NaNoWriMo Stories

Story snippets written during National Novel Writing Month as part of a larger work.

Emma the Narwhal

· 1092 words

Summary: Emma the narwhal. April paused. For the first time in a long, long while, she saw it. In her mind's eye, she could see Emma's entire life, from her first narwhal date to her first beaching to her first narwhal war.

Holy shit. This was a banger of an idea. Who knew that a strange fish in a coffee shop would give her the laxatives she needed?

nerry the narwhal fan club!

· 5122 words

Kai Nakayama created a new group "nerry the narwhal fan club!" with Sara Al-Dosari, Zahir Kirmani

Kai Nakayama changed their name to kai!


kai!: wassup y'all!!

kai!: welcome to the nerry fan club

kai!: y'all better be nerry fans too or else i will hunt you down >:(

Glorious Pain

· 3910 words

Summary: Liz, Archie, Sialia, and William J. Swainson watch a human who insists that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And, well, who wouldn't want to be stronger?

Selected Excerpts from NaNoWriMo 2023

· 3171 words

My, little Peony must have such pain in his heart to so coldly shrug off an earnest request. Perhaps he suffered from childhood trauma in which his family was brutally murdered and thus he was forced to be independent, grew up much too fast, and now his heart is locked away, waiting for someone with a kind heart to bring him back to the world. But I digress.

Selected Excerpts from NaNoWriMo 2022

· 1784 words

Ganyu frowns as she pulls out a black leather straitjacket out of one of Yanfei's boxes. "Hey, Yanfei?" She holds it out in front of her. "What's this for?"

Yanfei looks up from organising her hats on the shelf. "What do you mean? Obviously, you wear it…?" Her expression is puzzled.

There's a small pause before the reply. "Never mind…"

Selected Excerpts from NaNoWriMo 2021

· 722 words

You're lucky he hasn't spotted you, otherwise you might've had to talk to the man in the moustache. It's not that you're intimidated by his moustache, but adults — probably Mesa's father — are just hard to talk to. Especially if they have a glorious moustache like that. You rub the skin above your upper lip longingly. Only the tiniest of hairs there.

Illusion of Solitude

· 2988 words

Summary: An old bluebird takes her grandson human-watching in Vancouver. This time, they find a young child dealing with grown-ups who just don't understand.

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