Americana Stories

A Carnival of Small Apocalypses These are poems for the hours after midnight, when the neon hums louder than reason and the world briefly forgets how to pretend. Inside these pages, goldfish learn theology from television screens. Ghosts linger in diners. Prophets miss their exits. Machines dream of salvation. The faithful wrestle with doubt, the doubtful wrestle with faith, and ordinary people carry the quiet weight of living through strange times. Part witness, part confession, part roadside sermon, these free verse spoken-word poems wander through forgotten towns, crowded headlines, broken promises, flickering screens, and the stubborn mysteries that refuse to leave us alone. Some are angry. Some are mournful. Some laugh in places they probably shouldn't. Together they form a carnival of small endings and unexpected beginnings-a collection of voices searching for meaning beneath neon skies, beneath static, beneath the noise. Step right up. The lights are already flickering. The ride has already begun.

They wont know eachother for long, but the memory will last a lifetime.

Journey with a broke wanderer through the glamorous facade of Palm Springs, where the desert sun bakes both millionaire snowbirds and desperate locals alike. After an awkward encounter with a judgmental tourist named George who rails against California's "riff-raff," our narrator finds himself trapped in a hellish Starbucks line as temperatures soar and tempers flare. While wealthy tourists screech about the heat and sneer at street vendors, our guide peels back the glossy veneer of this "Playground of the Stars" to reveal the complicated reality beneath. As night falls and Palm Springs transforms into a glittering desert oasis, a chance encounter with a young local exposes the town's painful contradictions. In a place where vacation homes sit empty half the year and working people can't afford rent, what happens to a town that's become a monument to a vanished American past? With sharp wit and keen observation, this travelogue asks whether Palm Springs' nostalgic golden glow is slowly dimming as it clings to the ghosts of Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, and an America that no longer exists. After all, when you're broke in Paradise, there's always the desert.

A young woman chases down fire spirits across the U.S. in search of the one who can teach her the magic spell "fireball."

Rabbit is a 17-year-old with a broken mind, chasing a haunted mystery. In his eccentric Deep South hometown, no one seems to understand him but his best friend, Elliotta.

A dying town launches a rebranding campaign that no one seems to be running. The billboards appear overnight. The slogans don't explain themselves. A diner waitress says nobody puts them up, and nobody takes them down. A couple arrives expecting ironic tourism and finds something closer to a live experiment. Beauchêne doesn't ask visitors to believe anything. It only asks them to stay. To notice. To participate. What begins as small-town decay becomes a slow, sideways unraveling... murals that feel instructional, civic programs that behave like dares, and a town that seems increasingly aware of the people passing through it. A surreal, slow-burn satire about American decline, anti-branding, and the strange comfort of entropy. Meaning doesn't collapse here. It rebrands. Entropy is a vibe. Decline tastes like caramel. Welcome to Beauchêne. You're here now.

Chrysanthemum Moonchild is the new (and only brown) girl in school who has two goals: make the JV track team and make some friends. Squirrel Browning just wants to make it until graduation. He doesn't care for the people in his hometown and he enjoys the solitude of his forest hikes, well except for his faithful retriever, Lani. But when strange things start happening in their hometown, the unlikely duo finds that the only people they can really depend on are each other. Magic comes alive and secrets start to be unearthed. Will they make it until Homecoming? #1- Americana 8/25/2020 #1-twomoms 10/7/2020 #10- highschooldrama 12/21/20

"You were RED, and you liked me because I was BLUE" Cover by @acompletestranger

A man goes on a killing spree to save his daugther Ill be posting two chapters a week.

In 1958, the rock 'n' roll group, Stephen Sanchez and the Mooncrests, skyrocket to fame with their hit single "Until I Found You" on the Connie Co Show, which brings a deal with Mercury Records. Later in his career, Stephen becomes and blossoms as a solo act known as "The Troubadour Sanchez," a handsome young crooner whose voice, charm, looks and music have made him the next big thing. Now it's 1964, and The Troubadour has a residency at the Angel Club, owned by Hunter, head of a gang called The Mad Mob. There, he meets Hunter's girlfriend, Evangeline, and they both take up an interest in each other. What ensues is a tale of romance, secrecy, woe, and tragic love; but also full of wit, fun and occasional humor. {Fanfiction inspired by the concept album, "Angel Face" by Stephen Sanchez. Creative license is taken, not all scenes follow the original story. All credit to Stephen Sanchez for the original story.} [Most Impressive/Highest Ranking: #1 in interpretation]

It's life at the library in the small town in the midwest, close to Omaha. It's got romance, bromance and all sorts of couples..but the main two characters in this novel Is Bex & Oliver.

When word gets out that a soldier known to the boys is arrested for the murder of Doctor Langley, they believe that he's innocent and set out to find the truth.

It's up to me now to lead them to freedom. It's up to me to bring peace back to this miserable and corrupted world. Let's hope I can do it and make it out alive. There are some people I love that can get hurt. She became my ghost, but now he's my young god. Our strange love will help fuel our fire. The only problem is, is that I have to do everything I can to stay in control while my past is haunting me. This Roman Holiday things will go up in flames, and I'm not sure if we'll make it out alive. Let's hope all of this isn't in vain and break these chains that are holding everyone down.

Eva Grace, a rising country singer, disappears after the mysterious death of her producer. Under a new name, June, she settles in a small town of New Mexico, where she tries to forget about her past. But strange events and cryptic encounters begin to unravel her mysterious past. Every clue brings her closer to a truth she's not she's ready to face... Story set in : between 1989-1992

This is a collection of poems written in an attempt to navigate this warped, lonely year, and also try to make sense of who I am meant to be in this messy world. At 22, the life is confusing, beautiful, complicated and limitless all at the same time. I hope that you find something endearing about these poems, as they are very important to me. Thank you very much for reading!

Kennedy Steele, 19 year old runaway. Weston Ford, 21 year old unlisted hauler.