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|SHORT LIST ONC 2019| This is my OpenNovellaContest2019 entry. Prompt used: Strange Beasts (Children's Fiction) Sarah is ten and too old to believe in fairy tales. Her brother, at seven, still loves a good bedtime story though. When Lucas, who is diagnosed with dyslexia, finds an old picture book of their grandmother, he sneaks it into his room at night and together, they turn the pages. This is the beginning of a marvellous journey. An unknown world where abnormal is normal! A story about friendship that grows between Sarah, Lucas and the creatures that live in Otherworldly Land. Despite their differences and each other's unique nature, they learn to accept that everyone is different. © @myromichaels - All rights reserved Start date: 27/01/2019 Finish date: 02/04/2019 Story status: COMPLETED Highest rankings: 3 in #childrensfiction 2 in #childrenstory 30 in #fantasticbeasts ONC Round 1 Qualifier: ✅ ONC Round 2 Qualifier: ✅ ONC Long List: ✅ ONC Short List: ✅

* The Fiction Awards 2020 Winner * In Goodharts, the small town beyond the hills, nobody knows how Ferry Donovan looks. His mother has been keeping him out of sight for over nine years. When the boy finally begins school, the people are not only intrigued by his appearance but also by the strange things taking place around him. Yet, weird things are happening in Ferry's town, too. Every seven years, a person mysteriously disappears into the forest nearby. When one of his classmates vanishes into thin air, Ferry is determined to find him. With the help of his friends, who are just as different, he embarks on a journey into the Land of the Unseen. But is he really prepared for what lies beyond? Highest Rankings: # 1 in Fantasy, # 1 in Adventure, # 1 in Mystery, # 1 in Action, # 1 in Magic, # 1 in Middlegrade IMPORTANT: This book has been stolen from �������� multiple times and uploaded on Amazon and other websites for sale WITHOUT my permission. If you see this book or the content of this book on any other website other than ��������, please let me know ASAP. Thank you!

When Jay's trip to prison is derailed, he finds himself with two fellow outcasts. The life they build together is repeatedly threatened by forces that become more and more difficult to overcome. To protect that he now loves, Jay must master magic. The problem? He must learn how to be a woman in a world where such struggles are never spoken about, and where there is no way to know you aren't alone within them.

On the run in a strange world after pirates kill her parents, Elise plows into Dorothy Blainwick, a young and powerful witch with a monster inside her. Like fire and water, the two have to learn to get along as they try to escape the law, ancient magic, and their own prejudices. However, there's something that neither one accounts for. While Elise runs and runs, Dorothy falls, in love. ~ ~ *�������� Featured, July 2017* *�������� Editors' Pick, December 2020* High Ranks: #3 Steampunk, #6 Epic Fantasy, #5 Transgender, #4 Witch

Despite never meeting her mother's family, Ginny has heard stories of them. Of the old secluded house they have inhabited for hundreds of years. Of their weird naming practices and weird dislike for strangers. Although what she hadn't heard about was the family curse that runs through her veins. Now that her family has to move into that house, Ginny wonders if she is turning crazy or maybe, just maybe, a new dangerous world is waiting to be discovered.

#ONC2025 #Round2AmbassadorsPick For as long as she can remember, Ivy Reece Tauria has worn an unbreakable ring on her finger. A childhood relic, a forgotten gift...until the day it opens. It happens after she stumbles upon a door made entirely of briars and thorns, hidden deep in the forest where no door should exist. The moment she steps through, something awakens inside her something ancient, something powerful. And then the world shifts. In a land on the brink of chaos, an ancient evil resurfaces. The Dark Sorcerer, Malagar, long thought vanquished, has unleashed an army of metal warriors to conquer the world. With the realm in peril, retired heroes of the past are forced out of hiding to fight once more. A stray cat isn't just a cat. A unicorn's horn is more than a relic. And a forgotten oath is about to be tested. But the biggest mystery? The tiny creature that emerges from her ring, claiming to have been waiting for her all along. Ivy is about to learn that some secrets are meant to stay buried because once they're uncovered, there's no turning back. Main Prompt: #1 Sub Prompts: #2, #7, #12, #13, #39, #75

#45 in fantasy (17.06.16) #43 in fantasy (15.06.16) #47 in fantasy(14.06.16) (Completed) [Needs Editing] (Book I) What would you do if you wake up one day and find yourself totally alone in a completely unknown place? Or when people start calling you by a different name? You would think of finding ways to head back home right. Stumbling upon a strange place 16 year old Clarida Hudson(Claire) had no clue that her life was about to change. Normal people would have run away but not Claire. She decided to be the brave one out there. She didn't look back. Instead she decided to unravell the mystery and secrets behind the strange situation she had gotten herself into. Clare finds out she has two options : 1. Figure out a way back to 'home-sweet-home' to save her loved ones 2. Figure out a way to save the world which is threatened by a power only she is capable of handling. Which one will she choose? Read on to find out :) One chance. One secret. One choice can change your life forever...

A year after being saved from the Dursley's by none other than Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter finally feels safe with his new found family. But when the Ministry learns, from none other than Dumbledore himself, that Harry's guardian might not be f it', will his family be ripped away from him once more? Sequel to A Safe Place! Read that one first to understand this! Takes place in Sixth year. TW!!: Mentions of past abuse, rape, panic/anxiety attacks, homophobia, transphobia, and slurs. If you are homophobic/transphobic please do not read! No hate of any kind to the LGBT community will be tolerated! EVER! If you are racist, also do not read! Racism of any kind will NEVER be tolerated. EVER. If you are homophobic, transphobic, or racist, your comments will be deleted and your accounts will be reported. I made the cover art myself. Do not use without my explicit permission.

A hundred years ago the world Omora was filled with magic. It flowed through the rivers, blew with the wind; magic sparked with every flame ignited. Life existed with and because of magic. The people, witches and humans alike depended on magic. But now, magic is dying. Andy and Anna Echowood had pretty ordinary lives. Highschool, part time jobs, parties, friends, video games and homework. Nothing out of the norm, they were just teenagers. Then their aunt was kidnapped. Now they have new things to deal with. Magical amulets, handsome princes, fancy balls, fantastical worlds and new found powers. It all seems great! Well, except for the betrayal, the lies, the secrets, the people hunting them down and the fact that their aunt is still missing. Together they have to become stronger if they're to stand up against the forces rising up against them. Not everyone is who they appear to be in this contemporary fantasy novel. Will the twins find their aunt? Will they ever return home?

Angelica is in the hospital, the result of a hate crime. It falls on her brother, Jax, to break the news to Dad, a man prone to hallucinations. When Dad learns his daughter has been hospitalized, he refuses to accept it and insists on going to see his friend Ms. Jakintsu for help. The only problem...Ms. Jakintsu isn't real. To embark on this journey with his father, Jax must open his mind, and his heart, to an unfamiliar world.