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The Trouble with Women

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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?
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Amby Awards Winner Dystopian July 2022
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Note: this novella describes a contemporary feminist dystopia and includes non-graphic scenes of sexual predation and violence.

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Hollowed by ktflynn

What would you do if you woke up on another planet? Would you be afraid? Would you try to escape? Or would you adapt? When Minn Earthborn wakes on Omega Six, she learns her memories are being held hostage by the only thing there to guide her; Atlas, her embedded comm-link implant.

Factory Reset | ✓ by astrophile

Aura awakens in The Sanctuary, a place known for repairing and rewiring humans. Nothing is known about their methods other than it works and those who enter leave happier. Except Aura doesn't remember signing up for their treatment plans. In fact, she doesn't remember anything at all. With her identity ripped away from her, she's filled with more questions than she can get answers for, and the worst part is that she can't leave either. When her memories begin to resurface, she starts to wish that they hadn't. - Featured On: @OpenNovellaContest - 2021 Honorable Mentions @ScienceFiction - Dystopian/Apocalyptic Fiction @PsychologicalNovel - Lost Souls @StoriesUndiscovered - Into the Abyss

Exit Wounds by violadavis

Harley had a bright future ahead of her, but that dream died a long time ago. ***** Harley vowed she would never return to the city that broke her heart, but old wounds never stop hurting if you keep poking at them. When the phone rings, the city stops, and she's summoned back, she discovers some doors are better left closed. Those you open might never be locked again. ***** Open Novella Contest 2023 -- prompts 42, 45, & 69 [[OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2023 ROUND 2 WINNER]] © 2023 caterina george // all rights reserved

Moonlight's Deception (Eclipse of Hiestora, Book 1) by TheWallflowerWitch

Freedom comes at a price and a young Earthal princess must live the life of somebody else, even if it means facing evil threats and impossible odds. *** As someone who craves freedom, Princess Clarabelle cannot just stand by and let her life be taken away. And as if her own power has granted her heart's desire, she wakes up only to find herself inside the body of another princess who survives from her attempted assassination. While trying to adapt to the new kingdom, she discovers a plot that leads to Hiestora's downfall. Now, the future of their world lies on her shoulders. How long will she continue to live through deception when she, despite all the chase, finally gets what she wants? In the strange twist and turn of fate, Clara is given an option to stay or to go back. Featured in: 🌟 @WattpadFantasyPH - Romance Fantasy (May '23) 🌟 @WattpadWitches - Broad-spectrum Spellcasters 🌟 @magic - Magically Heart Fluttering 🌟 @WattpadDarkFantasy - Dark Desires 🌟 @antiheroesgalore - Monstrously Fantastic 🌟 @Fantasy - Hidden Fantasy Gems from Wattpad Outreach 🌟 @Alt-U - 42 Isn't the Answer Everywhere 🌟 @WattpadOutreach - Best of Fantasy 🌟 @WattCliches - Enough Reality Today 🌟 @WattpadESL - Fantastical, Magical & Mythical In One --- Date Started: February 28, 2021 Date Finished: February 24, 2023 [word count: 100,000 - 110,000 words] Cover designed by bottle_of_rum

The Ostler's Boy (The Ostler's Boy Book 1) by meganalexandria

2023 December Book of the Month @CupidOnTour @WattpadSeries General Fiction Feature JUNE 2023 @HistoricalFiction 'Rise of Civilization' Reading List JUNE 2023 @TheWattys Shortlist 2021 @HistoricalFiction Top 10 of 22 For Historical Fiction Awards @HistoricalFiction Top 25 of 2022 For Historical Fiction Awards #RomanceAwards2022 Shortlister! ----- Love. Duty. Valor. Court & Class. A pseudo medieval romance through the eyes of a reluctant queen. ----- After nearly decades of war, the Oreia and Chalke Empires have forged peace through a political union. And Svana, heir apparent, and driven by Duty, has accepted Fate. Sam; marriage. But like any true newly-adult, and naive young woman, she immediately gets herself into trouble. A simple trip to meet her betrothed blossoms into a forbidden romance that leaves her dreaming, hoping, and wanting for the elusive memory of her childhood; her soulmate. If fate, class disparity and danger is your game, you'll find solace in this dark, broody romance: The Ostler's Boy. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. @WattpadHistoricalRomance 's 'Medieval' Reading List DECEMBER 2021 @HistoricalFiction 's 'Medieval' Reading List NOVEMBER 2021 @WattpadDarkFantasy 's 'A Kingdom in Shadows' Reading List OCTOBER 2021 #1 in #historicalfiction DECEMBER 2022 #1 in #KnightInShiningArmor NOVEMBER 2022 #1 in #LifeAndDeath NOVEMBER 2022 #2 in #Swordfighting NOVEMBER 2021 #2 in #fire NOVEMBER 2021 #6 in #sexsecenes NOVEMBER 2021 #2 in #KingsandQueens OCTOBER 2022 #23 in #Romance OCTOBER 2021 #1 in #Medieval OCTOBER 2021 #2 in #darklove NOVEMBER 2021 #1 in #darkacademia DECEMBER 2022 #3 in #knightinshiningarmor FEBRUARY 2024

Down Under by AmyMarieZ

|WATTYS 2022 WINNER - HORROR| Shawn, a convicted criminal, never thought she'd see the sun again, let alone call another star system her home. When she's offered an out from her prison sentence, she embarks on a dangerous interstellar expedition along with 18 of Earth's most intelligent criminals. Their task is to set up a base on a supposedly habitable planet and prepare it for colonization. Although the planet has liquid water and a breathable atmosphere, it is believed to host only microbial life. However, upon arriving, Shawn and the rest of the colonists learn that assumption was grossly incorrect. In a brutal attack from rampaging wildlife, everyone but Shawn and four other colonists are killed. The five survivors retreat to the cavernous network beneath the ground seeking safety, but they soon come to a terrible discovery. These caves aren't ordinary caves, and they are no safer down under than they were on the surface. [][][] This was originally my entry for the 2021 Open Novella Contest, and it received an honorable mention! It has now been expanded into a full length novel. I used prompt number 53: "When wildlife starts rampaging, all the humans are forced underground. However, they come to a terrible discovery that being underground is no safer than being on the surface."

Mind the Gap | ✔️ by EvelynHail

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Elodie's life changes at the turn of a doorknob when she is forced into joining a secret organization that claims to be protecting the Earth from aliens. But with every step she takes, she finds the organization, or the facility, as they call it, becoming more and more suspicious. When a mysterious death occurs, revealing a well-concealed secret, things quickly go downhill as humanity's future is placed on the shoulders of a single gaggle of teenagers. *** I hear a sigh from the other side of the door, "Miss. Chaucer, you have a wonderful opportunity here, are you going to take it or not?" Now, I am seriously confused, "Opportunity?" She takes advantage of my befuddled state and shoves the door open. Shit. The corners of her mouth pull up, and it's so unnatural, it takes me a moment to realize she's smiling. Major plastic surgery? Probably. Click. Did she just lock the door? She locked the door! I spring towards the house phone, dusty from years of doing absolutely nothing, so I can call the police. I don't make it. Halfway there, I trip on my own pant-leg and face plant on the floor. The woman steps over me and retrieves the phone. She looks at it as if it's a foreign object, "This won't be necessary. All I want to do is talk to you." For some reason, instead of screaming, I stay silent. She smiles and pulls out a chair from the kitchen table for me to sit on. When I don't sit, she says, "If you want to know what's going on, then sit." I think about it for a moment. She hasn't hurt me yet, and I have to admit, I am quite curious as to what's going on. So, call me stupid, but I sit down. "I am from a space organization that protects civilians from . . . outside threats." *** Beautiful cover made by @mahana258! HR: 203 in science fiction (5/8/18) Completed on August 15th, 2018 (Indian independence day!) *******This is not a zombie novel

Sparks Fly by VIVKELLER23

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SILVER EYES (GXG) by Ava_night_Writer

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Hollowed

What would you do if you woke up on another planet? Would you be afraid? Would you try to escape? Or would you adapt? When Minn Earthborn wakes on Omega Six, she learns her memories are being held hostage by the only thing there to guide her; Atlas, her embedded comm-link implant.