Steampunk light/ Comedy. A terrifying new exhibit on at London Zoo is the talk of the town. Amelia Tooting-Spur couldn't care less...until the creature escapes, throwing the Metropolitan Police into a panic. With the help of some of her eccentric friends from the Mastermind Society-- including undervalued mind-reader Godwin Jones-- Amelia sets out to apprehend the marauder and its master. With explosive results! LGBT+ themes. Short chapters.…
A collection of my very best short stories out of the five short story collections I've written during my three years on Wattpad. For those looking for a short read, stories marked with a * are around 1k words or less.…
London 1923. Charlotte Wynthorpe's socialite circle is being plagued by a rash of diamond burglaries during their wild, drunken parties. Sensing some terrible fun to be had, Charlotte decides on the spur of the moment to investigate. But what she discovers turns out to be anything other than fun and games.Charlotte Wynthorpe first appeared in the Wattpad featured historical novel "Aftermath" as a side character. Now, she gets her own story in cozy mystery form.…
England 1921. For fifty handicapped veterans left without home or job after WW1, the only person standing between them and utter destitution is Olivia Altringham. Lacking sufficient funds and a support network, Olivia has managed to keep her veteran's programme running by sheer determination and force of personality.Now, a soldier she had an affair with during the war has suddenly reappeared in her life, forcing her to re-examine their time together and how she ended their affair. At the same time, mysterious and deadly events unfold on the estate that threaten to unbalance the safe environment she has created for her handicapped charges. The times, and circumstances, are rapidly changing and Olivia realises she must change with them -- or risk going under completely. 🔔 #1 in Historic Fiction May 2020🔔 Featured on the Wattpad Hidden Gems list May/June 2020🔔 1st place in the Jelsa Awards 2019🔔 1st place in the One Million Project Awards 2018 in the category Historic/General fiction.🔔 1st place in the Asteria Awards 2018 in the category of Historical Fiction🔔 1st place in the Rise Awards 2018 in the category of Historical Fiction…
HV 2021 Entry: "Fan Fiction" based on prompt 10. 4.4k wordsThe "Ultimate Writer" Winner of the Halloween Vault 3-D in 2020. The following won their category:🏆 "Loan Me Two Dollars?" for the Horror profile.🏆"The Village of the Dead" for the SecretTreasures profile. 🏆"The Echo of Carriage Wheels" for the GothicLit profile.🏆"Jealousy" for the Crime profile.🏆"A Forest of Mysteries" for the ChallengeCorner profile.🏆"They're Up To Something" for the AmbassadorsUK profile.The Dutch versions of 🏆"Bottled Light" for the Magic profile.🏆"Jealousy" for the Crime profile.also won their category. The rest are:"Being the Witch" for the ComeAndSitWithUs profile."Plot Knot Solved" for the JustWriteIt profile."Aural Hallucinations" for the AmbassadorsUK profile."Revenge is Mine, Sayeth the Rat" for the WattRevenge profile."Wee Willie Winkie's Final Case" for the Mystery profile."So A Pretty Thing" for the Action profile.…
*Translation of the German ONC GRAND WINNER "Findet Gretel"*Germany, 1881When Leopold Mernick, imperial spy, arrives in Nuremberg to pay a visit to his sister, he immediately finds himself as a witness in a murder investigation. A well-known gingerbread baker and her apprentice are dead and someone is leaving strange clues at the bakery that heavily indicate the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel". Leopold joins the hunt for the killer, because for him, there is only one solution to the mystery: Find Gretel!…
Seti, a humble civil servant at the Office of Information, is selected for an important mission to retrieve a cluster of 'fallen stars' with very special, and very secret, properties. But why has he -- ambitionless and without influence as he is -- been chosen? And just who wants these particular stars at all costs? As Seti becomes more and more involved in the machinations of shadowy figures, he realises he has his own personal mission to fulfil, and it has nothing to do with the one he was selected for. Distantly Falling Stars is punk genre thriller set in ancient Egypt following the 2019 Open Novella II prompt #2. (Wicked Meteors) Cover by FlavoredWolf⭐️ Placed 2nd in the 2nd round of the ONC. ⭐️ Grand winner of the ONC 2019⭐️ 2nd place in The Historical Award 2019 (Historical Fiction profile)…
FEATURED on @Retold & @MythsandLegendsMurder, betrayal, rivalry and a divine curse. When the King of the Mountain Dwarves breaks an oath he pledged to Odin, the All-Father retaliates with a curse that destroys the royal house and stretches well into the realms of humans. Fafnir, the oldest and strongest of the sons of the Mountain King knows that better than anyone else. Falsely branded a dragon and a murderer, Fafnir tells his story to Siegfried over a goblet of mead when the hero comes looking to decorate his sword with Fafnir's blood . . .…
Nürnberg, 1881. Als Leopold Mernick, benachteiligter kaiserlicher Spion, seiner Schwester einen Überraschungsbesuch abstattet, findet er sich als Zeuge mitten in einer Mordermittlung wieder. Eine stadtbekannte Lebkuchenbäckerin ist erschlagen worden und jemand hinterlässt geheimnisvolle Hinweise, die auf das Märchen von Hänsel und Gretel hindeuten. Leopold mischt sich in die Suche nach dem Täter, denn für ihn gibt es nur eine Lösung: Findet Gretel!…
The Daughter, an artistic soul, attempts through out her youth to free herself from the plastic conventionalism of her family and find her true "name". Only by taking the plunge to pursue a career as an independent artist does she begin to break through the confines of the perfect "dollhouse" existence that has held her captive for so long. Dollhouses is a LGBT+ literary short story about living your identity when you can't even wholly justify it to yourself.…
My entries for the WattpadPunkFiction profile's "The Song of The Punk" series of contests. Each story is based on a song from a profile-created playlist. 1. Fearless (Viking Age Punk)2. Fighting Trousers (Steampunk)3. Contagion (Cyberpunk)4. Diamond-Eyed Robot (Decopunk)5. Wolf Totem (Mythpunk)…
Caitlin knows what she wants to be when she grows up, a mafia boss! She saw it all on cable and now Melissa, the school bully, is gonna pay, capish? (Warning: satire for adults!) Cover by: @emmotionallyunstable…
Delightful stories of various genres and themes. Many written for contests or from prompts. 3k or under. Contest winners marked with a: 🏆You've Seen Her Before (literary)This Must Be the Place (literary)Lemuria, Whispered the Sea (nature fantasy)Taking Sides (western)Rain in the Underground (urban environmental)John & Victoria (friendship)Seven Sisters (historic fantasy)Who Am I, Henry? (MBTI fantasy)S (sci-fi dystopia)Fifteen Grand (urban contemporary)The Lost Defender of Sun Dragon Road (urban contemporary)The Christmas Thaddeus Came to Call (Christmas)The Frog Prince Reloaded (LGBT+ fairy tale retelling)Alfie Tells All (ghost story)…
This dramatic short story collection contains eight stories based on a figurative, or literal, interpretation of wet, nasty weather. At turns spooky, frightening or funny, these tales are guaranteed not to disappoint. Ice : "Vernon Wilson" (Paranormal)Electrical Storm: "The Wife" (Courtroom Drama)Tornado: "Reverend Charlie and the Whirlwind" (Mythological Comedy)Snow: "Under the Snow" (Historic Horror) Fog: "Mr Whicher's View of the Beast" (Historical Detective)Gale Force Winds: "Blown Away" (Literary)Torrential Rain: "Woody's Clean Cars" (Mafia Comedy)Hail: "Kenny the Cowpoke for Guv" (Political Comedy. In 2 parts.)Started June 9th, 2020. Completed June 29th 2020.…
500-word flash fiction stories of various genres. *Comedy**historic**Steampunk**Action**Sci-Fi**Paranormal**social commentary**General Fiction*Contest winners marked with a 🏆.…
Humour, tragédies, aventures... Il y en a pour tous les goûts ! Ce recueil de nouvelles tantôt drôles, tantôt émouvantes et parfois audacieuses et surprenantes, comblera chacun d'entre vous.traduit de l'anglais par Slownlika…
What all can happen in just one night...Perun Hammerfist is a flashy gangster with a reputation for elegance -- and brutality - to uphold. While murdering off a debtor, he accidentally drowns in the river that flows through Prague, beginning a nightmarish journey that not only forces him to confront his long repressed past and thrusts him back into the arms of his dead love, but also reveals the too-close-for-comfort connection to his personal nemesis: Veleček, the elderly gangster who runs the old part of town. Set in an alternate 1937, The Vyšehrad Drowned incorporates various figures from Slavic mythology in an atmospheric noir Dieselpunk setting. (Dieselpunk = retro sci-fi set between 1910 and 1950)…
Short tales dealing with all manner of paranormal, esoteric and unexplained phenomenon. Not all the stories are creepy. In fact, a few are humorous.…
Urban shorts and flash fiction focusing on "black" lives: those of minorities, the marginalised and people outside of mainstream society. The stories (1,200 words or less) are multi-ethnic, multi-genre, multi-style and multi-national.In this collection, you'll meet a pool hustler, a student with a lousy summer job, a man accosted by a local crazy, a teenage girl waiting for her shoplifting friend, an industry-screwed rapper, a homeless man with dreams like everybody else, a drunk gangster with a gun to his head, a young man with a new crush his mother doesn't approve of, a bimbo out to conquer the world . . . and more.…
(Short Story) Bosworth Field, 1485. Two rival armies line up to battle for the English crown. Little do the humans on either side know that both demon and angel contingencies are poised to take part in the battle, shaping history to their own liking. My entry to the Horns & Halos and Action profile's "Battle Angels and War Demons" prompt. May, 2019…