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ONC 2024 LONGLISTERFeatures in @action reading list, Military & WarSIEGE /siːdʒ/a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender.****Three people-two women and an old man-were left in the middle of a desert as a punishment for a grave crime each of them committed against the kingdom of Akkadiyah. However, the youngest of them, Salwa, woke up in the desert unable to recall the memory of her previous years. She had no idea why she was banished by a foreign kingdom, except for a key in her pocket that could solve the mystery.They wandered through the desert, learned how to survive in the harsh weather, befriended the Bedouins, and eventually reached the nearest living city with the help of a camel driver. Pieces of memory started to return to Salwa as they ran into a group of warriors defending the city from the same tyrant that banished them.As Salwa's memories began to clear the fog in her mind, she began to grow suspicious of her two companions. However, there was one thing they agreed on: to rise stronger than before and make the tyrant regret ever banishing them.***Based on Prompt 20 from Open Novella Contest 2024.'Three strangers. Two secrets. One key.'**Thank you for giving my book a chance. I hope you like it and I would appreciate your feedback. :)…

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Emma was happily married to her husband for a year when he got promoted as a detective. But the job came with an obstacle, he wasn't the same cheerful man she knew anymore. He spent most of his time-if not all-working his ass off. No more dates, no more teasings, no more happiness. So, one fateful day, she told him to come home at lunch to tell something that will change their lives forever. But she didn't get the chance...When Nathan came home that very afternoon, he found out Emma was no longer in the house. Confused and worried, he hoped she was just taking a walk around the neighbourhood. But his assumption was proven wrong when he received a text from his wife's kidnapper. Forced to set his work aside, he needed to use everything he knows to find her.Will Nathan battle against all odds and find his wife? Or will it be too late for Emma to tell him the news?***#1st Place in Mystery/Thriller (Nova Awards)#2nd Place in Short Story (The Mono Awards, Silk Edition)#3rd place in Short Story (Hidden Gems Awards)Featured in Mystery's reading list; Elementary, My Dear.…

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An Entry For Sakura Blossoms ContestFeatures in @ShortStory's reading list; Quick Reads (1-3K) and @Ambassadors' reading list; Shorts and PoemsPrompt: Hanami. It's just the time of flower viewing in Japan. On the way back to your home, you stand before the tree and find the traces of memory you were looking for.***Thank you for giving my book a chance. I hope you like it and I would appreciate your feedback. :)Honourable Mention by @AmbassadorsJP…

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Rose longed for true love-the one who would always stand by her side through thick and thin. The one who is worthy to call her soulmate. When she got a scholarship to move to a prestigious academy, where her cousin is currently studying, she left her hometown in the hope of becoming a better person. It never crossed her mind that she would find 'her soulmate' there, but she did. He might be a prince charming to everyone, but under the facade of an elite, he was a broken man. He wasn't ready for love now, probably never. She wanted to help him, but it was too late for her to realise that mending him meant hurting herself. 🌹_🌹_🌹Everyone tells different love stories. Some had a tragic beginning but a magical ending, while some had a magical beginning but a tragic ending. Although it was possible to have both magical beginning and ending, life would certainly find a way to test the lovers' love. One could hope so much for love, only to be disappointed many times. One could care less about it but was given more in turn. Is it fair? Or is it just a way to challenge the limited knowledge a human has in their life?Regardless of the answer, one could never turn their backs to love, when they had experienced the magical feeling in the first hand. My experience in love had its fair share of heartbreaks and tears.But this is my story.…

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"The pain of freedom is better than the pain of slavery."- Saladin***For almost a century, a part of humanity has lived underground, in a bunker designated to shelter the vulnerable from the unending war. The people in the bunker, known as the Division Two people, had no knowledge of the outside world except from the reports of the news reporters. Amna, a typical twenty-year-old girl from Division Two, never questioned the absurdity of the rules until a series of strange events began to occur in her life. One by one, her friends were taken out-a punishment for those who defy the law. And when her supposedly dead brother appeared after her wedding day, she realised that everything was a lie. Together with all the 'fallen' people, they strive to overcome the upper class' control over the vulnerable people.Would they be able to bring about a revolution and save the people from being trapped in the bunker forever? **Based on Prompt 67 from Open Novella Contest 2023. The war had been going on for over 100 years now. Not that you'd ever seen it, living in a bunker your entire life. But one day, a news war reporter suddenly says, "I can't do this anymore. Everything is fine! They're lying! Th-" And the signal cuts out.*Thank you for giving my story a chance. I hope you like it and I would appreciate your feedback. :)The cover is made by @bookloving_pearl…

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In which I write my opinion about many things in this world. Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain who grows flowers, not thunder.- RumiWhen the whole world is silent, even one voice is powerful.- Malala Yousafzai**This is my opinion about many things in this world. I do not intend to hurt anyone through my writings but if I do, I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart.**…