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Ivy Rosewood - or Ivonne, as her parents call her - never wanted to be a princess. Her role always fit her beautiful and charming older sister Eloise much better, but now that they are both receiving marriage proposals from foreign kingdoms, she's forced into that role as well. Unruly and with a tough attitude, her parents never loved her that much, waiting for the best opportunity to marry her off and send her to a backwater country. On the other hand, her precious sister gets to be married to Maximus Anderson, the dashing heir to the throne of Gloria, the perfect fairytale kingdom. Ivy doesn't mind it, though. She never envisioned a happy ever after - only a mundane, comfortable life where she can truly be herself. But what happens when Maximus fails in love with her, and she reciprocates her feelings? The whole world, including their beloved Eloise, will stand in her way and write her as the villain. She won't accept that. She'll write a story of her own, no matter what it takes. And it all begins with the spin of a spindle. *** Based on Prompt 61.

It all started with the tea shop and a newspaper clipping. Aletha Robin lives in the small town of Lilitia with her girlfriend Freedom Williams, who goes by Fey. They go to eighth grade together and are open about their relationship, despite facing discrimination for it. One day, Fey shows Aletha a scrap from a newspaper dated twenty years ago about a new tea shop. A tea shop that has no records since then. When Aletha goes to check it out, it's there alright, but then strange things starts happening. A unicorn horn while hiking. An odd cat. And somehow, Aletha and the tea shop are all tied to it all. When she learns that someone is trying to take it away, it's up to Aletha to make things right again, with or without the magic of the tea shop. Be warned (though it shouldn't be necessary, but I understand religious beliefs or just preferences), this story is LGBTQ+ with the main character being bi, and having a pan girlfriend. If you're not comfortable with that, do not read it. Do not go into the comments and leave hate about it either. ONC 2025 ENTRY

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🏆Round1 Winner 🏆 Veyr Thalric was born beneath a blood moon, his fate inked in the past and bound to a future he cannot escape. The son of the slain Wolf, he has spent his life hidden in the shadows, waiting for the moment he can claim vengeance against the one who stole everything from him-Rowan Ashwood, the legendary hunter who wears his father's pelt like a crown. But vengeance is never so simple. The deeper Veyr treads into the hunt, the more the forest whispers warnings of paths that cannot be undone. A deck of fate waits to be drawn, its cards promising revelations he may not be ready to face. And when love enters the fray in the form of Amerie Rosarot, a woman with fire in her heart and tragedy in her veins, Veyr is forced to confront the question that haunts all doomed hunters: When you challenge the magic of the world, can you truly finish what you started-no matter the cost? In this tale of blood, betrayal, and destiny, the line between monster and man blurs. And in the end, the real question is not who will survive...but what will be left of them when the hunt is over.

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Killanaus, a second-year biology student at an alien university on Xorrak, is down to one last chance to obtain research experience in the summer prior to graduation. However, Lokath, his would-be research advisor for the summer, harbors concerns about the student. As he enters the troubled waters leading to graduation, he and his advisor are about to raise questions on their system of abduction licensure. This book is written using prompts #110, 111 and 128 for the 2025 Open Novella Contest #1 in license (February 23, 2025) #1 in admissions (March 17, 2025) 2025 ONC Round 1 qualifier 2025 ONC Round 2 qualifier 2025 January-February 8-Chapter Challenge Winner

Two ex-best friends are invited back to the reality TV cooking show that caused their ruined relationship three years ago. *** Three years. That's how long ago it was when Luci Baker shoved a cake in Shae Brown's face. That's how long the fifteen-year friendship of Shae and Luci has been extinct. Now, the show the hosted the infamous scene has invited Shae back to participate in a bake-off with other baking "Fiascos" that were featured on Tiana's Kitchen. Shae is embarrassed that their debacle made it into Fiasco territory even though the episode they participated in never actually aired. But, they are also determined to redeem themself from the humiliating experience. The problem? Luci was invited back too. And she wants to be friends again. Will Shae's pride get in the way of their friendship's-and their reputations'-redemption? Let the bakeoff begin! *** Cover from @TaeTaeGinger! WARNINGS: extreme profanity, themes of mental illness, alcoholism, mentions of domestic violence and abandonment, enbyphobia, on page panic attacks and autistic shutdowns with unintentional self-harm during these attacks Chapter Title Teasers for May: • May 13th: 9- I'm Stuck with the Most Annoying Chef on the Face of the Earth • May 18th: 10 - Lemon Cakes and the Moons that Live in Them • May 23rd: 11 - Winner, Loser, Who Gives a Shit? • May 28th: 12 - Maybe the Real Prize Is the Friends We Made Along the Way • May 31st: Epilogue - The Mystery of the Missing E 1st Draft Published: February 28th, 2025 1st Draft Finished: - 1st Draft Word Count: 24,970 Based on ONC prompt 36: Two exes-turned-rivals enter a high-stakes Master Chef competition. Can they set aside their differences in the kitchen or will their simmering rivalry boil over?

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