Historias de Onc2021

Ever since Death got trapped in the mortal realm three years ago, nonstop famines, wars, and plagues have ravaged Earth. Shiori, a budding scientist with a love of snakes and a loathing for small talk, doesn't really care. She can deal with the constant pandemics, bombs, and spider/iguana/fruit fly/crocodile plagues, so long as it doesn't involve socializing with strangers -- the thing she hates most in the world. Too bad her new roommate is hot, suave, and super chatty. Even worse, he seems to have decided Shiori is the only one with the power to send Death back to the underworld -- and he'll stop at nothing to make it happen! **First place in The Punk Rock Awards 2022, Paranormal*** **Grand Winner of The Punk Rock Awards 2022**

Jacob's life was supposed to go down a straight path. He had a beautiful fiancee, a well-paying job, a cool house, nice cars. Everything was perfect. But then his ex returned. Usually this wouldn't be a problem, he could just tell her to back off. Simple, right? No. Not when his hand could go through her body. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ONCAfrica 2021 first runner up! Featured on the official AmbassadorsNG account here on Wattpad! #20 in paranormal romance-February 2021 ©AOFunke 2021

Sandrine is reluctant to take the job as a ghost hunter, despite her ancestral gift. And when she meets her boss and future partners, every fibre of her being tells her to quit-but she needs the money. How hard can it be to dispel the ghost of a bird? Soon, she finds herself fighting the advances of a medieval playboy, targeted by a flock of ectoplasmic ravens, and trying to solve the puzzle of the cottage in the lake. With disaster waiting around the corner, she truly has no time for a budding romance, right? ~ ~ ~ My entry for the open novella contest 2021. Prompts: No 5: There is a terrible drought ravaging the land, but when the waters recede from the local lake/reservoir, they reveal something no one expected to find. No 64. What should have been a simple task for a trio of ghost hunters quickly becomes something for which the term 'Worst Case Scenario' is the mother of all understatement. No 61. I would've lived longer if it weren't for Lorraine. There's only one issue... who's Lorraine? Words according to Wattpad: Chapter 1 - 1495 Chapter 2 - 1455 - milestone 1 reached Chapter 3 - 1469 Chapter 4 - 1552 Chapter 5 - 1563 Chapter 6 - 1620 - milestone 2 reached Chapter 7 - 1564 Chapter 8 - 1700 Chapter 9 - 1637 Chapter 10 - 1797 Chapter 11 - 1605 Chapter 12 - 1561 Chapter 13 - 1690 - milestone 3 reached Chapter 14 - 1842 Chapter 15 - 1762 Epilogue - 233 Total words published: 24545

{ONC2021 2nd Place Overall, Round Two Ambassador Picks & Shortlist} When Max O'Brien receives an almond with a skull painted on it, he initially plays it off as a prank. But, after his wife leaves town, he begins discovering more of the nuts hidden around the house. More disturbing than that is that some unseen intruder is keeping an accurate running count. The more almonds Max finds, the stranger things get. Mysterious noises. Moving Objects. Damaged valuables. It's a haunting that grows in power with each success in the involuntary scavenger hunt. As the almonds pile up so do the threats until Max realizes he may just not survive. __________ ONC2021 Prompt 62 Cover by @mensemortuis 1st Place in Horror/Paranormal - The Opulence Writer's Awards Also posted on Royal Road

[ONC Shortlist | ROUND ONE Top 5 Winner | Based on ONC2021 prompt #13] What would you do if you woke up in a fairytale? A young, fourteen year old Ruby-Rose wakes up in a medieval castle unsure how she got there. But soon, with the help of an unexpected chambermaid and a scary dwarf who isn't a dwarf, Ruby discovers the world is none other than that of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Except, this is not exactly the fairytale she's grown up with. Snow White isn't the sweet, innocent Princess but the Evil Queen herself, her seven dwarfs are in fact fearsome knights, and Ruby-Rose isn't your average human. [This is the first, original draft of this story, written for the ONC 2021. Coming SOON, the expanded version as 'Ruby Rose'.] FEATURED IN: Round One Top 5 - ONC 2021 Round Two Qualifier - ONC 2021 @classicauthors - Grimm Retellings and Other Fairytales (March 2021) @retold - Fractured Fairytales (May 2021) @retold - Book of the Month (May 2021) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Eva Acharya, 2021. Cover made using Canva Pro.

"Kidnapped by the police" Now that's something we don't hear often. Even much less "to another dimension where Cinderella could be your grandma." And Blaire Williams is fortunate enough to experience both. ~~~~~~~ "You're under arrest." I went still for at least a minute. The voice on the other side of the line coughed awkwardly. "What I meant by that is, if you don't answer the doorbell and open the goddamn door right now, then good luck replacing the latter." --- Open Novella Contest 2021

[completed] With his finals only six months away and his goal to complete thousand practice papers, remained unaccomplished, the last thing Yohan wanted to come his way was a distraction. A distraction that would make him feel guilty for doing something he was not responsible of and feel sorry for someone, he had not even spoken to in person! When her online class got bothered by constantly incoming messages, Anuthi decided to leave a message in a public WhatsApp group asking them to stop bothering her. And the last thing she wanted from that was to get cyberbullied. At first she did not care much about it! The upcoming exam was depressing her enough and she did not want anything else to worry her at the moment. But once she got to know the person that bullied her, her teenage heart was crushed in to pieces! It was her old crush with whom she lost ties with! Who knew such a nice boy could be that nasty! Feelings kept at bay and her suspicious mind awake, will Anuthi open her heart towards her crush that crushed her? Even if she did would Yohan accept her? Open Novella contest round 1 qualifier! Rankings ~ #8 in onc2021 #25 in firsts #1 in econ #1 in supporter

Greedy for more power, Clan chief Paden MacFarlane has his eyes set on a flourishing and prosperous Clan: the Clan Baird that lies on the border separating the Lowlands and Highlands. His plan was going well until an unexpected betrayal occurred. Blackmailed into following Chief Paden in his blinded victory, Chief MacMillan saves Arabella Baird and brings her into his home. Raising her as his very own, MacMillian keeps the murder of her family a secret. But secrets were never meant to be hidden. With determination and will, Arabella sets out on her revenge to regain her clan but finding love, friendship, and purpose along the way.

2021 Leighyeann A. Mies All rights reserved An entry for the Open Novella Contest Book #1 of the Face saga Movie poster by @deathinreverie Playlist by @YuriAppl3 [COMPLETED ON 7/7/2021] *** Sim Daejung is the mastermind of the so-called "Face" project, where he forces the people around him to face each other to get them spill the most grueling secrets and possibly start trusting him. Easy, right? Well, maybe it's time to redefine the concept of "easy". Many people are already questioning his motives, as well as each other, for a number of reasons they don't want to disclose. Others just call him out as a "fraud" because he happens to know something about them that could put them into a compromising position. Either way, everyone should brace themselves for the adventure of a lifetime, or for a nightmare that's about to come true...

Monique and James have just moved to the county, to a house on the border of a wood, a dark wood, filled with magic and mystery. ****** When a mysterious door the size of an apple appears in the back of the garage, 10-year-old Monique and James have to investigate. After freeing a trapped fairy, the small magical creature tries to recruit the kids for a mission to save the dark wood and the fairy folk who live there. Monique jumps at the chance, but James is reticent. What could a couple of kids possibly do to save magical beings? If fairy magic can't save them, how could a couple of city kids? Regardless of his apprehension, James finds himself following his bold step-sister into the wood, the dark wood where magic is real and murderous beasts lurk. #OpenNovellaContest2021 Longlist

If you could live any life imaginable through the means of some coding and digital imaging, wouldn't you at least be intrigued to try it out? What started out as one company's venture into virtual reality and simulation experiencing, governments all around the world corrupted an innocent dream for the future of all humanity. Aurelius Corp. never intended its users to be trapped indefinitely in a loop of simulations, but the human mind always bends to the greed and promises that wealth brings. Skylar Oakley was one among the billions living in poverty who always dreamed of a better life. Aurelius Corp. developed the solution to Skylar's dream - a simple implant, operated by downloading a simulation onto the software to be run at the discretion of the user. However, as politics infiltrated and corrupted this idea for an occasional escape from reality, Aurelius Corp. sold the rights to their technology for unlimited wealth. While distracted by these alternate realities providing a better life for each individual, nobody questioned when everyone was subdued to the simulations indefinitely. After having lived through multiple lifelong dreams, Skylar began to notice some flaws within the system itself. Why were they so happy? Why couldn't they remember a time before the technology? Where was the exit to the program? Why did they want to leave the perfectly programmed life just to go back to the poverty, illness, and hate of reality? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is my ONC 2021 project based on prompt #79: "The Virtual Implant was supposed to be a revolutionary breakthrough; for a time, it was. "

Every year since the second Open Novella I've kept a writing journal and this is the one for this year.

** COMPLETE ** Gordon Twist gets a surprise note from a man who dies in front of him. No warning or explanation given. Who was this man? Who did he think Gordon was? And what does this note mean? Gordon is stuck in a nightmare. People want to protect him, but is that for his own good or theirs? This story was originally written for the Open Novella Contest 2021. It made it through to the Long List, which I was quite pleased with.

When a simple job goes horribly awry, ghosthunter Anya must prove she has what it takes to do spirit work or risk losing her job, her brother, and a second chance with the One Who Got Away. *** Second-rate ghosthunter Anya Iteri comes from a family of metalweavers -- powerful mages who can forge iron, shape steel, and even bend blood. Down on her luck and struggling for work, Anya bribes her little brother, a city guide, to let her drum up business on one of his tours. The plan is simple. Summon a hibernating ghost to give the tour a good show, return it to its slumber, and collect a hefty tip. But the moment the tour begins, Anya encounters a ghost of a different kind: Eleira Soti, talented hunter and former love of her life, newly returned to the city after years away. El's familiar face leaves Anya fighting distraction and attraction alike on her way into the city's most haunted grounds. The night goes from bad to worse when the wrong ghost gets summoned and fingers are pointed Anya's way. A malignant spirit emerges from the veil, bent on destroying the tour and everyone on it. Racing against time, Anya must team up with El to trap the ghost, save her brother, and prove, once and for all, that her abilities aren't as second-rate as others think. *** Silverweaver is now available across all major platforms. Once titled just "Weaver," it won an honorable mention in the 2021 Open Novella Contest.

With the Kingdom Heir coming-of-age celebration fast approaching, the search for a match begins. It is decreed a dance will be held; an anonymous masked ball. !!! THIS STORY IS FOR A CONTEST!!! ~~~ 12 princes 4 weeks 1 choice What can go wrong? Everything! The last thing Elide wanted in her life was to choose her other half according to her father's rules. 12 princes from all over the Kingdom of Amaris and other kingdoms have come to test their luck... But nothing is easy for Elide, especially when her father has the right to make the final choice. But don't let that bring you down because Elide has a plan. She is going to escape this choosing... The news of 4 murders in one night has been spread all over the kingdom. That is nothing weird on a huge kingdom, right? Wrong! 4 princes have been murdered, no one knows who did this, people have chosen their suspects but nothing makes sense. The biggest question is how all 4 princes who were part of the forced-choosing were murdered. As if this is not enough more trouble lines itself in Elide's life, someone's behind her life. A trap is been set. Does she fall for it? Only time can tell. What happens with everyone is really hard to tell......but I can only give one warning: Appearances can be deceptive. ~~~ Co-written by me (@bo0k__nerd) and @shub2005

Laurel finds herself competing in The Game. A deadly competition that only 1 will survive. But there's something about the game that just doesn't seem to make sense... Let the game begin. This is written with prompt 31 of the ONC of 2021. I'm may also just throw in some other prompts. Because I can. Cover art by @I-imagine-dragons

⋆☆⋆ ONC 2021 Longlister ⋆☆⋆ #1 on the #Opennovellacontest2021 on December 6, 2021 Gāyathri is a strong willed girl. A survivor. And an orphan. Bruised and broken from the accident which claimed her parents' lives, she is unsure of her future when she learns of the terms of her father's will. She is reluctant to stay with her paternal grandparents, whom she has never seen, but with four weeks to her eighteenth birthday, she is still a minor and has no choice but follow her father's wishes. She plans to stay the required four weeks and then live her life on her terms. Gāyathri is determined to dislike her grandparents and the family she has never met. Armed with a ceramic jar filled with notes that her father scribbled on, she takes comfort from those words, convinced her father is still around to guide her. What she encounters is not what she expected. What she learns, she never imagined. It gradually shreds her assumptions and shatters her preconceived notions. The final truth, albeit a small one, leaves her desolate and desperate. It forces her to reassess everything she has believed. And to make a choice. To accept that her life was a lie and run away from the family she had always wanted to belong to. Or to use the fragments of truth to be the daughter she wanted to be. ❉ Genre: General ❉ Submission for ONC 2021 - based on prompts 30, 33 and 74 ❉ Cover Credit - painting: halfsaree_girl_by_padmakrishna_db410g5 on DeviantArt.

"Perhaps I am too biased to speak on this matter, given that everything I have, everything I have achieved or had the strength to fight for, I owe to her. Because she showed me how beautiful and how miserable my life could be, only if I chose to make it so. Because she made me the person I am today. My name is Sophia Clarice Stuart, and this is the story of a villain." Davina Hart, a once beloved war hero, now an infamous murderer in prison, and Sophia Stuart, a poor village girl, two women who have nothing in common will cross their paths and form an unbreakable bond that will change them both.

Scientists have discovered a 'dark liquid; that is really at the base of the universe's continual expansion. When a team of researchers isolate some of the mysterious dark liquid, the world is forever changed... for better or worse. ... Dr. Nykia Baccus is on the fast track to the top of her field. her team is on the verge of making scientific history. When they manipulate the building blocks of reality the entire structure comes crashing down. Everything she knows and believes come into question as the secrets of creation are laid bare. Can her mind process revelation? Can reality withstand the shifting paradigms? Only time will tell. ******* Open novella Contest (ONC) submission 2021

⭐Featured on OpenNovellaContest 2021 Round 1 Ambassador Picks|| Bea, Ali, and Sez travel far across the Pacific ocean with their parents to live with their sick Lolo who owns a mango farm in the Philippine province. The siblings--foreign to the new land, language, and customs--find it difficult to adapt to their new home. One dewy morning while following a trail of ants in Lolo's small mango shed, the younger child Sez discovers a peculiar insect and catches it, but to his surprise, the insect screams. A tiny human girl scream. But the fairy was hurt and cannot walk nor fly. With the help of her new friends, the children decide to help the fairy find her way back home before she misses her coronation and her fairy family realizes she's missing or else something bad will happen to Lolo's mango farm. ONC prompt #7 Children's Fiction