Chandler Chase remembers a lot of things about her mother: the way her chin would jut out; how she felt about responsibility; how much she despised the superheroes of Atlas City. After a terrorist attack leaves Chandler's mother dead and Chandler to live with her eternally absent ex-superhero father, she's more than u...
What would you give up to dive into your favourite story? Romantic, sharp-tongued, with a tendency to fall in love with tall, dark-haired, brooding men--Leah is the archetype of the "Pride and Prejudice" fan. TV series, movies, comics, musicals: she has seen and read them all. For her birthday, Leah's friends and fami...
Harriet Longdale had never believed in ghosts. Despite the stories that and the noises that plagued her daily life, she always thought ghosts to be nothing more than a mind trick. Whilst preparing for a trip to the theatre, Harriet finds herself over one-hundred years into the future with no way of knowing how to get...
She hadn't meant for it to happen. One moment Harper Holloway was out In the beer garden to get some fresh air and the next moment she was in James Wittig's body embrace, his mouth against hers in reality rather than just the fantasy she'd been living in for the last ten plus years. James is more than off limits. Not...
(ONC round two qualifier!) Once upon a time. . . There was a kingdom in the midst of a war. As troops were slain mercilessly, the king turned to the gods and prayed for a blessing. Thus, the dragon goddess, Tiamat, answered. She lent her aid to the kingdom in return for a hundred souls to become her offspring. The kin...
"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity - Henry David Thoreau When six likely teenagers take a camping trip just outside of their small town Northcliffe, Western Australia, in the 1960s, everything seems to be normal. That is, until they wake up the next day in a completely different timezone, 50 years in...
In my world you have to be one of the Elite. After graduating from 8th grade it is a shitshow. You wait long intense nights filled with fear because you know one day they will come for you. They will get you mark my words on that. One day you will be ripped away from the comforts of your own home and shipped away to t...
Ted has suffered a hell of a week. Losing his family, his eyesight, and the ability to walk in one fell swoop, he's been forced to pick up the pieces in a whole other world entirely. The land of the fae, where everyone trusts no one, and the streets basking in neon light are on the verge of war. He wholeheartedly beli...
Failing her duty as an apprentice Limiren, Valena looks on as the great church bells of Villdesong toll the death of Saint Friar. Killed by an assassins blade. With only a handful of hair and a bruised ego, Valena must work to uncover where the assassin has hidden herself before she and Valena's career disappear compl...
I used to be a Zombie. Until a kind stranger bought me a new brain. They told me the brain was artificial; that it had been grown in one of the continent's many brain labs. "The labs were built to help recover the human population," they said. They told me no humans were harmed in the making of my brain. They were w...
"Tell me, if I shoot this bitch in the head, how fast can you carve my babies out of her stomach, alive and well?" That's what my best friend asked me before the worst tragedy of our lives. Now I must tell my children how they came to be. About their parents who loved each other so much and hated each other even more...
After five years of building his empire, Ron Powers surprises his fiancée Natalie with the latest rage-a destination wedding in romantic, Jamaica. Ron's plans fall short as he, his fiancée, and an unlikely hero get kidnapped for ransom. His dainty beliefs to fight for their survival are tested. Feelings grow for a man...
What would you do if your worst nightmares become someone else's reality? Julia Abbot is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life with the ordinary man of her dreams until an extraordinary twist of fate brings a new man into her dreams. Jahlin has been on the trail of evil his entire adult life, a trail that leads h...
What are wings for if not for flying with dragons in the realm where islands float in the sky? The life of order and monotony is not enough for a winged demon like Ansgarde. When society rules suffocate her, she escapes to fantastic dreams of dragons and epic quests. If only someone qualified took on the challenge to...
Writing Challenge for the Open Novella Contest 2020! Hannah is just a typical sixteen, going on seventeen-year-old girl, but has an added interest in magic. She ends up going too far one Halloween night as she plays with magic to impress her friends. How will she respond to the actions that follow? Only time will tell...