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[ROUND 1 AMBASSADOR'S PICK] Chase de la Croix is a detective who fears no mystery, tackling cases far beyond a mundane could handle: finding a million lost puppies, expo...

❝and what wonders hide in the spaces between our worlds?❞

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 | 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 When Mara Santiago is laid off from work and dumped by her boyfriend, she moves in with...

After Rosalind is offered to the Borgo Beast in exchange for her brothers' lives, she struggles with her growing affection for the monster and her ancestral duty to kill...

Down on her luck after murdering her husband, Ivelle has no choice but to follow in her late mum's footsteps and become a villain. Her first customer: an unhappy lady be...

Desperate for cash, a broke, shopaholic musician tries to unravel the clues hidden in classical music to a mob boss' treasure, except she isn't the only one looking for...

Before the fall of the fairy kingdom, wishes were freely given. Now, wishes are gone, and only curses remain, with two girls standing against them. Princess Estefania lo...

LONGLISTED! Lucian Wentworth disappeared in 1819. Was he escaping a loveless marriage or was it something more sinister? No one believes the valet's story that his maste...

Vampires and hunters are like cats and dogs. They either tolerate each other, or they go for the throat. Rarely ever is there a third option. ⋅⋆⋅ Lailoken is a powe...

Araminta was called a witch. Now she's gone. And the last person who saw her is making a podcast about her disappearance. *** Dead Boy Detectives x Only Murders in The B...

all rounds ONC qualified | wattpad ambassador select x1 | ONC shortlist qualified It was supposed to be a quick business trip, a bullet train ride from New York to Chi...

One is a journalist who writes about movie stars. The other is a movie star who hates journalists. Now their worlds are colliding. Reagan Porter is a small town journali...

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 2023 Honorable Mention, I would know. After years of...

[#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 lege...

Embark on a captivating journey with Lucy as she escapes the whirlwind of celebrity life to find solace in the tranquil paradise of Hawaii. Amidst breathtaking landscape...

Step into the enchanting world of Pine Creek, where whispers linger between the towering pines and secrets lie buried beneath the cobblestone streets. In "Whispers...

"Did you know your hand is soft and creamy like butter?" I can't even fight back the blush this time. My head even starts spinning as I feel my whole face and...

'There was a stain on the floor that used to be a vampire, and Aaron Evans was starting to feel like he really wasn't being paid enough.' ***** Aaron is only in Supernat...

"When saving an endangered species means life and death, sometimes you just need to sit down and have a cup of tea." Out of work and broke, liana accepts a pla...

Torn between following a family tradition of being a bounty hunter-one that he's not particularly fond of-and following his dreams of being a private detective, Niel has...