Michigan Stories

"If you feel it too... then maybe we were never just friends." Luke Hughes has never come home without Bailey Parker waiting. Michigan summers were always the same. Luke, Jack, and Quinn flying back the moment the season ended. Lake days. Late nights. Inside jokes that never faded. And Bailey-his childhood best friend-right there in the middle of it all, like she belonged. Because she did. Bailey has always been his. Not in the romantic way. Not in the way that complicates things. Just... his best friend. His constant. His safe place. But this summer? This summer is different. Luke is older. The NHL is real. And Bailey isn't just the girl who knows him better than anyone anymore-she's the girl he looks at and has to look away from. The girl whose laugh lingers. The girl he's not supposed to fall for. They don't talk about it. They can't. Because one confession could ruin everything they've built since childhood. Because loving each other means risking the one thing they've never lost. And yet, every stolen glance, every late-night conversation, every almost-touch asks the same dangerous question: What if staying silent hurts more than telling the truth?

A slice of life, (mostly) cozy story set in a "coffee bar" in Detroit. After a months of hard work, Beatrice's coffee bar, "The BARista", is finally starting to shape up to be the shop of her dreams. We follow her and her co-workers as they learn about the customers, themselves, each other, and how to properly run a danm business!

Jack Hughes has known Alexa Bennet since they were little kids playing in the yard together. They were inseparable growing up. But when Jack was drafted by the New Jersey Devils and Alexa went to USC for college, even though they promised to keep in touch, things were never the same. So 2 summers later when Luke invites Alexa to the lake house for the summer, Jack and Alexa meet each other for the first time in what feels like forever.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 -- "I don't understand, how could you not be disgusted by me?" His voice breaks, eyes glossy with tears. Thunder booms and the trees groan aloud out as the branches strain against the wind. "Because I see you for who you are, not who they make you to be." --

*A sequel to The Palmer Pool* Vanessa Brooks, now a high-school senior, hopes to put her time-traveling days behind her, until an opportunity arises to return the favor of a fellow time-traveler stuck in the past. ****** As Vanessa Brooks begins her senior year of high school, she hopes that the routine of life as usual will distract her from her memories of Pete, the boy she fell for and left behind in 1953. Now painfully aware of the risks of traveling to the past, she considers her time-traveling days over, even though she still longs to reunite with Pete. But with Eric Anderson, the only person who knows the truth about where Vanessa disappeared to all summer, keeping an uncomfortably close watch on her, along with her suspicious family and friends, she knows the only place she'll ever see Pete again is in her vivid dreams. When Vanessa accidentally travels from a 1920s themed Halloween party at a local historic mansion to an eerily similar party in the actual 1920s, she reconnects with a fellow time-traveler who needs her help. Vanessa discovers her ability to affect time is even stronger than she thought, and so is her determination to fight for what- and who- she wants. Cover by @JELyrica Content Warning: this story contains alcohol and drug use, and references to near-drowning events, panic attacks and drug overdose.

At the University of Michigan's Yost Ice Arena, hockey forward Everett Hale and figure skater Ruby Dawson claim the same quiet sliver of morning ice for very different reasons. He needs the calm before the team chaos, and she needs space to chase the jump that keeps slipping away. A chance overlap turns into something neither of them expected as shared mornings on the empty rink spark a connection that feels as natural as skating itself. But with the season heating up, their growing bond has to find its footing on ice that's never fully still.

This is a composition of journal entries that I have written throughout my life that I have decided to share with you. Each entry is true, depicting little moments in my life, much like a photograph. Some entries will make you laugh, and some may make you cry. Or, you may cry from laughing so hard. Either way, I hope you enjoy this book.

{Sequel to The Supermarket Teens} After a dramatic road trip that almost cost the lives of the 5 teens, they can't wait to go off to school. However, the permanent scars that the trip implanted, along with the unsuspected return of people they thought they left behind, the school year may not go as planned.

A collection of poems.

When a family moves from across the ocean, the oldest son finds himself in a situation he tried to stray away from.

The Cassidy's, a Black family of 5, manage to live their lives in the limelight but will they overcome the darkness that's apart of it?

Rising football star Donovan Edwards has always trusted discipline, speed, and instinct. Lacey Monroe lives by heart, creativity, and fearless honesty. When their worlds collide, ambition meets vulnerability, and love grows under the pressure of expectations, fame, and quiet dreams. Together, they navigate victory and doubt, learning that strength isn't just built on the field-but in choosing each other when the spotlight fades.

what would you do if you found out your life wasn't all the truth, some parts where just..."covered up" Alexanna just found out her dad is certainly not anywhere close to being dead, in fact ... she happens to be his Number one fan!

Mina Greer lived a relatively normal life until the age of five. After an unexpected tragedy and some unexpected events, she finds herself immersed in the world of monster hunting. Yet, after another tragedy, her father decides it's best to send her back to live in their old house in the town of Hell, Michigan. Reluctantly, she agrees, but can she really live the life of a normal 16-year-old girl under an alias and in a town where everyone presumes her dead?

𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠. Marty believes in epic love stories-the kind that sweeps you off your feet. Adam is the exact opposite of what she wants: a hockey player with a reputation, a walking red flag. She knows better than to fall for a guy like him. Then there's Noah-safe, sweet, the kind of love that makes sense. The kind she should want. But the heart doesn't follow the rules. Torn between the perfect romance and the one that sets her on fire, Marty has to decide: does she chase the love story she's always dreamed of, or risk everything for the one she never saw coming?

Flint, Michigan is not a pretty town by anyone's standards. It's riddled with all sorts of gangs, shootings, and drug activity. At the heart of this is Wayne Harper. He's the head of all activity in the city. When the leader of a nearby city starts encroaching on his territory, things get out of hand. The son of his right hand man gets entangled in it, unsure if he wants to stay in the business or get out while he's still ahead. But he may have no choice...

Olivia wishes she could forget the memories that haunt her as she struggles to cope with an incident that nearly took her life. Paxon wants justice for a crime he can never tell anyone about. Danica is eager to leave their hometown of Kingsford behind but can't get away fast enough as the past is starting to catch up to her. Mila wants her lies and problems to disappear, no matter what the cost is. Elijah is keeping a secret that he wants no one to find out about, and it's a secret that could destroy everything he's worked for. And Derrick is many things. Loved. Hated. Envied. Missing. When he and these five friends are forced to compete in a game in order to be accepted by their sororities and fraternities the game becomes all too real when dawn arrives and Derrick has gone missing. With the authorities on the hunt, many truths will be revealed most all of them connecting back to the night of Derrick's graduation party: May 17th. Though one secret connects most everyone who had gone to that party, and it's a secret that some would die for to protect. But while the answer to his disappearance may become obvious, it soon becomes apparent that not everything is as simple as it seems. What exactly happened that night? And where could Derrick have gone? ***** Highest ranking #276 paranormal 7/6/20

(Art is not mine) This is the short story I submitted for the Michigan Writes contest. I said I would upload it to Wattpad, so here it is. Hope you enjoy it. Everyone has their own inner demons that follow them. Everything seems to go wrong. We wish for them to go away, until it's too late.

Just an average love story

The children of the fire now build with light. But the world they inherited is still watching. Still afraid. Still fighting to control the future.