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The Shortys Contest Prompt 2024You just moved into your house, and your friend is visiting for the first time. You go to the kitchen to grab drinks, and when you return, your friend tells you they just met your sister, who went upstairs. You are an only child.Copyright © 2024 | SistersAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, translating, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and specific other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.Sisters is only available on Wattpad. If you read this work on any other platform, you will likely be at risk of a malware attack.…

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One secret. One Promise. Two hearts. Ama promises to keep her muma's secret till she meets an American man she dubs as Mr. Gorgeous. When their hearts collide, the secret threatens to reveal itself. Will the Jamaican heat scorch the love that could've been into ashes, or will love prevail?ONC 2024 Prompt #67 A promise is a promise. A secret is a secret. They must not tell anybody.…

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"We were just kids in love."Nicole is an outgoing senior in high school, hoping to make this year her best yet. She is the new girl in town and is looking forward to new friends and experiences. All seems to be going smoothly until meeting Tessa.In Tessa's eyes, Nicole is stealing everything that Tessa believes belongs to her. And she is in no way trying to hide her hostility towards Nicole. William, a green-eyed boy who has his life planned out for him, grew up in this town. He knows everyone and is popular amongst his friends. He makes an effort to spend every bit of his free time hanging out with his friends at the lake.When Nicole and William's eyes connect for the first time, neither one can look away. Is there such a thing as love at first sight? I want to think so. ***First Love, Forever Love is the first story that I had the pleasure of writing for a contest. Little did I know that this story would be the catalyst of my passion for writing. I loosely based this story on my husband's and my love story. While much of it is fiction, there are snippets of truth throughout. I hope you enjoy reading my story as much as I enjoyed writing it and revising it for Wattpad.…

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On steamy, hot summer days, the parched soil cracks like ice into jagged lines resembling lightning blowing up the midnight sky. Summer craves to be quenched and begs to feel the invigorating shower that only rain can douse. It takes what it can get from rain without considering the possibility of destruction. Rain is a necessary evil. It's prayed for yet cursed and hated. It brings forth destruction and life simultaneously. Rain is a refreshing sprinkle and an overwhelming flood. It's elusive, and it alone decides when and where to release its precipitation with no regard to the impact of its power.***Summer breezed into McGrath's Pub like a breath of fresh air. Despite her miserable day and the tepid rain dampening the streets of Harrisburg, she lit up the bar with her bright smile the moment she entered.Rain is looking for a warm body to take to his bed. He spots Summer and immediately approaches her. She has no clue about his plans for her, and he's determined to bring those plans to fruition. Summer's heart and soul were destroyed by the torrential storm that is Rain Grant. Summer is determined not to let what happened to her happen to the "Next Girl."***"Next Girl"I bet you probably met him at a barLet him walk you to your carI bet he said he never fell this hardYeah, I remember that partHe knows how to say all the right thingsKnows how to get you outta that dressKnows how to make you think you're thе best thingBut I know what happens next, girlCo-written and performed by Carly Pearce***Cover by: @zmswift1st Place 🥇 The Carnival Awards 2021 Chick-LitFeatured in WattpadShortStory's Realistic Fiction Reading ListQualified for Round 3 of the 2023 Amby Awards…

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Four friends enter into the woods. One wrong turn. One bad decision. One makes it out. One is left to tell their story.What started out as a couples weekend getaway with friends quickly turns deadly after a freak accident releases a monster into the woods. Four unsuspecting women come face to face with the devil himself. Will their men realize that they are missing and find them in time, or will they be too late to save the last survivor.The Guilded Ravens Award 2020 - Third Place 🥉Opulence Writer's Award 2021 - First Place 🥇Banner by: @Ch31L92Cover by: @PhoenixxWrites…

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Cheryl and Reed had a whirlwind romance. Reed swept Cheryl off of her feet. Her family and friends thought things between them were moving too fast. Did Cheryl know Reed? How much does anyone know about a person? Especially when they only show you their good side while hiding the side of them, the evil side, that they don't want you to see until it's too late. What would you choose when that side is revealed? Would you choose to Forgive or Forget?2nd Place Mystery/Thriller in the Books and Beyond 2020 Awards 🥈3rd Place Mystery/Thriller in the Books and Beyond 2021 Awards 🥉…

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Mallory finds herself brokenhearted when she loses the love of her life in a tragic accident. She's left to pick up the pieces of her life with the help of her best friend, Kendall. Her job as a neonatal nurse helps to keep her mind off of her broken heart when something unexpected happens; she comes face to face with Dr. Samuel Daniels. Will she find love again, or will her grief blind her from her second chance at love and happiness?***"Kendall is under the illusion that you're in love with me. Can you believe that? I just buried my fiancé seven months ago. She told me not to be blinded by my grief, not to see that you love me," I sigh.I notice Sam lower his head. "I'm guessing that must have pissed you off.""It did! I don't want her to ruin the friendship that we have. I like how we are. You throw the love word in there, and it freaks me out." I fight back my tears.Sam raises his head to look at me. "Listen, Mallory. I would never do anything to jeopardize what we have. Please don't let other people's observations of our relationship mess that up, okay?"***1st Place in The Candy Cane Awards 🥇2nd Place in the 2020 Universal Awards 🥈2nd Place in the Books and Beyond Awards 🥈…

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Cali finds herself in a predicament when she gets stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire. She's relieved when a tow truck comes by and stops to help. Unfortunately, he's not there to help.Aim To Engage Prompt #3: You're traveling cross country alone when your tire goes flat, leaving you in an unfortunate predicament.🥇Aim To Engage FlashFic 2023 Winner…

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Cindy Powell uses detective work that she learned from her father as a young girl in her job as a real estate mogul Benson Easton's assistant. Benson needs to know every detail about an associate before doing business with them. It's Cindy who digs up that information. When she has a complex case, she requests help from her police detective boyfriend, Sam.While investigating several new possible clients for Easton Real Estate, she receives threatening messages. Someone has something to hide, and they'll do anything to keep their secrets buried. Cindy becomes targeted the deeper she delves into their life.***I wake up disorientated, with my head pounding. I touch the sensitive spot on my temple. My hands are extended and handcuffed to a water pipe. I take a moment to glance around the room that is now my prison. Slowly, everything comes back to me. How will Sam find me now? I gasp when I hear the door above me squeak open. I close my eyes while I listen to the heavy footsteps descending the stairs. "Please hurry, Sam," I whisper to myself in despair.…

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Cindy Powell has a knack for investigation. She inherited her talent from her father, a retired investigator with the San Diego Police Department. She uses her skills to vet clients for Easton Real Estate. Her boss, Benson Easton, gifted Cindy with a cruise for her ten years of service with his company. She invited her best friend, Millie, to join her. What had started as a relaxing and rejuvenating vacation, unfortunately, morphs into a nightmare when the cruise turns deadly. Cindy runs into an unexpected acquaintance, Detective Sam Kidwell, on her vacation cruise. This mystery will take both of their investigative abilities to solve. In the end, will it be too late for one of them to survive, or will they both perish at the hands of a psychotic killer?This is a spin-off story from Double Faced Twins.2nd Place Action/Adventure Books and Beyond Awards 2021 🥈Cover by: Addison__Brown…

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A Halloween Vault 2021 PoemPrompt #21 - What does cursed mean to you? This poem gets into the mind of a person blaming their birth on Halloween Eve for every misfortune in their life as a curse.…

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Spring Into Love Contest by NARomancePrompt 3: As you were checking out the new eccentric bookstore that just opened, you were surprised to see someone you haven't seen in several years - the one that got away. Spring is the season for new beginnings, right? Young love, broken hearts, time heals, new start.After ten years, Paige returns to her childhood vacation town. Everything is familiar except for a new bookstore that had opened in her absence. Drawn to the eccentric store, Paige enters to find the reason for her disappearance standing before her. How will he respond to seeing her again? Will he forgive her? Can she forgive herself?…

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Two strangers meet unexpectedly in a bakery on Christmas Eve. Tess was about to close her shop when a handsome, blue-eyed stranger barges in and knocks her to the floor. He requires some holiday treats. She has what he needs. Will he leave with his dessert never to be seen again, or will he give Tessa a Christmas not to be forgotten?…

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Twins, Grace, and Faith have always been inseparable. They have a beautiful home that they share and an advertising company that they built into a highly successful business. After signing a contract with Benson Easton, a real estate mogul, their life takes an unexpected turn. Benson desires to make the twins his own. Everything is going according to his plan until he finds himself falling for Faith, and Grace goes missing. Will Faith help the police find her sister before it is too late, or will Faith meet the same fate as Grace?…