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Blood Romance - The Undead Challenge
The Undead Challenge - WattpadVampires SubmissionsMy entries for undead challenge: continue the prompt in 30-50 words. 🤞🤞Link for prompts- https://www.wattpad.com/1420973406-vampires%27-of-the-week-chapter-7-the-undead/page/2
ONC Prompts Through the Years
Are you wondering what prompts we've used in past ONCs?You can find them in this book as we gathered all the prompts used in the past installments. You may use these prompts as inspiration for any story you want to write - no credits necessary!Have fun!
The Janus Discord (ONC2024)
Based on ONC Prompt 53 - The co-worker who irritates you the most just asked you for a big favour. They're not who or what they appear to be. And they know you're not either.
Edge Of The Night | ONC2024 ✓
[Open Novella Contest - 2024] ONC2024 Longlister Round 1 & 2 QualifierPrompts:24,5Tired of rising from the ashes, when his last reason to hold on falls apart, a man seeking peace moves into a new apartment. What he doesn't expect is to become enamoured by his enigmatic neighbour and her art.Started: 10th Feb 2024Completed: 30th April 2024Total WC: 20,038 wordsTitle from 'Run To You' by Lea Michele
Time Agent | ONC2024
LONGLISTED : When Agent Seven Three is sent on his first mission to the past, to sort out a problem with the timeline, he expects to be in and out in a couple of days. Identify what is causing the unplanned divergences and stop it. Simple, right? But when he encounters reporter Jack Brown, he finds the situation is far more complex than he was led to believe. And only when he meets someone he's not supposed to fall in love with, does he begin to really test his limits.SCIFI / TimeTravel / LGBT / Romance
The Cat, The Crow and The Witch ||ONC 2024||
When the towns local Witch goes missing, her two familiars set out to find her.Matias only really likes one person, his witch, Eve. So when she goes missing one day he's determined to find her. Even if that means putting up with the annoying crow of hers. But there's only one problem, Matias has no clue where to start. Logical, the only right thing to do is blame the girl who's always hanging out around their cottage. Selene has been told to be scared of the witch that lives at the edge of town, and she is. Or at least she thinks she is. The witch is the only one who really stirs something in her gut, and it has to be fear, right? When a cat and a crow come to ask her to help them find the witch she's hesitant. How could she possibly be able to find her? But when no one else in town seems to be searching and the cat seems almost desperate she decides to help. How hard can it be to find someone who disappeared without leaving anything behind?***An ONC 2024 Novella
I Fell From The Dark
Mia woke up, strapped to a chair, a long way from home. Who can she trust? My ONC24 story. Guidance: swearing, sexual references.
The Magic of Stories
Straight out of uni, Lynn is glad to have secured a job as a replacement in a library. But soon she finds out the place is haunted, and not only by a blue cat. Juggling the upcoming vernissage of a photo exhibition and the trouble with her coworker, she has to learn fast - to trust her instinct-and the magic of the stories.Once 2024, prompt #15: "Why are you glowing blue?"
An Order of Death | ONC 2024
| ᴏɴᴄ 2024 ʜᴏɴᴏᴜʀᴀʀʏ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ | ᴏɴᴄ 2024 ꜱʜᴏʀᴛʟɪꜱᴛᴇʀ | ᴏɴᴄ 2024 ᴀᴍʙᴀꜱꜱᴀᴅᴏʀ ᴘɪᴄᴋ |❝ ᴀ ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴇᴍɪꜱᴇ. ❞Deathly Delights is a bakery specialised in the art to kill. Poisoned filled muffins, venom coated pastries, cakes decorated with toxins - if you can name it, Taerane Aviris can make the delicacy designed to slaughter.However, when a request comes in from a royal guard to create a pie to end the King's enemy, Tae finds there's a confection she can't make after all. Recruiting the help of a village bounty hunter to assist her in finding a secret ingredient, Tae and Oryal head deep into the enchanted forest in search of the poison.Can Tae bake the pie in time to save her kingdom? Or will her life be paid in forfeit for her failure?COMPLETECOVER BY @-DeeIsDead- (Me)2024 © -DeeIsDead-
Behind The Locks || ONC 2024
LONGLISTED ONC 2024 Open Novella contest 🏆 Horror.Courtesy of ONC2024 Novella ContestLONGLISTED Natto Watt 2024🏆°*°Every tick-tock that counts can cost your life, and as each door shuts don't look behind.At Arielline's first day in her first job she discovers that the library she will be working in is very haunted, and there is more to it.The twelve locks of Twelve Locks Valley are tangled to her. Every wrong door is leather, and any wrong timing can make her part of of the ghost community.ONC 2024 Prompt 97It is your first day at your first job, and you discover that the library you'll be working in is very haunted.1st place best cover award winner🥇1st place horror award winner in the happiness awards. 🥇
A Dance at Midnight
[COMPLETE] ONC SHORTLISTER 2024 Senar Kil is a powerful vampire who harbors a deadly secret: she can no longer drink blood. If her secret gets out, the other vampires will kill her in order to claim her status.Adrian Namgung is an infamous vampire who knows Senar is hiding something and will do anything he can to find out what it is. Problem is, he has a deadly secret of his own.The two vampires are thrust into a game of cat and mouse as they try to figure out who knows what. It should be easy, but, as they spend more and more time with each other, the tension between them becomes all but impossible to ignore.Except keeping secrets from vampires is easier said than done, and soon, both Senar and Adrian have to confront their own demons if they want to make it out alive.~~~🥇HORROR/SUPERNATURAL - LILAC AWARDS 2024 ~~~First wrote: 02/14/24 - 04/21/24First published: 02/14/24 - 04/27/24Total word count: 32.2K
Dear Citlali (ONC2024)
A vampire named Citlali receives an email from an old lover who broke her heart centuries ago. The message says the immortal is dead and she left a key for Citlali in a bank in New York. But the same message had been sent to two other persons whose identity Citlali ignores and the safe can only be opened if the three of them are present.Dear Citlali is a queer polyamorous paranormal romance.It is my entry for ONC 2024. The prompt I've chosen is "20. Three strangers. Two secrets. One key."This story is set in the For Centuries Universe but can be read as a standalone.Cover by Bartholomé Girard
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Ivy Castle Wishes for a Princess [ONC2024] | ✓
#ONC2024AMBASSADORS PICKLONGLIST◇☆◇Princesses, Charmings, Godmothers... they all have their parts in fairytales. But what if your role determined your destiny?☆Ivy Castle wants what everybody else in Luminaire desires; a Happily Ever After. When you're an upcoming Godmother, you get the short end of the stick. You don't get a Charming, you don't get a kingdom, and you don't get that Happily Ever After.She can make anyone's wishes come true, except one. That wish that churns in the deepest depths of her mind, the one that haunts her when she sleeps, knowing it will never get fulfilled. A wish so truly dark and unheard of in Luminaire that she never dared to confront it... until now.Her wish for a Princess.◇☆◇
Citrus | ONC 2024 ✔️
After getting in a car accident a young reserved plant enthusiast must embrace reality in order to make amends with family and be there when his loved ones need him before it's too late. - - - When reserved and plant obsessed 14-year-old Oren Spalding flies down to Georgia to see his other dad for the holiday season, he could have never predicted the trouble that ensues. Still not certain he wants to see the other half of his old parental body, he goes anyway, scarcely embracing the experience. Everything changes when the renuinted family gets into a car accident. He finds his brother hanging to life by a thread and his head spinning like never before, literally. As Oren navigates this alien situation, tensions between he and his dad come to a crescendo. Forgotten words are remembered. Untold knowledge is revealed. He wants to pretend this is all a dream, but he can't deny the truth, of what was said, what was done, and what he can't change. He needs to accept the reality as it is, but life might not wait for him to catch up. ONC 2024 entry Main prompt:#1 - Sometimes words speak louder than actions.Completed: April 26, 2024Word Count: 20,000 - 25,000
Open Novella Contest 2024
[#ONC2024] The Open Novella Contest is back for 2024 with shiny new prompts to get you out of your dragon cave. Once again, we are here to challenge you to create a legendary 20,000+ word novella in 12 weeks!Your epic journey begins February 1st, so mark your calendars.✨
Novellas & New Roast: Tips from an ONC Winner ✓
Whether it's your first time or your sixth time, writing a novella in 12 weeks isn't easy.As a 2021 ONC Winner and two-time Honorable Mention (2023/2024), I would know. After years of participation and reflection, I have lots of advice to share on how I did it. Inside this guide, you can find everything from insider tips to craft chats. So grab a cup, get your notebook, and settle in; it's time to start writing!Copyright © 2022 Elle Chaika
The Familiars of the Lost Witch (ONC 2024)
A tale about a cat and a crow in search of their witch.Asha, a black cat, and her friend Kyrell, a hooded crow, are living their best lives as the familiars of the town witch Cybele. But as Cybele goes missing, their peaceful lives are threatened and they need the help of a mysterious boy to find her. My entry for the Open Novella Contest 2024.
In the Pursuit of Death| ONC 2024
A woman cursed with immortality navigates a post-apocalyptic world in order to hunt down the god that cursed her...and kill him. (full blurb inside) Written for ONC 2024 | Prompt 63. In a world of curses and gifts, you find yourself cursed with immortality - in the apocalypse. | First Draft
The Four Interchanging Lives of Regulus Black (Harry Potter Fanfic)
Regulus died in a dark lake. Sirius died falling through the veil. The brothers both awake with lingering memories of limbo's message of trying again as well as the multiple lives they're meant to proceed through simultaneously.Disclaimer - I don't own Harry Potter. This story is one of my ONC projects for 2024, but the inspiration for this story is prompt number six. "Your life as you know it has ended. Somewhere in Limbo you're met with the message: 'Something went wrong. Please try again.'"
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Rekindled Hearts: The Journey Of Transformation[ONC2024]
Entry for #ONC2024ONC2024 Longlister❤️Using Prompt number 14 "My love, believe me, waiting for you has always been a form of freedom." Alexandra Vasiliu"A guy and a girl have been best friends since childhood, but their destiny parted them. The little girl had to move away with her parents. Years later, they meet again, but the bond of friendship still remains the same. But the young lad has realised that his affection has developed into love, but, he's scared to express his feelings. However, he also feels that the girl has changed a lot. She cares more about money and herself than before. His love remains unwavering and he proposes to her, but she rejects him. He decides to wait for her, letting her take her sweet time. In the meantime, he's always there, supporting her, and scolding her for her bad deeds. He's continually showing her the path of truth, but she's not looking back. He also learns about her past, which has changed her personality. He wants to change things for her, only if she is ready. Slowly, with time, things happen and she realises that she's been trapped in her own net. She realises her mistakes and her best friend forgives her, as they walk through the aisle, starting a new life.
Morte, the lost Heir (ONC 2024)
*ONC2024 Shortlister*This is for the 2024 open novella contest, I picked prompt 21." A dragon, an elf, and a dwarf embark on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom."*****Morte, the heir to the kingdom, vanishes inexplicably in a peaceful world. Tobi, a devoted friend, finds out about the king's failing health and Morte's abduction. The impending coronation of Morte's younger brother, Sol, heightens the necessity of finding Morte.Tobi decides to look into Morte's disappearance with the help of his newfound buddies. As political tensions increase and word of the missing heir spreads, the kingdom is in disarray. Before Sol is about to be crowned, the party embarks on a mission to locate Morte.But is Morte the heir the kingdom is waiting for?
Devil of the Spire || ONC 2024 || SHORTLISTED
Soulmates were a fabled tale, passed down through generations, that spoke of someone with the power to bring you back from death or completely sunder your soul. Ilaria Celestino had never put much stock in the fabled tales as a pair of soulmates hadn't been seen in over a hundred years. Her grandmother, however, insisted that they were real. They called him the Devil of the Spire. A cruel, relentless leader who governed the land with an iron fist. There wasn't a soul within the kingdom of Dorn that held any love for him. No one had laid eyes on him in years, yet here she was, standing in his castle like a lamb led unto the slaughter.Would she be able to soften his heart, or would their destiny be of death?---Book Cover: @MilaForLife
Danger Dead Ahead
Sometimes, the known roads we take in life bring us to unexpected turns that alter the course of our lives. When Jahan Fatima decides to give up her job to travel the treacherous mountain roads of Northern Pakistan, she isn't expecting it to involve murder and mayhem. Soon, Jahan's quest for justice will take her down a dangerous road where myths and legends come alive.***Based on prompt 12 on ONC 2024: "A stroll in the midnight and meeting a frantic stranger."Round Two Winner of ONC 2024Top Five Finalists of ONC 2024© 2024 Fizza Younis - storieswithsoulExclusively on Wattpad
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Chimera 🌈 [ONC 2024]
2100. A mysterious ship, nicknamed the Chimera, appears in Martian airspace. It bears the symbol of the international space agency, the BASE, but there is no record of such a vessel. Word and rumour quickly spread.BASE investigator Leanne Ziegler is sent to inspect the ship and make contact with its crew. But the Chimera seems completely deserted, other than the imperious AI caretaker, Valkyrie. Down in the fledging Nerio colony on Mars, suspicion grows. The colonists are already turning against the ways of the BASE, creating their own Martian identity. This potential security threat could prove to be the final rift between Earth and Mars. Trying to keep control of the political situation, Nerio sends a mysterious and cold liaison, Ryan, to aid Leanne.But, in ten days, Mars will turn her guns on the Chimera. Leanne and Ryan must work quickly to discover the secret of the ship - and decide whether its fate under the Martian guns is deserved.[ONC 2024 entry]