Selfdiscovery Stories

A genetically unique but emotionally lost teenager must figure out who she is within her mixed-up, warring world of Shifters and Wolfstalkers. ***** It wasn't Maddie's choice to be born a half-breed, half Shifter, half Wolfstalker -- a hunter of Shifters -- and it wasn't her choice to keep her identity a secret. But after trying to attend high school like any normal sixteen-year-old, things quickly spiral south when her Stalker uncle finds out about her and catapults her out of anonymity and into the awareness--or possibly the crosshairs--of The Order of the Wolfstalker. Maddie must think fast and figure out a way to keep herself and her family safe, or risk losing everything. Including her life. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Manik Malhotra didn't build his empire overnight-every skyscraper, every deal, is the result of relentless effort. Now among the city's elite, he has forged his pain into purpose. Nandini Rai was born with a silver spoon and everything she encountered turned to gold. To her husband, she is a flawless diamond-graceful, radiant, and without fault. Nandini Rai and Manik Malhotra appear to have it all-wealth, fame, a thriving empire, and the perfect partner by their side. To the outside world, their life is flawless. But is it truly complete? Everything changes when Manik's first love reemerges from the past. Read on to discover what happens next.

Celeste longs to understand who she really is, and not just who society has told her she is. She knows there's more to her than just being a miner, but it wasn't until she discovered she had a special power that she truly believed it. Befriending an unlikely duo leads to a quest of discovery, and not just regarding identity. Long buried secrets threaten to unravel everything they believed to be true. A story of self-discovery, friendship, and betrayal turns into an outcome that will forever change who they are.

A story of pain, purpose, and finding your person - even when you're lost. "How does it feel to be ignored by your own parents?" To stand alone on stage, receiving an award - while your parents don't even glance your way? Meet Ishika Rathore. A girl who craved nothing but love. Who did everything to earn her parents' attention - only to be met with silence. Until one day, a tragedy broke her completely. And the soft-spoken girl turned into someone cold, distant... and unrecognizable. Years later - on the prestigious training ground of LBSNAA - she sat on a bench under a dim light, her eyes swollen, her cheeks streaked with tears, her body trembling. She thought she was invisible again. Then, a boy knelt beside her. Calm. Warm. He gently placed a water bottle in her hand and whispered with a smile - "Take it. Cry your heart out. Then drink it. Because if you get dehydrated, how will we win that gold medal here?" And they both burst into laughter. That moment didn't erase her pain - But it reminded her she wasn't alone. Because this story isn't just about becoming an IAS officer. It's about broken hearts, silent battles, second chances - And two souls learning to heal... together.

Based on the hit WEBTOON comic by Ingrid Ochoa, The Kiss Bet follows Sara Lin on her quest to experience her first kiss. Told from multiple points of view, including Sara's and three boys, The Kiss Bet shows that life-and love-can be messy and complicated, but it sure can be fun. Read it on WEBTOON, Wattpad, or get the full published version adapted by Farrah Penn in book stores today! *** It's senior year and Sara Lin just turned eighteen. She's got great friends, a cool dad (or so he thinks), and a whole lot ahead of her. She understands that her first kiss is a rite of passage, one that she takes very seriously, even if everyone around her doesn't. She wants it to be special-true love's kiss-and wants to fall for someone she really cares about, not just get it over with. Then her best friend Patrick challenges Sara to a bet that will either lead to love or heartbreak. Or maybe embarrassment? Maybe all three. And the more he teases her, the more she wants to prove him wrong . . . that maybe her first kiss can be memorable and special and fun and life changing.

Sizzling intimacy and a high dose of smut. Enough to make you wonder where this is heading? Take a breath. This story goes far beyond that. Yes, there is a hell lot of cute romance. Butterflies, a second chance at love, and soft moments that make your heart feel full. Beyond the romance, it dives into emotional intelligence, a beautiful chosen sibling bond, friendships and family, quiet faith, healthy relationships, and the realities of career and life. This story feels like watching your comfort movie again and again. Familiar. Warm. Safe. It explores the meaning of relationships without glorifying toxicity. Romance that makes sense. Emotions that feel real. Logic that does not kill love. Scenes you suddenly remember and smile. Expect everything from this book. It will not disappoint. Presenting to you, 𝑭𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 🦋 by 𝐆𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐲 🌼✍️

Blissfield is growing - but so are the cracks. A new CEO arrives with big plans and a bigger heart. A marriage built on years of love begins to fracture under loss. Two rivals discover care where conflict once stood. And just when one couple loses everything they wanted... another receives the surprise they never expected. Season 2 is a story of ambition, grief, healing, and love tested by reality - not fantasy. Not every promise survives. Not every ending is final. Not every beginning is planned.

Althea has always considered herself unlucky in love. What she never realized was that love had been circling her for years - just slightly out of step. On her thirtieth birthday, when the four men who shaped her youth arrive late (as always), a long-overdue confession forces the past into the present, cracking open a decade of almosts. They chose friendship because it was safer. They stayed professional because it was necessary. And sometimes life got in the way. Ms. Miss is a character-driven contemporary romance about timing, restraint, and what it costs to keep choosing the safer path - until, finally, someone decides not to. (Entered in the 2026 Open Novella Contest)

You must have heard the name "selene" before. The moon goddess. The woman who loved a beautiful man and chose eternity over losing him. A story told as devotion. As romance. As legend. That is the version you know. This Selene is different. She does not glow gently in the dark. She does not love without pride. And when the man she chooses walks away, she does not grant him eternal peace. In a world where beauty is power and admiration is survival, Selene learns that love is not the only thing that fills loneliness and not the only thing that breaks it. This is not a retelling. It is a reckoning.

Saif had three hours to secure his future. He spent them explaining why a manga pirate was someone's mother. In a Calcutta college exam hall, while other students carved out their destinies in blue ink, Saif did the unthinkable. He didn't write down the retrosynthesis of a compound!! Instead he filled his fifth semester's answer scripts with the most infamous fan theories from "One Piece". By the time the results were out, Saif was already a ghost. With five hundred rupees in his pocket and a backpack full of secrets, he boarded a train at Howrah Station and left his life behind. He didn't just fail an exam; he rejected everything he had or he could have! But freedom has a price. In a new life, Saif must rediscover his "Will of D"! [PILOT CHAPTER LIVE NOW. Monthly updates begin after May 1st week!]

Hi everyone and welcome to "inspired" . My book about self growth, love and a little bit of nature. It's about Lexi Azul, a failing author who on journey back home after another failed signing who meets a fan of hers on a train ride. They speak a bit and after their brief encounter on the train ride , Lena's writer's block slowly begins to fade as she learns to love herself and find purpose especially when no one supports you. This is her story of finding self love and appreciation despite the world. It's loving where you are and the process that brought you there even when you aren't where you want to be. And maybe along the line learning there are people who have always loved you and will still love you even after you fall... ( Still working on this)

a girl named Ava- Marie Carr, a 19 year old freshman college student from a small Canadian town in British Columbia now attending UCLA for architecture. She was known as a player throughout high school dating anyone, bullying others, it helped with her borderline to feel loved. But now an old friend of hers is getting married in Vegas and is a bridesmaid and on the night before the wedding she suddenly cant sleep and for the rest of the night she truly finds her real self in this liminal space psychological thriller

Softness & Other Tempests is a collection of poems born in quiet hours, when the world is asleep and thoughts are loudest. It holds the soft parts of me and the storms I couldn't hide. For anyone who has ever felt too much, too loud, too sensitive - and survived it.

Mukur has spent two years learning how to breathe again. After betrayal shattered his world, he rebuilt himself in silence-carefully, quietly, with the help of someone who taught him what safety feels like. But healing is fragile, and the past has a way of returning when you least expect it. On the day of Holi, beneath flying colors and festival light, Mukur comes face to face with the one person he never truly escaped. This is not just a story about love. It is about trauma, forgiveness, and the courage to choose yourself. Open Novella Contest 2026 Prompt: 28. Self-love often starts small, like planting a single seed. With time, patience, and a bit of light, it will blossom.

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Anthology of Poems

The story follows Darius Miller, who enlists in the US Marine Corps to find his purpose in life. Darius navigates the intense Marine boot camp at MCRD San Diego, facing psychological and physical challenges while exploring themes of identity and belonging amidst boot camp's harsh realities. Finding friendships, making self-discovery, building resilience, finding his place and identity in an environment designed to break him; Transitioning him from a high school graduate to a US Marine.

Cassidy Blake came to the forest to disappear. To lose her mind. To find her soul. Theo Callahan is already living in the quiet, carrying secrets that no one can see. Two people, two worlds, stepping away from everything they know-into the stillness, into the unknown.

What if the voice inside your head... wasn't yours? Maya Miyamoto sees spirits. She always has. But seeing ghosts is the easy part. Surviving your own self-doubt? That's harder. When a solar eclipse darkens Amsterdam, Maya's world begins to crack open. A demon attacks her. A stranger saves her. And a mysterious invitation arrives to a student residence in Leiden called The House of El. A place that isn't just a boarding house. And isn't just a school. Behind its doors are students from across Europe-some bearing angelic spirits, some who don't even believe in God, and some who are far more dangerous than they appear. They wear enchanted bracelets. They train in angelic magic. They play Arcane Football and wage wars no human sees. And somewhere in the shadows, something in a suit is watching Maya. Demons are growing stronger. Possession is becoming easier. And Maya's gift may be the very thing attracting them. As she struggles with family expectations, self-worth, and feelings she never asked for, she must decide: Will she let the darkness define her? Or will she learn what it truly means to love- not just others, but herself? Because in the House of El, everyone has a role. And some roles were written long before you were born.

Isaiah never asked for much, he already has all he could ever want - Rosie! In a world where those who wield magic control the world, Isaiah spits on the elite for their cruel abuses of power. After a magic user tries to take the one thing Isaiah treasures, he is thrown head-first into an unknown, demanding world.