Opennovellacontest2021 Stories

PROMPT #59 - MYSTERY/THRILLER ENTRY IN THE 2022 STORMY NIGHTS READING CHALLENGE Harold Pope, contract killer by accident, takes advantage of that fact and crafts a successful, financially beneficial career until, through another accident, becomes his own contract!

Forewarning. This was my first time doing a paranormal kind of story so it is VERY rough around the edges. If you can tolerate a confusing plot that goes somewhere but nowhere at the same time....Well feel free to read. The Face Carver; that was the nickname that the media gave to the lunatic running around the small town of Marington. However, a serial killer is the least of Lauris's problems. When a strange statue of an eye appears on her doorstep, otherworldly, paranormal events start happening around her. Chased by malicious beings, she begins to unravel the mystery of the events and the truth behind the face carver Her perception of reality will change, and assumptions challenged. Perception is in constant flux. Thus, the truth is variable. An entry for the open novella contest 2021. Previously titled 'Madness in 21 Days'

"Falling in love is easy but getting married to the love of your life is difficult" Shreya Desai, is not a typical Indian girl but someone who believes parents chooses best. Love was never Shreya's territory and when asked about marriage, her answer would be simple,"I'm gonna marry the guy, my parents choose!" Vihaan Malhotra, is a carefree guy. He is a big time flirt who doesn't believes in forever. Vihaan had never cared for anyone's feelings, not even his family's but when he meets Shreya, he finds his views changing regarding both, the world and love! With fate colliding both of them again and again, sparks flew and love blossoms but then, it was not so simple with their parents searching a life partner for them! Bound with her morals and Vihaan's love, what will Shreya choose? Her family or her love

Sol, daughter of the Melefica, Betrothed Queen to the Ursa, Mate to the last Draco of the Mother. Pretty titles for a pretty woman, more powerful with her words than with her magic and yet, she could easily bring down Kingdoms around her. Especially the Ursa Empire. Rescuing her dragon, and being called to war, the rightful King of the Draco will burn and rise again, with the power of the Melefica. War is coming. He is coming. ------ Prompt 63 - You, a magic wielder, accidently stole the most fearsome supernatural family's relic Written for Open Novella Contest 2021

Princess Knallia's birthday is less than a week away, and her parents haven't given up hope in her finding the Prince of her dreams. But Knallia has, and her parents decide to throw a masquerade ball in order to gather all of the Princes in one location to make her choice easier. Aven is a young thief on the run from a neighboring kingdom, who had to leave her father behind to try and make enough money to pay off the family debt. When word of a masquerade ball reaches her, she is almost too happy to go. An excuse for a thief to wear a mask near the kingdom's wealthiest citizens, no doubt dripping with jewels? Sign her up! But what happens when the unlikely pair run in to each other, can they become more together than they could have dreamed? This novella was written for the ONC 2021 contest with prompt #87 If you're looking for more gxg books, there are several here on this profile, so by all means go check out: The Inner Ring (Mature) A Rock and a Heart Place (Mature) Cloud Dancing (Mature) Ghosted (Mature) To Those Who Wait (Mature) A Little Dinged Up (Mature) Dead Men's Bells (Mature)

Originally for ONC 2021 ------------------------------ To save their family, Eileen will have to put themselves on the line. The task is simple, but complex at the same time- they just have to infiltrate the Academy, where up and coming villains are trained. It would be pretty easy if it weren't for the fact that their hero descent was a huge problem. Eileen thinks it's no big deal, until they attend the Academy. Things were never as simple as they seemed. ------------------------------ Prompts used: Main prompt: #84: This academy isn't a typical boarding school. No, it's where kids train to become villains- if they pass the entrance test, that is. Nobody at the academy knows you're descended from heroes, and that's the way you'd like it to stay. Other prompts: #1: "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villian" -From The Dark Knight. #4: You're a weapon and weapons don't weep.

A world vanishes into nothingness. The phenomenon hasn't happened in hundreds of years, so the Guardians, an organization charged with keeping each world intact, sends a reconnaissance mission to uncover what really happened. Rosie, a Guardian-in-training; Henri, an expert in interdimensional physics; Nik, the charming diplomat, and thief; and Kova, a pirate captain. What they uncover is far more devastating than one world collapsing. It could be the end of every single dimension ever created.

Family Forté You are cordially invited To The Royally Given's GRAND MASQUERADE BALL To celebrate His Majesty Prince Ander ..... Aarayln, a border warrior for the dimension of Terrathe, and Kingdom of Armonia, was forced to present herself at the King's Masquerade Ball to celebrate the next King to be, Prince Ander. There was the New King would find a Queen. Not wanting to get noticed by him, or the Royal family she escapes the ball and finds herself outside of the castle, but met a young man who seemed to take a genuine interest in her. The problem was, he was the one she tried to hide from. Now, as Evil Given and creatures team up together and try to take over the Kingdom of Armonia and dimensions of Terrathe and Earth, Aaralyn must decide to be Queen or not. Would she help the New King and her Kingdom with her abilities, but lose the freedom and will she was used to having. Or will she choose not to, but lose the love and respect of her people, but most importantly, of Ander's?

It has been ten months since Jean Kelly wandered into a small, sleepy town with no memory of who she was. Leaving the past in the past, she begins to focus on starting a new life. However, just when she is settling into her new life, she receives a mysterious text message..."Agent 23, you have been activated." This message might hold the key to her identity, but what does it have to do with the two men, she just met, from Hollywood who claim she's their missing actress, Justine Kay? Now every time she turns around, new clues to her identity come to light, forcing her to delve into a past that she would rather forget.

Complete. ONC 2021 entry. ONC Longlist and a Round II Ambassador's Pick! Exclusive to Wattpad. Ulthar is a cozy, sleepy town in the Dreamlands, close to the River Skai. It is a cobblestoned, gable-roofed town of pumpkin patches and a sizable population of cats. The only law is that you must never harm a cat, but the town is quiet and peaceful. Cats, humans, fish-people, and cosmic horrors live in unity. And really, the horrors are quite pleasant. Fourteen-year-old Eileen, who escaped the waking world, helps out at the chocolate shop and lives with her inventive adoptive mother, Cecilia Haunt. Besides the occasional cat, zoog, or animate pumpkin snatching the wares away, all is well. That is, until a mysterious eye statue appears in Ulthar. Every night, it moves to a different location. It's the sign of the Great Ones, who long ago left the dark palace of Kadath and went to the sunset city. Listless and hurt over the past, and desperate for an adventure to give herself a purpose, Eileen asserts that this is her chance to make a name for herself at the risk of her own safety and identity. Over the Garden Wall + H.P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle.

ONC2021 - Round two qualifier It's just another normal day for Vee when she wakes up. But so she thought as she began her day. The world is no longer as she knew it to be. Bound in her house, with monsters surrounding her, she has nowhere to go and no one to talk to. Who can she trust? Or where can she go? That is all she needs to worry about until what she realizes is far more horrendous. Will the others trust her, or will she die in the hands of the only living? Dive into the world of the undead and solve her worst nightmare as she tries to survive once it comes true. Just like Darwin puts it, the survival of the mortalist!

The zombie apocalypse was only the beginning. What came after was worse. So much worse. This is my entry for the #opennovellacontest2021

ONC 2021 Honourable Mention! Amby's 2022 Historical Fiction winner Based on prompt 45: 'The war has begun and soldiers are needed. You have two choices: serve as a soldier, or defy the call and disguise yourself as a shepherd.' (C)Spruce_Goose

Fresh out of a troubled marriage, Annie Nolan is faced with picking up the broken pieces her ex left behind. She moves back into her parent's pool house and reconnects with her old friend, Noah. With a Pandemic taking over the world, Noah wants to be the one to fix her problems. Is it possible that after fifteen years, Annie and Noah could move past the friend zone and become more?

When a group of four teenage friends are given a quest in a virtual reality video game to kill a powerful wizard, there's only one thing to do: gather the party and get to slaying. So what if one group member has no idea what they're doing, another has a lawful good god to appease, and the final two are bloodthirsty beyond belief? How hard could banding together and trekking through a monster-filled forest in search of a wizard tower be? ONC 2021 Prompt #59 - "Man I could kill for a good beer," you say. The bartender looks both ways before leaning towards you. "Do you mean that? Because there is someone I would like...disposed of." 1st place (tied) in Pretty in Punk March 2021 Mini Awards 2nd place in the Aeryn Awards 2021 ~ Action/Adventure 3rd place in the Campfire Awards ~ Action/Adventure 3rd place in the Opulence Writer's Awards ~ Action/Adventure Top rankings: 6th in #gamelit 8th in #contestentry 11th in #litrpg 15th in #dnd I don't own any of the images used in the cover, and both were modified. The forest background can be found here: http://www.pngall.com/?p=24469

Harper Holland has started a Twitter account called All Things Breakfast. After several months of dedicated, daily posting, she is proud to say her account has forty-three whole followers, not counting her best friend Olivia. On one completely unremarkable morning, after she crafts an exceptionally beautiful post, she forgets to change from her hole-filled sweat pants into her jeans. But that's not going to ruin her day, right? Except it does, because crashing into a door and thoroughly embarrassing herself wouldn't be complete without an awkward encounter with the most beautiful man she had ever laid eyes on. If she'd known she was going to meet him, she would have been extra sure she was wearing nicer pants. And if she'd known all the trouble that morning tweet would cause, she probably wouldn't have posted that either. I mean, no one wants to start a coup with their breakfast tweets, right? But she did forget to change, and she did post the tweet, so now she has to accept her consequences. The only problem is those consequences keep getting weirder and weirder. Sometimes, being internet famous isn't all it's cracked up to be. *** This novella was written as part of the open novella contest 2021 for prompt number 40.

[ONC ROUND I AMBASSADOR PICKS] "You can't burn all of the witches, dear child. Where one falls, another drinks her blood and rises." A sellsword discovers that perhaps, just perhaps, maybe the humanity she is trying to save doesn't have much humanity after all. © irya kadlec, 2021

[COMPLETE ON PATREON] Fear preys on people's minds when the living no longer outnumber the dead. The city of Old Saint Boniface has a ghost problem. The ghosts have never harmed anyone, but paranoia's economic toll has brought the city to its knees and gotten a succession of mayors elected on promises to control the spread. Janine lives in a part of town more abandoned than inhabited, and has worked a waitressing job at a derelict restaurant for the better part of a decade. Her will to reach for more is gone: each day is reduced to a blur broken only by the fresh air of the street, the old woman who dances beneath the bell tower, and the silent company of the ghosts that walk to and fro, just as they did when living. Janine is not the only one who can see them. But she is one of the few who doesn't care. Janine is there the day the police take the dancing old woman away. But that night, that same woman shows up at her door. She claims to know things about the city's ghosts, and why no one can stop their spread. She asks Janine for a hand in figuring out why Old Saint Boniface's dead can't seem to find rest - before those that have been wandering for too long turn dangerous. ❖❖❖ Trigger Warning: This book contains strong themes and experiences of depression. Complete on Patreon. Entry in Wattpad's 2021 Open Novella Contest. Round II Winner (second place). Round II Ambassador Pick. Longlisted. Complete. Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

⭐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

Siblings can be one of the most frustrating things in the world. On top of Emma's younger brother Blake being gung-ho for Christmas despite their father no longer being alive she also finds herself worrying about embarrassing herself in front of her crush Charlie Calvin. And what is with the two Christmas Elves who mysteriously show up in the garden shed who are dealing with sibling issues as well, let alone the others getting involved? Disclaimer - I don't own Santa Clause or 48 Christmas Wishes. This is written for ONC 2021, but the prompt I selected for this one is "when the siblings found a lost fairy in the garden shed, they decided to help her find the way way home. They were in for an adventure."