Onc2021 Stories

ONC 2021 Honourable Mention! Amby's 2022 Historical Fiction winner Based on prompt 45: 'The war has begun and soldiers are needed. You have two choices: serve as a soldier, or defy the call and disguise yourself as a shepherd.' (C)Spruce_Goose

Luke and Naluma have had a rough year, but their Force-bonded love has gotten them through the death of a student a few months earlier. However, Luke's worried about Naluma, who is trapped at the Jedi Academy with two dozen Padawan driving her crazy in the dead of winter. He surprises her with a long-overdue vacation for just the two of them, the first one in the four years they've known each other. However, their idyllic love is tested when Luke refuses to give Naluma what she desperately desires: a child of their own. When the Force gets involved, the couple learns that imposing the words of man on the will of the supreme power in the galaxy is never going to work--and the Force plays dirty when accomplishing its will. Luke and Naluma don't stand a chance. This isn't going to go the way they think. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Open Novella Contest 2021 Entry Prompt #17 Your main character is in an idyllic relationship. Your task? Make - then break - the ship. (It ends HEA, so no worries my Romance readers.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cover by author.

When her parents die in an accident, 27-year-old party girl, Adelaide Becker, sets her sights on inheriting the family fortune. But when the will is read, she is not surprised to find her parents are capable of ruining her happiness even from beyond the grave. If she hopes to inherit the family estate, she has to follow one not so inviting rule: move to the English countryside and live with a long forgotten grandmother. For a year. Begrudgingly, she packs her things and leaves the sandy shores of Greece for the small, ramshackle house her mother grew up in. Between the drafty room, the terrible food, and the young carpenter who seems more intent on sweeping her off her feet than fixing the roof, Adelaide is convinced her parents set the whole thing up just to punish her for indiscretions. She's determined to beat them at their own game and survive the year, but when her grandmother hands her a ring and a letter and declares her engaged, Adelaide might finally snap. *** ONC 2021 entry for prompt # 74. CW: Death of parent.

There's an unspoken rule on the island of Norholm, whose shores are haunted by sea nymphs that dwell deep beneath the ocean and only surface twice a year when the moon glows blue. The rule is: don't bother the sea spirits, and they won't bother you. Fionn Miller is not the best at following rules. Especially when there's a mystery to be uncovered. This story is being written for the Open Novella Contest, inspired by prompt #23.

A woman suspects that her government-imposed birth control implant is controlling her. As reports of uncharacteristically violent female behaviour begin to surge, it becomes evident that the mandatory implant is wreaking havoc on women's impulse control. Is the rage she feels bubbling within a natural reaction to an unjust society or is there something more sinister at play? --- Readers say: "A roller coaster of a story!" "I just loved this story. A fascinating insight into the gender question nested within a fascinating sci-fi premise!" "...a strong and powerfully written work by a skilled and mature writer. I highly recommend it!" -Elveloy, Wattpad Ambassador Featured: Amby Awards Winner Dystopian July 2022 Wattpad AdultFiction Book of the Month April 2022 Speculative Fiction Awards 2022 - WINNER Wattpad AdultFiction Lit List December 2021 Wattpad Stars Feature List September 2021 Contemporary Fiction Awards 2021 SHORTLIST ONC2021 LONGLIST Note: this novella describes a contemporary feminist dystopia and includes non-graphic scenes of sexual predation and violence. [[22,000 words]]

Cherish thought she'd escaped her past years ago--settled down in some forgotten, sleepy town, gotten a steady job at the local library, and subtly hidden the witchcraft books donated from the local covens from the public. Cherish Harmond was wrong. Her cedar tree had screamed at her before dying on her front lawn that morning. Cherish hadn't even realized trees could scream. Faced with the desperate plea for help from a stranger, the past she thought she had successfully outrun has returned, and she must come to terms with it, to use her powers for good--because if she doesn't, she might unleash a curse onto her sleepy, normal hometown forever. **Submission for ONC 2021 ***Please note, this is also available on Amazon via ebook and paperback***

/Entry Open Novella Contest 2021/ Ophelia is forced to live her life in pieces. After each year of her life, she dies, only to come back alive many years later, having lost everything of her past, except for her memories. She has learned to live without any attachments, but what happens when she robs a mysterious stranger at the Venetian Carnival? And what happens when she meets him again in her next life, when he should have been dead for years? Together, they try to find a solution to their problems in an adventure filled with mysteries, love, death and dancing. Can Ophelia find a way to stay alive for more than one year at a time? /Based on prompt 71: "This is our last dance, my dear." They said, to which you reply, "Then make it the best dance, my love."/

*entry for ONC 2021* prompt thirty-three: when a loved one dies, the person is lost. until, they find a jar of fortune notes which leads them to read each one every day. how does the journey start and end? ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ Milana Fallaci doesn't believe in love. After the death of her mother and the heartbreak left by her ex-boyfriend, she has struggled to get herself back up on her feet. Connections of the emotion, love, is something she doesn't want to relearn and she wants to ignore the whole meaning of it as much as possible. But when a jar of love letters mysteriously appears in her locker, and a lover from the past waltzes back into her life, her view on the emotion shifts. Not only is she experiencing a sense of hope, but she's also hell-bent on figuring out who lies behind the poems and scribbled writing. Letter after letter, secrets are revealed, truths are spilled and lies are spread. Emotions resurface, bonds are formed, memories are created and the past is forgiven. But what happens when Milana catches feelings? Will she chase after them and give up on the anonymous love-note writer? Or will she choose an anonymous identity over a face she can visibly see? 'Violets are Blue' is a thrilling romance novella that follows Milana Fallaci, a heartbroken teen, on a journey that requires her to open up the wounds she had hid for years, let go of her past and allow herself to follow her heart. © myrawritess 2021. all rights reserved.

Greedy for more power, Clan chief Paden MacFarlane has his eyes set on a flourishing and prosperous Clan: the Clan Baird that lies on the border separating the Lowlands and Highlands. His plan was going well until an unexpected betrayal occurred. Blackmailed into following Chief Paden in his blinded victory, Chief MacMillan saves Arabella Baird and brings her into his home. Raising her as his very own, MacMillian keeps the murder of her family a secret. But secrets were never meant to be hidden. With determination and will, Arabella sets out on her revenge to regain her clan but finding love, friendship, and purpose along the way.

Dive into this novella as we follow Thanatos, the Greek god of death as he's trapped in 2020. In a desperate bid to get back to his routine, he deploys a young demi-god to set things right. Things are not so simple as Thanatos beings to realise the gravity of his entrapment. You wouldn't want him knocking at your door but fourteen-year-old Giorgio isn't so lucky. When Thanatos comes knocking at his door his world is about to change as he's given his first quest as a demi-god to stop the world from ending. Nothing could go wrong, right?

Life is full of regular teens going about their pretty dull, normal lives. Except Imogen is not one of them. Recently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, her hallucinations are so vivid that she's armed herself with a take-no-shit attitude and her Polaroid camera-or any device that can snap reality back into place. She's a girl on a mission to stay sane enough to make it into college. But that plan backfires the second she meets him. Chase-a fiercely alluring and mysterious boy-standing in front of her at the rooftop of her high school on Prom night seems too good to be true. They talk. She hates it. Why? Because now she desperately wants their connection to be real. Hiding her illness to be the normal girl he thinks she is will be the beginning of everything. Before she knows it, they are wandering searching for what makes them feel alive, while she battles her demons for a love so strong to hush them for good. ✶✶✶ Witty, thought-provoking, and ultimately moving, this story will have you reading chapter after chapter trying to figure out what is real and what is not. Who said we can't fall in love with what we can't prove we made up? ✶✶✶ ⚠️WARNING: You should only be reading this on Wattpad. Anywhere else is sheer plagiarism⚠️

(ONC 2021 Shortlisted) Lenny Legend works for the Intergalactic Government's Anti-Vigilante Agency. He's the best in the business, but he may have bitten off more than he could chew when he gets mixed up with the notorious and certifiably insane Captain Marmalade and his crew of misfits. *** ONC 2021: Prompt #6 "Your job is to track down vigilantes and infiltrate their groups, with the aim of gathering information and turning them into the authorities. You're successful at your job, until one day, a group of vigilantes changes everything."

Two popular teens who hide their difficult family situations can only rely on their friendship to escape from their cruel reality.

𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 ────────── 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡; 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 In a world where magic-wielders are prosecuted and branded with the punishment of death, there is no escape for Nyrinn Santyere. She is a Maga, one of the rare magic-wielders forced into hiding after the Extermination years ago, and she must find a way to survive in this broken world and stop the ruthless king from destroying her home. She is willing to trade her heart and soul for a chance to save her loved ones and put an end to this reign of terror. cover by @-lucifael- Round One and Two Qualifier for ONC2021

** COMPLETE ** Gordon Twist gets a surprise note from a man who dies in front of him. No warning or explanation given. Who was this man? Who did he think Gordon was? And what does this note mean? Gordon is stuck in a nightmare. People want to protect him, but is that for his own good or theirs? This story was originally written for the Open Novella Contest 2021. It made it through to the Long List, which I was quite pleased with.

⋆☆⋆ ONC 2021 Longlister ⋆☆⋆ #1 on the #Opennovellacontest2021 on December 6, 2021 Gāyathri is a strong willed girl. A survivor. And an orphan. Bruised and broken from the accident which claimed her parents' lives, she is unsure of her future when she learns of the terms of her father's will. She is reluctant to stay with her paternal grandparents, whom she has never seen, but with four weeks to her eighteenth birthday, she is still a minor and has no choice but follow her father's wishes. She plans to stay the required four weeks and then live her life on her terms. Gāyathri is determined to dislike her grandparents and the family she has never met. Armed with a ceramic jar filled with notes that her father scribbled on, she takes comfort from those words, convinced her father is still around to guide her. What she encounters is not what she expected. What she learns, she never imagined. It gradually shreds her assumptions and shatters her preconceived notions. The final truth, albeit a small one, leaves her desolate and desperate. It forces her to reassess everything she has believed. And to make a choice. To accept that her life was a lie and run away from the family she had always wanted to belong to. Or to use the fragments of truth to be the daughter she wanted to be. ❉ Genre: General ❉ Submission for ONC 2021 - based on prompts 30, 33 and 74 ❉ Cover Credit - painting: halfsaree_girl_by_padmakrishna_db410g5 on DeviantArt.

A coming-of-age thriller about a lonely girl protecting a family secret that could get her killed. Fourteen-year-old Sydney Blaze does everything to satisfy her parents, even attend the prestigious Razor Stone Academy for villains. Her endless training prepared her for this moment. Socially inept, Sydney struggles to fit in as her classmates shun and bully her. Complicating matters is the family secret she's uncovered and hides from everyone-a secret that endangers the lives of her and her family-she's descended from a famous hero. While she navigates her attraction for fellow student Yasuko Noguchi and the usual pitfalls of high school, anonymous death threats appear in her belongings. After a failed attempt on her life, she doubts who to trust. The roommate who doesn't have time for her? The teacher who takes her under his wing? Yasuko's bullying friends? Yasuko herself? Will pleasing her parents cost Sydney her life? ⚠🛑Content and Trigger Warning🛑⚠ There are depictions of death and murder within this book. Mental, emotional, and physical abuse are mentioned or shown. There is strong language. Prompt 84. This academy isn't a typical boarding school. No, it's where kids train to become villains - if they pass the entrance test, that is. Nobody at the academy knows you're descended from heroes, and that's the way you'd like it to stay. 4. You're a weapon, and weapons don't weep.

The Heavenly Pursuit. Many people don't know what it is, but to those who are lucky enough to know, they understand the meaning of unconditional love. It has been said that the Moon and Sun Spirits have been helplessly in love for thousands of years, but they cannot be together because one rises during the day while the other rises at night. They are tethered to the Sun and the Moon; as far as they reach toward each other, they will never make it. The only time they are closest to each other is the human season of Autumn. Autumn is where the Moon finally catches up to the Sun, but she outdistances him yet again, and the pursuit begins again. Year after year, the pursuit begins again, but when you love someone, you will keep doing whatever you can until you get to them. OC x YUE

Online and offline. What's the big difference? Well, between living online and offline, Sky would better off be living online. He didn't need to worry about people knowing who he was, nor did he have have to stress about how other people looked at him. There was nothing wrong with being more open and daring online. Little did he know that being friendly online would bring about unwanted trouble offline.

Based on ONC Prompt No. 7. The story is aimed at children below the age of ten. The Anderson family, more specifically the Anderson siblings, are going to entertain an unexpected guest (in secret). The guest is about to ask for assistance, which the Anderson children, Zhandra (aged 9 years) and Alex (aged 5 years), will be only too happy to provide. Will the siblings be able to help Gabe, their guest, who happens to be a lost fairy, trying to find his way back home? © by GandalfofspaceAnli 2021