Nanowrimo2020 Stories

Marrok's story is that of a knight who returns home after battling in a bloody crusade for his king. Although expected by his father, the Lord of White Haven, to find a wife in readiness to to provide an heir, marriage is the last thing Marrok is looking for, until he meets Jane. I've joined up to NaNoWriMo 2020 to write the draft of this Novella which tells the backstory of Marrok, a character from my novel "Dawning of a Seer' which also features on Wattpad whilst I edit it prior to publishing shortly.

The world may be at war, but people still want to have fun. Billionaire Tech Giant Wagner Corp CEO Chester Daniels hires the world's foremost Bio-tech expert, known only as Dr. Noh, for a secret project involving long dead animals. The results are, as you might expect, grizzly. Cover Art by http://www.wendywhite13.tumblr.com

The death of a pharmaceutical mogul's wife brings a rising drug cartel, a compromised police force, and a depressed CEO in a collision course to control a deadly new opiate, DayDream, that makes you dream awake. The drug, the company, the streets of Boston, are all up for grabs. ***** It seemed like any other Boston obituary - Zizi Geber, the wife of pharmaceutical mogul Henry White, dead in a car accident. And still, there are too many questions and not enough answers, especially when the police come knocking at Henry's door saying they found signs of foul play. With his company's drug flodding the streets illegally, the police investigating his wife's death, and shady competitors trying to take him down, the only peace he can find is at the bottom of a pill bottle - or so he thinks. Corrupt detective Graham Dunne thought this was going to be an open and shut case. Accidents happen, after all. But every step he takes, he seems to be beaten to the punch by someone trying to cover up the truth, and the name of the crime family paying his bills keeps popping up. But above all, there seems to be something else, something macabre at play. And in the middle of all: DayDream, the drug that makes you dream awake. Follow a journey of grief, vengeance, murder, and surrealism, as a terrible conspiracy seizes control of a historic New England city, and discover how far a person is willing to go to achieve peace. For peace is only a DayDream away.

Enter a world of desolation and chaos, where the very land beneath your feet is at war. In this new reality, continents shift and the climate changes without warning. Our story begins in the ruins of what was once Darwin, now controlled by barbaric factions ruled by a single 'Prophet.' Amidst this bleak world, we meet our protagonist: a Bacca, a soldier for hire who fights when he's told to and drinks to forget. He may be a hero or an anti-hero, but that's for you to decide. Haunted by his past and the atrocities he's committed, our Bacca wanders the wasteland of old Australia in search of redemption. But as the Prophet's rule grows more tyrannical and the factions' battles intensify, he must choose a side in a conflict that threatens to consume everything and everyone he holds dear. Join us on a thrilling adventure through a world gone mad, where survival is never guaranteed and every decision could mean the difference between life and death. Copyright © 2017 Lee Dawson | All rights reserved. ************************************************************************************************* First original upload - 03/12/17 -- Currently on hold.

Cursed. Evil. Dangerous. The townspeople whisper terrible things about Tara when she passes by. Terrible, true things. Bad luck has a habit of following Tara around. Especially unfortunate deaths. Since before she could do much more than walk and talk, her relatives have dropped like flies; first her grandmother, then her great-aunt Maeve, and cousins, uncles, and finally, her father falls ill. Desperate to protect her family, she heads off to Miralyn Citadel, hoping their famed oracles can lift her curse. On the way, she meets an unlikely friend, Mercury Silvertongue, the famed bard of Byralie. He's no stranger to bad luck, in fact, those around him often suffer the misfortune of a missing coin-purse. When he meets Tara, he knows she's the girl he's sung about since he was young. A song about a girl, her pure white goat, and the dead rising from the grave. Together, they seek help about Tara's curse, but she soon finds herself surrounded by enemies on all sides. How can she survive in a world bent on her destruction? How can she change her luck

Reed and Shelly's partnership has begun to rebuild but must now deal with a strange series of people being paralyzed with fear without reason. An old standing supervillain has made her presence known and she appears to have a history with Celestial Calvary and Thomas himself. When Reed and Shelly become her latest victims, Thomas will have to break a promise if he hopes to have a chance at saving them. Can he control this power in time to overcome his fears or will he fall back into the shadows again?

Rin Sato is a young pre-nursing student that is finally seeing progress in her trek towards registered nursing. Three years into community college and having spent every waking hour of her free time on studying, Rin experiences the down spiral of humanity all from the comfort of her rustic country home. Before the end of the world, Clark Grant spent his days at his Las Vegas job drowning in paperwork or drowning in debt in the 24-hour bar below his cozy bachelor-style loft. His life was in shambles. Yet with the end of civilization and despite the obvious fresh start thrown at his feet, Clark couldn't help but feel jubilantly lonely as he decided to give up his past life and fulfill his dream of exploring the country - without the 'dying part', but of course no guarantees. Zahra and Zelda have quite literally spent the entirety of their life together. As sisters, they were overprotected by their parents until the day the apocalypse hit. They were their own best friends, roommates during college, and each other's sorority partners. They were attached at the hip until death did them part. Despite their parents attempts to reel them in during summer break, the two decided to go on an unauthorized girls trip accompanied by Zahra's unofficial boyfriend, Benji. The only issue is, the sisters (and Benji) are forced to deal with the repercussions of breaking the rules when they are stuck in Los Angeles and they realize that no one is coming to save them. #NaNoWriMo2020 - Attempted, but sort of made it? Got more words in than expected!

Lied to by her magical family, human Siggi must betray them and bind herself to a man she thought was her enemy to save her people and uncover her magic. ***** Living with eternals, beings who survive off human blood, is all human Siggi has known.On the night of her transition she is betrayed by her adoptive family, the royal family of Luxtera. To stop them, she binds herself to Eirik, a man from the opposing land of Myrkria. Her family only wanted her for the power that's dormant in her blood. Escaping Luxtera, Eirik helps her open her eyes to her powers, which are as terrifying as the magic binding them. She must learn to trust herself and decipher whether or not what she feels toward Eirik is from the bond or something more. She has to, or else she'll never be able to stop her family's dark plans. If she isn't careful, the slightest mistake could have irrevocable impact on what she holds dear.

Draco finds himself forced into going to the Boy-Who-Lives birthday party despite the fact Harry and his friend Ron will be there.

In Kreacher's mind the worst punishment he could suffer was the death of a beloved master, but he'd gladly take any other punishment Regulus wanted including sufferings like that which he'd suffered by drinking the potion,. Regulus living of course has repercussions on everyone. Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter. This is one of my projects for NaNoWriMo. Specifically, it's the start of the prequel series for a one-shot I wrote where Neville Longbottom is the boy who lived. The first attempt at a first chapter didn't work and then when I went to write the actual first chapter of the original first story I wanted to write, I found myself realizing I would be going further back, yet I also realized Regulus living would actually change things for everyone, including which boy Voldemort would in fact choose, though depending on what happens after the first chapter - because there are so many possibilities including other possibilities in regards to Regulus and him living, all of which would have profound effects on the plot.

2011: It's been ten years since the sky literally came crashing down around Yael Malkah and upended her world. Now she's returned to New York to visit her ailing grandmother. With no other family, it's up to her to take care of the family business, even at the risk of her sobriety. Haustin Macauley is a firefighter struggling to come to terms with his survivor's guilt, and does whatever he can to drown out the event that still keeps him up at night, even taking reckless risks. The only thing that keeps him going is the people he saved when hell came crashing around him, the only proof he has that he isn't a complete failure. When Yael meets the man who saved her life that fateful day, she can't help but feel a connection in her grief. As Haustin and Yael grow closer, the two must find their way through the minefield of family problems and post-traumatic stress to the possibility of a life that might resemble normal again. Weekly Friday updates. Occasional Tuesday updates.

Rosalie and her husband moved to middle of nowhere, Oklahoma to open up a franchise car lot that they ran back in their hometown of Detroit. In the two years Rosalie has seen her husband come home with lipstick stained shirt collars and terrible make up sex. She begins to learn there is more to the affair that he is having, and enlists in the car lots mechanic to take care of it.

Katie is the ultimate planner, with a carefully created life plan, when she grows up she'll have it all: law career, husband, house and kids. On her boyfriend Mark's thirtieth birthday, he proposes. Except he drops a bombshell, he's bored and leaves on a gap year, without her. Katie wonders if she can plan zest into her life without going abroad, after all, she's on the Partner Track Program at a top-notch law firm and can't just leave. Yet she's always wanted to go skydiving, enter a karaoke competition and she surely could squeeze excitement in as well as achieve her law ambitions. But Dan, a work colleague who lives life by the seat of his pants, believes she's going about things all wrong. It's spontaneity she's missing. Even the greatest plan can go fundamentally wrong in love and at work. Katie can plan to love someone forever, but sometimes that someone doesn't plan to love you back. Sometimes careers can become derailed and even go off track. Can Katie learn to let go because sometimes life needs to be lived in the moment? #NaNoWriMo2020

Life in a world filled with monsters can be golden, so long as you follow the path of Luna. She was said to etch civilizations into cesspools, but from what I've come to know of Eden, the Goddess's grace is not so giving. Luna's gift to all her children is their one true love; their mate. If all one has to look forward to in life is a mate, then maybe living isn't all that much to look forward to. My NaNoWriMo work for 2020.

Allen Porter's life in Bellum, Washington wasn't perfect, but with the best friends he could ask for, a dream of becoming a musician, and a burgeoning relationship, his senior year wasn't going terribly by any means. Until his best friend goes missing. Sending shudders through the small town, Allen must reconcile with the past, himself, and strange happenings that whisper of a world beyond our own. In the magic-filled, emotional, and winding first installment, Allen learns what it means to love, and not to believe everything he sees.

Asmeen, an aspiring Flower Child, has spent her entire life trying to live up to her mother's reputation and become part of the respected organization of the Flower Children. This is the last year she can try, her last chance. But as she grows closer to her rival, Aven, the tensions rise and feelings grow. Asmeen must figure out her feelings for Aven, because it is either her or him who can get in. THE FLOWER CHILDREN is is a story of tangled feelings, competition and sisterhood. As Asmeen and her sisters try to get achieve their life-long dream, Asmeen must try to defeat the man she's growing closer to-because in the end, only one of them will succeed.

A collection of poetry for NaNoWriMo 2020, since I didn't have any narrative ideas for this year. (It's been a hard year) All capitalization/punctuation "errors" are on purpose and for effect -In Progress-

This is an original piece of work and is my project for NaNoWriMo. ---- A class mysteriously gets summoned to another world and are tasked with defeating the demon Lord. Each and everyone of them, determination and will sparking their fires, set their goals to complete this objective. Except one. Meet Dean. An ordinary student and kid who just lives his life with the standards that are expected of him. Instead of partaking in the war, he vacated his class as he states that his level is equal to a peasant with no affinities to the magic and mystical of his new found home. Follow him as he lives his life as he would do ordinarily, as he makes new friends and enemies that he may treasure or leave behind and as he ventures throughout this new world with only his hands and mind to help.

When the Empire sails to Tacree and lays waste to the shape-shifters, there are few survivors. Princess Rosabel will realise her destiny on her journey to save the remnants of her people. ***** Princess Rosabel of the Tacree Kingdom has always known what her duty is; protect her people, marry the prince, and become the greatest shape-shifter to have ever lived since the Mother was created. With her father guiding her and her path set for her, deviation was never an option. But when the crimson and black sails of the Sharlik Empire block out the setting sun on the Blood Ocean, Rosabel's commitment to her duty will be tested, as will her people's faith in her. The young princess will go on a journey to save her people, a goal she may not be ready to undertake. But if her people have any hope of survival, Rosabel will have to realise her power and that she's bound by flame. ***** A book written for NaNoWriMo 2020, this will be very rough and raw as a first draft with minimal planning. This story is a side novel beside the Flame in the Veins trilogy and is based before the trilogy. It's recommended to have read Flame in the Veins before reading this because of spoilers for that book, but this book is a standalone so it's not crucial. Cover made by me.

On a desperate battle to vanquish the conquerors from Lux, five children in our world are kidnapped to join a war for liberation. With only three days to practice their craft and no one to guide them, will they survive the encounter and free all of Nox? Highest Rankings: #1 Bakunawa #2 Philippine Mythology #10 Myth #17 Tarot Cards