It was five years ago that Kyla's life changed at her family's beachouse. Things happened that's she's been running away from. When she sees him again will there still be undeniable feelings? or was it just a one-time thing? Creed had moved on from that night five years ago that he did something he shouldn't have. But when he sees her five years later at the beach house he can't deny he still has those feelings that changed everything. This story is for the Short Story Contest #FiveYearsSinceCollaborationContest Prompt: NewAdult Things happen for a reason, right? Good or bad these things change the direction of our life. What happens when you meet up again five years later? Do feelings disappear or do you decide to follow your heart and see what could be?

A baby shower to remember as five friends replay memories of summer camp. Split pants, finger foods, secrets revealed, and a cup full of rum. Laugh along while we take a look at what happens when five friends reunite to support one of their own. (C) Copyright reserved - Otsana Stories The author expressly asserts all intellectual property and moral rights over this work. Infringement may lead to civil action, with associated potential financial penalties that may be imposed by a Court, including disgorgement of profits and cost orders against the defendant.

When Alisha Bradley starts a new job, the last person she expects to run into, is her former college flame, Dean Hudson. Although Dean seems to be even more handsome than he was before, he gives her the cold shoulder, and soon sparks fly. Is there still unfinished business from their past, between them? Short story entry for the Five Years Since Collaboration Contest. Prompt: Exes Past (Romance) - It's been five years since your break up. You're finally meeting your nicest ex again as office partner and he's being such a jerk. How do you manage to cope?

Amidst the chain of her cold stories, she met a warm person on a bleak midwinter's morning at a cafe on the hills. Will her original story be brewed at the coffee shop or she will be ill-fated like always?

Idris has a terrible morning - a morning so terrible, he'd love to just disappear into thin air. But the world forces his hand, and so he finds himself in a coffee shop, needing to get his caffeine boost to survive the day. He couldn't expect to stumble into June, a woman so unlike and yet so very like him, that he doesn't know what to make of her. A story about the strange way of life, and how special we actually are. This short story was written for the #CoffeeShopsBrewStories contest. (C) Copyright reserved - Jana Malek (Jane C. Rain) 2020. The author expressly asserts all intellectual property and moral rights over this work. Any attempt to recreate it in any way will be reported and pursued accordingly.

Cora Stephensen was in an accident that she can't remember, parts of her mind seemingly locked forever. A lost love remains a mystery as her family tries to protect her from herself. Will she ever remember what happened last summer? Short story entry in the Last Summer Contest 2020 First Place winner in the @NARomance prompt Prompt - New Adult Romance: Last Summer, fresh out of college, you fell in love with someone but they disappeared - and was presumed dead. Now you are committed to a new relationship your family doesn't support because they know what happened last summer. Tell us what happened last summer.

Lily Hart is having the day from hell when she gets pulled over for speeding. Officer Vince Jordan gets a lot more than he bargained on when he tries to pull Lily in line. Little do they know that they both frequent the same little coffee shop and that chance will have them run into each other again... Completed short story for the #CoffeeShopsBrewStories contest.

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Gray Matthews spent every summer of the last ten years at Camp ArrowWood... it was the highlight of his summer. Three years he's been a summer counselor at his beloved camp, and every summer is better than the last. With his friend Ryan by his side, it's set up to be the best summer of his life. Violet Woods has grown up knowing that being a counselor at her uncle's camp in the mountains of Colorado was always on her bucket list. When she's finally old enough to spend her first summer as an adult on the training staff, she never expects to meet a certain green-eyed counselor the night before camp starts. Will secrets exchanged under the moonlight change the course of their lives? What happens when Violet has to return home early, leaving Camp ArrowWood behind for five long years? Short Story entry for the #FiveYearsSinceCollabContest Prompt: New Adult It's been five years since a few friends' lives became irrevocably intertwined at a summer camp. Now their paths have crossed again and they must come to terms with what happened that summer. Complete, but I reserve the right to revisit these characters in the future.

Short story submission for the Five Years Since Collaboration Contest Juliette has made a life for herself in a new city and established herself in her career. A morning walk brings her to her knees with grief. Can she find a path to recover from her past?