Evelynn Alters is a young woman working hard to make her way in the world. Whether by choice or bad luck, she flits from place to place and job to job. To others, she is a bit of an outcast; an introvert who excels in whatever she attempts, but never sticks around long enough to achieve real success. But who is she...
[ONC 2023 Shortlister] ['23 RGAs Overall Winner] When the storm comes, who will you choose to ride it out with? In the sleepy coastal village of Porthdruro, the most excitement literature student Sally Tremaine experiences is the coming and going of the tide. So, when she runs into carefree photographer Flick Scott on...
Harley never expected her new boss to be the same man who saved her from a terrible blind date - nor that he would be a sexy Italian billionaire hell-bent on making her his. -- Harley Goode is no stranger to tough times. But when she lands the job of her dreams - being an official translator for a large company - thin...
You don't go to the police when you think you've seen a witch. They won't help you. *** Political dissidents and nonconformists alike, colloquially referred to as witches under the paleoconservative, totalitarian regime of the New American Republic, are tracked down like animals, tortured, and swiftly put to death. ...
Reviewing restaurants is normally a safe pursuit, but Kate and Lorne face torture and death when they try to unravel organised crime's infiltration of the fine dining scene. Kate is a novelist and a dining columnist. Lorne is a lawyer, a prominent wine writer and an incognito restaurant reviewer who, since his teens...
Ray's best friend, Cece, rents a house for the spring break party to end them all. Bachelorette style, 8 invitees form four couples, arranged by chance, with 5 days to test things out in hopes of finding true love. Aromantic and asexual, Ray wants nothing to do with that bullshit, but at Cece's insistence, she goes al...
SHORTLISTED. Paul Finn wakes to discover that not only is he feeling horribly sick but, more worryingly, the naked stranger in his bed isn't moving. If only he could remember what happened... My story for the ONC 2023, a thriller scifi adventure, with a touch of romance. (SciFi /Adventure / LGBT)