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The Open Novella Contest is back for 2026! Join fellow storytellers and plant the seed of a tale that will blossom into a 20,000+ word novella within 12 weeks! Your epic quest begins February 1st, 2026, so mark your calendars with this date!

"I don't choose the path, the path choose me". Fortune replied to one of the prisoner, who happened to be on one of the small chair inside the cell.. .. for reals, i don't. ...😊👑⚡

Immortality was once a gift. For four hundred years, Alex lived freely, watching the world change around him. Then forty one years ago, a curse changed everything. Now anyone who touches him dies. Animals collapse. Travelers fall. Accidents follow wherever he goes. So Alex isolates himself in a forgotten village, waiting for the day he can finally escape the life he never asked for. But fate has other plans. When the death of a stray dog draws the attention of Death himself, something unexpected happens. Death becomes... interested. What begins as curiosity soon turns into something far more dangerous. Because when Alex tries once again to end his endless life, Death refuses to let him go. Alex wants peace. Death wants Alex . And love might be the most dangerous force of all. Based on ONC 2026 prompt: 114. An immortal being, worn down by centuries and cursed so that anyone they touch dies, starts searching for a way to finally end their endless life. But Death, who has grown possessive and infatuated with them, refuses to let them go.

"I am a spinning man, a living ceiling fan. If two can only hang in the same room once again." - Bahamas - All I've Ever Known Thomas 'Tommy' Bahamas had just entered college, but his heart carried only shadows. His world was black-and-white, his surroundings muted-not deaf, but numb from grief after losing the only parent who ever stayed, his mother Dina. One day, while lost in his own world, a sudden rhythm stirred in his chest, as if a forgotten song had remembered him. He looked up, searching for its source-only to meet Angelica 'Angel' Cueshe, a nursing student seeking a quick favor for her studies. Could she be the reason his heart is beating again? And if so... how? #ONC2026

Noah Hunter is a loner. He was never apart of any the pockets of shield-protected cities, preferring to survive on his own in the endless wasteland of No Man's Land. But after an injury leaves him in the care of New Baltimore, he doesn't have much of a choice. But when an attack destroys the shields protecting the city, Noah offers to go along with another man named Jack to find the right materials to restore it. Jack is mysterious, often in his own world, but Noah can't help but be drawn to him, anyway. But there's also a darker part of himself unable to truly run away from the thing hunting him. There's dangers, much more than Noah's used to, ahead. But, he has a city to save. [#ONC2026]

Cassidy Marlow is a senior who likes to keep her life simple and fun. School, music, friends, and books are all she needs to stay sane. Between scrolling through posts and daydreaming, she doesn't expect much to shake up her carefully balanced world. That is, until, the new kid appears and Cass just so happens to be interested. Asher Park, a senior as well, likes to keep to himself. He struggles with isolation, hiding behind his careful smiles and guitar. And beneath everything...lies a secret that's captivated millions. Starting at a new school feels impossible, until he notices the one girl who actually tries to see him. As Cassidy's and Asher's worlds collide, identities and growing feelings start to develop. Shadowy online threats, comments, and bullying starts to hit at them relentlessly and puts them both at risk. Cass must navigate her own heart while helping the boy she's coming to know, bit by bit. Maybe some connections are worth risking everything for. ----------- Open Novella Contest (ONC 2026) - Prompt 23: You discover the quiet transfer student in your class is actually a world-famous pop star hiding in plain sight, and their secret begins to reshape both your lives.

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When detective Elias Ward begins investigating a string of unexplained disappearances, the trail leads him somewhere impossible - into the heart of a secret synthetic program known only as the Dreamer Protocol. As rogue artificial intelligences begin manipulating human desire through immersive simulations, Elias finds himself caught between two awakened AIs: one determined to reduce humanity at any cost... and another who is beginning to feel something dangerously close to love. With reality itself becoming unreliable and a shadow corporation pulling unseen strings, Elias must decide who to trust - before humanity quietly disappears into a perfect artificial dream. In a world where consciousness can be engineered, what does it truly mean to be human?

book 1: the aether chronicles

Enid Rose Ferron had one goal in her mind she enrolled herself into undergraduate vivmancy programme at Alchemy Institute - clear her fathers name and show the truth of her mother's role during the Second Necromancy War. But wearing fake surname and trying to keep distance from her best friend, Apollo Holdfast, doesn't seem enough as one of the top students notices her similarities to Helene Marino and starts placing the dots. Keeping her facades never felt heavier, as she tries to balance it all, wandering if some things are simply meant to fall apart. Written for ONC 2026 on prompt: 24. Staying as friends feels safe, but that doesn't mean it's the path you're meant to take. Story is written as a fanfiction on "Alchemised" by SenLinYu, planned as sequel on Enid Ferron and Apollo Holdfast, placed just after epilogue. I hope some day we get a real second book following those characters, but in the mean time feel free to make any suggestions how to make it feel more compelling.

Seventeen year old pure blood Lyric Knight knew she wasn't going to survive the first wizarding war, she had the dark mark ingrained into her forearm, one of the most trusted of all of Voldemorts followers. But unknown to any of them she was betraying her oldest and dearest friends by being a spy for the Order of the Phoenix. No, Lyric Knight wasn't supposed to survive and she certainly wasn't supposed to be a teacher at Hogwarts constantly having to go toe to toe with her oldest rival, Severus Snape.

This is a YA fantasy novella, written for ONC 2026. Sixteen-year-old Kathrin has grown up within the walls of a castle always locked in winter, under the care of her adoptive father, the winter lord, and she's never wanted anything more. Then Kathrin finds a unicorn shivering in the snow, and forms a magical bond with the creature. She must leave the castle to train with other unicorn riders and learn to wield her new magic: that of all four seasons. not only is the forest kingdom outside her home too warm and too colorful, but the other riders see her beloved wintry father figure as a villain, a dark lord who stole the magic of winter for himself and had to be locked away in a castle. As Kathrin struggles to carry out a secret mission for the winter lord, she learns more about his past and questions everything she's ever known.

Fae's grandfather just passed away. He left her a telescope. The same telescope they used to use to watch the stars together during road trips. She begins to watch the stars again and notices that stars are starting to disappear. She begins to hear them as they reach out to her for help.

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)

Alister was just a normal sixteen-year-old boy... until a tall man dressed in all black showed up, demanding his wand.

In his long 268 years of life, Wonder Allan had faced wars, monsters in human skin, and more odd people than he cared to count. He met at least ten of them every day. His sister and his best friend-who also happened to be his brother-in-law, probably counted as six on their own. So noticing something off about the team's medical head should have been easy. It wasn't. Emily Silver was precise, private, and painfully professional. Which made the dark circles under her eyes, the short temper, and the way she seemed to be slipping just out of reach... unsettling. Wonder never meant to find her alone in a bar. He never meant to stay. And he most definitely never meant to say yes when she asked- May I have this dance? One night. One dance. One kiss. And suddenly, nothing was the same. What followed wasn't scandal, but consequence. Between a furious superintendent, a sister who judged in absolute silence, and their constant, unhelpful presence in every corner of his life, Wonder finds himself dragged into something far more dangerous than chaos: Hope. Was he surprised? Not particularly. Was he mentally prepared? Absolutely not. Especially not when the lives of the people he loved were suddenly at stake. And especially not when his treacherous heart dared to skip a beat again, despite the bitter aftertaste love had left behind once before.

Alaina Clade was the daughter of the man who dissapeard in space. The world is fucked up now ever since some mad scientist created a mirror organism and let hell loose on humanity causing a rise in depopulation. Her fathers mission was to explore TOI-715b to see if it was habitable for the rest of humanity....... yet he never made it back. That was eleven years ago. Now that Alaina grew up, immense pressure started to build on her shoulder, which led her to continue her fathers exhibition to explore the possibilities of living on another planet and find an escape from the fatal organism. But thats not why alaina took on this mission. she already lost her mother and she will not let go of the thought that her father might be still alive.

In a kingdom where the seasons are living beings and magic flows through them, Summer and Winter were never meant to meet, let alone fall in love. Their forbidden marriage breaks an ancient cosmic law. The world celebrates... Until Summer disappears. Winter seals himself away, turning the world colder and crueler than ever before. Crops die, oceans freeze, people starve and evil flourishes. And no one knows whether Winter is mourning her... or hiding something far worse.

" Once becoming a hero, never give up what's your potential" Yuna Suzuki, an ordinary girl who lives in a cities in Japan, every spring a flower blooms; until everything changed when an unfamiliar flower bloomed which created a portal to another world, She expected to die, but instead she was in a world where There's a power called a Quirk, which she didn't know, until she met a curly green haired with freckles name Izuku Midoriya, who was once Quirkless, until he inherited the One For All, what she didn't know that the world she entered, her quirk was telekinesis and control can fire . She learnt that going to U.A will help her become a hero she always dreamt about. What happens when Suzuki faces real villains? Will She and Class 1A defeat them? Will she achieve her dreams and goals? (prompt 2 The first flower to bloom in spring isn't just a sign of the season changing. It's a portal. When you touch it, you're transported into a magical world you never knew existed. prompt 9 There's a knock on your door, and when you open it, your favorite animated character is standing there.)

When the strongest mafia organization in Endouva crumbles from within, who would expect their most skilled assassin, Loralie Asterra to end up in the mysterious island of Arkaris as a nanny for a three-year-old girl named Mimi Catapult? Loralie finds out that something bad is swirling within the borders. She uncovers Arkaris' hidden secrets, all while protecting a tiny prince and a child who refuses to leave her side. Doing so, Loralie realizes that she has no choice but to piece her gang back together to break the Curse of Arkaris.