Ownvoices Stories

🏆 Watty Award Winner (2022) This updated edition includes revised chapters and new scenes. Trans guy Collin makes a bet with his coworker that he can land a date with the hot new barista across the street. It should be easy. Except the more time he spends with her, the more the bet starts to feel like the worst idea he's ever had. ### It's 2003 in Santa Cruz, and 21-year-old Collin thought transitioning would be the hard part. But now that he's on hormones and passing with ease, he's still stuck wondering who he is and where he belongs. It doesn't help that his girlfriend of six years just dumped him. So when his coworker challenges him to prove he's still got game, Collin agrees to a stupid bet: get a date with Heather, the cute new barista who just started working at the café across the street. With some unexpected help from his roommate Sam, getting close to her might be easier than Collin expected. But what starts as a harmless distraction quickly turns into something real. And when the truth behind the bet finally comes out, Collin will have to decide whether risking his heart again is worth it... or if he's about to lose the best thing that's happened to him since the breakup. A nostalgic beach-town rom-com about bets, baristas, and what happens when pretending turns into something real. ☕ Tropes: friends-to-lovers vibes, a very bad bet, coffee shop flirting, early-2000s nostalgia, and learning who you are while falling in love. NEW CHAPTERS EVERY TUESAY & FRIDAY

Mansour codes love for a living. Ironic, considering he's never experienced it. When his CEO boss Khalima proposes a deal - nine months together, no strings, just proof that someone could actually love him - he says yes. Mostly because she didn't give him a choice. The problem? He already has a girlfriend. Sort of. Bella is perfect: always available, never jealous, completely devoted... and entirely artificial. An AI girlfriend he pays for monthly, because at least she won't ghost him. But now he has a real woman challenging everything he believes about himself - and a digital one who's not willing to share. One man. Two women. Zero emotional stability. Some bugs can't be patched.

One man is her family's dream. The other could be her undoing. Suraiya Rao has never quite belonged. She's not white enough for society, not brown enough for her family... not enough for anyone. She's spent her life walking a tightrope between British reality and Indian expectation, doing everything by the book, no matter the cost. Then one chance encounter changes everything. Haydn Ellis Clarke isn't part of the plan. He's rich, ridiculously handsome, and absolutely not the man her family has chosen for her. But he sees her - not the dutiful daughter or the girl buried beneath generations of pressure, but the version of herself she's never dared to be. Mendhi My Heart is a story of identity, belonging, and choosing love, even when it means breaking every rule. Because love doesn't always arrive in the "suitable" package. Sometimes, it wears torn jeans... and gives your grandmother a heart attack.

Patrick Lee didn't want to become a super-villain. As far he's concerned, he's actually a pretty cool guy. A thrill-seeker and a dork, he spends most of his time fooling around with friends and working in a church nursery. That is, until a botched murder attempt from his handsome soon-to-be nemesis thrusts him into a world of magic and not-so-heroic superheroes. Vowing to use his powers only for good, Patrick finds himself on the wrong side of both the law and powerful superheroes. But the magician who tried to murder Pat is still hunting him down, and while other parts of his identity threaten to leave him jobless and broke, Patrick can't help but get himself wound up in cults, revolutions, and sinister plots that shake his views on good and evil. Patrick didn't want to become a supervillain, but sometimes, to do the right thing, you have to play with a little dark magic. *** COMPLETE Beautiful cover by @foxinscreamingcolor!

Laura just wanted to know the time. The wrong question, asked to the wrong person, at the wrong moment - and the world never quite came back. Now the clock reads 00:00. The neighbor waters flowers with a dry hose. And the voice echoing in her head isn't only hers anymore. The Endless Cycle is a quiet descent into a fragmenting mind - one that isn't sure it wants to be put back together.

The Flaming Heart follows Odelina, who is a pixie, as she is kicked out of the Ezzarith, the pixies' land and taken in by the aen laite, humans who have a connection with dragons and are the pixies' enemy. Odelina has odd wings and has been ostracized by the pixies for it. Her mother was taken away when she was a year old and she never knew her father. Odelina falls in love with the general of the aen laite, Zefira. (cover art is by @sitcomabed on twitter)

***A sequel to Fright Fest 2016 Gold Winner RED RAIN*** "Surprise! This is a different kind of superhero story!" -Deadpool Red Rain was just the beginning. Blue Monday made everything worse. Luca Scagliotti used to be on the sidelines as far as the increasingly weird - and lethal - goings-on in the life of his best friend were concerned. Alex Snow no longer wanted to be involved, especially after losing the two people he loved the most in the space of only a few months. Destiny had other plans. The war against Preston Holly and his armies of light scrivs will be fought on two fronts - one for each of the two universes, Prime and Second. As they get dragged into this fight to save the mortal souls of both 'verses, Luca and Alex will reunite with loved ones, race to prevent acts of terror, and confront the mysteries of life, death, and the afterlife which have spent so long boggling their minds. (Third in the Red Rain series. Cover designed by @Whisperingwater.) Reader Reviews: "I think my mind may have just been blown." @WhenWeBleed

When Kirti, an anxious yet curious girl navigating her chaotic first year of college, crosses paths with Agastya a rising archery champion she finds herself captivated not just by her talent, but by the calm strength Agastya exudes. As their worlds briefly overlap through stolen glances at the archery ground, silent walks in the park, and shared moments that speak louder than words Kirti begins to confront feelings she never expected. But love isn't always loud. Sometimes, it's in the silence, in the slow build of trust, and in learning to hold someone's hand even when the world isn't watching. A heartwarming, slow-burn romance about self-discovery, courage, and the beauty of falling for someone in the most ordinary way.

🍂 A story about dusty stairwells, yellow high-tops, and the quiet spaces in between. Hazel and Clara have a rhythm. Two quick steps, one slow. It's a rhythm that has survived since sixth grade, tucked away in a fortress that smells like turpentine and radiator dust. But as sophomore year begins, the world feels a little too loud. Sebastian is blasting pop music, the hallways are full of drama, and everyone seems to be chasing a "happily ever after." Hazel is just trying to find where she fits when the rest of the world feels like a script she didn't study for. 📓Everyone expects a romance. I just want a place to breathe 📓

The story uncovers the life of a Royal Princess Meera Singh and her love story with a Thai actress. "Love knows no borders. Not even royal ones."

***CAMP NANOWRIMO APRIL 2017 - CERTIFIED*** ***A sequel to Fright Fest 2016 Gold Winner RED RAIN*** "Lately I've been thinking. Do you think I'm the Devil because I'm inherently evil, or just because dear ol' Dad decided I was?" -"Lucifer" "Wearing a cross is one thing. Living by it is another." -Michael Schofield, "Prison Break" Red Rain was just the beginning. Blue Monday made everything worse. White Shadows started setting things right. The Black Mirror threw some wrenches in the works. Gabe Snow's spent a few happy months with his boyfriend and best friend getting back into school for the first time since any of them died. Alex Snow just wants to have an easy-going Christmas with his friends back in the mortal world, though he can't help but miss those he's lost. Two more brothers, both with their own long history of daddy issues, are working to protect them. Divine intervention, however, may not be enough when one enemy is the Peppermint Corporation, with its lack of qualms about tampering with history, and the other uses his divine origins to mask his true, devilish nature. (Fifth novel in the Red Rain series. Cover designed by @Whisperingwater.)

Just some oneshots i make about my ocs. I'll state the universe on the title of each chapter. I'll probably do a portuguese version of this for the oneshots in portuguese. And not update this as much as the Kiss prompts one

[This is the translated version of my original Indonesian story. To support me or read the Bahasa Indonesia version, visit my profile] In an alternate version of the 2000s, where technology surges forward and magic-once revered-is hunted to the edge of extinction, lives a young man named Hans. By day, he is a quiet bartender, blending drinks for patrons who never suspect the truth: buried deep within him lies a power passed down from his mother, a healer and sorceress, and his father, a drunken gambler entangled in the shadows of the criminal underworld. For years, Hans has lived in silence-choosing solitude not for peace, but to shield himself from the scars of his past and the shame that clings to him like a second skin. He hides his power, not out of cowardice, but out of pain. That is, until a stranger walks into his bar. A dark-skinned man from the southern isles, the stranger calls himself Kaelani-or Kaelan. But he is no ordinary guest. He carries with him a sorrow deeper than grief, the remnants of a lost homeland-Maluʻia-an archipelago laid to ruin by the very technology that now rules the world. Like Hans, Kaelan is a mage, a guardian of protective magic betrayed by the one he loved. That betrayal cost him his people, his purpose, and nearly his soul. Their meeting is no coincidence. Two fractured souls, exiled from the destinies they were meant to fulfill, begin to find flickers of hope in each other's quiet company. But beyond the whispered conversations and the soft hum of city nights, the world stirs once more. Magic is awakening-and Hans may be the key that time itself has tried to forget.

Finding Meesha alone, he approached her on the side walk. The sun was hanging low on the horizon leaving an orange glow across the shore. "Now that your girls are gone, let's be real," Mike spoke. She was prepared to give him the real Meesha as he put it. But when she turned, she looked at him. No shades, no barriers, just the two of them standing on the sidewalk inches apart. Words failed her. His eyes were the most beautiful shade of brown. And at moment she couldn't describe what exactly they were doing to her. He was a full head taller and his broad shoulders eclipsed her shadow as her back now faced the sun. He was fione. No, he was more than that, he was beautiful.

Four princesses from the districts of Brown Town are accepted at the prestigious Brown Queen University, the only remaining university in the country to train princesses into the official royal family. Of course, there's a catch. The selected Brown Queen must be the epitome of what it means to be the most socially accepted and desired brown girl in all of Brown Town. Who will the next queen be? Or more interestingly, who will the next queen NOT be?

Tyler is about to go on his first date since transitioning. He's finally feeling confident and ready to move forward in life. He's met a girl on Tinder as you do these days, what could go wrong? Only problem is he hasn't told her he's a trans guy. He wants to be normal for once. Will it work out? Will he fall in love? At what point will Tyler have to tell his date his secret? Written by an own voice author, lets explore this topic together.

from the swahili word meaning "bridge." let this connect my queerness to my blackness. let this connect all those that are different. let this connect you to me.

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'Death never stops surprising you.' A sentiment Aria knows all too well. Her world on its surface is perfect. A completely enclosed ecosystem protected from the nuclear winter of the Outside World. No sickness, no famine, nothing to worry about. Nothing that is except for Spectre, the computer system that determines who lives and dies annually based on their importance to society. Somehow everyone around her seems to cope, but seeing as how Spectre has taken every member of her family, Aria struggles to fall in line with the status quo. Whether it's pressure from the powers that be, her first potential love, or full on revolution, Aria seems to be pulled in every direction, each one with drastic consequences, and no clue which way to go.