What do you get when you put a vicar, a stripper, a lazy high-school graduate and an ex-nun in a minibus together and send them off in search of Aspen Willinger? Chaos, that's what. (cover by @erupted)

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

“i give a fuck. i give a lot of fucks, actually. i'm a prostitute of feelings.”

A BUNCH OF STUFF ELIZABETH ("please for the love of god call me El") THROPP DOESN'T EXPECT: 1. Her mom signing her up to be a counselor at her old summer camp ("I don't care if it's for extra credit, mom!"). 2. That children are this annoying ("no, you can't have another stupid cookie"). 3. Sharing a cabin with Grace Upland ("who's like, a total bitch"). 4. (Sure as hell) that she really doesn't mind it ("like, at all"). 5. Something else, but that's for later. [6. this story to be riddled with typos. seriously. it's blinding. read at ur own risk]

Summer is the busiest time of year in Tippington, but Lee has found herself (almost) completely and utterly alone. Her mother hardly counts as company since her dad left, her friends are either halfway across the world or otherwise inaccessible, and her long distance relationship is breaking down faster than a soggy biscuit in lukewarm coffee. Desperate to escape the smothering silence that has crept into her house, the job advertisement in the grocery shop window for a waitress at Scoop’s Sundae Parlour is a blessing in disguise. At least until she discovers exactly what a job at Scoop’s actually entails.

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * Being re-written completely as of May 14, 2021