Ellie Harris (they/he) has hit a patch of bad luck. Their dad died, they lost their job, their boyfriend cheated on them, and, to top things off, they literally trip over a black cat. What else could go wrong? Then Ellie learns their dad was a witch, the cat is not a cat, they're the heir to the 'Ivy Throne' (whatever the f -k that is), and certain people want to kill them for it. 'What else could go wrong?' is soon a question Ellie learns not to ask. - - - Open Novella Contest prompt # 91: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺. - - - Copyright SG Gardner, 2022.

"Two boys living under the same roof for ten years, not being much budged by each other's existence"- was how everyone saw it but deep down were two hearts. If people were to control hearts, it wouldn't have been this hard for Bright & Win to survive. A toxic Father to pave this path of self-exploration and 'love with thorns' is what they call daddy issues nowadays. But who knew that getting rid of this problem would become the biggest sin for this small family. The secrets are inside and it doesn't take long to discover them. Don't you want to know?! 🚩Read Preface for trigger warnings and required setups, please.

Ely Levine, a wandering gardener has found herself in the mystifying garden of Evergreen-the alphabet garden as the town folks said. However, the magnificence and liveliness of the garden would always shifted into almost an empty place in the strike of 6:00 in the evening. Confusion strikes to herself because of this strange rule, however, Ely have decided to only stay curious, not until her eyes has laid to the elegant owner of the mansion, Seven. The thought that everything ends in 6:00 in the evening, has turned out to be just the start of unraveling everything. A/N: This story is written in Filipino and English language. Book cover's referrence isn't mine. All credits belong to the rightful owner.

Stacy and Stephanie are two sisters whose mother bought a cabin in Coral Lake, it was a beautiful sight that is filled with a calm flowing lake that is the main attraction of the sight. Both sisters are excited to get there until tragically there mother is found dead in the lake with no explanation on why there mother would even be there never mind dead. One year later both goes back to the place there mother died. Stacy who cannot help but be suspicious of what happened when her mother died while Stephanie who has broken down and cannot get over everything that she experienced and refuses to go back. Will they get answers behind the mystery involved in there mothers death? What is it they keep seeing? is it paranormal or is coral lake playing with there minds? Only one way to find out. To go back to where it all started.

Drew Kane, a tough, outspoken, and badass secret agent is tasked along with her siblings to take down one of the richest and most influential families in town. But what will happen when her main suspect is not what she expected. Does falling for a suspect break the rules? Blair Vanderbilt, a stubborn, sensitive, and smart student in her senior year of high school is heir to her family's wealth and most popular girl in school. Perfect life in everyone else's eyes but what secrets is Blair hiding?

Y/N is alone for Christmas, so her friend invites her over to her house to spend it with their family this year. Y/N feels like a charity at first but soon finds herself feeling like family. She feels comfortable. One might argue she started to feel too comfortable with her friends mom, Cate. This is a short story about love, desire and friendship. Read and find out!

In the small, secretive town of Millwood, Juliette Thompson navigate the complexities of friendship, love, and danger. As she faces the threats alongside five other girls she never thought she'd talk to along with the pressures of their own lives, a hidden love starts to flicker but threatens to set their world ablaze if ever found out. Noa Olivar x fem!oc

Katie Simmons and her mother, a high school History teacher, have just moved. As Katie is adjusting to her new home and new school, she befriends a co-worker at her new job and finds herself becoming attracted to this girl, something she's never experienced before. As Katie figures out her sexuality and the relationship between the two girls grows, what will happen when tragedy suddenly strikes and turns Katie's life upside-down?

Allie is the popular girl who says and gets what she wants with the snap of her finger. She's the most beautiful girl in school and has the hottest boyfriend and of course she's cheer captain. Spencer on the other hand is the opposite. Yeah she may have the looks, but it doesn't help when she's the new girl at school who is a shy, quiet bookworm who keeps to herself. Things change on the first day of school when Spencer meets Allie, but that changed Spencer forever. Since then she is all Spencer can think of, but she knows Allie will never acknowledge her in anyway. But after being partnered up for a school project, Spencer's feelings get stronger by the day and Allie soon figures out about it and finds it amusing and decides to take advantage of it. Like any other cliche story her plan falls apart for some unknown reason, which she finds annoying. But not as annoying as Spencer.

STORY IS BEING REVAMPED, CHAPTERS WILL BE REPOSTED SOON In Brookstone High, the Highschool of a small remote city, hatred and violence is a common occurrence among students, especially those in a minority- lgbt teenagers, who are forced to hide among the shadows to protect their lives. There are only a few places where they could express themselves, yet they usually don't, as the lingering fear of the consequences and potential isolation terrifies them. There's a saying in many languages that goes somewhat along these lines- strength is in unity. However, none of these students know of each other. They think they're alone, lost in the darkness of the void. That is, until something happens. A butterfly effect, you could call it that. Myla comes across something she shouldn't have seen, and as time passes, this event slowly changes everything. ._,_[#|>_!!__%==• Behind closed doors, there's much more depths then you'd image. Fear and wraith isn't something that comes from the surface, it's deep rooted. It eats you alive, becoming unbearable to handle. Even when everything seems right on the surface, it's truly not. And it might never be. TW ⚠️ this story contains violence, violent language, homophobia, abuse, SA topics (no scenes), and is possibly a bit cringey. This is a gxg focused story, but there are other couples/sexualities presented, which is why the tags are there