Eastcoast Stories

Based off of Season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty

In this gripping sequel, East and Nicki have built a life together, now married with three kids and running their legitimate businesses-a strip club, restaurant, liquor store, tattoo shop, and salon. However, the peace is disrupted when Nicki's uncle's wife, vengeful and bitter, re-emerges with her two sons and daughter, determined to reclaim power and settle old scores. As tensions mount, Nicki grapples with the fallout from her past decisions, including her friendship with Yasmine. East, still haunted by the murder of his brother Chance and unsure of who was behind it, believes he can protect his family by taking down Nicki's auntie once and for all. Just when things seem to spiral out of control, East's high school sweetheart, Isabella, unexpectedly returns, bringing with her a shocking secret that threatens to unravel everything. Isabella reveals that she had a child with East shortly after he left for a new life-a son who is now a teenager. This revelation sends shockwaves through East and Nicki's relationship, forcing them to confront the cracks in their seemingly perfect life. When Nicki discovers the truth about Yasmine's betrayal, she faces a heart-wrenching decision: protect her friend or stand by East. The stakes rise as Nicki's family seeks revenge, pitting families against each other in a battle for survival. In a climactic showdown, East and Nicki must unite to confront the ghosts of their past and protect their future. With Isabella's arrival complicating their lives, they realize that love can rise from the ashes of betrayal, but it requires trust and sacrifice. Together, they reclaim their legacy and forge a new path for their family, determined to build a future that honors their past while embracing new beginnings.

Cordelia Green is a spirited and temperamental nineteen-year-old with a deep devotion for music, living in Philadelphia at the dawn of the year 1905. Her carefully ordered world collapses in the most humiliating and distressing manner when, by a cruel mistake, she sends a letter that was never meant to see the light of day. One in which she confesses her forbidden love. By fortune or misfortune, the letter does not reach its intended recipient. The true calamity begins when Cordelia receives a reply. The sender should not exist. What follows is a tale of unexpected romance and tangled emotions, of hearts drawn together and torn apart, bound and released by the quiet, inexorable hand of destiny. ⭑*•̩̩͙⊱•••• ♡₊˚ 🦢・₊✧••••̩̩͙⊰•*⭑ Participant of the || Open Novella Contest 2026. Main prompt: 79. A letter arrives addressed to you, written by someone who shouldn't exist. Secondary prompts: 24. Staying as friends feels safe, but that doesn't mean it's the path you're meant to take. 2026 Umi Moriko Original

Bella Winter, recently turned 22-years-old and moves into her very first apartment. She has never dated anyone that has caught her interest because said women are either married, not are not looking for a relationship, or are straight. When she meets Catherine, a very gorgeous and put together woman at a Jazz bar in New York City, and she makes it very apparent that she wants Bella's attention and to get to know the younger woman better.

Alayah Miller lives at Brooklyn, NY with her grandma after loosing both her parents 2 years apart from drug overdoes.

Seventeen-year-old Rhiannon Whitmore has spent every summer at her family's quiet East Coast beach house, where the days are slow, the town is small, and nothing ever really changes. But the summer before her first semester of college, she meets Elias Belmount, a charming nineteen-year-old who brings late-night drives along the coast, hidden bonfires, and a kind of freedom she's never known. With Elias, everything feels different, bigger, brighter, and a little dangerous. But in a town where secrets don't stay buried for long, small cracks in his stories begin to appear, and the summer Rhiannon thought would change her life in the best way slowly starts to shift into something else. By the time the tides turn, Rhiannon is left wondering if some summers are meant to stay memories, and if some people were never meant to be trusted at all.

A carousel of thoughts written down in words.

A west coast gal, and an east coast guy. Kiara was raised in the warm waters of Malibu; days without her surfboard were nonexistent. The mixed race beauty was going to be neuroscience major at UC Berkeley before her life was ripped apart and she was forced to become a maid...on the other side of the country. Cole is a boy of his land: polo champion, finance intern, car collecting, and a direct Mayflower descendant. Anya was forced to move into his mansion with her sister and mother to become a maid for the Pomroy family. Through a strange link between their families, both are drawn to each other, but will they fight for their love or will their difference win out?

🌊 Valhalla Cove by C.M. Henry 🌙 Rowan Thorne has always been called a storm child-loud, restless, impossible to contain. When her mother leaves her at the crumbling Tudor house at the edge of Valhalla Cove, Rowan expects another summer of feeling unwanted. Instead, she finds herself under the care of her eccentric uncles, in a town where the sea keeps its secrets and the shadows never quite sleep. Then she meets Peter. Sixteen when he drowned, and still sixteen now, haunting the cove he can't leave behind. Rowan knows she should be afraid, but instead she finds herself drawn to him-his laughter, his loneliness, his unfinished story. As summer deepens, Rowan must face the ghosts of her past and the ghost in her attic. In Valhalla Cove, love and loss walk hand in hand, and the line between the living and the dead is as thin as sea mist. ☀️ A gothic coming-of-age story about found family, first love, and the magic we find when we least expect it. 🌊

"Justin, like the sun, followed his own path, his own course in life and there was nothing I could do about it. I felt as if I were a bird, following the path of the sun, needing its warmth in order to survive, utterly willing to follow wherever it went, letting the heat singe the tips of my wings as I soared endlessly beside it. "

Cloaked in the scenic beauty of Nova Scotia, a woman navigates the complexities of love and family, as well as a secret that binds her to one of her closest childhood friends.

The town of Pepperell is dying. Coal dust and soot in the air, birds taking over the sidewalks, and a lighthouse that burns down every ten years. One charismatic Coal Plant worker, Jessie MacDonald has spent his whole life trying to figure out why the place keeps going up in flames. Now he's finally finished his last shift at the plant, and summer's coming, which means he'll soon be back leading a bunch of Boy Scouts through the woods, telling stories, teaching kids how to survive in the wild, etc. Then he sees this cracked vase in a closing shop. The Lighthouse was painted on it. And he feels connected to it. People say the story's solved. Jessie knows it isn't. And this decade's fire is already on its way.

This all started from a lie but turned into more what happens when 2 different coasts 4 different people from 2 different worlds collide

A compilation of different poetry projects, chronicling my travels and the different journeys I take, and the destinations I see. Completed Rhode Island I - July 2019 Rhode Island II - August 2019

My friend has a really weird memory, she can remember houses and every little detail of them, but she can't remember what she did with her schoolwork. She wrote some poems about houses she has been to. In this book, I will write the poem and then the story behind it. And where the house is.

❝ They were like two ten year olds who were having their first kiss when it wasn't a first for either of them. It was so simple, but it made them both have butterflies in their stomachs and it felt right and it felt nice. ❞

Sam, Izzy, and KeKe are vlogers. They come out with all sorts of things like music videos, adventure videos, montages, and much more. One day they were at the beach wrapping up a project they were working on. They felt the ocean call to them and the dived right into the water. 3rd POV "Guys whats happening??" Izzy asked scared The water around us was bubbling up like it was a pot of water. "I don't know. We need to get out of here." Keke said "How are e going to get out when the minute we go under we are shot right back up?" Sam Asked It was as if the water didn't want them to leave until it was done with whatever it had planed with them. "Ok guys lets just wait to see if it will stop. When it does we will swim back to shore as fast as we can." Izzy said 5 minutes went by before it was finished. "Lets go guys." Keke said

Would if before Carson there was Zariele.

Jo Woodridge has spent most of her life far from Saltmere, but after her mother's death, she's pulled back to the mysterious coastal town to inherit the Ashborne House. What she discovers is far more than just a forgotten estate: it's the heart of her family's dark legacy. The mansion seems to whisper secrets-secrets that only Jo can uncover. Jo is the last of the Ashborne witches, and the curse that's haunted her ancestors has finally caught up to her. The Ashborne Curse binds her bloodline to an ancient prophecy, one that foretells either the restoration of Saltmere's magical balance or its destruction. As Jo begins to unlock the dormant powers within her, she is guided by Greer, her enigmatic and loyal familiar. Greer has been bound to her family for centuries, and his presence awakens more than just Jo's magic-it stirs a deep connection that neither of them can deny. But as her power grows, so does the danger. The Purifiers, a secretive and ruthless faction, are bent on eradicating every witch they can find, and Jo's awakening powers have made her their prime target. With time running out, Jo must confront her fate. The secrets of her past, the true nature of her magic, and the terrifying prophecy surrounding her family are all on the line. Torn between embracing the legacy of her bloodline or breaking free from the curse that threatens to consume her, Jo must make a choice that will shape the future of Saltmere-and the man who holds her heart. Will she choose to destroy the curse-or find a way to break it and save everything she loves?