Opennovellacontest2019 Stories

A cursed jewel thief and a desperate gangster must work together to save their two worlds. Leo Kane keeps his feet firmly on the ground. His whole life is focused on protecting his younger brother Kaleb. When Kaleb is kidnapped by sky pirates, Leo is willing to risk it all to get him back. Finn Grace likes to keep her head in the clouds. She may be a thief, but she's a dreamer too. For years she's worked to save-and steal-enough to start a new life in another city. Her plans for the future come crashing down when a dangerous heist leaves her cursed. The only hope she has now is to break the curse before it takes her life. As their goals bring them closer together, they begin to realize that their problems are more connected than they thought. Only together can they save their worlds. Based on the Cursed Jewel and Flying World prompts.

"Are you my Karma in a masquerade, punishing me for my sins, while I was falling in love with you?" Nicholas cried, stepping closer. I withered by the sofa as he flooded his glass with wine, it's scarlet staining the trail of struggle betwixt us. His drunken face plastered with a forceful smirk that failed to hide his painful eyes, as he raised his glass at me. "I raise a toast to your successful pretentiousness." "My lie was hiding my truth, but my love wasn't. And the truth is, I don't deserve to love or be loved. You fell in love with everything about me, yet not me," I confessed, as tears seeped down my eyes, filling my empty glass. He crashed his heavy body on mine, as his wine drained down my transparent shirt stripping my misfit identity. His hands tugged at my skirt, unzipping it, as I held him midway. "No-" I hissed. "I fell in love with a human. But you were only a delusion," Arjun expressed. ••••• ❝To bully or be bullied, to love and yet be hated- The third gender only knows the extremes.❞ Things have never been simple for Karnika aka Karn, a trans person who identifies as 'female'. And life takes a turn when she is forced to juggle as a male and a female, in and outside school. To complicate things further, her love Arjun knows both Karn and Karnika, but as two different individuals. As the yarn of her dual life unfurls intertwining her in its threads of complications, how long can she withhold her truth from the love of her life? 18 in #transgirl (28.04.19)

The war against vampires and the disease that creates them is unlike any other humanity has ever faced. With one bite, people are transformed into enemy combatants. No matter how loyal, how well-trained, or how disciplined someone is, the result is always the same. Each person is plundered for information, then pleasure, and then fed back into the conflict to destroy everything they value. Sergeant Wren Horan leads a squad whose sole purpose is to find and kill such vampires. On one fateful mission, she encounters more than a group of fledglings. She walks into a massacre and faces what she fears most: turning. But when she wakes up, it's not as a mindless fledgling. It's as something else entirely.

Becky is staying with her parents, after an acrimonious breakup, when her bedroom cupboard starts singing to her in the middle of the night. As she investigates she finds a long forgotten heirloom, bequeathed to her by her great great aunt Rosalind years ago. Things get really weird and kind of creepy when it starts to talk. Written for the Open Novella Contest II - since I had such fun last year. This is for Fantastical Stories, prompt #8 - check out the author's notes for a complete run down.

*Entry for Open Novella Contest 2019* - Made it to the Long List Jasmine has finished university and is now working at an events management company, East Meets West, specialising in South Asian events. Jasmine has never had to organise a wedding event, much to her relief, as she has just one teeny tiny issue with weddings... she doesn't believe in love. So what happens when her boss tasks her with organising a wedding event for a big client? Will she be able to organise it without barfing at the mention of love? Or will it change her mind on the whole idea of love...?

Raven has woken up from a two-year coma. Upon waking up, she remembered very little of her past; she couldn't even remember the faces of her family members. Five months pass and Raven starts to get up to speed with her past life. She goes back to the daily grind: school work, cleaning the house, talking to friends, and most important...taking care of her younger sister. Though Raven didn't remember her family, they treated her with kindness. Raven grew close with her sister, the two of them became inseparable. That is, until one day, her sister goes missing. Due to the coma, Raven forgot her memories, but there was a certain vision she couldn't get rid of. First, the vision shows a little girl standing in front of a tree. However, the vision changes when a woman appears, back facing Raven just as the little girl did. They shared similar appearances. Will the vision help Raven locate her missing sister? The problem is Raven doesn't know who has taken her. {Cover made with canva.com} -Best Ranks- #9 in Shoes #332 in Suspense #170 in OpenNovellaContest2019 #2 in FunToWrite #130 in Petals #802 in Roses

7 years ago, in one of the safest corners of Bane, Krissa Prime learned the hard way that nowhere in the world is completely safe. It happened when she tried to sleep, and now, the gambling teenager has a terrible case of somniphobia, an aversion to sleep. Her only reason to keep living? The hope that one day, she may get out of Bane alive. Ever since she was saved by that beautiful, mysterious girl with the short raven hair, she made a promise to herself to go back to living the utopia, Maynew. But one day, when they meet again by chance, the raven-haired girl urges her to hope otherwise, because underneath the utopia lies a dark and terrible secret... ☐≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈⊹✣❖✣⊹≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈☐ I hope you like this story! I would appreciate feedback. A simple comment expressing your thoughts on it so far would be sufficient ^,^ I've taken a lot of inspiration off of "The Hunger Games," as well as, "Detroit: Become Human," "NO. 6," and, "Terminator." I hoped to twist my own cool little tale from all of these stories, and a few more, as I'm a big fan of the dystopian-future and cyberpunk genres.

[ Former Wattpad Picks: Editor's Choice] [2019 ONC Ambassador Pick] [Open Novella Contest Longlist] [Completed] Moriah Hanlon is a new, biracial girl in Pachuck, Oklahoma trying to come to terms with her twin sister's death while also adjusting to her mom's psychotic episodes. When a foreign exchange student goes missing, Moriah discovers unsettling things about Pachuck's dark past. Things like kidnappings, sacrifices, and a weird obsession with hogs. After a secret club leaves letters addressed to her, claiming to "watch her", she fears she'll meet the same fate as the missing foreign exchange student. Now, Moriah has 24 hours to figure out who's behind the kidnappings, or she might be next. Inspired by a writing prompt from The Open Novella Contest, Like Lambs Led gives us a glimpse into an Oklahoma town that's willing to kill for their secrets... 🐺 🐺 🐺 05/26/19 #1 Bingeworthy 02/20/19 #1 Teen Thriller 02/20/19 #12 Open Novella Contest 02/01/19 Featured Wattpad Picks: Editor's Choice 01/16/19 #10 Novella 01/16/19 #6 Identity 01/16/19 #1 Oklahoma

Captain Halton or also known as Stefan who was sent to Planet 14 with a team of researchers to seek new information, returned with an extra memory in his mind. Being the only survivor on Planet 14 for five months alone had brought much torment in his body, mind, and soul. Stefan kept humming a melody unknown to mankind on Mars and mumbled about an existence. On his ride back, Stefan realized that being rescued from Planet 14 means more than just surviving.

She thought he is in love with another man. He thought she will never love him. She thought he is gay. Well he is not.

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"Cover!" somebody cries. "Find Cover!" The grasslands before us are too flat, the forest too big and dangerous; there is only the graveyard, low gravestones to duck behind as another grenade erupts behind us, spraying mud and dirt and stones and limbs high into the air. A hand grabs mine- Tat, of course it's Tat- and then we're running, sprinting, leaping over fallen stones and uneven ground. There- a headstone, wide enough to hide us both, at least for the moment. Bullets are slicing through the air, from the front, from the back, friendly fire, enemy fire- difficult to tell apart in the dark. Another flash from a grenade and I can see Tat's wide eyes, half wild, yet with a hard glint in them- fight- and he turns, peeks over our cover, promptly ducking again, when a bullet skims over the top of his helmet. *+*+* It is the year 1916 and the war is tearing Europe apart. The story follows Albert Licht, 19, a young German soldier and his friends as they graduate school and find themselves enlisted to fight in a war not their own. *+*+* written fo the Open Novella Contest 2019

Janey is a young adult who lives with her father. At some point in her childhood, her mother gives her a bracelet and it remains forsaken somewhere in her room, until one day... The antique bracelet happens to be a quite unique jewel; this little object promises to unleash some interesting stories.

Anna is a 16 year old girl, and had just had the worst year of her life. Grades went down and death toll went up, her friend got mad and her mother got sad. However, this summer, Anna is planning to turn her life around. But with a mother struggling with mental health, feelings for your best friend, and worrying about an upcoming track meet that could help you pay for university, that's easier said than done. ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ Open Novella Contest Contestant!

A mysterious defector from the Airborne nation. A Seafarer prince desperate to end the war of a century. Secrets, lies, betrayal and love. What else would you expect in the eye of the storm?

It was meant to be a special occasion, but everything changes when KJ's seven year old sister vanishes at their father's wedding. All there is a trail of red flower petals leading to nowhere. Where did she go? What happened to her? All in the same week a new mysterious neighbour has moved in next door. KJ can't help but notice that there is something about her, and soon realises how Camellia resembles an older verison of his sister. *This is my entry for the Open Novella contest II.

The course of investigative journalist and 26-year-old Marina Davis' life is changed completely after a one night stand gone wrong. She wakes up the next morning to find her lover, Emmett, has disappeared completely. Marina isn't the only one looking for Emmett, however, so are the police. Murder. Deception. Cover-up. Who is really telling the truth? Will Marina expose Emmett for what he truly is or find out what is really going on? Read "The Morning After" to find out! #4 in #CoverUp Cover by @Crimson_Graves

Just this year, Paola has finally achieved her dream of owning a plant nursery, but the amount of work overwhelms her. It's time to hire someone. Requirements for hiring: 1. Punctual 2. Eager to Learn 3. A Love for Plants As she looked for the perfect employee, she noticed an application from her university obsession. Bonuses for hiring: 1. Great Distraction From University Bullies 2. Mysterious Background Equals Lots to Learn 3. Attracted to Paola?! What could go wrong with hiring him? The answer to that is more than Paola expected.

Cover Credit: @ILoveMusic060803 Alexia Kemp was probably one of the most kind, pure girls that her friends, and family knew. She was always there to help, even when she had a lot of things on her plate. Little did they know about the feelings growing inside of Alexia. Heck, little did she know about them- dark feelings that she couldn't shake. As everyone, Alexia has a dark side, darker than most. Does she have the power to release the darkness when her family and friends are at stake? Is she willing to take the risk summoning the dark will have?