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Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth can dive into books, but she isn't prepared for a monster - and a ruthless murderer killing her tourists. Ike is fighting the aftermath of a nasty divorce that left her husband in custody of her homesitting business - and her beloved cats.With nothing but a turquoise construction trailer to call her home, Ike invests her last quid and becomes partner in a tour company specialising in bespoke trips for book-lovers. When the guide hired to take on the first tour drops out at the last minute, Ike has to take over and steer her guests towards the cradle of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".All to soon she realises there truly are monsters on the loose, one of them a ruthless killer who's targetting her tourists. To unearth the truth, Ike will have to cooperate with her moronic partner, Gary Sands, 13th Baron of Nettlehole and founder of LiteraTours. When they don't succeed in stopping the killer, she realises she'll have to take the plunge and draw on some rather unusual skills her family has been hiding from the world . . ."Frankenstein's Guide" is the first instalment in the "LiteraTours Cozy Mystery series".This story is now available on YONDER, your next-generation readingapp from the Wattpad family.Join me on YONDER today! Find it now in your app store.[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]Cover designed by Ren T…

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Ike Wordsworth, a divorcee and rookie tour guide sent to Rome, struggles to survive a labyrinth of dark secrets, ancient mysteries and brutal murders. ***** Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth is leading the LiteraTour inaugural trip to Rome. But when senseless acts of sabotage culiminate in a murder -- with the victim's body dumped in a priestess's grace, alonside a message referencing long-lost prophecies -- Ike has to use her naturual talent for book-diving to find the killer before they strike again. But was the murdered girl really the intended victim? And who are the three women chasing after Ike? It's a race against time, because Ike can't solve the mystery if she's dead.This story is now available on YONDER, your next-generation readingapp from the Wattpad family.Join me on YONDER today! Find it now in your app store("Sibylline Greetings" is the standalone sequel to the 2018 Watty Winner, "Frankenstein's Guide.")[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]Cover designed by Ren T…

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The mission - colonize the slopes of Olympus Mons on Mars before the Pacific Alliance lands.The challenge - something isn't quite right with the site foreseen for the colony. Explorations reveal a cave where the support struts for the home dome are supposed to go. It gets worse - not only does the cave move, but it contains the impossible: a human skeleton. And there's a writing on the wall.What starts off odd, soon descends into total madness.But the next shuttle back to Earth doesn't launch until next year.ONC Prompt 59. The year is 2042. The first astronauts landed on mars. They find a cave with a single human skeleton and four words written on the wall.…

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In a world ruled by men, one woman makes a stand. When her father and brother die in the Napoleonic Wars, Corinna Wolverstoke of Penninghall and her mother Liz are thrown at the mercy of the merciless man who takes over the title. Corinna has to steal to stave off genteel starvation, but she does it with style: She dresses up as a highwayman, using her soothsaying skills to find her victims. Highway robbery keeps the little family alive, but for how long? The price on her head weighs heavier than the gun in her hand. The days she holds up the Marquis of Demoral, she knows she's found her match. In more ways than one.This is based on ONC Prompt #2: The moment you realize you saw something that could cost your life. Now all you can do is try and outrun them.…

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ONC 2021 contest prompt 64What should have been a simple task for a trio of ghosthunters becomes something for which the term "Worst Case Scenario" is the mother of all understatements. Sandra, Amelie, and Candice are the three tough women who run "Third Eye Investigations". Recently, ghosts have been popping up everywhere, providing a great business opportunity for clever people with the right skill sets.Ousting a bunch of ghosts from a chocolate factory? Piece of cake. Perhaps, the simple fact the guy commissioning the job was called Borgia should have warned them. Well, it didn't . As a result, things went south so badly, the three are now dead, banned to an underground morgue, while the world is hurtling towards Ghost Apocalypse. There is no way out of the chilly drawers. Unless they do the impossible.…

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WATTPAD FEATURED The year is 1601 and hate is burning high. Rosy Coldron is a witch. Bill Ignatius is a witch hunter. They are desperately in love. But what future can they have in a world ruled by hate, fear and prejudices? PYRE tells the story of their love. Warning - contains spoilers for the Avebury Witches Cozy Mysteries. Do not read before having read "Down the Hatch".…

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Welcome to chapter 5 of Bird of the Gods, a project by Writer's RelaySchoolteacher Fiona is on a mission for grandpa - find a missing Zimbabwean artefact, the precious soapstone "Bird of the Gods". Conrad - dodgy archaeologist contracted to the stunning influencer Amanda aka #mandalove - has the same job. When Fiona and Conrad's paths cross, what was supposed to be a straightforward quest turns into a crazy race around the world. With antagonists popping up at every corner - from mountain tops to underground settings like Serbian caves, frozen Canadian crypts, and the silver mines of the old West, Fiona and Conrad have to work together to catch their bird. Mutual respect grows into something more intimate. But not everything is quite as it seems, and they had better watch their backs lest they too end up underground, this time permanently.…

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Hey, so you want to enter the 2020 Watties, but you find loglines, pitches, audiences etc hard to handle? Well, you've come to the right place. I'll help you with tackling some of the submission challenges. Just check out the introduction for more details. I'm a double Watty Winner, WP featured author, Paid Author and Wattpad Star. I'm also a trad-published author, with my first novel out there on Amazon. I've survived the querying trenches and found a publisher. I want YOU to be successful as well! Good luck and Happy Wattpadding!…

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Get out your popcorn, tourists beware, here comes a paranormal adventure with a historical twist, set in Egypt--and Britain. From Chapter 29 'Darkness': 'Did I just try to dive into that goo to get at a dead guy?' Trueth asked. Define dead,' Metjen said with a half-smile. He muttered something and touched Trueth on the forehead. The rest of her giddiness faded away--only to return as Metjen crushed her in one of his bearhugs. 'For a moment I thought we would lose you. Don't do that again.' Trueth's cheeks burned. That could only be the caffeine. The stuff had never agreed with her. 'It wasn't my idea, there was a voice in my head!' *** Trueth hates being the last paranormal creature left on Earth. She needn't worry: On a trip to Egypt she runs into Metjen Al-Nour, magical member in the last temple of the sun god Ra. With sparks flying between them--not only those of the magical variety--they solve a 5000-year-old riddle where clues are literally buried in tombs, historical sites--as well as in the family safe. But their journey is far from over - where other stories end, this one really takes off... . The second novel in the trilogy, 'Cursed Times - Only Yesterday!', is completed, and 'In My Attic' - a spin-off to the world of Cursed Times is available with weekly updates. === Copyright information, given the recent acts of content piracy: All copyrights of the texts are mine exclusively. Any attempt at spreading any of the content of my works in any form will be prosecuted. If you are reading this in any form outside Wattpad-be it in print, as an e-book or as an excerpt of text, the content has been stolen and you are in breach of international copyright laws.…

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By accident rather than design, Trueth - one of the last European witches - finds herself in an ancient Egyptian civilisation. It isn't quite what she has expected - for one thing this place is as full of magic as it is lacking in decent showers. Instead, there is evil lurking just below the surface of the Nile. Together with the friends and family she found in 'Cursed Times - What Now?', Trueth will need to embark on yet another world-saving adventure. One that hopefully does not end in a romantic shipping-wreck. From pyramids, tombs and temples - as well as a palace governed by a randy fourteen-year-old Pharaoh - her journey will ultimately take her to the mists of the North and towards her people. With or without a man at her side. 'Only Yesterday' can be read as standalone adventure novel, or as part of the 'Cursed Times' Series. Warning: In 'Cursed Times - What Now?' all you needed was popcorn. Now you need something stronger - much stronger! === Copyright information, given the recent acts of content piracy: All copyrights of the texts are mine exclusively. Any attempt at spreading any of the content of my works in any form will be prosecuted. If you are reading this in any form outside Wattpad - be it in print, as an e-book or as an excerpt of text, the content has been stolen and you are in breach of international copyright laws. This amazing cover was done by @csteptoe!…

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Suzi needs a date. Well actually, based on the bet she made with her two best friends, she needs thirty-one dates. Thirty one blind dates to be exact. She's doing well, this is number seventeen already. This time she'll be going retro. At the Oceanarium. Perhaps, she has been doing too well? When Suzi's date doesn't show up and the carnation they was meant to be wearing is swimming with the fishies, Suzi knows she's in real trouble. Lethal trouble. This one-shot is part of the 31 Blind Dates anthology from more than two dozenWattpad writers including members of the Stars program, published authors,Ambassadors and Wattys winners. At the end of each story, you will find the link to the next chapter in the collection.…

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Just keep writing - there's only a few people watching you ... Listen to them. It might be for your benefit.This is my very personal attempt at trying to get some baselines of fiction writing across. It's fiction in itself. Or so I think. I will also try to explain what humour is. With a 'u'. Maybe that makes all the difference.…

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In My Attic, my success story on Wattpad, will be published on 1 July 2020, YAY!! My publisher, Literary Wanderlust, has kindly allowed me to keep the first draft on Wattpad. So, you can still read the original story for free. But the reworked version is AMAZING. Okay, I'm biased, but it really is. Literary Wanderlust was nominated one of 10 top indie presses in the US. They care about "well-written stories" and, as a result, I have not only edited the story, but run a complete re-load. As of 1 July, the novel will be available on Amazon but, but, but - you can get a sneak preview - in exchange for an honest Goodreads reviews. And Bloggers are MOST welcome. If you could even buy the novel once it is available, and leave me an Amazon review you would make me even more happy... Would you like to know more what's going on? Well, just check out this story.…

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So many writers on Wattpad. So many stories participating in the Wattys. Which ones are your favourites? Check out this guide to find Wattpad's finest writers. By special invitation only!…

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The so-called 'Elevator Pitch' is a classic marketing technique: Imagine you are sharing an elevator with an editor from a famous publishing house. You have three floors to 'sell your story' ... . This book features the pitches of a number of great authors participating in the Wattys2016. Why should you support their novels? Read on and find out!If you happen to BE from a famous publishing house - look no further for some great stories!…

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A short travel story on Collioure, in Southern France. Most of the coast down here is unfortunately either bland - or downright ugly. This village is neither, its picturesque little alleyways together with the beautiful bays of the 'Cote Vermillion' still look a lot like they did a century ago, when Henri Matisse and his fellow painters took shelter in the foothills of the Pyrenees.The cover image is taken from Wikimedia Commons, copyright by citevia.…

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Wir schreiben das Jahr...keine Ahnung, keiner zählt mehr so richtig. Das Weltall. Unendliche Weiten - voller Schrott. Ssing und Territt sind auf einer Routinepatrouille, um das Zeugs aufzusammeln. Denken sie zumindest ... . Diese Kurzgeschichte wurde extra für die deutschen #Wattys2015 geschrieben. Vielleicht auch, um mir selber zu beweisen, dass ich überhaupt noch irgendwas in meiner Muttersprache zustande bringe.…