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There were three simple rules to survive the shadow woods of Kumuda kingdom,1. Never eat the antbeard root.2. Never touch the red puccoon.3. Stay away from the song of Saalika.Not only Neela's mind, but every single nerve in her body had memorised them. But rules are always made to be broken. That was what she did and that was the biggest mistake of her life.(An Indian- Asian Epic fantasy, with a dash of adventure and romance and a big bunch of magical creatures!)Please do not copy and no, I'm not kidding.All rights reserved @sharadhamanju -2019…

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Qualified for Round -3What if the moon was never ours to begin with? Or the Earth even?Now, it is upto a trio of compassionate loser, a blind badass and a wicked hundred-year-old-teenager to save the world from completely disappearing from the face of our universe.It is 2223 in the future, the moon has lost its orbit and is spiralling down the way to collide with earth. A century of pain and death due to riptides, draughts, thunderstorm and crazy eclipses has changed the world. What remains of the continents has merged into one land called Penumbra due to continental drift, ruled by a single united inter-continental government.Humanity lives under the ground, salvaging what's left for food and water. Living like termites inside a mound, they come out only to forage dead and decaying. And they are tired, they are done and want to 'live'. But there is one tiny problem. Resistance, from a community nicknamed sinukian savages, who live above the ground, who have adapted and evolved to live with the frost, thunderstorm and scorching draughts even. They believe in the oracle of Sinukhi, the one and only almighty. His judgement day will come and he is the only one who can save the humanity from extinction.…

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||FEATURED IN WATTPAD'S SUPER-HERO & MULTICULTURAL PROFILES||An "Alter-ego" is not a different person, look in the mirror, it's you. It's the real you, that the 'other you' never wants to meet, never wants to access, never wants to accept.I am Lee. 2.0, the real me.I was like any other teenage girl back in the days, but today I am different, I have grown out of myself, I have fought my fears to become who I am today. This is my story. •••••••••••••••••••Pristin-town is not just your average town, for the fact, that it has supers. Some are praised heroes and some are loathed villains.Nova-Gen ™ is a prestigious tech-firm of the town, of which every kid dreams to work for. And 'Lee' is one of them. Having lost her parents in an accident, she has to live with her aunt Kiara, but her aunt brings out only the worst in her.She struggles to make ends meet, with her crammed highschool and karate classes, in a hope that one fine day she works at the Nova-Gen.But life has different plans for her. She is sucked into this dark world of mysteries and secrets, of heroes and villains, of science and technology, of supers and their alter-egos.She has to leap forward with blind faith and trust in order to protect her family and friends. Because, not everything she sees is real, after all. •••••••••••••••••••"Lee is a three dimensional character." - a review by @jumping jimney.*Teeny-tiny accomplishments :-✓Official superhero profile added this book to their 'Girl power reading list' ( on 26-jan-19)✓WP-Multicultural profile added this to their action-adventure RL on 22-Apr-19.✓3rd runner up (teenfiction) - winter rose awards -2019 summer edition.✓Honourable mention (adventure) - Chaos Awards-7✓Added to their RL by Storiesundiscovered on 31/jul/19Copyright: all rights reserved © Sharadha Manjunath (@sharadhamanju…

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Kai is a slave, like any other person on board the ship, RMZ-1588. His simple life demands nothing more than a bucket of sweat and a bowl full of tasteless gruel to stay alive. And then there is his little sister- ChuChip, his angel, his breath, his soul. To keep her happy, a made-up fable is enough, she'd go on listening to them forever​.All of this is about to change, when he starts seeing and hearing weird things, far more weirder than his wildest fantasies. At first people​ think that he is suffering from sea-madness. Of course he is not a lunatic talking to a fish, or is he?________________________________________________"To me, it's like an ocean themed Narnia." - Ladysapphire2018"The plot is really intriguing and I want to know what happens next. The author knows how to Keep the readers interested." - says @HamdaRizvi (teammajestic.inc)Find it here on official Wattpad- @magic account's reading list, 'a magical journey' -https://my.w.tt/tJtalI4BC8Original story.All rights reserved © Sharadha Manjunath (@sharadhamanju)(Please do not copy.)Started - Jan/13/2019Completed - Apr/2/2019#Written for ONC-2019.#EWA2019.…

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#Humor #2nd place -the adventure awards. The story is all about this sassy pet cat called "Bell", describing the life of its human- Anita Sunder, who is broke, single, a hopeless romantic and guess what? Nerdy AF...Has romance, adventure, mystery and much more!*****************************************What if Garfield's funny wit gets mixed with Sabrina's Salem-cat's sassiness and puss-in-boot's action? Doesn't that sound like 'double the fun' ? So what are you waiting for? Just go in and laugh your heart out!!**************************************** As Anita starts our caw-r, she almost hit the same man's two-wheeled chariot like vehicle again.She swiftly ducks down to escape another confrontation with him.But the man gets down and walks at us. He taps on the shiny window, his face angry.Anita opens it, as I am already warning her not to. She faces him with a pushy smile, pleading him another sorry.Ugh! Humans. So dumb!The man grins at her stupidity.Obviously, even I would do the same."It's you again!" He says."Yes. Me again." Anita nudges back her messed up spectacles, squeezing her eyes, tucking her curls behind."Hey there Buddy!" He waves at me bending on to the window."Hello Bro!" I meowr back."I am Trishan. Trish! In case we meet again.""Anita Sunder. Nice meeting you," she says."And I am Bell sunder, her guardian," I add.They both exchange that awkward smile, as he leaves us."Look kitty! It's all because of you," she rolls her eyes, tapping the wheel, waiting for him to leave first."Because of me? Does that even make any sense? Did I tell you to bump into him, huh?"I retort back, although I am not sure whether she understands it at all.On our way back home, I try to purr and sing to her. But she stops me shushing.I get grumpy as well. So I snuffle and curl up deciding not to talk with her for another 8 hours.*I am really bad at giving synopsis, hope this is okay.*Do not copy! All rights reserved. © 2019…

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SYNOPSIS:Abandoned.Left alone in the cold.Forgotten to rot in the darkness, twenty year old mira has always had two things etched on her heart. 'To find her mother' and 'to kill her'.Avius is one of the five spacestations made for human survival in the distant future, when Earth was set into a collision course with other planets after the great asteroid impact. Avius and other spacestations revolve around Proxima Centauri, collecting the energy from the Dyson sphere created by the ancients.The dream of terraforming an alien planet into a super-earth has become exhausting. People are giving up and the Imperium has a stronghold on Avius. In a world full of monstrous and manipulative atrocities, what place do you have as an unwanted, vengeful orphan?▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️Written for Open novella contest -2021Science fiction- fantasy/ adventureHighest ONC ranking -28©️@sharadhamanju -2021Do not copy! No I'm not kidding.…

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Okay, let's admit it. 'Supes' get their powers in questionably weird ways -getting bitten by a radioactive spidey, getting struck by a lightening bolt or falling into an acid vat, consumed by an alien symbiote? Well, not as weird as our hero though. Because our so called supe got his powers when he (hold your breath) VAPED! Kevin Cormack is his real name. But he attributes his existence to his alter ego named - The Vape God.Nylla Vanstone (Nylla-Vanilla as Kevin likes to call her) is a plain Jane. She is officially sister-zoned in Pinewoods High school. Not because she's Kevin's sister or anything remotely similar, but because she's Kevin's little sister's best friend.However, things turned upside down when Kaycee Cormack, Kevin's sister, mysteriously disappeared a year ago. With a lone mom loosing her mind over Kaycee's disappearance, Kevin got into smoking weed and other weird stuff. And that's when the real story began.Pg-13 / UAOpen novella contest -2020Qualified to enter round -2Prompt - GF #7…

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Status- closed for requestsOrenda:-(noun) Invisible magic power believed to pervade all natural objects as a spiritual energy.A Graphic Portfolio.A place for me to showcase some of the covers that I have created over time, some during hours of sheer boredom, well, some due to genuine ideas. You are more than welcome to my world, where the beauty of nature pampers the words of books. You can always criticize and I shall totally learn from my mistakes. These graphics are created using some android free apps. I don't own Photoshop, so please be nice.I do take requests, so come on in, to get one.Pre-mades are open for adoption. So hop in, if you are looking for a cover that matches with your story.…

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#planetorplastic #national geographic initiative📢📢 Trailer included!This dystopian short story is one of my entries for nat-geo's writing contest #planetorplastic(Word count- 499)Blurb-some where in the dystopian future, no land is safe. So survivors live on waters sailing ships. SYNTHO-STHAN was once called India, now it's a barren synthetic waste land. Story of a young girl and his brother's adventures who are "FORAGERS" for survival. *The cover for this story has won and is featured in "InMag-6", a cover contest arranged by @AmbassadorsIN. (I designed it, yayy!)Additional tags- #Talentawards2018…