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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.

ONC: Prompt 112: "I am a hungry little angel" "You are the devil" Monsters have always lived among humans. Arata is one of them. Or he was, until the night a mysterious and eccentric huntress captures him and binds him to her will. Forced to serve her until he accomplishes duties she refuses to share, he can only swallow his pride and dream his escape. But everything changes when an impossible offer surfaces: a chance to grant their darkest, most guarded wishes. Now forced to ally themselves with the very person sworn to destroy their kind, the two must learn to trust each other long enough to survive. As foes and allies arrive and secrets unravel, the line between captor and captive begins to blur. With both their worlds on the brink of war, Arata must choose between clinging to the life he's always known, or embrace the horror he was born to be. Are monsters born or simply created? Maybe both.

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!

If you're lucky enough to have it, don't take your immortality for granted. Being immortal, I'm sure you'd never imagine that a small sip from a mythical spring could be your undoing. If you should find yourself in this circumstance, I'm sure you'd look for a way to save your hard-earned legacy. Perhaps with an heir, lovingly created with the perfect woman - the love of your life. And if this perfect woman objects to your well-laid out plan, what lengths would you go to change her mind? Any and all? Bastian would.

You're never too old to go on an adventure. ------------ Every year in the kingdom of Asledia, a handful of eighteen-year-olds are chosen by the gods to complete a quest. If they are successful, a grand reward awaits. Gwyneira Fowler is pushing forty and content with her role as both a spinster and an assistant manager at her parents' flower farm. When a cat-sized dragon appears in one of the family hothouses and declares that she has been chosen, Gwyneira's quiet, predictable life is upended. Within days, she finds herself on the back of a strong, steady mule, headed gods-know-where in search of a sacred garden. And the little dragon? She's coming, too, much to Gwyneira's chagrin. Stepping outside of one's comfort zone can be difficult. Sometimes all you need is a little push. And a muzzle for the dragon. ONC '26 Prompt #3: You don't expect much excitement in your quiet garden until the day a dragon suddenly appears among the flowers.

25-year old Lee still hasn't figured out why they could not form any long-lasting relationships, even friendships for that matter. Aside from family members, which they are obligated to talk to, there is no one else Lee had even come close to calling a friend. Well, maybe except for one. -------- Submitted for ONC 2026 @OpenNovellaContest Using the following prompts : 29. You will meet many people in your life. Many will come and go, but some will leave footprints in your heart. 104. While wandering in the woods, you dismiss the rustling behind you as nothing more than wind through the trees until you turn around and realize it isn't the wind at all. 106. After waking at 3AM to a freezing room and a door you're certain you closed, you find wet footprints and melting snow leading from your bedroom into the hall. Realizing someone or something is inside your home, you follow the trail to uncover the truth. All rights reserved by @J. Lee Kennedy, except for images contained in this book. Crayon drawing "Wander XIX" by @Clara Lieu. Copyright of images, including cover art, belong to their rightful owners, and are attributed accordingly, or used in accordance with the rules of Creative Commons licensing as "fair use." Altered, filtered, or edited images are copyrighted by the author in its final form.

Two rival assassin orders rule the shadows: one devoted to silence and order, the other to fire and rebellion. Caught between masks, lies, and shifting loyalties, two assassins with a dangerous past is forced into a game where every truth is a weapon and every choice cuts deeper than the last.

This novella is based on the prompt no. 40 of the Open Novella Contest: You and your greatest enemy are struck by a curse that binds your lives together. The only way to survive is to share a kiss, but you would both rather face death than each other.

Until now, he hadn't spoken in years. He had only listened without a peep. So, when he spoke two words Llevana knew that there was no more keeping the fear away. She knew there were secrets in the town of Riverbound that no one knew of. Each passing year one person would be snatched of coming home, no one knew when it would happen, or how it happened. It just did. It was normal in the small. One year, someone claimed to see a rabid animal take the person, the next a sea monster took them. No one seemed to know anything. And neither did Llevana. Now the secrets will unfold. But will they believe them? -------------- Prompt! 27. When you glance up at the stars, you notice strange patterns and flashing lights. Then a beam appears, and you feel your feet leave the ground.

Tanaka Jiro bonds with a Kitsune father of two daughters while trying to make amends with his own. alternatively, Ten years after a fallout with his daughter Yuki, Tanaka Jiro reaches out to her in hopes of receiving a peculiar kind of aid: a Kitsune prince, cursed by his own child, needs help finding his wife to return to his original form.

Let's dive into the journal of a girl and her journey of love. All she expected, and all she thought she knew about love is not how she always imagined.

Blair discovers a letter buried in her garden. A whole lot of things were strange about this. She had weeded her garden just yesterday and was quite sure of her sound memory that assured her that she had cleared this particular section and had not seen it then. The letter was written in her own handwriting and once again her memory assured her that she hadn't written this particular letter. The letter was dated 2030 and she was quite sure that the current year was still 2026. The letter mentioned that Mark had a crush on her. Ew. Besides, they hated each other. Who on earth is Courtney? And why does she need saving?

Bella captures beauty, status, and secrets with her profession as an artist, painting the faces of the rich and powerful. But when a stranger, who seems not to be of the modern world, approaches her one night with an intriguing request, she agrees, accepting his unconventional terms. Language and mature themes. (Descriptive Sex - Non-Explicit) My ONC 2026 entry. All characters and events in this story are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Any similarities in plot to other works, movies, books, or elsewhere are completely unintentional and coincidental. I work hard to ensure my stories are original, from character creation to the storyline. I never publish unless I am 100% satisfied. No part of this story may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission. Please respect my creative rights.

What would you do if you woke up one day to find the whole world frozen? Every person, car, plant, animal - birds suspended mid flight, people mid step, cars at a complete standstill on usually busy highways. When Nate wakes up in a seemingly ordinary Tuesday he is met with these scenes of complete confusion. He is left alone to question why only he can move? Why the planet is on pause all of a sudden? And how it can be fixed?

In this book, New Friends, their friendships started when Aurora accidentally spilled her coffee on a man. But what will happen? Will they become best friends? Or will they become enemies? A thrilling friendship, added in with teenage feelings This book is participating in ONC challenge

Noah Reyes wrote a book that never went anywhere. Every weekday morning, he rides the same train for five stops, carrying the quiet disappointment of a story that slipped through the cracks of the algorithm. His attempts to promote it on TikTok feel more like confessions than marketing. Until one morning, Noah notices a stranger across the aisle. Leather jacket. Work boots. A biker. And in his hands, Noah's book, worn and dog-eared, being read with the biggest smile Noah has ever seen. Julian Cross did not pick up the book by accident. He found it online, recognized the author from the train, and started reading it not just to understand the story, but to understand himself. Five stops is not much time. But sometimes, it is enough to change everything. - Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2026 Main Prompt: 22. Your book never found much success, but on a train ride you spot a stranger reading it with the biggest smile you've ever seen. © 2026 ↦ onechapteraway

What if the dragon wasn't the knight's worst adversary, but their brother in arms? What if the wolf, instead of being the hunter's age-old enemy, became their closest companion? ➳➳➳ After 150 years of peace, dragons wings once again darken Sïrvean skies. At 18 years old, Soera is little more than a rebellious young woman. She spends all her days hunting in the forest, her faithful wolf by her side. Until the day her father reveals the purpose she was born to fulfill. Her ancestry is one of guardians of an ancient shrine... And the soul of a 150 years old Dragonslayer bound to it, with boredom and viciousness matching her age That same day, a dragon rider lands on Sïrvean ground. She is supposed to end his life immediately. Instead, she ends up stranded in the wilderness with him and his dragon. If she wants to survive, she must join forces with her sworn enemy. ➳➳➳ The ancient walls scream for revenge. The spirits of Soera's ancestors yearn for blood. Soera must choose between duty to her bloodline and the call of her heart.

- Based on prompts 11 and 44. In this world everything changed. Thousand years ago, the apocalypse began and no one could stop it. Continents merged, vanished, or something similar. The cause? Humans and their own destruction. The circle broke when a particular group of witches decided that some people no longer had the right to live. Hard decision truly. And so it happened, 70% of the population was gone, only the lucky ones remaining. The question is which path will those people go to. The one of repair and accept. Or the one of revenge. Rywen. Child of the witch of destruction, of massive power and chaos. Born with the power to heal people, animals. Nothing like her ,,mother", she struggled. She managed to escape them, everyone. Two years have passed since then, and it's her time to face them.

When Leiloa returns to her childhood town, it's not willingly. Spending so much time away has given her the chance to leave behind the memories, some good, some bad, but when her ailing mother begs to visit one last time, she can't say no. As the hours pass, each moment brings a new wave of familiarity, and the nostalgia builds. But as it does, the weight of what was left behind looms overhead, just out of sight. Written for ONC 2026 Prompt: #47 Your Dad builds you and your friends a fort in the back yard close to the edge of the woods. But when you and your friends play, something stirs among the trees, and playtime becomes more than mere imagination. Dedicated to all the leiloa; those who are lost.

Every ten thousand years, a celestial flower blooms. Though all beings in the nine realms fight to obtain it, only the most powerful one will have the right to pluck it. And even then, the flower may choose another. After two hundred years of quiet cultivation with her master, Yin Wan Ling suddenly finds herself competing for dominance amongst the other immortals. But her only interest in the flower is to help learn the identity of the mysterious figure who plagues her dreams. Every night, she runs toward a man swathed in mist and fog. Every night she yearns for him. But his face remains shrouded. Until one night, she finally sees his face...right before he stabs her in the heart.