Shawrocketprize Stories

Stepping onto the plank drenched in shivery, salty delight. Yum! Oh how the little sharkies below wanting their little snack to be salted to taste. My soaked dress stuck to me like a second skin. A sharp knife poked the middle of my back. " Are you ready to drop into your death." he said, imagining him with invisible grin smeared on his beautiful, mysterious face. " Why don't you add an Arrrgh! To that won't you?" Mocking the person holding you captive isn't a smart choice, but might as well before I die. blowing a wet tendril away from face. He came up behind me. " well that's the tongue of the sea. darling." that was the thing he said as a gentle push was enough for me to plunge into the big blue sea, to my death. First time being outside of her palace gates in her young new life at eighteen years, travel across the ocean, meet new people, catch feelings and back on the ocean to home. Simple right? No, she gets kidnapped by a ship full of scallywags, but the captain of the reckless crew latches onto her and doesn't want to let go? Back home awaits a dashing prince awaiting her fathers approval. Watch her come from being at the top of the hierarchy, living the lavish controlled life. Only to fall down the ranks into the depthless sea, who will be there to pull her to ashore? (Unedited.)

A short story about a Grandfather, a Father and a Son

Addison Thea Kinsley is a Fairy, she has blood that Vampires love because it's sweet and it gives them a 'high' and they killed them all out basically when they found out so all the fairies had to spread out across the world to go into hiding. But she just thinks she's a regular highschool girl...

AMAZING cover by @amygraphics 💖 I woke up to find myself pressed against Ryan's hard, muscled chest and looked up to find his beautiful stormy gaze upon me, "My little thunderstorm," he whispers and presses me tighter against him," I had never thought I could bring myself to care about anyone else but then you stormed in," he says and buries his nose in my hair," I'd go through all that shit again if it means you'd be mine." ⚜⚜⚜ Althea, the girl on the run with secrets that can kill collides with the most powerful and ruthless Billionaire of New York, Ryan Storm and the sparks fly. Forced to form a truce when they realize about the danger that has painted a red fat target on their backs because of their past, together they have to deal with the bad guys, lies, games and the undeniable chemistry between them that burns up everything. Join their journey to witness the beginning of Lies, Lust and the Billionaire.

Calliope has never exactly had an easy life. Her younger sister Rose has always been her parents main focus, she didn't have many friends at school, and it felt as though no one would notice if she were to simply disappear one day. But all that changed when the new guy arrived. Quinten was perfect, and for once, she knew what it felt like to be loved. And just as things were looking up, they all came crumbling down.

Cameron thinks the world is against him. Nobody is trustworthy enough to have a peak in his life because every time someone does, things tend to go south. During his period of uncertainty, his family decides to take a trip to his childhood home. Wanting to stay away from people and not be forced to socialize with others, he goes to his secret hideout that he believes nobody knows the location to. Little does he know when he gets there, he will find something he least expected. On the wall, written in sharpie, I WAS HERE, signed off with RILEY and a phone number. Doing the last expected thing, he decides to text this stranger and an even more unexpected situation occurs, Riley replies. Realizing there are people in the world who aren't determined to make his life as bad as he makes people out to be, they become good friends, but at a safe distance. But the one question still remains; Can you really ever know a person without meeting them face to face? *Entry in the Shaw Rocket Prize* *1500 word*

She looked at the castle she used to call home, the walls she used to protect. She looked at it now with a burning hatred. With her sword gripped firmly, she took a step forward. She was out for blood, the blood of the man sat atop the throne. Long live His Majesty? Screw that. ******************* Girls can't be knights, but tell that to Alya Norwick, the knightess of Aerilion (well, ex-knightess that is). Growing up an orphan and raised by her kingdom's soldiers, she had all the training she could ever need to pledge her life to knighthood. But in a world where women merely existed to breed, she had to fight tooth and nail to earn the acceptance from the people of her kingdom, and from the cruel king who ruled it. That is, of course, until all her hopes and dreams came crashing down for one false accusation. Tried for treason and sentenced to death, Alya is faced with no choice other than to escape her fate or accept it. With her rage and hatred for the unjust King fueled, she's on a path to overthrow his monarchy once and for all. Forming unlikely alliances with deadly. fugitives, and uncovering century old secrets about her past, Alya has a whole lot of killing (and kissing) to do. This is the beginning of a war, and she is adamant on winning it. This time, the knightess of Aerilion won't be there to fend of her kingdom's uprising, she'll be the one leading it. ************************** Cover by artsylivia

This is an allegoric and psychological thriller about a psychotherapist who has nightmares... about people being murdered. Suspicion starts to fill her as the deaths start to come true. The serial murderer gains a title, The Mask, who is it? Who is behind all of this? How is Judy foreshadowing these murders in her dreams?

11 year old Silian has lost her parents. When her uncle finds her on the streets, she gets fostered by her uncle's family. When she was invited to move to the Lan sect to be a female cultivator, she thought that nothing would be better. But when she finds out that her future husband likes someone already and gets kicked out, she has to rely on herself to find a way to survive. She found her long-lost brother, Zichen Song, and they rebuilt the Liu clan.

uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence. this was the definition of biolas life in one sentence, follow where on a path to self-discovery and how she deals with all insecurity

4 teens from different species all come together to fight the creatures of they're own kind

A deadly virus ravages all over the world, but it only attacks children. And the once that don't die, never becomes the same again. We follow the story of 16-year-old Anna Hansen. Will she become the hero or just another victim, and for what price? ******************************************** "We are two lost souls walking into the sun together"

He was looking for her in the dark. I'm tired But still found out. Once recognized her.

With Vanessa White still on vacation and coming back from visiting her family in Canada. Vanessa decides she would finely go to the famous neighbour of her home beach Tamarama, Bondi Beach, but what she didn't know is that she was going to bump into the guy of her dreams.. A guy with dreamy eyes.

"I didn't do it" "why are you laughing then?" "because whoever did it, is a genius"

It's about a world separated and hidden from the human world because of one unfortunate event. It leads into a unrecognizable power in a teen girl that is only taught about in stories in the magical world. The girl have to face through problem of school and life drama along with self discovery.

The beginning of a young boy with anger issues that eventually found his calling for music. It already begins with a tragic event with his sister. Is she gone? Did she come back? What will he do next?

Aria and her twin brother Adam were always very close. So when Aria's boyfriend Zeke came into the picture he knew something was wrong. Aria denied everything, but one event changed that. As soon as she revealed the truth to Adam, Zeke kidnaps her. Bounded and scared, Aria could only manage to call Adam before Zeke starts stabbing her. Just as it happens Adam walks in and can incapacitate Zeke, but it was already too late.