The Alliance's top galactic terraformer, Pelin Demir, uses state-of-the-art biotech to transform barren rocky planets into lush habitable ecosystems. Seeking escape from a dying Earth and a tragic past, Pelin has devoted a decade to serving the Alliance in the seemingly-endless galactic turf war between post-Earth hum...
[M/M] Frans Dahl and Yashar Alizadeh have been a steady couple for two years, but when your boyfriend is an enigmatic, tight-lipped dancer admired by thousands, doing things by the book isn't always on the cards. Communication is a struggle, made more difficult by the fact that only one of them seems to think they hav...
{A #PrideatWattpad Book Club Selection} A revised version of my unsuccessful entry to the @Wattpad One That Got Away anthology. VERY loosely inspired by the movie Legally Blonde but YA and gayer with way more Black people. After Yves' girlfriend Loren dumps her for nonbinary school genius Phoenix Belmont, she decides...
* ONC 2020 AMBASSADOR'S PICK * * ONC 2020 HONORABLE MENTION * * ONC 2020 SHORT LIST * * HIDDEN GEMS * Sean has a problem: his dreams come to life. It causes him enough trouble that he moves across the country to start fresh at Everwood Institute. But as his repetitive dreams become more vivid, he wonders if anything h...
A short story about gender, and society, and illusion, and dragons. ----- Or: Nathan is young, queer, and alone. Aris is fluid, 'sikar' and a dragon. Glamour is a short story about illusions, gender, self-expression, reclamation of slurs, and what it means to be queer.
Lana never expected one wild night to end in a wedding - and least of all that her partner in crime would steal her crush. Now she has the chance to do it all over again. --------------------- "We're superheroes," Cam announces when we're finished. "Yeah." I smile tightly. The superhero never gets the girl. ...
Finding love as an asexual teenager is hard enough. Being an anonymous internet celebrity? Even harder, but it's fun as long as it stays anonymous. Eve didn't expect her Twitter account to blow up, and now that 'DukeCockroach' has millions of followers she has to watch what she posts and somehow balance her online exi...
Voicemail: // Hey. It's Logan. You know what to do. *BEEP* (Written in snippets. Complete.)
🍌🍌🍌Think Netflix's SEX EDUCATION, but without the accents, and instead of pictures and sound, I put the words on the screen, and you paint the pictures with your mind.🥒🥒🥒 *** Some guys are showers. Some guys are growers. Then there's Peter. He's got a big secret about a little problem (in his pants). But one day...
Brando Hallward is stuck on a transatlantic flight with his ex when he meets the suave Daxten Lowe. Maybe his luck is about to change. ***** Arriving desperately late for his flight, Brando Hallward discovers it's delayed but still manages to make...
There are different types of listening. Some are bad. (LGBT themes).
Tomorrow liked solitude. Then a naked lunatic arrived and demanded pants. Things went downhill from there.
"I didn't know you had friends like Isaac," Willa said in greeting. "I don't," muttered Jared. Isaac rolled his eyes. "Yeah, you don't. You have //one// friend like Isaac." His voice turned into this stupid mock whisper and he leaned towards Jared conspiratorially. "It's me, by the way."
When Ben's secret boyfriend, Mickey, forgets he exists, he discovers an underground world of wizards and teams up with Mickey's impostor to save him. ***** After a whirlwind affair during junior year, Ben didn't hear a word from Mickey over the summer. So, on the first day of school, Ben confronted his secret boyfrien...
Ray is low on time, luck, and hope; his only chance is an artifact that may not even exist. But upon meeting Landon, Ray is beginning to believe he might find all four. ***** Cambions are doomed to tragedy. They are weak, sickly creatures that rarely l...
Fed up with being picked on, a geeky boy with a big secret hires the school's toughest senior as a bodyguard to protect him from the bullies. Cover by @glynfrans
When the only man he's ever loved, once a millionaire, ends up homeless, a palliative carer must let go of the past in order to help him get back on his feet. --- There's a delicate balance between self-preservation and self-isolation. Palliative carer Josh Winters has dedicated his life to bringing joy to someone's f...
[ONC 2021 WINNER: 3rd place] When a car accident reveals a shocking secret even he didn't know about himself, an android finds himself hunted by his own husband. BioSynth is one half of a duology of novellas. Both follow the same sequence of events from different PoVs. BioSynth is Quentin's tale; SynTracker is Ian's...
[ONC ROUND ONE WINNER: 4th place] When he discovers his husband has been replaced, an android hunter must find the impostor in time to rescue the man he loves. SynTracker is one half of a duology of novellas. Both follow the same sequence of events from different PoVs. SynTracker is Ian's tale; BioSynth is Quentin's...
Sol Juarez has been obsessed with Valentine's Day for as long as they can remember; between the roses, the heartfelt confessions and the pretty cards - the disgustingly sweet day is practically begging for their attention. Every February, the school buzzes with cute notes and secret admirers, and Sol wants nothing mor...
I've been selected to write this letter in partnership with RiseUp powered by Kids Help Phone, where African, Caribbean, and Black youth can get wellness support by visiting KidsHelpPhone.ca/RISE or texting RISE to 686868. I'm excited to be a part of this because my own kid is entering high school, so for me, it's as...
A letter to my younger self in partnership with RiseUp powered by Kids Help Phone to raise awareness of mental health issues in the Black youth population. If you're a Black youth in Canada who's feeling alone, in an active time of crisis, or who just wants someone to talk to, you can text RISE to 686868 to connect wi...
