Opennovellacontest2023 Stories

As per tradition, a journal for this ONC.

When a grandmother is declared the Chosen One, she abandons her rocking chair to challenge the Dark Lord who plots to destroy the world. -- Formerly a single mother, now...

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A one-night stand should end at the crack of dawn. Ideally, both parties won't exchange phone numbers. And the guy you jumped into bed with should most definitely not tu...

When stupid little Lottie threw a stick to throw off a monster (spoiler: it didn't work), she did not expect that it would lead her down the path of an unordinary life w...

Initially looking for nothing more than a feelings-free summer fling before college, reckless Harris McCammon and anxious Seb Krause might have discovered more than they...

SHORTLISTED. Paul wakes to discover that not only is he feeling horribly sick but, more worryingly, the naked stranger in his bed isn't moving. If only he could remembe...

👻 Who let the ghosts out? 👻 Ian thinks he's getting the hang of his supernatural powers but a surprise encounter with Melody, a professional psychic medium, forces him...

Vivienne's parents found the perfect house. A stunning Nineteenth Century Victorian at Rue Renaud, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. One of those houses with personality and vi...

[ONC 2023 SHORTLISTER & ROUND 1 AMBASSADOR PICK] Nothing shakes one's world quite like the loss of their best friend, their other half, their soulmate. • • • Bellamy has...

[ONC Short List!] Merlin is the almost-greatest-eleven-year-old nerd the world doesn't know because his name has cursed him--he's all parts nerd and zero parts magic--an...

There's always that something you just can't be bothered to care about. For drug dealer Nathan Devereaux, it's the grimoire he found, complete with working magic and all...

ONC2023 Shortlister [A queer retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in modern day California.] Tate Parker and Alex Benitez are sworn enemies, but it's not a battle line the...

ONC 2023 Short list. When Ben purchased a large Georgian house as an investment, it should have made him a fortune. But tenants at 111 West End never stay longer than s...

Humankind has long since perished. But life goes on. Nature is slowly reclaiming the planet. A fire forces a young red fox named Kip to flee her den for the first time...

When a lonely vet tech unknowingly befriends a gorilla shifter over a mutual love of music, their lives will change forever. Claire Beck is at a crossroads in her life w...

| 1x Featured on @Romance | "I'm not scared of heights. I'm afraid of falling from them." - - - A love-cynic...

Buried in the wreckage of a Compound meant to imprison her, Faine awakens a shell of her former self. With no memories and a growing taste for revenge, she is given the...

Two lovers. One is immortal, the other isn't. Aurelia is 1000 years old. A wish that saved her life as a baby turns out to be a never ending curse, as she watches her l...

Is he the greatest sorcerer that exists, or is he the biggest sham? *** Meet Aliath; the High Wizard of the Evdan empire as he searches for signs of the enemy within. He...