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[UPDATES EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY]A young girl must rely on her estranged father to help her return an Orisha's heart, but as she taps into its power, she finds herself drawn to its dangerous magic. ***Sparrow Winslow discovers an old picture of her late mother with a crooked businessman. Convinced the man is her biological father, she tracks him down and learns more than she bargains for. Not only is he her father, but a vampire, which means she'll be coming into her fangs any day. But complications arise when he also explains her witchy mother stole the heart of an African goddess, enabling her life. Armed with a reincarnated bestie and a ruggedly strict, but dashing Guardian, Sparrow is forced on the run as every supernatural overlord seeks to take the goddess's heart for themselves. The only way to escape this nightmare is to return what her mother stole...her very heart. But that means Sparrow will have to remain a drab and medicated vampire and relinquish her divinely witch nature to the Orisha.Each time she casts a spell, Sparrow tastes her newfound abilities and it's secretly delicious. It isn't long before she fears becoming just like the monsters who are chasing after her heart.Will she sacrifice her ancient power to restore balance? Or will magic consume her good intentions the same way it did her mother?…

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**ONC HONORABLE MENTION / AMBASSADOR'S PICK / SHORTLISTER** After stealing money from her wealthy but controlling stepfather, Nataly Collins makes the bold decision to run away with her four-year-old sister. But as she does, she crosses paths with an escaped convict from the local penitentiary, and he plans to keep the sisters hostage until he can safely cross the Canadian border. Of course, the more Nataly spends time with this convict, the more she learns he isn't what he appears to be despite his death-themed tattoos and intimidating stature. Soon it becomes obvious that they need each other to avoid capture. And Nataly can't help but feel the safest she's ever felt around him. Will she be able to fight off her emerging feelings for this dangerous criminal?**This book is an entry for the Open Novella Contest (ONC) 2024**MAIN PROMPT:#1: Sometimes words speak louder than actions. SIDE PROMPTS:#40: The notorious Wattpad bad boy is trying to woo you. The only problem? You've already read the book...and you know how it's going to end.#95: I will become as monstrous as I must.…

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An amateur medium races against the brink of her own sanity to track down a serial killer who is already in possession of his next victim. And she only has 23 days to solve the case or else. ***Devyn Brooks has only ever had one fear: don't become like Aunt Atheena. But after helping her boyfriend, Ace Jones, solve his case last spring, Devyn is no longer afraid of her gift. Now, Devyn and Ace are juniors at Arizona State University and they're in love as ever, even if Ace silently struggles with post-traumatic stress. But things take a turn for the couple when Devyn leads a child to Peace and sees the little girl's memories through her dreams. These dreams seem to hold the clues for catching a serial killer. Teaming up with an unlikely ally, she throws herself into this case and discovers an entire web of missing Black children, all who have gone ignored by police. This only fuels Devyn to invest all of her energy into catching the bad guy, especially when she fears he has another young girl in his clutches. As people start to question if she's losing touch with reality, Devyn realizes she hasn't just lost herself but possibly her boyfriend for good. Will Ace and Devyn keep each other from falling apart? Or will the past haunt them until they break? [[this work is a standalone sequel to the Watty winning novel, "Blend"]]Open Novella Contest 2023 Inspo: Prompt #52: There is someone you dream about every night, but you never imagine meeting them in real life.|| Achievements ||🏅Open Novella Contest Ambassador Pick, Round 2…

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✨A WATTYS 2022 PARANORMAL & "BEST CHARACTERS" WINNER✨A college basketball star risks everything to prove his innocence with a girl who can communicate with ghosts.***Ace Jones isn't certain about a lot of things in life, but basketball has always come easy. This is until he finds himself as the prime suspect of a murder he knows he didn't commit. Lucky for him, Devyn Brooks knows he didn't commit it either. But not because she witnessed it--she simply sees the victim as plain as day and even endures her incessant talking. Though Devyn usually does everything in her power to hide her supernatural ability, she'll have to start embracing it in order to save Ace from a common fate. And Ace will discover a deeper part of his identity that challenges his notions of the world. Will they be able to solve a case that America is so eager to pin on another Black man?✨| FEATURED ON WATTPAD READING LISTS | ✨💕 Wattpad Editor's Choice Dec. 2022 💕@StoriesUndiscovered, Thrills N Spills 2022 @SpeculativeFiction, The Crypt 2022⛈ A Stormy Nights Challenge Participant 2022 ⛈…

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After selecting a perfectly engineered man, Victoria Scott discovers that being in a relationship with a bot is hard. Especially when he can't even get your name right.✨Featured on the @WattpadShortStory profile under Another Time, Another Place ✨🥇First Place in The Autumn Harvest Awards 2021…

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17yo Nevaeh is suddenly swept into a magical world where she slays a dragon, gets married, has children, and rules as queen. She eventually dies in her older age but then returns to Earth, 17 again, right at the end of history class. Just when she worries it was all a dream, she notices the ring on her finger. Has she lost everything that mattered or will she find a way back to her magical kingdom? An entry for the "A Life After Life" contest, 2022!…

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A young woman awakes to find that she's been kidnapped. And as the black sheep of the family, she knows no one will notice she's gone for days. With only herself to rely on, she'll soon discover that escaping her captor will require nothing from her at all. Coming in at 500 words, this is a "Welcome to the Blumhouse" entry submission.Thank you for reading!!…