De verlegen en chronisch onzekere Renée Jansse is blij dat ze eindelijk bijna weer thuis is na haar uitzichtloze werkdag. Ze weet dat ze meer in haar mars heeft dan teamleider bij het callcenter zijn, alleen heeft ze haar kans nog niet gegrepen. Ze wil actie in haar leven, maar dan zal ze op moeten staan om daar wat a...
Har du någonsin känt det som att okända spirituella krafter svävar runt din kropp? Förföljer dig och vägrar att lämna din varelse ifred? Psykiska krafter som finns där och inte går att ta på, men sträcker du ut handen tillräckligt så stöter den i en sorts hinna. Osynlig. Du visste inte att den fanns. Det här är en n...
Bren's new life with the Innkeeper's team of rebels is dangerous and demanding, but with Captain Arramy's help they are doing real damage to the Coventry. Then disaster strikes, and Bren and Arramy wind up running for their lives across the Coalition provinces, trying to find a way back to the resistance. Instead, Bre...
The winds of change blow across Egypt as the death of a past ruler marks the beginning of a new reign. Nefret, a young scribe, struggles to prove herself in a society dominated by men and aristocrats. When an opportunity arises to work for the chief physician at the royal palace, Nefret leaves home in order to test he...
Alexander Langley wasn't looking for trouble but Charlotte Porter found him anyway. Only, this new partnership has them in over their heads and way before their time. 2020 WATTYS WINNER in MYSTERY The life of a poor merchant's daughter in Victorian Era London is quite boring. Charlotte Porter, it seems, is the excepti...
Cara's family was taken from her as a teenager, and she spent the years after learning everything she could about the dark creatures responsible, trying desperately to save others from the same fate. But now those evil forces are gathering, and the few that are left fighting against them are being torn apart. In a w...
Sunbeams dust pages of ancient poetry. Data zips across a computer screen. Between the stacks, a couple hides forbidden kisses. In the distance, a librarian hushes someone in a voice that doesn't sound entirely human. Welcome to The Library. --- A collection of short stories. Includes tales by @AnnaofthePond, @ccstar...
Der erste Fall für Holler & Sieben. Nach einjähriger Zwangspause nehmen die Kriminalbeamten Arndt Holler und Melinda Sieben ihren Dienst in einer neuen Stadt wieder auf. Bereits nach kurzer Zeit müssen sie sich eingestehen, dass für sie nichts mehr so ist wie zuvor. Melinda hört Stimmen und Arndts Körper gehorcht nic...
Ten years after leaving their Catholic boarding school, three former classmates meet up at the headmistress's retirement, and find the past still has resonances in the present. This started as my attempt at the Open Novella Contest 2021 (20,000-40,000 words. This is at the upper end of this range.) It didn't get anywh...
*** OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2021 - HONORABLE MENTION *** The year is 1907, and Amalthea Huntley, Countess of Claremont, is bored. Recently widowed at a young age, she finds very little to entertain her in Edwardian London, until an unusual turn of events at a society party plants the seed of an idea. Lady detective? W...
A fanfiction inspired by Arcadia's Goodbye Is Forever video. Basically a steampunk AU in which Nick Rhodes is a genius time traveler from the 1800s who ends up in the 1980s for a day...
Prompt 1: Limbo. 1000-1500 words telling of someone trapped in the Minotaur's labyrinth. Prompt 2: Lust. up to 500 words of the life of someone who now resides in the second circle of Hell. Prompt 3: Gluttony. 1000-1500 words telling of a woman failing in school who finds a key and opens a door to the third circle, wh...
Jeden Montag fährt er mit der Bahn. Jeden Montag steigt sie dazu. Jeden Montag schauen sie sich unauffällig an und wünschen sich, miteinander zu reden. Jeden Montag herrscht jedoch statt eines Gesprächs Stille. Doch wirklich jeden Montag? [#28 in Kurzgeschichten, 25.10.17] • Watty-Gewinner 2017 •
¡¡Destacada por el perfil oficial @WattpadVampirosES ♥!! Eremia encuentra a Stian herido de muerte. Con un poco de su sangre puede salvarle la vida, pero el gesto puede salir bastante caro, especialmente para Stian. A raíz del suceso, ambos verán sus mundos inmiscuirse en intrigas políticas, los tumultos de una era en...
Simón se encarga de animar fiestas y hacer que todos pasen una linda noche. Él disfruta demasiado su trabajo y junto con su socio son conocidos en el sector, lo que atrae muy buenos clientes. Uno de los cuales le hace una propuesta sorprendente: Triplicar los honorarios si en vez de animar la fiesta logra destruirla...
Tim Kobayashi es un joven chef que quiere ser el mejor. Sin embargo, su sueño se ve más lejano cuando lo despiden del restaurante donde trabaja y se conforma con dar clases de cocina. Su suerte parece cambiar de repente cuando conoce a Debra, una madre soltera que quiere dejar atrás su pasado y ser feliz. Dos perso...
[ONC 2021 Grand Winner] After the events of Ragnarök, the God Vidar has settled in the nice and quiet city of Antwerp where he keeps an eye on the local paranormal community. Nearly a millennium later, Vidar is a grumbling bookstore owner by day and a lazy paranormal detective by night (albeit a slightly furry one dur...
{ONC2021 2nd Place Overall, Round Two Ambassador Picks & Shortlist} When Max O'Brien receives an almond with a skull painted on it, he initially plays it off as a prank. But, after his wife leaves town, he begins discovering more of the nuts hidden around the house. More disturbing than that is that some unseen intrud...
A well-meaning guidance counselor tries to help her struggling students. These students all need her help, though they don't know it yet. She calls her idea "The Round Table". The idea is only temporary. Until, it is not. This story is told from the P.O.V of characters who have more in common than they think. Dedica...