Onc23 Stories

~Wattys 2024 shortlister!~ ~ONC 4th place winner!~ ~ONC Ambassador Pick~ There's always that one thing you just can't be bothered to care about. For drug dealer Nathan D...

"Did you know your hand is soft and creamy like butter?" I can't even fight back the blush this time. My head even starts spinning as I feel my whole face and...

They said it would be a relaxing week in the woods with friends. Graham thought returning home for the first time in eight years would be the hardest thing he'd have to...

The mission - colonize the slopes of Olympus Mons on Mars before the Pacific Alliance lands. The challenge - something isn't quite right with the site foreseen for the c...

Grimhelde didn't choose to hunt the creatures of the night. Even though her family had been hunters for generations, she chose to leave and lead a normal life. But, as i...

An ONC shortlister! The long-forgotten god of chaos awakes when a small child drops a piece of candy onto his altar, unwittingly becoming the high priest of chaos. The g...

Bela Everheart, thought she was about to have her Happily Ever After with her best friend since diapers, Michael Green, but she couldn't be more wrong. Michael's eye had...

ONC 2023 Entry- Inspired by Prompt 57; "Unkown to everyone, you are battling a life-threatening condition. With only a couple of weeks to live, you help your friend...

A well known mercenary, Jenny Montanari, is hired to assassinate the head knight of the royal guard, Valentine Anh. When attempts go wrong, Jenny chooses to go undercove...

[❌] archived "When you touch a mirror, and it ripples like water, dive in." Those are the words that send Arya on a wild goose chase to uncover the secret behi...

'Death is coming in the Autumn.' That's what Tira tells Verity. But Verity is stuck in her life, and doesn't understand just what's at stake, until it's much too late...

Mariana is contracted to set up a brand new restaurant. Known for her through and elegant designs, she's one of the best in the business. The only problem is, not even M...

Prompt 21. One dark and stormy night a family went missing, they left everything behind. All their belongings including phones, laptops, and cars. Nobody, not even the p...

Jade Snow by day, Sapphire Bullseye by night. Sandshore. A place of beauty and disaster. She is one of the top assassins in the underworld. Sent out to kill and steal...

First published 04/23 Plot: Charlotte McAndrew is a curse breaker in the city of Glasgow, trying to run her own curse breaking company with Maggie Harper and Jack Grace...

When monsters are discovered near the border to the Maswain Kingdom, and one is captured and brought back to the castle, Aurelia, lady-in-waiting to the crown princess...

A cunning Pirate's long-lost treasure. A three hundred-year-old curse. A wicked taste of rum. ------ When dangerous paranormal activity threatens her life, teen psychic...

It's referred to by several names: the ghost frequency, the haunted frequency, the fear infrasound. You can't hear sound at 18.98 hertz, but your body feels it, and when...