Истории Onc2020

To escape her parents Adamina, a princess, dresses up as a fatherless and jobless boy, but soon catches feelings for a girl, Danika, that she becomes close friends with, who knows nothing of her royal blood and true identity.

"We shouldn't dig here." "Why...not?" "Because what's buried here is not what you think it is." • • • • • • • • • • • • [ inspired by prompt #54 and #4 of the Open Novella Contest 2020 | ONC2020 LONGLIST ] Taylor Sloan has spent the last decade digging up priceless treasures, uncovering lost empires, and discovering ancient civilizations, all due to her uncanny ability to know what's buried beneath her feet. Taylor's fiancé Riyad Banks went missing two year ago, lost at sea among the many remote Alaskan islands. Now Taylor and her charge, Riyad's teenage son, are headed for an island to join in an excavation headed by Taylor's archeologist cousin. But some secrets are better left buried, and Taylor wonders if facing the truth is worth having their hearts broken all over again. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Completed Novella [ about 25,000 words ] on March 13, 2020 • Copyright absterak 2020 • Cover Photo from Unsplash

For influencer Carolyn Danes, #aboutlastnight is the best hashtag. It perfectly sums up an evening filled with adventure and excitement. And her last evening out really WAS perfect. Her dress fit perfectly, her hair and makeup were on point, and she met the man of her dreams, out-of-this-world-hot and charming Damian Bradley. It just had to be ruined by something as silly as waking up in a strange empty room, in Damian's body, her own lifeless corpse lying on the floor. No amount of screaming in the world can make the nightmare go away. Her only clue about last night is a letter from Damian himself. It can all be undone. He just made a deal with the Devil, and now the Prince of Darkness wants one small favor to set everything right. Find a tiny shard of soul. But when Carolyn can see every bit of soul the world has lost, finding one particular piece may prove impossible. 👸 This is my open novella contest 2020 entry. Yay me!

[Prequel to Mismatched] A single kiss can change two lives forever. When Belinda Clarke attends a party in hopes of getting closer to her crush, things take an interesting turn. At the stroke of midnight, with fireworks as a backdrop, she receives a kiss, one she swears she will never forget. Known for his charm and easy-going personality, Jace Leighton is the most popular guy in school and the man of Belinda's dreams. When sparks fly, their relationship shifts from what she calls friendly acquaintances, neither strangers nor close friends, to something more. With a shared love for food, the two hit it off immediately. Unbeknownst to many, Belinda has a dark past, one that keeps her from putting all her love and trust in anyone. With the support of her best friend Yvette and the sincerity of Jace, she tries to overcome her fears and decides to take a leap of faith. Ending up with your first love is one in a million. As the two face challenges along the way, they learn from their experiences and grow, hopefully together. *** [Open Novella Contest 2020] Prompt #67: Well, that was a New Year's Eve kiss you won't forget anytime soon. Started: 24 February 2020 Completed: 29 May 2020

[ONC 2020 Round Two Qualifier] It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single person in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a spouse. Especially when that person is a twenty-three year old girl in charge of a multi-million dollar company and has absolutely no idea what she is doing. 《♡》 Ashlynn Whittaker does not want to be an employer. She doesn't even want to be an employee. But after the sudden death of her parents, that's exactly what she is. She tells herself that if she can down three tequila shots without dying, she can run a company. Except, there's a catch. To get her inheritance, she has to get married, and her great aunt has been tasked with finding the lucky guy. And it just so happens to be that her aunt's choice is Wesley Marker, a boy Ashlynn vividly remembers punching in second grade. A boy she hated, hates, and will hate for all eternity. With an arranged marriage like this, what could possibly go wrong?

*ONC 2020 LONGLISTER* Death is not a stranger to the queen of dragons. Love is another matter entirely. Meredith, the queen of dragons is tasked with finding a lost god in order to save her clan and fulfill an ancient prophecy. However, to do that she must enter the most dangerous place in the entire world, high school. She vows to keep the existence of dragons a secret and complete her quest quietly. However, she finds herself faltering when her mortal enemy and the most powerful warlock in the school, Ryne sets his eyes on her. *-*Previously known as The Curse of Hecate

Edie Hunter gets a job as a Muse, her boss is a little eccentric (ok very eccentric then) Surely helping angst ridden poets can't be that hard? No one said anything about working for a grumpy vampire or preventing zombies from taking over the town. Novella formerly known as The Muse Agency, written for ONC 2020. This version has undergone some edits, so is not quite the same as the original version. Re-entering for the #Ambys2022 TW: one of the characters mentions suicide but it is not acted on.

A Millennia ago Dragons of all kinds were cursed by an angry goddess. Ever since then, the entire species has been confined to human bodies, while the rest of the world either believes Dragon's no longer exists, or they never did. Seraphine Barry has always felt like she was meant to do something more with her life. After surviving an attack that killed her mother, she was thrown into Foster care where she spent her childhood bouncing from family to family. Now at the age of twenty-five Seraphine is out in the real world trying to navigate life with her best friends, Hailey and Joe. All while trying to figure out where she truly belongs. Everything changes the night of the Valentine's mingle. She kisses the most gorgeous man she's ever laid eyes on, but with that kiss comes visions, of what she's not so sure. Nightmares and dreams she hasn't had in years return along with some weird side effects. Seraphine is convinced this man is the answer to figuring out what is happening to her. As things come to light, Seraphine begins to remember the past, and she has to learn who to trust and who is out to get her. Seraphine must decide weather the man she's now suddenly fallen for has been sent to help her save herself and her kind, or if he's just another enemy waiting to find her weakness and expose her secret to the world.

Minion is a regular guy: he's got a wife, a kid, and an app ruined his career as a henchman. Being a villain's sidekick used to be a good job: risky, sure, but well-paying and with top-notch life insurance. But Henchr has brought the tech revolution to the supervillain business. Now it's uncertain schedules and no worker's comp. No villain is evil enough to have dreamt up the gig economy. After one too many jobs gone wrong, Minion decides to retire. This is fine. His self-worth isn't tied to his job. But it is a little humiliating when his wife starts talking about going back to work as the supervillain Dominatrix, a career she retired from a decade ago. And now their daughter is dating a girl that Minion suspects goes out at night in a mask - as a hero, no less. Only a supervillain can sort out Minion's problems, but he can't ask his wife when she's, well, part of the problem. There's only one thing to do: it's time for Minion to become Villain. THE INCREDIBLES meets DOCTOR HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG with a dash of THE VENTURE BROS ***** Contains profanity and cartoon violence *featured on superhero's 'Anti-Heroes and Awesome Antagonists' list and antiheroesgalore's 'Shockingly Short' and 'Badass Authors' lists* Complete at 25k words

How far will you go to get back what belongs to you? She remembers nothing, not even her own name. All she has to go on is an unusual knowledge of the creatures who kidnapped her--along with hundreds of other teens--to fight in the Arena. The only way to get her memories back and get home is to win the Grand Tournament, a series of death matches against other teens in the same desperate position as she's in. To make matters worse, the tiny flash of memory her captors gave her hints at a very dark past... She'll do anything to get her memories back. But at what cost? --- Credit to @StoryWritersNeverLie for the awesome cover!

"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity - Henry David Thoreau When six likely teenagers take a camping trip just outside of their small town Northcliffe, Western Australia, in the 1960s, everything seems to be normal. That is, until they wake up the next day in a completely different timezone, 50 years in the future. The hunt is on. Can they get back to their old life and loved ones? Or will time catch up with them? Meanwhile, their family and friends are searching for them as well. But with the challenges the new century faces, will they ever find their way home alive? "A story based on love, loss and finding your way in a World that changes, for one way or another, we all become lost in life." This story is created for the Open Novella Contest 2020. All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

On July 16, 1969 the US government added Section 1211 to Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This rule was commonly referred to as the Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law. It allowed the US government to quarantine returning astronauts and their vehicles upon arrival to Earth. In 1977 the rule was revoked by NASA and formally removed from the Code of Federal Regulations in 1991. That was their first mistake. When it comes to space exploration, we didn't understand what we were doing. It was almost too late when we understood our reality. Now it's time to change it. Cover by @ diwatera

When Polaris was a little girl, she watched the first space probe reach the star system of Alpha Centauri. Growing up, she dreams of one day being able to travel to its planets, unravelling its mysteries. This goal becomes her life's purpose, and every choice she makes in the hopes that it will take her one step closer. Many years, obstacles, and sacrifices later, only one step separates her from her destination. But could it be, that she was always closer than she realized? This is the journey of the Tellus XII manned mission to Alpha Centauri. The mission will bring man even further into the universe as well as the future; and even closer to answering the lingering question: Are we alone? Tellus is my first go with the science fiction genre, and I honestly spend more time researching than actually writing, but the science is probably still going to be off. So please bare with me. Also, any comments and critiques will only help improve my writing, so don't be shy - share your thoughts. This is my contribution to the Open Novella Contest 2020, prompt #28. Wish me luck! ROUND TWO QUALIFIER

|| ONC 2020 Longlist || Ex-princess Vivian Gale is fine with her new identity and all of the dangers that come with it. For the past two years she has traveled around her kingdom as the anonymous rebel Onium in a desperate attempt to stop her parent's tyranny. With her life on the line if she is ever caught or her identity revealed, it is no wonder Vivian has gotten used to the loneliness of a life on the run. Enter the bumbling Lady Quinnley, a mysterious young woman who has a knack for getting herself into trouble faster than Vivian can get her out of it. After Quinnley finds out Vivian is none other than the mysterious Onium, the two have no choice but to travel together. Soon Vivian begins to have feelings she can't act on. Because Quinnley has secrets too.

Writing Challenge for the Open Novella Contest 2020! Hannah is just a typical sixteen, going on seventeen-year-old girl, but has an added interest in magic. She ends up going too far one Halloween night as she plays with magic to impress her friends. How will she respond to the actions that follow? Only time will tell. Writing prompt used for inspiration is from the Horror prompts: 49. Legend has it, if you stand in front of a mirror holding a cup and a candle you can open a doorway between dimensions. But do you leave, or does something else come through? My beautiful cover is credited to - @MoranaGlinka and @JosefinaFAAD and all their hard work and talent. Just beautiful. 1ST PLACE - Fantasy Category - The Sakura Awards Spring 2020 3RD PLACE - Teen Fiction - The Jade Awards 2020

... London nights are hazy nights, dizzy nights that Caero can't bring himself to remember, but most London nights don't end with a dead girl in his arms, and the ghost of a kiss he never gave. London nights are hazy, dizzy messes of nights that Caero can't bring himself to remember, but now, he needs to know what he forgot. ...

All parents wish for their kids to surpass and outlive them. Some would do anything to ensure their children survive. Edmen died when he was only fifteen, but his father refused to lose another loved one, no matter the cost. Ingrained into the field of developmental biology Edmen's father ends up playing with the ethical disputes and his paten, Edmen, being the product of such. Finding himself alive in a now-foreign world, Edmen needs to find a new identity and with it a new responsibility. His life became responsible for more than one. ______________________________ Cover credit goes to @diwatera All feedback is welcomed!

*ONC || SECOND PART QUALIFIER* When King Edward decides that it is time for his daughter, princess Victoria, to marry, he initias a a competition in order to find her a suitable husband. The man who brings her the most beautiful gift gets his daughter's hand in marriage. Brandon, who was already in love with her, sets out to find a dress for her that will make her the most beautiful woman in the universe. But in order to get it, he and his travel companion, the mage Rose, will have to travel through treacherous lands and face dangerous beasts. Will they be able to get the dress before the competition is over? Or will they never fail in their quest?

Seacliff is now only available on Inkitt. In 2019, Aidan is a kilt-wearing tour guide on the cobblestone streets of Edinburgh. In 1919, Saoirse is a Great War nurse who's got nothing left to live for - until the sea brings a naked, unconscious man to her feet. Not one easily shocked after caring for the most broken of men in France, Saoirse takes the stranger in and tends to his wounds. Except the man is all kinds of unusual and she begins to question whether he even is a man at all. Is the grief driving her mad or is there more to the world than she ever thought possible? Saoirse hopes to find answers in her Aunt Aoife's diaries, since the gentle giant she rescued from the sea has no recollection of how he ended up there in the first place. * Editors' Choice, December 2020 * an open novella contest entry which grew into a ~75k-word novel completed * prompt: "When something tragic happens, it's often said we lose a piece of ourselves. How far would you go to find these lost parts of yourself in order to be whole again?" * featured on: @WattpadHistoricalRomance - 'Traveling Through Time' @talesofthedeep - 'Fintastic Reads - Sea Creatures'