**AMBYS 2022 WINNER** He'll never play piano again. That's what virtuoso pianist Zephyr has vowed to himself after escaping Sigma, the sprawling criminal organisation that once held him--and still holds his friends--captive in California's mega-city capital, Maria. After being forced to entertain Sigma's clients with...
{2024 ONC Round One Ambassadors Pick }In the heart of the bustling Bronx, amidst the vibrant chaos of Highbridge, where the rhythm of life pulses through the streets, a resilient 18-year-old Camila finds herself thrust into a nightmarish struggle for survival. Balancing the weight of two jobs to support her family, Ca...
Nikolas Hoffman just wants to lay low. After coming out as transgender in high school, he made a vow to draw as little attention to himself as possible, diving headfirst into his work as a copy editor as soon as he graduated college. Now, Nikolas has finally decided to give himself a much-needed vacation to a small be...
"They were sunshine, I was midnight rain." Written for Open Novella Contest 2024.
[**Slow Updates**] Lawrence thought that Count Abbot was his soulmate...until he realized that his creator had abandoned him as a Fledgeling to pursue another human. - ⥽ ✟ ⥼ - Lawrence thought he found his soulmate in Count Abbotーuntil Abbot heartlessly abandoned him. Betrayed and furious, Lawrence resolves to seek re...
In a world where people are followed by animals that reflect their personality, Taylor is devastated when she starts being followed by companions of the creepy crawly variety. As her passionate science teacher's annual companion showcase rapidly approaches, Taylor's mind is abuzz with anxiety about what her newfound c...
I am not afraid of lightning storms-the famous last words of a girl staring down the angry glare of a Qilin. My mother was wrong about the ''Asian Unicorns.'' Qilins are massive, beautiful, and they seem to peer right through your soul as they conjure the storm around you. But that's the least of my worries now. Wakin...
"If I had known everything would become like this. I would have never been this greedy", she says. A drop of tear escaped the corner of her eyes, as she jumped into the void. The crimson-red plum blossom mark on her forehead slowly began to fade away. Her eyes, capture the view of the person, looking at her as she des...
COMPLETE An ONC2024 Novella. Main Prompt #56 A cursed girl. The man who loves her. A questionable death. Native American lore. Elemental Guardians. A village built on sacred burial grounds. What could go wrong? In 1600s Virginia, a small colonial village sprung up unceremoniously on the sacred burial grounds of the Na...
Rosemary Albright has been a topic of gossip in the Ton for six long years. She has perfected her gentle smile, her polite non-answers are above reproach, and not a single brash suitor has seen a snippet of her ire. She is the picture of a calm and collected widow, and she intends to remain that way, even as strangers...
Ruslan Bogdanovich Makarov's spoiled, twisted family is desperate to retain their power, but refuse to name him Tsesarevich, the crowned prince or heir apparent, because of his birth gender. Instead, they've welcomed Alexander Vissarionovich Sokolov to the palace; the last apple on a dying branch of their family tree...
Kya Edwards is a liar. She can't seem to help it. She opens her mouth and the lies just spill out without thought or reason. Typically, her lies are harmless until one lie spirals and lands her in a heap of trouble with the absolute wrong crowd. Who knew the Mafia wouldn't have a sense of humor? KISS ME WHEN I LIE i...
My first ONC attempt. Connor Jarvis is dead. He drowned on a beach holiday when he was young. Now he helps souls cross over to their rightful place in heaven or hell. It's work he's used to, but he doesn't enjoy it. Mostly because of interference from guardian angels who think they know better. When the soul of mass...
Bee is anything but happy. Once a promising student and an A plus daughter, she weaves through life trying to make it through one day at a time. When she gets dumped by her college boyfriend, she seeks refuge in her grandfather's home only to discover her doting grandfather kept secrets of his own. And the secret is a...
Nolan Rodrigo, a recovering heroin addict, finds himself in a new foster family after multiple failed placements and a troubled past. He remains skeptical of their intentions, fearing they view him merely as a means to enhance their social standing. Nolan's battle to stay clean and reach his eighteenth birthday become...
Attend opera concerts. Run a few errands. Enjoy a luxury apartment, wardrobe, and car, all expenses paid. Sounds like a dream job, right? There's only one catch. After nights of haunting musical messages and retrieving strange, pulsing items for her eccentric employer, Cleo unravels a conspiracy she definitely isn't g...
This story is written for ONC 2024 and is based on prompts 84 (main) and 9 (secondary) Butter, formerly a human prince who went as His Highness Prince Dalton Buttercutter, is a kitten who has served the Woodgrip witches for the past twenty-four generations. His present mistress, (the ninth Woodgrip) Pepper, is a stre...
Not all fairy tales have happy endings, which Arthur is about to discover in a big way. After an especially bad day of work, he makes a wish on a star that all of the magical stories his Nana used to tell him when he was a boy were real. Life in the mundane everyday world might not always be great, but fairy tales m...
Eve always knew she was different, as if her adoptive parents would ever let her forget it. She tried to fit into their cookie-cutter lives, but she felt like a raisin among chocolate chips - pretending to be something she wasn't. She was in a constant battle with her nature and her nurturing. But sooner or later, eve...
''Dehai is dead.'' Yinuo, the sole daughter among Lord Yan's seven children, dared to love someone her world could never accept, and he paid with his life. Now, as her family readies for her brother's wedding, the arrival of a hostage prince reignites memories of her past love. His presence-marred by scars and with ey...
What will Elijah do when A-list movie star, Aria Sterling, crashes his well-earned vacation? As a lawyer fighting for the rights of LGBTQ youth, he doesn't have much sympathy for some spoiled actress who is trailed by paparazzi wherever she goes. But, surrounded by aggressive photogs, they'll realize they have more in...
ONC 2024: Prompt #17: Your curse is to love so much and crave love more than life, but never be loved. Those who dare to love you will be subjected to the worst of fates. Fedya Zaravyrzhik is a siren--a cursed one at that. While most sirens are designed to seduce and kill, Fedya is flawed--he loves love. Fedya's curse...
[#ONC2024] ❝I hate you so much, I can't bring myself to kill you.❞ Self-proclaimed master of thievery, Vincent Costa has nothing to lose. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor: a modern day Robin Hood, if you will. Vincent and his friends develop well-thought-out schemes to earn a lot of cash and fast. They su...
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
Confined to the family's estate since birth, three sisters have never seen the outside world. Taught they are unable to leave home due to their long hair, Lexi, Lulu, and Fia secretly envy their volatile father and narcissistic mother whose short locks allow them to come and go whenever they wish. Raised believing the...
[ONC2024 Entry] Round 2 Qualifier Embarking on a second career at the age of 32, Percy Richter is well aware that love between a therapist and client is not only forbidden but unethical, even as a clinical intern. But there is something endearing about 24 year old Judah ("Jude") Prak that makes him irresistible. Jud...
A vampire named Citlali receives an email from an old lover who broke her heart centuries ago. The message says the immortal is dead and she left a key for Citlali in a bank in New York. But the same message had been sent to two other persons whose identity Citlali ignores and the safe can only be opened if the three...
Antinous is destined to die. Envied by the gods and despised by his rivals, the Greek youth from Bithynia is the most beautiful boy in the Roman Empire, summoned to the Eternal City where the emperor, Hadrian, makes him his lover. Just when Antinous thinks he has outrun destiny, he meets Leonides, a bold young soldier...
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One summer, four teens discover something they'd forever after wish they hadn't about the wealthy resort that is the heart of their otherwise sleepy community. The horror of what happened has stayed with each as they've gone their own ways and attempted to make lives for themselves, but fifteen years later, they're ca...