Opennovellacontest2020 Stories

Synopsis: Dimi has been haunted by dreams of an impossible library. The layout made no sense, it went on forever, and something was calling him ever deeper inside. For months it has occupied his mind and it was creeping into his waking life. One day while mindlessly scrolling through his feed he saw a photo, taken in Matthew's Cove, that stopped him cold. The photo was the entrance to the library that had been haunting his dreams. There was no doubt about it. He dropped everything and went straight to the bus stop. Dimi could not resist the call. But the idyllic seaside town of Matthew's Cove is not as it seems, and Dimi may not be ready for what he finds. Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2020 Prompt: 24 Millennia ago, your kind was cursed by an angry goddess. Ever since then, you've all been confined to human bodies while the rest of the world believes dragons are no more.

COMPLETE. Eli just wants to get through college in one piece, but that goal is cast aside the day he awakens from his simulated reality. Will Subject 801 submit to the system? Or will he fight his dreamscape-- and those desperate to keep him there? Featured on WattpadExplorer's Hidden Gems reading list. Added to the 2020 Shortlist.

Between the fictional towns of Humboldt, Trenton, Milan, and Alamo, Tennessee stood the mythical community of McGhee's Corner on Alternate Highway 120 (120A North and South.) McGhee's Corner Road ran East and West. The Corner housed a combination Momma McGhee's Café and General Store, McGhee's Auto Repair Garage, and a one room branch of Trenton's Farmer's Bank. The Community also showcased two churches and a three-room McGhee's Elementary School. Angelica is an unhappy transplant from Illinois. Hector is the local high school quarterback. They alternated an on-again and off-again fracas enduring ten years. The community believed they will settle down, but when or if...

They say that Desire can take a man's sorrow away. They say that for a price, he can remove anyone's misery and make them happy again. And Captain Finnian Blankley is very miserable. When he stumbles upon an object that might take him straight to the legendary Desire, Finnian jumps on the chance to take away his crushing guilt for good. With a ship that can find lost things and a healthy dose of immortality, he sails far and wide to an island that exists outside his existence, where nothing is as it seems and dangerous games can win dangerous prizes. There, Finnian searches, but even Desire himself seems to be a little more sinister than meets the eye. One thing is for sure, no matter what the cost, Finnian is determined to find happiness. And he'll do whatever it takes to get it.

[EDITING] One day on the farm, Ciara climbs her favourite tree, only to find a magical creature lives there. A white dragonfly transforms to a baby dragon when she reaches to touch it. She lands in a world of magic, where she finds the mysterious Skye-voice from her dreams has decided she is the one who will speak to the Council of Magi and prove she's the 'sign of courage' they need. She must approach the Dragons of Aulde and reunite the humans at last with the Heart of All Lands. [ONC 2020 - Children's Fiction - 20K goal - Prompt #2] Heartfelt thanks to Hafsah @GeminiGraphics for the beautiful cover.

Prompt: You sold your soul to the devil years ago. Today, he gives it back to you and says, "I need a favor."

Here in lies a one-shot cut from Beyond Titans. Disclaimer - I don't own Teen Titans or Young Justice. - Diner Discussion - This was originally intended as chapter three, but got cut because the story didn't flow well.

2020 ONC LONGLISTER Bixler finds himself alone on a dead poisonous world. Here he will stake his claim and start over. He has the ability to engineer the colony into the perfect world, free from all of humanity's wrongs and vices. But as the years go by and his colony grows, will the buried secrets from his past destroy everything he's worked for? This novel was originally written using OpenNovella2020 prompt #58 'If we're assigning blame, then this is your fault for leaving me alone with explosives in the first place'

|| ONC 2020 || Round One Qualifier When Cara was asked out by a cute guy at school, she had no reason to say no... or to believe it would be one of the worst decisions of her life. A year later and she is still dealing with the trauma, attending a support group for survivors of sexual assault. When a fellow classmate named Tabitha joins the support group, Cara is terrified she'll tell everyone at school her secret. She knows she's supposed to rely on the other members but can't help feeling that something is off about Tabitha. Refusing to trust her, Cara decides to keep her distance. That is until Tabitha tells the story of her own assault, the details of which sound eerily familiar to Cara. Realizing they have much more in common than simply sharing a support group, the two of them work together to pick up the pieces of their shattered pasts. But when another girl comes forward with a similar story, they decide picking up the pieces just isn't enough. The three of them hatch a plan... one that will lead them down a destructive path toward violence, vengeance, and murder. || ᴏɴᴄ 2020 ﹣ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛ 68 || ᵞᵒᵘ ᵐᵉᵉᵗ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒᶰᵉ ʷʰᵒ ˢᵉᵉᵐˢ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵉ ᵖᵉʳᶠᵉᶜᵗ ᶠᵒʳ ʸᵒᵘ˒ ᵇᵘᵗ ᵃᶠᵗᵉʳ ᵈᶤᵍᵍᶤᶰᵍ ᶤᶰᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉᶤʳ ᵖᵃˢᵗ ᶤᵗ ᵗᵘʳᶰˢ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵃ ˢᵗʳᶤᶰᵍ ᵒᶠ ᶜʳᶤᵐᵉˢ ʰᵃˢ ᵇᵉᵉᶰ ᶠᵒˡˡᵒʷᶤᶰᵍ ᵗʰᵉᵐˑ ᴺᵒᶰᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵒˢᵉ ᶜʳᶤᵐᵉˢ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵒᶠᶠᶤᶜᶤᵃˡˡʸ ᵇᵉᵉᶰ ˢᵒˡᵛᵉᵈˑ

You can't just change the past! Can you? Quinn just suffered yet another breakup with yet another stupid and selfish guy. So once someone at school creates a dating app for people like her, she jumps at the opportunity to sign up and start looking for her soulmate. But what happens when she gets matched with the person she least expected? And what about when her old friendship with him is rekindled? Prompt 66 for the Open Novella Contest

[Sequel to Sparks Fly] At the sound of the words "soulmate" or "love", Belinda Clarke can't help but scoff. Having been hurt by someone she trusts, Belinda has lost faith in love. As far as she is concerned, soulmates do not exist. Not anymore. Under the persuasion of her best friend, Belinda downloads a trending dating app that promises to find people their soulmates, treating it as a game. To her horror, she finds herself matched with the person she hates the most: her ex-boyfriend, Jace Leighton. Five years ago, Jace made his life's biggest mistake of breaking his girlfriend's heart into a million pieces. They have since lost contact with each other, and he has lost all hopes of reuniting with her. By a stroke of luck, he meets her again online. This time, Jace is determined not to let such an amazing girl go. Trust takes time and effort to build, but once broken, it takes even longer to mend. He loves her, but she hates him. Whether they can sort out their differences remains a question. *** [Open Novella Contest 2020] Prompt #66: GameSetMatch, a new dating app/game that promises to find you your soulmate, matches you with the one ex you hate and who dumped you in a way you'll always remember. Started: 17 February 2020 Completed: 6 May 2020

With a craving for havoc and an unhealthy disrespect for rules, Michaela is not your average guardian angel. She has, however, exceptional skills... like connecting with human children and pissing off demons, one demon in particular. Cain, Class A Demon Elite is his underworldly father's pride and joy. His flawless track record for malevolence is sure to take him places. Unfortunately, right now it is taking him on a mission with an angel not worthy of the title. Michaela and Cain have six days to retrieve a demon child. Six days to bug the shit out of each other. Six days to make their daddies proud... What the Halo? Open Novella Contest 2020. Prompt 47.

Shiloh Adams never imagined that dating Beck would land her in court. She had, like any teenager, imagined a knight who would whisk her off into the sunset and she would be happy with her true love. Instead, Shiloh is facing a potentially life-altering and threatening situation. And none of it was her fault. Without a family for support, Shiloh will be living behind bars alone and scared...unless somehow, she can fight her way out of it. She has to get off the merry-go-round before it's too late.

* ONC 2020 AMBASSADOR'S PICK * * ONC 2020 HONORABLE MENTION * * ONC 2020 SHORT LIST * * HIDDEN GEMS * Sean has a problem: his dreams come to life. It causes him enough trouble that he moves across the country to start fresh at Everwood Institute. But as his repetitive dreams become more vivid, he wonders if anything he sees is real, and if the black leaves Finn trails behind him are truly there... Finn tries to keep his dreams under control, but this year, he keeps dreaming the same dream. It haunts him in the day, and doesn't help when he's trying to keep his past problems separate from his present life. Then there's the matter of Sean, who leaves flowers blooming wherever he steps... As Sean and Finn grow closer, they realize there's more to their dreams - and each other - than they know. ~*~ COMPLETED | #lgbtq+ #mlm #contemporaryfantasy "How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?" - Plato Prompt #15, OpenNovellaContest2020 Word Count: 21,198 words

Open Novella Contest 3 Fantasy & Science Fiction Prompt: #25 - When all else fails, throw a little magic at it! Samantha didn't tell Darren she was a magical being when they got married, and when he found out what she was, that's when their troubles really started.

Ted has suffered a hell of a week. Losing his family, his eyesight, and the ability to walk in one fell swoop, he's been forced to pick up the pieces in a whole other world entirely. The land of the fae, where everyone trusts no one, and the streets basking in neon light are on the verge of war. He wholeheartedly believes attempting to find happiness is pointless. That is, until he meets Arthur Lovelace. He's half human, half fairy, and a heir to the royal throne on the run. Arthur promises to find a way to bring Ted back to his normal life, if Ted helps him stay one step ahead from those trying to hunt him down. Ted reluctantly agrees, and he has to discover how far he'll go in the name of returning to his past life. Of course, then love enters the equation...

For influencer Carolyn Danes, #aboutlastnight is the best hashtag. It perfectly sums up an evening filled with adventure and excitement. And her last evening out really WAS perfect. Her dress fit perfectly, her hair and makeup were on point, and she met the man of her dreams, out-of-this-world-hot and charming Damian Bradley. It just had to be ruined by something as silly as waking up in a strange empty room, in Damian's body, her own lifeless corpse lying on the floor. No amount of screaming in the world can make the nightmare go away. Her only clue about last night is a letter from Damian himself. It can all be undone. He just made a deal with the Devil, and now the Prince of Darkness wants one small favor to set everything right. Find a tiny shard of soul. But when Carolyn can see every bit of soul the world has lost, finding one particular piece may prove impossible. 👸 This is my open novella contest 2020 entry. Yay me!

Clove Dexter lives on two sides. The side with Leon and the side without him. All he's ever wanted is to be rid of the dreams, dreams that never belonged to him to begin with, but the lines between dreams and reality have become so blurred over time that they seem the same. When he's visited by a world-eating monster, there's nothing he can do but scream. (Part of the 2020 Open Novella Contest)

The Voltron crew find themselves embroiled in Earth politics after rescuing Earth from the Galra, yet they're also unaware of how much time the garrison actually had to prepare for the attack, nor the secret hidden even from the garrison officials - one which may very well prove problematic. Disclaimer - I don't own Voltron: Legendary Defender or One Day at a Time (2017). This is written for Open Novella 2020. The prompt I chose number thirty-four, "a radio signal is detected, its origins being somewhere in deep space from where no such thing should feasibly originate, unless..." This is also a sequel for Wings of Home.