Iowa Stories

Kate Martin and Hailey Rae Avery, a love story. I haven't written before so bear with me. Slow updates I'm sorryyy😭

Before the tripods, Jaime Irvine was just trying to drop a second off her 200 IM. She woke at 5:00 AM. She ate pancakes her mother made. She sat next to Lauren Aguilar in the cafeteria and complained about taper madness. She tied her hair only for races and wore her glasses everywhere else. She had a state championship. A swim banquet where she held Lauren's hand under the table. Three arcade outings that felt like forever. One night between prelims and finals where she sang karaoke and almost felt invincible. That was 2025. Summer 2026: The aliens don't care about her personal best. Three legs. Heat rays. Red weed in the Mississippi. Jaime and Lauren have one advantage: Jaime knows how to hold her breath. The Last Flip Turn is not a hero story. It is a survivor story. It follows two teenage girls through the ordinary wreckage of junior year and into an extraordinary nightmare. There are no generals, no speeches, no last-minute rescue. Only a swimmer, her best friend, and the slow, terrible realization that the only thing keeping them alive is everything they already learned in the pool. Breathe. Flip. Push off. Repeat. Inspired by War of the Worlds (2005).

"𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕤?" Reporter OC x Caitlin Clark fic

Growing up in Philadelphia and moving to Iowa was a big change for me. When I stopped to visit my Aunt and Uncle a few days before starting my Senior year at Iowa University I neve expected to fall for the star cornerback at my college. As I try to hide my feelings I start finding out he might feel the same way but keep reading to find out...

I'm normal. I go to High School, but not like in the Hollywood movies. Don't think that this will be a cliché story. Okay, maybe it will, but only because life is like that. If I tell you now, that I'll tell you about my first love, most will groan, like, again? Another teenager trying to sell me their happy, or sad, life? Well, I'm not gonna lie. My life was pretty great once, because money makes you some sort of happy. But just some sort. Now, I'm stuck in a village (sorry for all these clichés but I guess my life is my life), while dreaming of my own love story. Yes, you read right, I dreamt. Of the idea of a happy life and no worries. And, of course, the stupid thought that I would get what I had wanted. But in the end, the only thing I had was a broken heart from something that wasn’t love, and a bad catcall from some guy on the street.

Steven Easton is a single, 27-year-old man from Alabama. He's raising his nine-year-old niece, Ava. They moved to suburban Iowa in June because Steven's aunt, Jen, is the principal at a middle school up in Iowa. Before in Alabama, Steven taught in a rough small town, where he was born and raised. Over the summer, Steven reunited with his father for the first time since he was a baby, which has resulted in some healing, but a lot of heartache because there are still a lot of unresolved issues. Steven's sister or Ava's Mom, Stacey, robbed a bank and killed someone about five years ago, and Steven hasn't had contact with her since. He knows that he needs to closure with her, which means he needs to contact her. For five months now, Steven has been blogging daily about his daily life, and this month is the last month he will be writing. If you've never read his entries before, it's okay because it's pretty easy to catch on.

Bev and her husband are trying to conceive with no luck. But when Bev befriends Ione in the nursing home where she works as a CNA, Bev finds friendship and a group of little girls to coach and mentor. First published July 2020 in the Running Wild Anthology of Stories, Volume 4 by Running Wild Press.

Grace is just a small town girl from Iowa trying to live her dream. So far everything's perfect. She has over 2 million subscribers on Youtube, the perfect boyfriend, and her three best friends.What more can a girl want? Grace gets invited to attend Vidcon in California. She was so excited, but not everything goes as planned. But is that a bad thing?

INSPIRED BY Overtime by Sansasrose except I was excited to read it then saw it was in 3rd person POV and almost cried bc i can't read that POV for the life of me sooo here! "you have to choose." "i don't want to!" "well you can't have us both." "i mean... she could." caitlin clark x kate martin x fem OC COVER ARTIST NEEDED!!

Steven, an Alabama native, is raising his niece, Ava, on his own because his sister, Stacey, robbed a bank.

Alex is a 16 year old anti social creature. Her parents occupation caused her to move from city to city. Finally she's comfortable in Columbus Georgia and is forced to move. Leaving behind her one and only friend, Ryan. Her parents promised her a better life in Arlington, Iowa where they are born and raised. She plans to move back after graduation to reunite with Ryan. Not sure if Arlington is the place for her. She eventually realizes that promises were broken. Alex try's everything in her power to get back to Columbus. Even if it meant taking someone's life.

Moving to a new state after a dearth of a loved one is hard. Let's see how it is for Corinne and how she meets Oliver Adams

Three friends. One Friday night. One creepy encounter. Based on a Friday night encounter on September 7, 2018