Seaside Stories

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When a summer of fun turns upside down, Olivia must figure out whether her paranoid imagination is playing tricks on her or if she's being followed - and by who. ***** It's been years since Olivia nearly drowned in Caldwell Beach, and after moving away, she's back for the summer to reconnect with old friends. However, not everything-or everyone-is the same. Her childhood best friend, Miles, is still sweet and carefree, but his older brother West is not. Disowned and working at the local garage, he's distanced himself from everyone, until Olivia accidentally uncovers the reason why. But as the two grow closer, strange things begin happening to Olivia. She can't stop seeing shadows and hearing voices, but as she slips into a downward spiral of obsessiveness and paranoia, she must fight to uncover the truth behind who is after her, and why. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. The past always resurfaces . . . Five years after almost drowning, Olivia Cathart returns home to Caldwell Beach determined to face her fears and take some risks-not just by swimming but by opening her heart. Hoping to rekindle her friendships, she's excited about a carefree summer with her best friends Keely and Miles. But life in the sleepy town has changed, and no one and nothing is as it seems. When a series of startling crimes threaten Olivia's fragile state, she is plunged into a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Her only solace from the chaos is West, Miles's disowned and ruggedly handsome brother, but even he can't answer the question on everyone's minds-is Olivia really in danger or is it simply all in her head?

මේක ටිකක් වෙනස් කොන්සට් එකක්.. -ආදිර්යා & ආර්වි- Gl (sinhala)

[Wattpad's Summer Reading Checklist 2022 Pick / 2025 Wattpad Pride Pick] "'Hella heavy' is your response to seeing me with a literal fish tail?" "Sorry. Should ... should it be something else? Wait, does this mean that you can't eat sushi?" * * * * * When Alyssa shows up in Hulhazy Front a week after wiping the memory of her partner, she's terrified of ruining everything again. Her brother and dad are convinced she'll be okay as soon as she's able to "move on", which makes no sense to her, because they sound like the exact same thing. Alyssa doesn't care about moving on--she just cares about hiding the fact that she's a mermaid from this new small town, and especially her new coworker, Elliot. Elliot has spent the past year trying to figure out how to be out. It seems that every time she finds some kind of balance, something has to happen. Her parents say something homophobic before she's about to confess her "big secret," or her old friends from the swim team make some jab about all the things they're convinced Elliot did sophomore year. She's planning on her summer consisting of working at the public pool, hiding her sexuality, and third-wheeling it up with her best friends, Neema and Duncan. Until, of course, she meets Alyssa. *cover created using graphics from freepik*

I ran because I thought I killed him. Joseph's blood was on my hands, my clothes, my skin... and in that moment, I believed it was the only way to survive. So I fled into the night with the tiny life inside me as my only reason to keep breathing. Yzerfontein was supposed to be the end of the nightmare. A place to hide. A place where no one knew my name. But nightmares don't stay buried. Just when I start to believe I can build a life for my baby, the truth hits me harder than any punch Joseph ever gave me: Someone is coming for me. And it's not a ghost.

Celebrate the approach of summer with 67 short poems from a 67 year old short woman. Some of the poems are accompanied by an unfinished poem for the reader to complete in whatever sunny direction the imagination takes them.

Eleven-year-old Ligero Hernandez is swept into a whirlwind adventure when he discovers something by accident. Or was it? How did the writer know so much about him? Together with his friends, he must put the pieces together before it's too late, and he has only seven days to do it.

මුහුදු හතක කරක්ගහල ආවත් මම එදා පාර හොයාගන්න බැරුව අතරමන් උනේ උබේ ඔය නිල් පාට මන්දාකිණි ඇස් අස්සෙ ! 💙👑️🌊🌕

Beck Wells came to the quiet coast of North Carolina to disappear. To blend in, to start over, and to forget the world beneath the waves that still calls his name. But secrets have a way of surfacing - especially when you're not fully human. Thea Briggs has no room in her life for mystery. Between long shifts at the diner and raising her six-year-old son with the help of her mother, she's done chasing dreams and trusting strangers. That is, until Beck walks into her life - all quiet eyes, strange calm, and stories that never quite add up. When a storm unearths more than wreckage along the shore, Thea learns the truth: Beck isn't just hiding from his past, he's running from it - from a family beneath the sea and a war that refuses to let him go. As their worlds collide, love becomes both their refuge and their greatest risk. Because the ocean never forgets... and it never lets go.

They were looking for different things in the deep, but found each other instead . . . Aiden is a newcomer to the city, a guy who has spent his entire life waiting for a love that never arrived. In a world that feels too big and too loud, he's tired of being the one left behind. Convinced that his "forever single" status is a permanent fate, he heads to the cliffs with a heavy rock and a final plan to let the current take the weight off his shoulders. Dean is a guy who knows the water better than the city streets. He's sharp, intuitive, and possesses a quiet intensity that hides how much he actually sees. When he pulls a drowning stranger onto his boat, he notices the rope tied to Aiden's ankles, but he's smart enough to keep his mouth shut. He pretends it was a diving accident, offering Aiden a dry towel and a way back to shore without the shame. Dean is steady and protective, while Aiden is convinced he's beyond saving, but the chemistry between them is a force of nature. As Aiden gets caught in Dean's orbit, he realizes that the life he was ready to throw away might finally be getting interesting. In a city of millions, Dean is determined to show him that sometimes, the only thing more powerful than the urge to sink is the person who refuses to let you go. 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎 This is a story about fated, soul-deep love that hits you when you least expect it. It's packed with magical, fluffy moments that'll make you kick your feet, but I've ofcourse, balanced it out with enough on-fire, steamy scenes to make you melt. At its heart, though, it's about finding a reason to live exactly when you've given up on it. I poured so much of myself into these two, and I really, truly hope you fall as hard for Dean and Aiden as I did.

Robin thought she had her life figured out. A teaching career in New York. A perfect apartment. A wedding just days away. Until one night shatters everything. Betrayed by the two people she trusted most, Robin does the only thing she can-she leaves. Trading the noise of the city for a quiet coastal village in Italy, she plans to start over... even if she has no idea how. But Porto Salina has its own rhythm. Slow mornings. Salt in the air. And a small seaside café that begins to feel like home. And then there's Gabriele. The town's mechanic. Quiet. Arrogant. Impossible to ignore. He thinks she's just another city girl who won't last. She thinks he's exactly the kind of man she should stay away from. They're both wrong. What begins as irritation turns into something neither of them expected-something slow, fragile, and dangerously real. But when the past comes calling, Robin is forced to choose: Go back to the life she once planned... or stay and fight for the one she never saw coming. Because sometimes, losing everything is the only way to find where you truly belong.

Ezekiel Sky is trapped in a life he refuses to accept burdened by an illness that slowly consumes him. Instead of fighting, he chooses misery, pushing everyone away before they can get close. Then he meets Brielle Cy. But Brielle isn't the light he expected. She's just like him...sad, lonely, and quietly breaking. In a world where both of them are drowning, they find each other in the silence, in the pain no one else understands. What starts as two strangers sharing the same darkness slowly turns into something fragile... something dangerous. Because how can two broken souls save each other... when neither of them knows how to live?

'One Magpie for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.' Magnolia Callahan had an ordinary life. A life she was rebuilding piece by piece after the infamous disappearance of Jack Wintergroves. The case had been closed, killer locked up. But something was amiss. Something much more dangerous. So when Willow Rhodes - Magnolia's best mate - goes missing? Things start to happen in the town of North Ryendsbury. Things that were apparently long buried. And when the kidnappings turn to murders? Magnolia is in too deep to turn back. - - - The January murders is an original story. All characters are mine! Do not steal.

I'm dead Ha. Don't worry, I'm not physically dead. Emotionally though? That's a whole different story. But this book isn't about my tragic past. Oh, no, that would be too boring. Instead this book is about love. A summer romance that both of us knew was never going to last. And I'd suffer through it again. Even if it's to just hear that laugh one more time.

Amaryllis Lin has always loved the same two things- her best friend, Natalie, and her piano. She can play by herself, but it always sounds- and looks better when Natalie's soft violin answers her. When they play, Amaryllis's chromesthesia makes it seem like the music is producing a pure, crystalline blue. Amaryllis is fifteen- and everything is going as planned. She's a promising piano prodigy, and was just accepted on a scholarship for her dream school- a prestigious musical academy called Wrenhaven. The best part is, Natalie will be joining her. However, a tragic accident right before sophomore year takes one of her two dearly loved away from her- forever. Enter Daniella Wren. Daughter of the founder of Wrenhaven, with irresistible charm and a beautiful voice- she has everything anyone could ever want. With a strange set of circumstances, Daniella and Amaryllis are assigned the same room- and here is where our story begins.

Elsie came to a seaside town to disappear. Olivier was the reason people did. Between violence and silence, something dangerous takes hold- not love and not safety but a pull neither can escape. In a place where beauty hides brutality, she must choose: leave with her life or stay... and lose herself. Started on 26th April 2026

Eli only wanted a quiet summer. Instead, he got a café job, a seaside town full of chaos, and Phun-a bright, teasing local boy he definitely does not want to fall for. But somewhere between golden evenings, beach nights, and too many almost-moments, summer starts to feel a little different.

Louix is great at knowing people. He knows how to observe them and get to know them just like reading a book, but when it comes to himself, he is kinda lost. His depression and trauma are slowly killing him, making him feel unworthy of living. He believes that showing his friends he is fine will stop them from worrying. He knows they don't. But deep inside, he is working towards change to help understand himself better. A story of hope, where they face situations they never imagined. Where days matter, mistakes are forgiven, secrets are revealed, and lies are finally uncovered. "May the past dim our ways, but the future will always shine bright just to make a clear path ahead." @all rights reserved

The sunset in Gaza bleeds across the horizon, a sky torn between fire and ash, its colors too vivid to bear witness without pain. It drips scarlet and gold, as though the heavens themselves weep for the ground below, where life is snuffed out as swiftly as the fading light. The sun descends like a broken promise, heavy with the weight of innocence lost. Each ray stretches across the land like a trembling hand reaching for something already gone-peace, safety, humanity. But the earth answers only with silence, its voice buried beneath rubble and grief. The sea, a witness to countless sunsets, mirrors the sky's anguish. Waves lap against the shore, whispering secrets of despair carried from the cries of those unseen, unheard. The horizon becomes a line blurred, a boundary that no longer separates light from dark, just as the boundaries of justice and cruelty dissolve into indifference. In Gaza, the sunset does not herald the calm of evening; it is a curtain drawn over a stage of unending suffering. The colors of twilight do not soothe but burn, mirroring the fires that consume homes, dreams, and futures. It is not a transition from day to night but a descent into deeper shadows, where even stars seem too ashamed to shine. Here, the setting sun feels like a slow, deliberate extinguishing of hope, each second dragging on like the unbearable weight of a siege. The horizon, once a promise of tomorrow, becomes a reminder of the world's complicity in a today drenched in blood. In Gaza, the sunset is not a metaphor for endings but for the persistence of human resilience against a backdrop of unspeakable loss. It whispers of a people who, even in the face of genocide, refuse to let their light vanish without a trace, their spirit etched into the sky for all who dare to look.

සාගරේ හඬ දිගේ... 2024/03/24