| ᴏɴᴄ 2024 ꜱʜᴏʀᴛʟɪꜱᴛᴇʀ | ❝ ᴀ ᴍᴇʀᴇ ꜱᴘʀᴀʏ ɪꜱ ᴀʟʟ ɪᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ. ❞ All Elvira Grythras has ever wanted is to climb the ranks of Velux Emporium to become a head perfumer. She has trained tirelessly for her entire life to reach the acclaimed title. Finally, when the day arrives for her goal to come to fruition, it's snatched a...
| ᴏɴᴄ 2024 ᴀᴍʙᴀꜱꜱᴀᴅᴏʀ ᴘɪᴄᴋ | ᴏɴᴄ 2024 ꜱʜᴏʀᴛʟɪꜱᴛᴇʀ | ❝ ᴀ ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴇᴍɪꜱᴇ. ❞ Deathly Delights is a bakery specialised in the art to kill. Poisoned filled muffins, venom coated pastries, cakes decorated with toxins - if you can name it, Taerane Aviris can make the delicacy designed to slaughter. However...
Anton Vitalli had grown up dreaming of making it to Hollywood's big screen - not as a star, but as a screenwriter. Flash-forward a decade, and now he's in his late twenties, still living in NYC. Instead of the creativity he was hoping for in life, he works as a copywriter for a tasteless retail corporation. Things h...
[ONC2024: Prompt #42] They were sunshine, I was a midnight rain. *** In the aftermath of a devastating divorce, Meera finds herself lost in a world that feels unfamiliar and cruel. Her once vibrant and creative spirit is dimmed by sorrow as she retreats into a shell of grumpiness and solitude, often spending her time...
"Does it seem like I desire reincarnation?" After reading a book with a tragic ending, our main character finds himself becoming a magnet for calamity, surrounded by various disasters. "Even with a thousand lives, I can't survive this." "What about an infinite number, then?" Will he manage to survive with endless retr...
★ SHORT LISTED - OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2024ˎˊ˗ Yueting has always had a lousy life. She was already an adult. She used to study her ass off in school, yet she ended up on the streets, spending her money only on alcohol. One night, like any other, Yueting went out drinking, but by the time she had awoken from her passed...
In the heart of a bustling city, Lucas finds himself at a crossroads after a tumultuous breakup. Enter Kyle, his new roommate with a devilish charm and a penchant for mischief. Together, they embark on a culinary adventure, launching an empanada business that soon attracts attention from both mortal and supernatural f...
Caeryssa's quest for relaxation spirals into chaos, entwining her destiny with the infuriating playboy prince whose smile conceals a dark vendetta that will shatter any possibility of their soulmate connection. *** On Oenone, where lush forests meet pristine beaches, Caeryssa, a xenobotanist on a rare vacation, finds...
This is an entry for the Open Novella Contest (ONC) 2024 Meet Blair, your average seamstress who works a thankless job sewing dresses for bachelorettes, weddings, and a plethora of other events in dire need of women in dresses. Her hopes and dreams are the same as all of us, owning a mortgage in hopes of affording a b...
* Returning June 2024 * An uptight witch and a grumpy ghost stumble into a brewery. And now they're both stuck together. What's the worst that could happen, huh? Selena Delacroix, a witch with magical abilities, struggles to cast illumination spells without causing chaos. She finds solace in Renaissance-era literature...
* Returning after editing and rewriting * 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆. Telepathic bounty hunter Jax Monroe has the dangerous task of apprehending the wanted criminal Carmen Dubois. However, when she crosses paths with several assailants and another pursuer, her life is in danger. Her ex-fian...
John Smith lives a pretty normal life. He works at an insurance firm, lives in a three bedroom house, has a Honda Civic and drives to visit his parents every fortnight. What he doesn't have is a smartphone or a fancy laptop. One morning, John gets ready for work as usual, but when he walks down to his car, it looks li...
"You don't look like Satan." "How do you know what Satan looks like?" "Pictures?" "What the fuck?" _____ The death of Eleanor Moore became a tragedy that struck a cord in the hearts of people who knew her. Known for her kindness and bubbly nature, no one could imagine how she could take her own life. Eleanor was ecs...
Nineteen-year-old Lily Rhodes thought she knew all there was to know about Jacob Turner. The son of a Lord, he's always been known for his rakish ways and outlandish behaviour that makes him the topic of gossip amongst the servants. When Jacob suddenly returns home from London, Lily quickly realises that the stories s...
When sixteen-year-old Eli Webster finds a message tucked inside a glass bottle, he doesn't expect to find himself writing letters to the mysterious Samuel Owens. With no one named Samuel living nearby, Eli fears it all to be a practical joke at his expense. Yet he finds himself drawn to the words written by a strange...
For the last six months, Elio and Xan have been working tirelessly to solve four murders. But their world turns upside down when Elio is targeted by the killer they've been searching for. However, when Elio meets his attacker in person, instead of being repulsed, he's drawn in. The closer they become, the more Elio r...
When Marissa's poodle, Thor is snatched, the police can do nothing, so she goes to a private investigator. Their initial encounter leaves her shaken and wondering whether it's time to review her decision to avoid men. Graham gave up on women after a series of disastrous relationships, but something about Marissa stirs...
Karine, a.k.a. Monseigneur Tanking, one of the foremost raid streamers of MAA, a MMORPG, prepares, along with her guild, the Death Fiscalists, for the race to world first. While running a dungeon with her followers, she realizes that the game's world faces a wave of unrest that's not consistent with any of the game's...
Caitlyn Evergrove is not a fairy tale princess. And she definitely doesn't want to be either. In fact, she actively avoids the cruel curse of the inevitable ever after threatening to determine her life, like it does her best friend's. But when Jared - the charming co-worker from hell - asks a favour, Caitlyn ends u...
Amesh is the fourth and youngest child of the Suriname family, a family of well known superheroes that protect not only their world but others that surround it. While his siblings are out saving the world, Amesh is at home playing Mango Life. Unlike his siblings, Amesh has no interest in being the hero of the story, h...
Enyo has always hated her life. Between fighting monsters, losing her loved ones and being harassed by other humans with powerful abilities, she is done with life. So, she tries to end it all and fails. But in that failure, Enyo meets a ragtag group who are trying to build a paradise for the survivors. The problem is...
Observe history and never do anything to change it. It's the only rule Zorion lives by as a time traveler. But when he gets stuck in the 21st century, bored out of his mind, he starts a fling with a 21st century woman. It soon leaves him craving for something more. Love. Cinzia is going through the motions of life, t...
*ONC2024 Shortlister* This is for the 2024 open novella contest, I picked prompt 21." A dragon, an elf, and a dwarf embark on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom." ***** Morte, the heir to the kingdom, vanishes inexplicably in a peaceful world. Tobi, a devoted friend, finds out about the king's failing health...
After one of the most awful days in her life, Eva Romney goes for a relaxing run on the trail behind her house. Cursing her failing life and her toxic boss, she fails to notice the clouds gathering above her. That is until she gets struck by lightning. Overcome by her luck to still be alive after the shock, she leave...
Time heals all wounds. When you have the power to rewind it, you begin to wonder whether it's too much responsibility for one person to hold. ***** Sometimes, walking away is the scariest, yet the bravest thing one can do. Iris Fox would know; after r...
I was born a princess, but I chose a life as a dragon tamer and adventurer. With our kingdom under attack, I joined the King's Gauntlets, an elite order of soldiers and spies willing to put their lives on the line for Aland's independence. I'll fight to the end if I have to, but if I can win over allies from across th...
Bad boy Adam Lawson is cursed never to know love until he's placed in a Mormon foster home and meets Thomas, an innocent boy who dares to love a monster no matter the cost. [Frankenstein meets 1985, the AIDS epidemic, and a bad boy desperate for love.] ONC Main Prompt: 17 (chapter 1) ONC Side prompt: 95 (chapter 6) No...
Magic runs thick in the veins of every creature in the woods of Iryndor, in one twisted way or another. It could be beautiful, it could be benign. It could be breathtakingly evil. Rhae has lived in these enchanted woods all her life, a loyal member of the Sisters of Breath. She is familiar with the cold winters, and...
One Academy. Two Apart. Three Atrocities. Nerezza, bound by a cryptic promise, navigates an academy where mirrors reflect deepest fears. Unveiling sinister secrets, she must fight to escape a deadly destiny. *.*.*.*.*. Nerezza is a young seventeen year old bearing a secret that's as haunting as it is daunting. Bound b...
He let out a soft chuckle, "It's fine. I wasn't planning on leaving you anyway." She nodded with a smile, "I'm Aria." "Niklaus" "You're very handsome, you know," she said. He blushed. Aria frowned, "You look a little red. Do you have a cold?" He cleared his throat, "No. Focus on running." / A girl about to be sold off...