families are but pale imitations of what they once were and those still possessing powerful abilities are few and treasured. The Salazars' power has faded to a mere trickle. Now, the responsibility of marrying well has fallen on the shoulders of Felix Salazar's well-tailored suit. Despite him having no ability whatsoever, his family has somehow managed to arrange his marriage to the widowed and older daughter of the prominent Van Brandt family, which boasts several powerful magicians within their bloodline. His bride to be, however, is mediocre at best both in looks and ability, and to make matters worse, she refuses to speak to him. The tragic death of her first husband has seemingly left her mute. Felix quickly learns to ignore his incredibly quiet and strange new wife and focuses on enjoying the life of an aristocrat's husband, contenting himself with spending his new family's oodles of money. Until...the night he finally hears her speak. And when she does, her voice is like fire and brimstone, as startling and vivid as the red of her family color. Magic, she reveals, is not just fading with time. Someone...some...thing is stealing it and finding their identity may also lead to that of her first husband's killer. With all of the power she contains, Eleonora Van Brandt means to take back everything the thief has stolen, but with one dead husband already beneath her belt, Felix isn't too sure helping her would prove good for his health let alone this new marriage. Written for NaNoWriMo 2020

Rin Sato is a young pre-nursing student that is finally seeing progress in her trek towards registered nursing. Three years into community college and having spent every waking hour of her free time on studying, Rin experiences the down spiral of humanity all from the comfort of her rustic country home. Before the end of the world, Clark Grant spent his days at his Las Vegas job drowning in paperwork or drowning in debt in the 24-hour bar below his cozy bachelor-style loft. His life was in shambles. Yet with the end of civilization and despite the obvious fresh start thrown at his feet, Clark couldn't help but feel jubilantly lonely as he decided to give up his past life and fulfill his dream of exploring the country - without the 'dying part', but of course no guarantees. Zahra and Zelda have quite literally spent the entirety of their life together. As sisters, they were overprotected by their parents until the day the apocalypse hit. They were their own best friends, roommates during college, and each other's sorority partners. They were attached at the hip until death did them part. Despite their parents attempts to reel them in during summer break, the two decided to go on an unauthorized girls trip accompanied by Zahra's unofficial boyfriend, Benji. The only issue is, the sisters (and Benji) are forced to deal with the repercussions of breaking the rules when they are stuck in Los Angeles and they realize that no one is coming to save them. #NaNoWriMo2020 - Attempted, but sort of made it? Got more words in than expected!

Izuku was being bullied by his classmates because of some rumors that have been spread around the school. He thinks that he should go and live with his father in America and do a bit of what he did before he left for Japan the first time which was modelling. What will happen when his class had finds out that he has left? Will they be happy? Or will they be sad and depressed? Will Izuku return to Japan?

The forgotten history tells the story of the Goddess of Night. The first Vampire/Werewolf hybrid. She was the true bringer of peace amongst the supernaturals until a jealous god cast an unruly spell filling both sides with hate. The spell severed the Goddess from her wolf form, creating a strain between the two. With the last bit of power she possessed, she willed the impossible. One day a new hybrid will be born with the hopes of bringing the two sides back together. For millions of years, Werewolves and Vampires could never coexist. One species hates the other far more than they should. No one ever knew the true nature behind the feud. Now living amongst humans they have to learn to coexist. Dion Silus Nixon, lived in the Estera Pack, on the northern outskirts of a small town called Brighton. The next in line for the Beta position, he finds himself stuck between doing right by his pack and doing right by his heart. Azaria Jewelle Shaw lived on the southern outskirts of Brighton. Her coven did all they could to ignore the wolves. They kept the peace for the sake of humanity. Azaria wanted to show she was a great leader, yet it was hard to stay away from the wolves when her best friend was one. The fates of these two species change during one eventful night.

Rosalie and her husband moved to middle of nowhere, Oklahoma to open up a franchise car lot that they ran back in their hometown of Detroit. In the two years Rosalie has seen her husband come home with lipstick stained shirt collars and terrible make up sex. She begins to learn there is more to the affair that he is having, and enlists in the car lots mechanic to take care of it.

PREVIEW only. Story available to read on Kindle Vella! ılı.lıllılı.ıllı. "Reality's just a word," he smoldered. "But you define mine." The silence was deafening. The tension between us stuck like a wrench in my gut. His words were sweet, but what the heck was I supposed to do with that? So, I did what I do best. "Good heavens, if I ever did find this God-forsaken dictionary of e-boy quotes you possess, I'd be a rich man." I proclaimed with an accent heavy with the history of England. ♪ ♪ ♪ "Takes me back to the good ol' days in the basement with the band... except I've never been in a band." - Anonymous "Noah is the most iconic person I've ever met, and he's not even real... unfortunately." - Anonymous

OPEN!! 📢 The NaNoWriMo challenge has put many writers on a really fast ride. Writing fifty thousand words in a month is something our lazy asses aren't really used too, right? This award opens an opportunity to showcase the works of hardworking writers. Are you up for the challenge? Brought to you by Penworks Your pen, your words, your story.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐒. The prematurely born daughter of Zeus and Hera has a lot on her hands, but as the newborn goddess of grace she shall take her duties with her namesake. Bringing herself to Italy to deal with some corrupt preachers, young Callidora did not know what she was getting into when vampires in dark robes start to surround the church. Brought into the life of vampires and Romanians, will Callidora make her mark, or is this just another game made by the Fates?

[Currently writing for NaNoWriMo2020] Kiera Arlington has been in love with Taylor Walker since her freshman year of college. So, when she receives a screenshot from an unknown number on New Year's Day 2020 of Taylor Walker asking her out a year in the future, she doesn't exactly know what to do with it. But the pictures keep coming, and on New Year's Day 2021, Taylor Walker asks her out. But the pictures become less inviting as the relationship presses on, until Kiera realizes they might mean that her perfect relationship with her perfect match will eventually come to an end. She is ready to do everything in her power to stop that from happening, but what if the future will come to pass no matter how we try to fix it? And what if our perfect relationships with our perfect matches are in fact the most toxic of all? A tale of love, loss, and finding yourself amidst terrible pain, 'A Thousand Words' asks if we are truly capable of changing the future to bend to our will, and if we could say that a picture is honestly worth a thousand words.

When her toxic friendship hurts her too much, Marie needs to learn how to put herself first and her happiness. Befriending new people, ending toxic feelings, accepting new ones, while still trying to keep floating on top of her classes. Her friends are there to support her through it all, maybe even play Cupid for her behind her back and in front of her. Novel entry for #NaNoWriMo2020 Authors Note: English is my second language, so I apologize for the mistakes that will appear throughout the story. It will be a slow burn, and I will mostly use 'M' instead of Marie as a nickname. I can only hope I will finish the story or reach 50k words before the end of November. I hope you guys will like it.

2011: It's been ten years since the sky literally came crashing down around Yael Malkah and upended her world. Now she's returned to New York to visit her ailing grandmother. With no other family, it's up to her to take care of the family business, even at the risk of her sobriety. Haustin Macauley is a firefighter struggling to come to terms with his survivor's guilt, and does whatever he can to drown out the event that still keeps him up at night, even taking reckless risks. The only thing that keeps him going is the people he saved when hell came crashing around him, the only proof he has that he isn't a complete failure. When Yael meets the man who saved her life that fateful day, she can't help but feel a connection in her grief. As Haustin and Yael grow closer, the two must find their way through the minefield of family problems and post-traumatic stress to the possibility of a life that might resemble normal again. Weekly Friday updates. Occasional Tuesday updates.

[Book Four of the "Patrons' World" series. Part one of the Ankūro Trilogy.] Life in Kaima village was always slow and difficult. Rice would be planted, the rains come, then the harvest, then the bandit raids. For Ka house owner Ajo, his daughter Tiima and village Headwoman, Apē, the seasons passed in a never-ending, constant cycle. Nothing changed. Nothing happened. Until the arrival of a strange, old woman threatens to to bring everything crashing down. With lies, secrets and hidden passions revealed in the woman's wake, can the village survive? Or will Ajo, Tiima and Apē regret the day Ankūro came to Kaima? A fantasy story, set in "Patrons' World". Inspired by the samurai movies of Akira Kurosawa and written, in it's entirety, during NaNoWriMo, November 2020. See also the sequels: 'Siinji' and 'Kaguta'. 🥈2nd Place in "One In A Million Awards" - Fantasy Category (23rd Sep 2021)🥈 Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.

A collection of poetry for NaNoWriMo 2020, since I didn't have any narrative ideas for this year. (It's been a hard year) All capitalization/punctuation "errors" are on purpose and for effect -In Progress-

A Regency era courtesan gives up her empire for love and discovers how binding her connections truly are to the noblemen she used to serve. ***** In the sequel to Courtesan of War, Rose sails across the Atlantic to find the navy captain who took her heart out to sea. But theirs is not a traditional romance; a pirate takes a liking to Rose, and there are noblemen who depend on her expertise, causing ripples in the commitment she makes to her captain. The waters really begin to churn when Rose learns about her parentage, forcing her to decide if she can fulfill her destiny and still be with the man she loves. CONTENT DISCLAIMER: Be prepared for a few mature scenes. Those with delicate sensibilities may want to keep a fainting couch nearby. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This work is owned by the author. Please do not attempt to plagiarize or your reputation could end in ruins. IN OTHER WORDS: If you find this story on any online platform other than WATTPAD, I did not allow this. You may also be exposing yourself to malware. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe form, do it here on WATTPAD. COVER DESIGN: by @arpeggio-

A likeable con-woman keeps the neighbourhood entertained with her phoney future-telling ways, in particular, her long-serving, hopeless in life client, whom she's desperate to make love her, only when the keyboard warriors of social media strike out, she's forced to fight back to not only protect her reputation, but most importantly, the man she loves. This is my entry for NANOWRIMO 2020! It's a first draft, so please excuse any mistakes until I edit it. I'm aiming for two-thousand words a day, so expect a update every few days! 💕 All rights reserved©HTEllis2020

In Kreacher's mind the worst punishment he could suffer was the death of a beloved master, but he'd gladly take any other punishment Regulus wanted including sufferings like that which he'd suffered by drinking the potion,. Regulus living of course has repercussions on everyone. Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter. This is one of my projects for NaNoWriMo. Specifically, it's the start of the prequel series for a one-shot I wrote where Neville Longbottom is the boy who lived. The first attempt at a first chapter didn't work and then when I went to write the actual first chapter of the original first story I wanted to write, I found myself realizing I would be going further back, yet I also realized Regulus living would actually change things for everyone, including which boy Voldemort would in fact choose, though depending on what happens after the first chapter - because there are so many possibilities including other possibilities in regards to Regulus and him living, all of which would have profound effects on the plot.

A group of mercenaries must escort a mysterious woman through the dangerous lands of Nordlund, where she must reunite with her people in a battle against time.