sarakbeeksma

The Earth is dying, yet humanity survives. Pollution and radiation run rampant on the surface. The government rations food and clean air for everyone. The glass domes provide some sense of security, but they are only for the rich who can afford the astronomical price of providing precious clean air to a whole city. Nym and her family live outside the dome when the disease breaks out. Spreading through the Minor City Shelter and then to Shelter's around other cities, nothing seems capable of stopping it. People are going mad and dying off like flies. There's no cure they can find. They only know one thing.Their last precious resource is going to be the death of them.[ Open Novella Contest Shortlist | ONC Ambassador's Pick ] #TheCosmicAwards2019…

IzYoneyama

¤ LONGLISTED IN THE OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2019 ¤ //COMPLETE"-To die is easy. Living-" he paused. "Well, living is the real victory." ----------------Theoddar Byrne had never meant to die. Stuck and desperate in the Underworld, he is given an invitation from none other than the God of Death himself to regain his life. All he needs to do is take part in a competition. And win. By killing the others. And does he accept? Of course.----------------"Because sometimes you're given a second chance. At living. At everything. And you have to take it."----------------entry for the open novella contest- prompt #7 in Fantastical Fiction 'Gods of Death'…

authorelizasolares

Determined and quick thinking, Amelia Conti is okay on her own. She's also an expert in outdoor sports. So when her boss offers her the winter hike of a lifetime, she says yes even before she knows who she'll be guiding. Or how much it will pay. If she'd taken the time to research the man who bought the last-minute premium tour, a demanding CEO named Damien Serrano, she might have reconsidered her answer. Well, maybe not. It is an absurd amount of money. He's grumpy to her sunshine, Christmas-lover to her Christmas dread, and the kind of man used to getting what he wants. Arrogance might work in a boardroom, but on the side of a mountain in the middle of winter, it's a hazard. If Damien can't learn to relinquish some control, they might not make it to the end of the hike alive. But everything comes to a head when an unexpected weather event pushes them even closer together. Water meets fire and something has to give. The question is, who will bend first?~ * ~ * ~ This is one of the novellas I'm writing for ONC 2023. You can find the rest on my profile! This story is based primarily on prompt 13. "You were at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and now you are running for your life!"…

The_twilight_writer

ONC 2023 ShortlisterHis features had haunted her for years; a boy with silver eyes peering out from beneath a mask of bone. His body cloaked in darkness, a wicked grin upon his lips that spoke of treachery-- a smile that had broken countless hearts.And in that instant, in the midst of this game of life and death, Lucy wondered if hers would be next.......................Lucy was warned never to trust those within the Carnival of The Lost-- a circus of strange creatures who spend their nights in performance, vanishing during the day. Yet she is drawn in by its music, her dreams filled with the face of a mysterious boy who's eyes shine pale as the moon, the air of a dark power shrouding him.But when by her own hand a deadly mistake is made, she must play the carnival master's wicked game to set everything right.Written for the Open Novella Contest 2023, this novella is a companion book to my short story 'At Autumn's Edge.'Prompt used; 49. "Master the rules of the game until you can play it better than they can."Cover image AI generated using Canva. Cover composition made by the author.…

kgravez

Humankind has long since perished.But life goes on.Nature is slowly reclaiming the planet. A fire forces a young red fox named Kip to flee her den for the first time. Now alone and left half-blind, Kip must struggle to find refuge for herself and her two cubs.One thing is for certain: this nascent and feral world is just as dangerous as ever.---ONC Prompt 13: You were at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and now you are running for your life!Cover art drawn by me.…

OctaviaLocke

A woman cursed with immortality navigates a post-apocalyptic world in order to hunt down the god that cursed her...and kill him. (full blurb inside) Written for ONC 2024 | Prompt 63. In a world of curses and gifts, you find yourself cursed with immortality - in the apocalypse. | First Draft…

MS_Chavez

Zaketa presents a carefully crafted mask to the world; one of sharp edges, privilege, and bravado. Only those closest to her, her most loyal guards, know the real Zaketa. And she is so much more than what her warlord father has crafted her to be.In the somewhat distant future, disease and hunger is commonplace. The celebration honoring the King's only daughter's coming of age is to be the event of the decade. It is to be a great leveler of men, a chance to and eat and drink to their heart's content. While her father sees an opportunity building for alliances, Zaketa is disgusted by the idea of being presented as a prize to carefully selected suitors. Masked and flanked by her loyal guard, Zaketa intends to use the opportunity to make an impression on her people and let her father know she'll more than just a tool at his disposal.…

bigfivedonaldduckfan

For two months, the Avondorian Mountains have been a safe haven. Now, that's about to change. When a scout returns to Anahill with a disturbing message, Audren, the freshly-inaugurated Lord of the Mountains, finds himself faced with a challenge: The Cursed will reach the city within days.Undead, highly dangerous and hungry for human flesh, the Cursed are creatures not to be messed with. Audren refuses to let them slaughter his people and turn them into monsters. He sees only one way to save his home: Breaking the curse that started this terror. Teaming up with a grumpy student mage, Audren ventures into hostile territory. But can this curse even be broken?…

IzYoneyama

¤ LONGLISTED IN THE OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2022 ¤ // COMPLETE- stand-alone sequel to featherlight - Chase Collins steps onto a late night train, his last in the city before he moves to a new state with a job promotion. What he doesn't expect, however, is to sit opposite Kyle Rivera: former best friend, football teammate, and Chase's first love. Kyle is the incarnation of everything he thought had been forgotten and left in the past- his high school bravado, his secrets, his forgotten dreams. So he goes to sit down beside him. And they talk. And over the course of that one night, both of them will remember, relive, and most importantly live, as they explore what it means to grow up, to grow apart, to find yourself and to find each other.…

RainerSalt

Tim, a garbage handler in a post-apocalyptic bunker, loses the little he has. But then he finds Amy, the redhead with an attitude. Together, they will try to change the world they live in.--Tim is one of those who shovel the shit and clean away the waste. Life in the dirt of others is all he knows.When his father gets arrested, he flees and ends up in the deepest tunnels of the shelter. There, he finds Amy--a stubborn, smelly, and fierce redhead with a punch, an attitude, and dreams of a better world. She scorns him, and he fears her.But together they climb in a quest to free his father and to find sunshine.--Dystopian, post-apocalyptic SciFi with humor in unexpected places.An abbreviated version of the book was 2nd place winner in the Open Novella Contest 2019! Wattpad Editors' Pick in 2019.Major edits in September 2020 and in May and September 2021.Featured in the reading lists of the @dystopianapocalypse ambassador profile.…

theemmpress

#girlswhotravel #lifegoalsRecently dumped and going nowhere, Jennie Jamieson decides it's finally time to listen to all those inspirational Instagram hashtags and do something with her life.A visit to Antarctica has always been on her bucket list, so Jennie quits her job and blows her savings to follow her dream.Then, in the dark, icy hostility of Earth's final frontier, bodies start turning up... and no one can work out how-or why-they died. Join Jennie for mystery, adventure and thrills in the world's last true wilderness, and find out how much she is willing to risk for the #fame, #fortune and #followers of the perfect social media feed.This is my entry in the Open Novella Contest-a challenge to write a novella of 20,000 words, based on a prompt, in just a few weeks. I chose the "mystery in the Antarctic" prompt.❄️Cover by @trista-❄️📱 Top rank: 26 in Adventure 📱…

m00n_drunk

Book 1 of the Paradise Series. -3019:The world was now advanced in all sorts of technology. They were stronger than any species known. And now, they began their exploration of other planets, searching for what humanity wanted to find even during the past millennium: planets capable of hosting life and paradise to all.At last, in this very year, they have found a planet worthy of being Earth's twin.But as soon as the first humans landed on that same planet, they were killed, suggesting that they were not alone on the new planet. So NASA sent a group of humans to planet Greta to investigate. But eventually, they realized that there is more at stake than what they expected.-…

ThePerfectChild13

[8X FEATURED] Merlin is the greatest-eleven-year-old nerd the world doesn't know because his name has cursed him--he's all parts nerd and zero parts magic and all he wants is to be cool.When Merlin hacks a new encryption code designed to protect online banks, he receives a full scholarship to Code-X Academy and wins a new enemy who trolls him online as @WizardSlayer666, ruining all his plans for coolness. Merlin discovers new powers and deadly secrets at the academy--but can he figure out how to control his abilities in time to unravel the clues before someone else dies? To do so, he may need to learn that the best kind of cool is to just be yourself.1st Place in the Hallow's Eve Astania Awards 10/31/2023Featured by @SpeculativeFiction 9/13/20233rd Place in The Book Awards 9/6/2023Featured by @lowfantasy 7/2/2023WINNER ONC 2023 Spirit Awards: Against All Odds 6/30/2023Featured by @WattpadWitches on 6/15/2023Featured by @WattpaddDisney on 6/12/2023 Hit 2,000 reads! 5/31/2023ONC 2023 Shortlister!! 5/31/2023ONC 2023 Longlister!! 5/19/2023No.8 Rank on "lowfantasy" tag 5/10/2023No.1 Rank on "fittingin" tag 5/8/2023No.1 Rank on "nerdy" tag 5/4/2023No.24 Rank on "middleschool" tag 5/4/2023Completed!!! 4/26/2023ONC 2023 Round 3 Qualifier!! 4/19/2023No.1 Rank on "middlegrade" tag 4/5/2023ONC 2023 Round 2 Qualifier!! 3/21/2023No.1 Rank on "speculative" tag 3/20/2023No.4 Rank on "witty" tag 2/27/2023No.3 Rank "ONC2023" tag 2/23/2023Started 2/5/2023WARNING: This middlegrade book touches on topics of cyber bullying, death, murder, identity, and has LGBTQ characters. PG Rating.The story is based on ONC 2023 contest prompt No. 47: You had a dispute with a cyberbully/keyboard warrior on social media. So you decided to step up and track down the account to confront. But you were shocked when you discovered who the person(s) is/are. BOOK COVER: I created the cover using Canva + staryai to create image of Merlin…

yemihikari

Actions have repercussions. Keith finds himself haunted by Allura's voice calling out in his dreams, but the universe is haunted by strange anomalies despite the sacrifice. One anomaly thrusts Keith and Lance into another universe when he is out looking for Allura, but the Lance of that universe finds an injured Keith in the tree during the dead of winter.Disclaimer - I don't own Voltron: Legendary DefenderNote - This was written for the Open Novella 2019. The prompt I am using for the story is Suspense 1: Winter Sun…

HeraHarker

[Ex Map to Anywhere] [LONGLIST ONC2020] When humanity is threatened by extinction, two enemies have to work together.She's the last Seer, with the most painful job imaginable.He's the commander of the last human outpost, with the heaviest responsibility to bear.She's totally shameless, respects nothing and no one.He's respected by everyone else as a god amongst men.No wonder they'd gladly kill each other. But they can't. They have to save mankind. And, surprisingly, each other.~32K words~~~Open Novella Contest 2020 - LonglistedFeatured:- WP Romance's Worlds Apart reading list- WP Fantasy's Romantasy readig list~~~Reviews:"The romance in the book isn't too cheesy, which is very unlike other romance books, but in a good way."The Belles Lettres Awards "Absolutely mind blowing! The plot is just as well executed as it seems to have been planned, though only the author can really know that. It truly is a science-fiction adventure!"The Mono Awards"I absolutely love the banter between Auberon and the Seer. And I love the concept. It's very well thought out and executed even better than I thought it could have. Something I would definitely recommend to others. Love it. Absolutely love it."The Sakura Awards"The very first word, emotional mapping had drawn me in from the very start. The plot was very intriguing and it was so mysterious from the start. It was very enjoyable."The Lazy Awards~~~(cover by 𝔨𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔭𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔰)…

ggldocswriting2258

just short stories of our favorite girl and some of her characters! <3I do take requests so please message me or comment them!…

0liviaRose436

Step into the enigmatic world of Barkeep, where the line between the living and the afterlife blurs in the dimly lit confines of Goff's bar. Follow Alex, a haunted bartender, as he navigates the mysteries of purgatory, grappling with love, loss, and the ultimate quest for redemption. With each twist and turn, secrets unravel, fates intertwine, and the true nature of existence is revealed. Join us on a journey where every drink holds a story, and every soul has a tale to tell.**************************************************************************************************In the ethereal realm of purgatory, Alex finds himself unexpectedly thrust into the role of proprietor of Goff's bar, where the recently deceased gather to come to terms with their demise. Amidst the swirling mists and spectral patrons, he navigates the complexities of guiding lost souls toward acceptance and peace.When Lu, the only woman he has ever loved, walks through the doors of his purgatory bar, Alex's world is forever changed. Shocked and overjoyed by her presence, he grapples with a whirlwind of emotions, as Alex finds himself torn between his duty as a guide for the departed and his desire to find solace in the arms of the woman he thought he would never see again.Based on prompt 7 of ONC 2024.…