2100. A mysterious ship, nicknamed the Chimera, appears in Martian airspace. It bears the symbol of the international space agency, the BASE, but there is no record of such a vessel. Word and rumour quickly spread. BASE investigator Leanne Ziegler is sent to inspect the ship and make contact with its crew. But the Chi...
In the magical, secluded village of Laeternas, Marissa Jenkins, the mayor's daughter, awaits Cristina Stevenson, her destined soulmate, so that they can marry on her 28th birthday and preserve the ancient tradition. However, not only is Cristina on the other side of the world with another woman, but she also dies in a...
[COMPLETE] Senar Kil is a powerful vampire who harbors a deadly secret: she can no longer drink blood. If her secret gets out, the other vampires will kill her in order to claim her status. Adrian Namgung is an infamous vampire who knows Senar is hiding something and will do anything he can to find out what it is. Pr...
Single mom Selina Sardi would do anything for her 6-year-old son. Eager to turn their new house into a real home for him, she's devastated when she discovers that the monster under his bed is not a figment of his imagination but the real deal. Elias Zwarteveen started his bogeyman career twenty-four years ago and he...
{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...
Grady just wants to grieve the loss of his ex in peace, but then Quinn's younger sister, Taryn, whirls into his Texas hometown, looking to stir up the past. She brings in a wave of goons with her and a mystery that's well beyond his pay grade. Still, it's Grady's job to serve and protect, and as much as he may want to...
24th February 2025, marks the date, where the sun had vanished, plunging us into an abyss of darkness, the immediate concern wasn't how we would survive. Survival was not the answer; modification was. It was the day, we became Oxy, altered humans integrated with parasitic plants designed to produce oxygen in a realm...
Are you a mystery lover? Looking for some mysteries to solve or clues to uncover? Join Rogan on his quest to find all the answers even when things don't go as he hopes. What awaits you is mystery, secrets, and three people determined to come out as winners. Especially when losing can spell out disaster for each one of...
My ONC 2024 entry inspired by prompt 21: A dragon, an elf, and a dwarf embark on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom.
"Do not fall in love with that girl, agent. That's an order." "I won't," I promised. But I'd never been good at following orders. ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Revenge is 17-year-old Seth's first and only priority. Ever since an Anomaly - an evil, destructive being created from mutations to the human genome - murdered his father six years a...
Inventor Selene Mintz and her partner Arch Kenton are on the cusp of breaking into the upper levels of Inno-Tech with their latest inventions when she is rocked by a devastating betrayal. Unsure who to trust but hellbent on making the person pay, she fights for control of her idea before the materialistic tech company...
The life of a goddess isn't as easy as it seems. | On the morning of Palya's arranged marriage, a mark appears on her forehead, indicating that she has ascended into a deity. She learns that she has become a void-goddess with the ability to undo the other gods' blessings. Believing that she would betray them and lose...
He gave her his heart... and now he wants it back. Delilah is running for her life. And from it. Six days ago, she made a terrible choice, one that has endangered every person she loves. Her only chance to protect them is to stay as far away as she can, with only the pulsing shard of crystal in her pocket as dre...
𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐎, Cairo Quimby disappeared without a trace. His family has neglected to speak of him since, running the slightly strange but unassuming hotel he grew up in as if nothing ever happened. Until Cairo, a lone wanderer roaming a lost and dangerous world, has a run-in at a diner with mysterious str...
Iris's brother has done a stupid, stupid thing by challenging a shadewalker from the Veil family to a game of Creznen Roulette. Unfortunately, he won. Now, the shadewalker's older sister is demanding Iris's life in retribution. In desperation, Iris's father has gone to Adrian Colt, another shadewalker, begging him to...
I just discovered that my bed is a portal to another world. And I couldn't have been less prepared for my adventures in the land of dreams. __________________ "𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦," 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥. "𝘕𝘰, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨." "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘥." 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦...
Death was once something I feared, an illusion that brought darkness with it, but now I plead for its mercy in this time that survivors have come to call, The New Order. ••• It was only a cough to began with, something so simple, it had happened a thousand times before, but with in a few days it was so much more then...
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
How many friends do you have? When a stray thought forces Will Marte to notice the oddities in his everyday life, what follows is a reflection on the friendly relationships he has and had and a contemplation on the question: what is a friend? Having had an unconventional upbringing, he still feels its effects as an...
Kristen Reese at the age of 22 finds a sudden interest in writing. However, that only increases her level of frustration because she couldn't write more than a line. So, to ward off her anger, one night she sings her favorite movie soundtrack - Waiting On A Miracle. And maybe, a miracle really does happen. Could it be...
"No, stop! Just stop..." My voice comes out as a whisper. "Stop being so nice to me. Stop making me wish and dream for something that... that's never gonna-" I place a hand over my mouth, an attempt to muffle my sobs, and shut my eyes. *** Celeste Brown believed in love; she loved love. She craved it more than anythin...
When flowers get pricked, they wreck the world. Rathi was once a petunia. As she walks the muddy roads with guilt that pits her heart, she hears the skies roar. The bolt of lightning pierced her eyes making her weakly succumb to the grounds. Little did she know, she was split. A tragic irony that she will never wish t...
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...
Rumors. Infidelity. Lies. Secrets. MURDER. And all before lunch time. Who knew being a socialite in 1951 could be so thrilling? ~~~ On a lovely June afternoon, as the oh-so-chic members of the Gilded Grove Ladies' Book Club gather for their scheduled luncheon, they are shocked to receive the news that their vice presi...
Entry for ONC 2024- When I took another step back, my feet found a round structure instead of the flat floor that I had been anticipating. I realised, too late, that I had collided with the rolled rug and before I could regain my balance, I crashed down, the chalice spilling its contents right over my head, drenching...
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...
[Original Story] In the dreary, short days of late January, 1970, strangers arrive at the Paradise Hotel in Arkansas. Some are here for respite. Some for work. Some for trouble. The holidays may be over, but the murders aren't.
Pristine Marvin, a shy sophomore harboring a secret crush on her classmate Andrei, finds herself unknowingly entangled in a web of mysterious events after a fateful encounter at an eerie shop. As the case unravels, Alan Alteiner, the manipulating hero of Caperwood, embarks on a quest to uncover the truth surrounding h...
When an orphaned, DACA, pre-med student with a secret gift and a fiery CEO with a legacy to protect are forced into a marriage of inconvenience, the Mayan Moon isn't the only thing causing turmoil. Roger Catzín, a pre-med student with a knack for healing wounds with a whisper and a touch, never imagined his nightly st...
Emma, a girl used to being watched. Zephyr, a detective who makes a living by watching others. Acacius, a serial killer from the future who enjoys watching his victims. The plot is kept secret, but the ending is clear. There's only one survivor in this story, and no one but the main character can escape with their lif...