Fifties Stories

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. There are some friends you never forget. It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't-open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer . . .

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Gwydyr is alive. Fates are twisted. And there are sleepers waiting to be awakened. (BOOK 2--you can read the complete first book "The Sisters of Nowhere" now!) ~ Wyatt's life in Nowhere hasn't gotten any easier. When he receives a letter telling him that his mother is sick, it's his job to take care of her. Birdie is on a quest to find a ghost while Ophelia has accidentally fallen in love with one, and Marigold is finding it increasingly difficult to resist the temptations of Gwydyr. As they venture deeper into the forest, they find out new secrets that prove Gwydyr is more ancient--and more dangerous--than they realized.

A novel inspired by The Outsiders Tulsa, 1965. She wasn't a Greaser. She wasn't a Soc. She was something quieter, sadder, stronger - a girl who showed up when things fell apart and stayed long after they should've scattered. To Ponyboy, she was a mystery wrapped in poetry and cigarette smoke. To Sodapop, she was laughter in the kitchen at 2 a.m. To Johnny, she was kindness - the first he'd ever known. But to Dally, she was danger. Something soft he could never keep. And to Darry, she was the one thing he couldn't protect - no matter how hard he tried. They both loved her in their own ways. She loved them both back. But only one could have her. And when the bullets fall, and the fire dies out, and the silence grows loud - she'll still be there. The girl with scraped knees and a heart full of gold. The Earth Angel they never forgot.

A completed story I wrote as a teenager back in 2003 about time-travelling back to the fifties and finding Cliff Richard.

Some short, song based stories...

Charlotte is just your average woman in the 1950's just trying to make it in life. But when she gets the chance of a lifetime to fly to Paris without having to pay the expenses, she ends up crash-landing in modern-day Ohio. Right back where she started but sixty-eight years later. How will she figure out her way in 2018, but even worse, how will she get home?

a story about a young italian girl (Lo) & a new american apprentice (Abe) set in italian mansion- 1951 i would love to hear your feedback! ♡

It was the height of sock hops and jukeboxes. The time when Rock 'n Roll was the soul of the nation and milkshakes ruled the soda shops. Everybody said it was "fabulous", but for Eleanor Harper the 1950's was the best and worst years of her life. After the loss of her father forces her to leave her childhood home, Eleanor Harper is faced with finishing her last few months of high school in a new town halfway across the country. As if her life couldn't get any worse, a clumsy moment lands her at the feet of the most infamous greaser in school, Rider Hale. He's got more rumors coiled around his name than he's got tattoos, and Ellie has every intention to stay as far away from Rider as possible But when a horrible coincidence lands the new girl and the greaser as class partners, Ellie has no choice but to work with Rider if she wants to graduate this year. But as Ellie gets to know Rider, she soon discovers that the greaser isn't all his reputation tells. ---

After Flora makes a terrible mistake on her eighteenth birthday, she loses everything, but when her father dies, she meets someone who could just save her from herself, and the girl she though was just an imaginary friend in her dreams as a child during the Second World War.

Your life is seemingly perfect. Too perfect. You can't remember anything farther back than waking up to the sound of music playing from a radio. Moving boxes are everywhere begging to be unpacked. But something isn't right. Memories are fleeting seemingly almost everyday. Things are places where they aren't supposed to be. Can anyone explain when they sky seems to flicker all of a sudden ? Welcome to the American Dream

AWARD WINNING SHORT! Frozen in 1952, awoken in 2019. You'd think the momentum of newfound peace would carry humanity through to great heights. Turns out, we take our time when it comes to progress. Winner of The Prose Monthly $100 challenge.

A Memoir.

Elouise is quiet, neat and a good little girl - the exact opposite, it seems, to the new part of Liverpool that her family has moved to. Will Elouise stay her usual self under the influence of giggly school girls, ranting teachers and most importantly the rock n roll loving John Lennon?