Onc Stories

For Centuries Grim has been collecting souls. It's what he does, it's his purpose. One day, while collecting a soul in the park, he comes across a lost puppy. For reasons he can't explain, the urge to return the small dog to his owner is overwhelming. He soon finds the animal's owner, a woman in her mid-twenties named Maria. He is struck down by her beauty and realizes that he had once claimed the soul of someone she loved. He becomes even more conflicted when he realizes he has just one year to claim her soul.

She wakes with missing hours, a burning imprint carved into her shoulder, and no memory of who put it there. Nyxara Blackvein is an assassin who survives by control. Control over her body. Her blades. Her choices. But the mark beneath her skin has a will of its own, pulling her toward Stillreach-a city protected by an impossible shield and a power no one dares to name. Torin Cross was never part of the plan. A half-elf bard with a charming smile and secrets of his own, he's headed in the same direction for reasons that don't quite add up. When violence forces them to fight side by side, trust forms before either of them is ready for it. Whatever waits in Stillreach is already watching. ONC 2026 Prompts used. 32. Two assassins from rival organizations are sent on the same secret mission, only to realize the assignment holds a much bigger truth. 86. A wasteland hides pockets of thriving communities protected by mysterious shields. 99. You wake up with a strange mark on your skin after a late-night encounter you can barely remember, and its meaning grows more unsettling by the hour.

Jareth Coppersmith and Pol Flynt have one thing in common. They kill for a living. One works for GAME, the powerful Guild of Airship Mechanics and Engineers and the other, for the Royal Spymaster. But what happens when they are unknowingly sent on the same secret mission? At best they are rivals, at worst, mortal enemies. SciFi / Thriller/ Steampunk/ LGBT

A slipstream in time. A cloak of eternal night. Something stirs in the dark. [ ✶ ] Upon returning from a weekend getaway to celebrate their last time together before college, a group of friends discover the residents of their hometown have vanished without a trace, leaving behind a shroud of mystery, sunless skies, and an unshakable horror. [ extended summary inside] original novel / all rights reserved olivia siobhan © 2026 onc prompts #97, #44 and #24 [ ✶ ] open novella contest 2026 round 1 winner

When Brie lands a spot on Cheese Whiz, a cheese-themed cooking competition, the last thing she expects is to run into Colby Jackson, the man who left her heart with more holes than Swiss cheese. ~~~ It was supposed to be simple. Enter the contest, win the prize money, open her own restaurant. Easy peasy, extra cheesy. So of course Colby freaking Jackson and his smug, entirely too sexy face just had to come back into Brie's life like an extra stinky wheel of limburger cheese. Surrounded by fierce competitors and legendary amounts of dairy, Brie and Colby exchange barbs sharper than any cheddar. Yet, as the competition heats up, Brie quickly discovers the mozzarella isn't the only thing melting. Against her better judgment, Colby is once again worming his way into her heart. Will Brie find a whey to make things work between them, or will he leave her feeling bleu? 🧀 Rivals to lovers 🧀 Second chance romance 🧀 All puns are fully intended Using prompts 29 and 89 for ONC 2026! Cover by @-DeeIsDead-

She's trapped in the past, and he's always looking ahead. ~*~ After her fiancé Travis dies in a storm, Candace Peyton receives a voicemail from him sent after his confirmed time of death. Clinging to his impossible message and lost in memories of their lifelong love story, she isolates herself in grief. Only by connecting with Travis's brother and uncovering painful family secrets does Candace begin to understand the man she lost and find the strength to build the future he wanted for her. *** (Prompt 90: You receive a voicemail from someone you love, recorded one hour after their confirmed death). Wired for the Open Novella Contest 2026

|Round 2 Winner| |Round 3 Ambassador Pick| |Shortlist| Rhiannon "Banjo" Hart is a professional thief working her last ever job. The Hawk has promised a massive payout if she can steal data from Concorda International and Banjo needs the money to help her Mum get hospital treatment, but she is not sure The Hawk will stick to the adage of "honour amongst thieves". In her escape, she meets an android that adds complication after complication to her already complex life. Banjo needs to outrun the authorities, Concorda's security and The Hawk.

Bee's life is sort of stable: she has a flat, a bipolar diagnosis she's getting a handle on. Well, as much as possible, considering she also has a personality that treats impulse control like a creative suggestion. Theo - her childhood neighbour, moral compass, and lifelong critic - has moved back into the apartment across the courtyard. Now he's in her bar. In her kitchen. In her friend group. And, judging by the way he pointed at the window last night, extremely aware of which bedroom is hers. They've spent the last decade living separate lives on purpose. Different cities, different people, one annual birthday party where they confirm they're still wildly incompatible and leave again. But Theo isn't leaving this time. And apparently, neither is the possibility of whatever they've spent ten years avoiding. Prompt: You will meet many people in your life. Many will come and go, but some will leave footprints on your heart.

Book Two Evie O'Doyle didn't come to Oxford to fall in love. She came to build a life that was hers, away from where she grew up and the parents who told her she wasn't worth much. She's done that. Against every odd, she's done that. Archie has spent his whole life stepping in front of his father's fists and taking it. It's the one thing he knows how to do. But this time his father is taking it too far, and messing with the one thing Archie won't back away from. For the first time in his life, he's going to have to fight back. Evie has survived harder things than a man in an expensive coat who doesn't think she's good enough. She knows how to hold herself together when everything is falling apart. She's been doing it since she was a kid. What she doesn't know how to survive is watching the people she loves most pay the price for who she is. Some storms you can outrun. Some you have to stand in.

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Open Novella Contest 2026- Round Two Qualifier After Hyppa's village is destroyed, she sets out on a path of vengeance to bring those who have taken everything from her to justice. Aided by Wren, the machine-intelligence that powers her Galant- a suit of magic-powered armour- she journeys out across the wastelands of a world ruined by war and shattered by greed. Will she walk the same path as those that destroyed her world? Or will she be able to retain her humanity despite the fact that the only magic that still exist is used to power machines of war? A post-apocalyptic tale blending elements of Science-Fiction and Fantasy, Galant is a story about revenge and how much it can cost when weapons are the only tools we have to hand.

The human body, by nature, is an item on this earthly plane that can succumb to the most impossible of capabilities. Yet, it is nothing without the mind that resides within it. Simply, it is the mind that controls the body. But it is the heart that leads it. The heart that pumps blood through the veins, which enacts each and every muscle that the mind says to move. And still, it is the nervous system that detects every single touch. The lingering of the fingers that stay on your arm after the owner of them has left. It is the combined mix of these items that fractures the perception of one Daniela Avanzini. -------- ONC 2026 Prompt: 24. Staying as friends feels safe, but that doesn't mean it's the path you're meant to take. #1 in #Hands 02/13/26, 02/18/26, 02/21/26, 03/02/26, 03/08/26, 03/18/26, 03/24/26, 03/28/26, 04/12/26, 04/13/26 #1 in #pathways 03/12/26, 03/14/26, 03/22/26, 04/02/26, 04/10/26

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. - Malala Yousafzai We share our emotions through art. Through writing, painting, and composing. In a world where no one shares their inner music anymore, some begin to lose themselves and become Muted. When Solveig's brother becomes one of them, she refuses to accept his silence. To save him, she must find not only his lost voice, but her own and discover that even in the quietest world, a single voice can awaken many. Prompt 36: You're told to choose a weapon before battle, but when you approach the table, the only options laid out are musical instruments.

Hi everyone and welcome to "inspired" . My book about self growth, love and a little bit of nature. It's about Lexi Azul, a failing author who on journey back home after another failed signing who meets a fan of hers on a train ride. They speak a bit and after their brief encounter on the train ride , Lena's writer's block slowly begins to fade as she learns to love herself and find purpose especially when no one supports you. This is her story of finding self love and appreciation despite the world. It's loving where you are and the process that brought you there even when you aren't where you want to be. And maybe along the line learning there are people who have always loved you and will still love you even after you fall... ( Still working on this)

Trigger Warning: mentions blood, death in the past, not too descriptive. The Fraternity of Adventurers recieve an anonymous request to search through inhabited islands with the promise of payment and treasure, if luck permits. Kayla and her father search the islands, while their past begins to show through dreams and memories. She figures out the cause for her hydrophobic tendencies and finds a way to heal. Together, they discover a found family, hidden secrets in caves, and lost hope.

When her office burns down an editor must work together with the most infuriating man alive or risk the promotion she's been working her entire career for. **** Chielozonam 'Elo' Williams is doing great. All things considered. It doesn't matter that the job she loves as editor at PerfectRomance, the publishing imprint she's been working at for the past five years has started to feel more like a chore these days. It doesn't matter that her judgemental father might be right about her wasting her life away by not using her full potential. What really matters is getting her dream promotion and enjoying the prime years of her youth. That is until the unthinkable happens. After Elo's office building burns down overnight she's forced to share an office with the one person that makes her blood boil: Connor Price. Archenemies since their days at college Connor makes getting under her skin an art form. He's brash and rude and irritates her like nobody else can with his scathing looks and contemptible behavior. It's not long before they're locked in a battle of wits, neither willing to back down or give up. When they have to work together to acquire a potentially lucrative manuscript, they are forced to put aside their long-standing animosity for an adventure that will blur the line between hate and desire until neither of them can tell where the fighting ends and the falling begins. PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION meets ANYONE BUT YOU meets THE HATING GAME in this contemporary rom-com about resilience, self-discovery and two sworn enemies who can't tell the difference between wanting to kiss or kill each other. An ONC 2026 story inspired by prompt 40. THIS NOVEL IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON WATTPAD AND INKITT. IF YOU ARE READING THIS ANYWHERE ELSE, PLEASE INFORM THE AUTHOR VIA WATTPAD, AS YOU MAY BE READING FROM A MIRROR SITE WHERE IT HAS BEEN PLAGIARIZED AND YOUR DEVICE MAY BE SUBJECTED TO A MALWARE ATTACK.

‎ ‎Paris finds herself in a strange shop after learning of her sister's illness, and she makes a hasty purchase due to uncontrollable circumstances. ‎ ‎Once she leaves the shop, she gets ambushed by a mysterious figure. ‎ ‎When she learns the object in her hand is more important than she'd thought and she might have just landed in the middle of a battle of forces she never knew existed, she has no choice but to return the object back to its rightful place herself... And she has less than two days. ‎ ‎But what happens when she learns that her purchase could be the one thing that saves her sister? ‎ ‎ ‎ONC 2026 ‎Prompt 41 - You never thought an impulse purchase from a magic shop would catapult you into the middle of an intergalactic war.

The black cat with only one ear twitched the mechanical prosthetic that made up his missing ear. "There isn't much time left, Azureflame." he said seriously. "You must follow the trail before... before it's too late..." Then he collapsed into her hands, limp and half-dead. Azureflame knew what she had to do next. *** In the world of Quantum 64, there is one sport the world is now catching onto. Chess. And now seven are rising in this unusual realm. Shadedpeak is just a young boy, 19 years. He didn't ask to become world champion. He didn't want his life to come crashing down. But the expectations are growing; and he finds himself questioning why he lost so many matches. Then he discovered the leagues. Stormleague, to be exact. His one chance to get out of this - but there'll have to be sacrifices. Jaysight has just had a large victory. But there are voices in his head that tell him to try harder. That the losses are greater than the title of world cup winner. In search of a way to silence them, he joins Gustleague. Ivorynight finds himself rising up in the ranks of chess. But he lives in hopes that when his few losses go away, so will the mysterious dream that has been plaguing him. That's when he joins Hourglassleague. Azureflame has had her fair share of victories. But her detective side has detected the odd occurrences in Chess. Specifically the death of Dawnnose. In search answers, she joins Blazeleague. Twilightwhisper has been in Hourglassleague since she can remember. And now, with a new recruit within their ranks, she hopes to be able to find some answers to this faction's mystique. Riverheart has been in Oceanleague for quite a while. Enough to know that things are changing. And her destiny is calling. The black cat came to all of them. And it came... with a message. Together, these recruits will uncover dark secrets... some of which may have best been left hidden.

Have you ever wondered who your soulmate is? In the world of 'Moonlit Dreams, Moonlit Fate', you get to meet them in your dreams, right after you turn twenty years old. However, you do not know what they look like. As Yvonne Blythe keeps dreaming about her soulmate on the nights following her twentieth birthday, she becomes determined to find them. During her relentless search for the person of her dreams, she meets Reid Wells, a senior at her university. The encounters do not stop there - Yvonne and Reid keep running into each other at the most unexpected places. But, these encounters make a realization dawn on Yvonne - Reid was not just a random guy, he felt like the very person who had appeared in her dreams for the first time. Entry for Open Novella Contest 2026. Prompt used: 21

Welcome, recruits! Here, we don't skip leg day-er, page day. With the ONC open, this club is about building strong plot muscles and emotional cardio. If you're reading this, congratulations. You've taken the first step into the most intense, elite, and mildly concerning ONC training program on Wattpad: the Pink Literary Society's ONC 2026 Book Club. Please place your snacks to the side, hydrate responsibly, and stretch your scrolling thumb. Injuries sustained during aggressive page-turning are not covered by management (unless you feed Ducky).