Midwest Stories

In Midwest America taken over by AI and robotics, a 12-year-old girl sets out to find her mom and uncle, who were taken for the high crime of stealing water. This story has been my way of working through my anxieties about the present and codifying my hopes for the future. May be all be a little more discerning and a little more kind. Posting daily for the first week, then weekly until it's done. Thanks for joining me on this ride! Special thanks to my wife Amanda for her feminine perspective. I literally would not/could not write this story without her. And in case anyone's wondering, please, for the love of humanity, no soliciting.

Two friends growing up in the American Midwest, one Chinese-American the other, Turkish-American, have their lives turned upside-down by the 9/11 attacks. They struggle to come to terms with what it means to be American in a world where they never quite fit in.

Adella Banks has just moved to a small town with her mother to escape a dark past that consists of horrid memories which follow her everyday. She has no friends, no social life, and lives in the fear of being found by her past everyday - hopefully she gets a new start without trouble. But of course, that's not the case. Ashton Thorn is Mr.Popular, he may not be the best in school but many tell tales of how fabulous he is in the sheets - but it goes deeper than that, secrets to be unfolded and old scars that start to bleed again but when a certain new girl catches his eyes, can he force his past behind him or will he hide behind shadows of memories? The two start to bond over their pasts, but they seem to forget that in small towns, gossip is like air. Can they survive the stigmas? Keep their friends and each other when secrets start to be unveiled or will they fall victim to the gossip?

Liam Wells has lived under the identity of being the preacher's son his entire life. Everything he did in life was under the strict direction of his father. But Liam is discovering he has his dreams and wants of his own. Those dreams and wants don't align with the expectations that his father has set out for him. He has to make the choice between being a good son or being happy. But does he have the courage to take that leap of faith?

A group of teens, all in the same English class, have more in common than meets the eye: they're all hiding a secret from each other. In the oh-so-quiet classroom, the fourteen classmates pretend as though the only thing between them is friendship, but as soon as the bell rings, it's a different story. * for kylee and emma, i love you and i hope you like my 4 AM imaginative mind :)

Artemis is a simple 18 year old girl. Well almost, she's a werewolf on the run. When she accidentally stumbles onto Goldenpaw territory she realizes not everyone's out to get her, and sometimes, it's ok to lean on the people around her. This story is currently on hold due to my being overwhelmed with my job and home life, I'm going to mainly be focusing on a different story until it's finished to narrow down the stress I put on myself, enjoy!

𝙿𝙻𝙴𝙰𝚂𝙴 𝙳𝙾𝙽𝚃 𝙿𝙰𝚈 𝙽𝙾 𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚁𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝚄𝙵𝙵 𝙸 𝙷𝙰𝚃𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝙸 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙳𝙾 𝙸𝚃 𝙽𝙾𝚆... 𝚎𝚑𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚑𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚎

All Rhiannon Collins wants to do is to get through her senior year as under-the-radar as possible. After a scandal the year before that left her with a bad reputation, she just wants to blend in and get through her last year of high school so she can graduate already. Things change when a mysterious new boy shows up at school, who can't keep his eyes off of her.

A collection of short story/poem thingies that follow the gothic aesthetic but fit the midwestern niche

What happens when on a cross country road trip, Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase stop at a small Midwestern town off the highway? What happens when Annabeth wants to stay? Find out in this story! Story is incomplete, though the book is finished because I hate it and have no ideas >:( Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in the Percy Jackson-verse. The town of PicklesVille is a figment of my imagination as well, though South Dakota is not. Date first published: September 25, 2020 Date ended: August 14, 2021 #10 in Midwest (February 5, 2021) #662 in TrailsofApollo (February 19, 2021)

A troubled British boy with chronic illness. An equally troubled American boy with no friends. How do their paths meet?

From "Jimmy Two-Shoes" writer and "Our Little Secret" co-author Edward Kay comes the delightfully morbid tale of a skeptical tourist couple from the Midwest who get more than they bargained for when they go on a guided "ghost walk" in Toronto, Canada on a chilly October evening.

Simple days are long gone for Jason Soula. He made that choice for himself, and everyone else for that matter, one night on July 14th, 2006 at around 11:24 pm. It was a Friday. Four dead and another seven wounded. One might say for good reason; another might say for no reason at all. My aim here, as someone who had dealt with the aftermath of this mess, and as one with the most information, is to let you draw your own conclusions about this story, with the same stories I'd drawn my own. A story about a kid that can't quite explain some things, seven people that didn't have a thing to do with him, the four that did no wrong, and the one that got away-the one really behind this. Before we can understand this mess, we have to start with who I am and how I got into this situation to begin with. My name is Benjamin Montana. Most just call me Ben.

A young man recounts a terrifying experience he had while alone on a road trip through rural America. [Short story - 2066 words]

Ramona, unsure of her place and still shaken by the disappearance of her brother Felix six years ago, has been recreating the world that appears in her dreams on her dorm room wall. When a sudden storm strands her in her grandma's cellar, she touches a strange sigil on the wall and finds herself on the other side, the dark, strange world in her dreams made real. Together with Sap, a self-proclaimed fool whose untrustworthiness does little to diminish Ramona's interest, the militant Sasha, and a mysterious masked pacifist known as The Lion, Ramona travels to the city to seek the aid of the Magus in returning home. But the Magus doesn't do anything for free, and his conflict with the Hex is about to become everyone's problem. NEVERWHERE meets THE WIZARD OF OZ in THE OTHER SIDE, a universe where memories can be made and lost again, wishes and worlds undone, and even a fool can be forgiven.

Andromeda is an assassin feared throughout the underworld. She has one mission left before she retires, but it goes very wrong. Her life is saved by a local deputy and she's sent to the hospital. When Andromeda wakes up, she can't remember anything. She struggles to learn who she was before the accident and who she has grown to become. This is her story.

Being homesick is more than thinking about a place. It is more so longing for a moment in time and the feelings engrained within it.