15 years before the legendary newsies strike of 1899, a child was born. When he is 18 months old, he is brought to the Manhattan Newsies Lodging House. In time, he would be known as Racetrack Higgins. This is his story. This is the story of the newsies strike of 1899...but not as you know it. With twists and turns and...
"Uptown is a part of the Harlem borough." Jack started. "They hark headlines for upper Manhattan. Everyone knows Fred Dalton, the leader of Harlem; decent guy. There's rumors that he's secretly Uptown's leader too; under the name Mason." "Wouldn't the other newsies find out?" Davey asked. "If he was 'Mason', he'd be r...
Jack, Katherine, and Crutchie leave for Santa Fe, but their train is hit by an infamous robber. What will happen to them? Meanwhile, Davey is finally finding his way in life.
From the moment they met, and all through their lives, follow the somewhat tragic and very beautiful love story of Jack Kelly and Katherine Pulitzer. What will happen after the strike? Will Katherine's father approve? (Mature rating for suicidal thoughts, sexual assault, strong language, ect. If it was a TV show, it w...
Racetrack Higgins was a normal Manhattan Newsie- more or less. He was Gay, but so were all of his brothers. He was Jack's Second in Command and had a rough past. He was stubborn, has anxiety, and is a good bit chaotic. Spot Conlon was not a normal Newsie. He was the King of Brooklyn, the Borough feared by most. Except...
After Crutchie manages to severly hurt his Crutching arm, he is restricted to a wheelchair. The Delancys see this and decide to take advantage of him. Will Crutchie survive? Or will death do its part on someone else? Seriously. This story has so much happening in it. Just read the first chapter and decide if you wanna...
"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰. 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘈 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭...
I have a story, called 'Side-by-Side'. It has a chapter with 'memories' from when the Newsies were little, so that's what this book is based on. Memories of our favorite Newsboys! It's mainly when they were smaller than their strike ages. (I do not own Newsies.)
Manhattan and Brooklyn are put into a frenzy when Race disappears without telling anyone. Spot joins Jack in the search for the boy who he holds a secret relationship with.
"Did you just make Spot Conlon smile?" "Yeah. I think I might've." - Soon after the strike, things are getting back to normal. Kind of. Well, not really. It seems like everyone's keeping a secret, and sometimes it seems like nobody's safe. The Newsies can't turn on each other now, can they? //COMPLETED// Highest ranki...
From the darkness, I seek you. From the light I hide. Whenever you lie, you'll die. -your secret admirer Race may not have gotten some fancy degree, but he did know a creepy note when he saw it. It's a good thing his big older brother was a cop. Right? PG-13 I WILL NOT PROVIDE WARNINGS BEFOREHAND. But I write clean...
Davey Jacobs was the new kid. And boy, did he hate being the new kid. His whole life, Davey had gone to private school but now, since his father hurt his leg at work, he had to go to a public school. A public school, where he would have no friends. That is, until he meets Jack Kelly and his group of friends, dubbed th...
"Race, what's goin' on? Where 'ave ya been?" Crutchie asked, eyeing the boy with worry. Race ignored him and continued limping to the stairs. "Race, get back over here. Crutch and I stayed up waitin' for ya, the least you can do is tell us where youse been." "I'm fine," Race mumbled, not stopping. Jack quickly steppe...
Every Newsie knows about the Delancey Brothers, Oscar and Morris, but when a girl joins her brothers at the circulation gate one day, the Newsies can't help but wonder who she is, and how she is so close to the Delancey Brothers. (I do not own any of the characters, other than Amelia and a few others) Enjoy! #6 in We...
The year is 1959, and Davey Jacobs has been swooned by none other than Jack Kelly. But it's not so easy. Trying to keep a secret and running away from bullies is harder than it was at his old school, and that's saying something. But maybe Jack can make it alright. Maybe he can make it worth it. Maybe he can be his th...
Davey and Les were alone together now. Both of them were tired- physically and mentally- but there wasn't much they could do about it. They just wanted to sleep. Peacefully. But what happens when their boring slumber is awoken by vivid dreams?
Elmer couldn't process what was happening. The crazed look in Albert's eyes, the blood splatter beneath Irving's head-bright red. Oxidized. Like he learned in biology class. Albert killed him. He murdered his ex-boyfriend, beat him to death with his bare hands and nothing but, breathing heavily over his placid body, e...
After Crutchie is taken to the Refuge Jack knows he has to do something. He needs to save Crutchie, his friend, his best friend, his brother before it's too late. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I do not own any of these characters or the cover art. If you like th...
Racetrack Higgins, a Manhattan Newsie. Spot Conlon's best friend and crush, not that they would admit that they have crushes on each other. No one knows about Racetrack's past, and not many people bothered to ask, until he started babying scars. He refused to tell them, but when Spot, then Race himself, gets kidnap...
It had been a few months since the Newsies won their strike against Joseph Pulitzer and things had finally started to go back to normal. For most of the Newsies that was anyways. Two of the Newsies, Specs and Romeo had their own problems that they were dealing with. Both were hopelessly in love with the other and w...
"Jack why's do I have ta come?" Race questions. "Because Racer, your my second which means you have ta come ta meetings and that includes Brooklyn." It's not that Race didn't like Brooklyn, he loved Brooklyn, he even sold his papers in Brooklyn, but the leader of Brooklyn terrified him in many ways. He was terrified...
What could possibly make Spot so shaken up he'll hand over Brooklyn? What could make Jack so shaken he'd give up Manhattan? Only one thing: Race and David have been taken. But where? How? Why? But why do they care so much about them? Well, first we need to go back to the beginning. We need to go on their journey with...
When Jack and David Jacobs-Kelly inherited a house that had once been a Newsboys Lodging House the didn't expect it to be haunted. Let alone haunted with the ghosts of a group of Nineteenth Century newsboys. But sometimes there are things that just don't work out the way we plan them.
"Where are we?" "Manhattan, New York City, 1899." "Okay, Stage, that's creepy. Don't do that." "Sorry, Romeo did the dramatic entrance thing and I wanted to try it." "Who's this?" "Hi! I'm Stage!" "Flames." "So, you merged, too?" "You have got to stop starting with "You merged, too?"!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘦-𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺." Jack loved his boyfriend, Davey Jacobs, but gosh was planning for a proposal for this man difficult. "𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸�...
Winnie Foster is all grown up, seventeen years old. It's been six years since the Tucks left Treegap. She's invited to spend a month with her uncle and cousin in New York City. When she arrives, she sees some familiar faces... Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in this story.
Some people believe in reincarnation, others don't. But past lives are real, as this group of teens in the 21st century will soon find out. For they are the reincarnates of people who lived a hundred years ago, in 1899. They keep having weird feelings of déjà vu; déjà vu that's increasing. As they struggle to navigate...
Racetrack Higgins is many things: a newsie, a gambler, witty, and smart. And he also wasn't born a boy. He can count the number of people who know that fun fact on one hand. It's a struggle to live as a boy while trying to make sure no one knows where he came from. Luckily, he has Jack to help him--a guy who wasn't bo...
Racetrack was kind of a newsie hybrid, he sold papes in Manhattan and in Brooklyn when he went to Sheepshead. While visiting his beloved racetrack he some how manages to form a unlikely bond with the Leader of Brooklyn, Spot Conlon. What happens when the "King" of New York and King of Brooklyn fall head over heels for...
PLEASE READ "Carrying The Banner//A Modern Day Newsies Story//COMPLETED" FIRST! You do not have to but it would help a lot. Finally, the strike is over. Life can go back to normal now, right!? Apparently not. Now there is another problem on the gang's hands, one that hits much closer to home. I DO NOT OWN MOST CHARACT...