Ownvoices Stories

Ziya Foyce doesn't chase men. She paints, she hides, and she minds her business. In a town full of noise and chaos, she clings to her canvas and her peace. That is, unti...

One man is her family's dream. The other could be her undoing. Suraiya Rao has never quite belonged. She's not white enough for society, not brown enough for her family...

One story told from different perspectives, One game that would either make a team, or Marr their bonds forever. Each player has something to lose, something to prove, a...

ආදරය කියන්නෙ හිමි කරගැනීම ම නෙවෙයි අයිතිය හෝ අනියමත් නෙවෙයි. රාගය..විරහව..නියම්..අනියම්...මේ සේරම තියෙන්නෙ අයිතියක් ඉල්ලුවොත් විතරයි. ආදරය හරියට හඳ වගේ.... අයාන් කියන්න...

Dacre Lenore was sure of a lot of things, but what he was sure of most was his hatred for vampires. Vermin. Corpses puppeteered by demons. The extermination of them was...

Seventeen-year-old Lia navigates high school with a sharp tongue and an even sharper mind-memorizing footsteps, decoding voices, and refusing to let her blindness define...

Four princesses from the districts of Brown Town are accepted at the prestigious Brown Queen University, the only remaining university in the country to train princesses...

on Lovealot.net - a blog/social space for honest convos about love, identity, and everything in between. Raven's voice is thoughtful, proud, and a little spicy, especial...

By Jillian Stella When curious little Melody falls asleep reading a book about architecture, she's swept away on a magical dream journey across the African continent. Fr...

Cal Kestis is killed and travels back in time, where his 22-year-old conscience is thrown into the body of his newborn self. Stuck in a form in which he cannot talk or c...

Turning fourteen was supposed to mean voice cracks, new subjects, and awkward growing pains. But for Theo, it unlocks something much deeper - a family secret bound by a...

When the sun shines brightest and the drums begin to beat, Melody and her magical cat, Kitty Paws, are swept into a dazzling celebration unlike any other - The Great Mel...

In a society where technology enhances conformity, Charlie defies expectations by requesting to transition to male. But when the system wants to change his brain rather...

Mechanic is a coming-of-age novel set in early 2000s Oakland, following sixteen-year-old JayJohnson as he returns home from juvenile detention and tries to rebuild his l...

Born of Zeus and the primordial void of Chaos, Aphrodite was never meant to be soft. Yet Olympus demanded she smile, obey, and love quietly-or be exiled. Branded as prop...

When 19-year-old Ayana stumbles upon a buried relic beneath an ancient sugar tree in rural Georgia, her world cracks open-literally. Marked by ancestral magic and haunte...

Life isn't black and white when you're drowning in gray. This diary holds everything I can't say out loud

Reclusive, emo poet, Erioluwa Jesukite has demons that possess full control of his mind-thus reducing him to a vessel laden with anxiety-ridden thoughts and dark compuls...

When Kirti, an anxious yet curious girl navigating her chaotic first year of college, crosses paths with Agastya a rising archery champion she finds herself captivated n...

[This is the translated version of my original Indonesian story. To support me or read the Bahasa Indonesia version, visit my profile] In an alternate version of the 200...