Pacificnorthwest Stories

Jonathan Fulbright coasts through a charmed life as a suburban high school senior at the prestigious Ivory Porter school in Cascadia's Saint Vincent metropolis in 2003, where video games and partying with the Clique define his reality. His dreams are haunted by visions from the cultural zeitgeist of the millennial year to come, replete with disaster, warfare, and imploding friendships. As graduation into the 'real world' approaches, Jonathan's desire to slip effortlessly through senior year collides with the inevitability of atomized life in an accelerating digital frontier where destiny awaits. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GT1JQ77G

It's been 500 years since the last tsunami. The next one is 300 years overdue. No way it's my fault, right?

Vienna Anne Clark had endured enough tragedy to rewrite all 8 Taylor Swift albums (albeit lacking the same poetic vision). Between losing her greatest support system, dealing with her mother that refused to get the help she needed, and working 2 dead-end jobs to make ends meet all in a town she hated, she couldn't be more ready for a change. One untimely fight with her mother and a tightly-packed Subaru later, she was gone. Little did she know that a small town in Oregon was about to change her life.

Lilia Nolani and Theo Harper grew up together on the same mountain estate, she in the grand mansion and he in the caretaker's cottage. They were inseparable as children. Until the day Lilia betrayed him and Theo vowed to bring her down if it was the last thing he did. In the years that followed, their rivalry solidified them as enemies on opposite sides of the battlefield. But when Theo crosses a line he can't uncross, his mother threatens to cut off his entire college fund unless Lilia forgives him. With his future on the line, he has no choice but to put himself at her mercy. Lilia's conditions are simple: Help her win over Scott, his teammate and her longtime crush, and she'll ensure he gets his college fund. Theo reluctantly agrees. But as the former best friends are forced together for the first time in years, their hatred begins to fracture. And Theo realizes he doesn't want to help Lilia get Scott. He wants her for himself.

Lacuna, a small town somewhere near the border of Oregon and California. Nestled in a valley of mountains too insignificant for a proper name. Maybe you've unwittingly stopped there for gas on a long car trip or maybe you've made a horribly wrong turn and found yourself turning on all the lights in your car and constantly checking your rear view mirror. Everyone knows however that something isn't quite right. Normally in the pacific northwest, UFO sightings, Bigfoot encounters, and local legends are commonplace and lead to nothing more than interesting interactions with crazed locals. Lacuna, however, is different. Missing persons, cults, shadowy corporations, ritualistic killings, bizarre monuments, and strange buildings litter the town and seem impossible to ignore.

When small-town high schooler, Adeline Dayton receives a once-in-a-lifetime chance to bring her celebrity crush, Jacob Sartorius, to her school's winter formal, she expects a few days of stardom and an experience like no other. What she doesn't expect is the quiet connection that forms between them-- the stolen glances, the late-night conversation, or the way his presence feels much more natural than it should. For four days, Jacob steps out of his spotlight and into her world, and Adeline sees the boy behind the fame-- the one who craves normalcy, who laughs at her terrible jokes, who looks at her like she's more than just a fan. And yet, neither of them dares to say what's really on their hearts. But as the days fade and the real world calls to bring him back, the unspoken words between them grow heavier. Was it just a young, fleeting spark, doomed from the start? Or is she more to him than just another fan? ******** As soon as this story is completed, I will be returning to the beginning to rewrite!

Connie and her best friend Jeane have seemingly perfect lives. Connie is great at school and playing basketball. Jeane has a large and loving family. As a tradtion Connies family and Jeanes family go on a camping trip over labor day weekend to celebrate the beging of a new school year and the friendship the two families have kept over the past several years. On the camping trip they do normal things like tell stories, build a fire, go on small hikes, and take far too few of showers, but this year something goes wrong. Connie and Jeane decide to go on a walk by themselves in the dense pacific northwest forest but as they go back they find that a mudslide has destroyed their trail! They must go off the path to get back to the camp cite, but along the way they get veary lost in the dense woods. Join Connie and Jeane as they battle with the forest to find their familys again.

A story based in the Pacific Northwest (partially written out of spite against Twilight). That looks through the lens of four different characters trying to solve a mystery in an alternative history where magic, mythical creatures, and even gods are still alive in the world.

Harry and Ginny travel to the Pacific Northwest to try and salvage their relationship, after the end of the war, and find the strength to let go, and a quiet peace. NEW, expanded version (with drarry!) posted as Inexorable Tide and Pounding Surf!!!!

→ do you love the state of washington? rainy days? cloudy skies? do you like tidbits that send shivers down your spine? this is a collection of washington and pacific northwest themed gothics to please the senses and make your day that much more eerie. cover by @HeartlessVibes

Short stories I'm putting out into the world for free.

Emmaline Bayer is a 10 year old girl, from the small town of Myersville, Oregon. She lost her parents, in a fatal car accident, and she took it very hard. She eventually is placed in the Myersville Orphanage, waiting for a family to adopt her. Pam and Charles Thompson, are foster parents, that run the Thompson Foster Home, and sign the papers, so they can adopt Emmaline. Emmaline meets her two foster sisters, Julie Martin, and Amanda Pearsons. She has trouble, adapting to her new environment, and constantly lashes out at her foster family, and also at school. Whenever her behavior is out of control, she is placed in The Discipline Room, with a casket, and is put inside, until she calms down. All Pam and Charles want to do is show love and compassion for Emmaline. But, she wants her real parents back, which is totally not gonna happen. Will Emmaline adjust to her new life in a foster care setting? Will she start to develop a healthy relationship with her foster family? It will take some time.

The year was 1899, when the small town of Black Hill was subject to the worst series of crimes they'd ever seen. Six brutal murders, each one worse than the last and with no apparent pattern... At least for most. Sheriff's Deputy, Will McClain, is hot on the killer's trail, but when a massive thunderstorm strikes him down, he must decide between his passion, his family, and his own life. How deep does blood truly go? *Unfinished but currently in progress as of July 2023*

August, haunted by both personal grief and the unnerving puzzle surrounding the daylight killer, must navigate the mist-laden streets to unveil the truth. Each victim holds a piece of the puzzle, leading him through the murky depths of Leinfell's secrets. In "Daylight's Silent Echo," August Syvan grapples with the thin line between the living and the echoes of the dead, racing against time to expose the elusive killer who thrives in the broad daylight yet remains hidden in the shadows of supernatural mystery. Will August untangle the threads of the town's spectral past, or become another silent echo in the haunting legacy of Leinfell?

A town in a dimension based on crossovers of various cartoons excluding some categories.

Marvin Oxford, and Jodi Thompson, are close friends. They have been best friends, since Freshman year at Willowbrook High School, in Willowbrook, Washington, which is 20 minutes from Vancouver. They are now in the Senior class, but Marvin's grandmother has been diagnosed with lung cancer, due to being a heavy smoker, and hopes to fight the battle. Jodi cares so much about Marvin, and gives him his support throughout this difficult time. Marvin and his younger sister, Susan, are very attached to their grandmother. Jodi is a church girl, that offers inspirational advice to Marvin, and she wants him to know that he should have faith. This is a heartwarming story of what it means, when friends stick by each other.

This is a two-chapter preview of this novella. It is far in the future, the time of humans has past and nature has begun to reclaim the earth. Buildings have started to sink back into the soil, and trees reach their roots far beyond the bounds of their sidewalk boxes. Nature has long been divided into isolated islands between cities of metal and rock, but now it is becoming one again.  The story takes place in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, which remained relatively untouched to the end of human rein. The animals here are aware of the human lands, but do not venture into them. Willow is an adventurous, orphaned, Red Fox with an insatiable fascination with the world around her. She spends her days exploring the hills and glens surrounding her old willow tree home. She brings back with her artifacts of her travels: stones, feathers, leaves, flowers. Her best friend is Poppy the house mouse, who is exactly that, a homebody. Poppy follows Willow on her adventures, but does so with trepidation. As winter nears, Poppy spends her time doing "chores" for her mother, which consists mostly of collecting seeds and packing them away. Therefore, Willow spends most of Fall exploring on her own. It is during these times that the fox begins to hear her name, softly floating on the wind. At first she thinks she is imagining it; she imagines that she is speaking with her mother quite often. However, as the days grow shorter, and the wind grows colder and stronger, her name becomes louder. On the stormiest days it is as if her name is howling through the branches of her tree home. When Willow begins to tell Poppy that she hears the wind speaking, Poppy dissuades her from pursuing her curiosity.

In Salem, the fog doesn't just hide secrets - it remembers them. Dawson Lowe spends his nights skating under dying streetlights, chasing distractions that burn out too fast. He doesn't talk about what he's lost, and he's learned not to stay anywhere long enough to lose more. Then Blair Parker shows up - sharp edges, restless plans, and eyes that carry too much silence. But something in the city is shifting. Power cuts bleed into blackouts. Sirens stretch too long. People vanish, and nobody asks why. Dawson and Blair don't mean to get caught up in it, but Salem doesn't forgive, and the past doesn't stay buried. It isn't about running anymore. It's about what hunts you when there's nowhere left to hide.