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?

★ It all starts as soon as 16-year-old Sara Jean locks eyes with the most beautiful boy - Everett James - she's ever seen on a beach one fateful day. Together, they count the stars, and underneath the starry night sky, also exchange their numbers. As Sara keeps texting and meeting up with Everett, she finds that the stars are slowly aligning. Secrets spill, and each moment spent together pushes them closer and closer... • • • Started - 6/12/25 Concluded - N/A

"...ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ˡⁱᵍʰᵗˢ ʰⁱᵗ ᵐʸ ᵉʸᵉˢ, ᵗʰᵉʸ ʷᵉʳᵉ ᵉᵛᵉʳᵍʳᵉᵉⁿ ʲᵘˢᵗ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ʸᵒᵘ'ᵛᵉ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ˢᵉᵉⁿ ᵇᵉᶠᵒʳᵉ " - - - - - - - - ʲʲ ᵐᵃʸᵇᵃⁿᵏ ˣ ᶠᵉᵐ ᵒᶜ ᶜᵒᵛᵉʳ ᵇʸ @etherealbloods

Geo is afraid of forgetting. Makani is waiting for something she doesn't understand. Along the shore where the sea meets the sky, an unexpected friendship takes root. Through quiet conversations and shared moments, the two find themselves searching for answers to questions neither of them can quite put into words. But some things are not meant to be held onto forever-and some are never truly lost. A story of grief, memory, and the things the wind carries with it.

After a family tragedy uproots her life in Seoul, Haeun moves in with her aunt and uncle in a quiet seaside town, carrying with her the same habits she's always relied on: keeping her head down, studying hard, and asking for as little from others as possible. She has her late-night blog, the abandoned school laboratory where she spends her evenings studying, and the comforting illusion that loneliness is easier when it's familiar. Then there is the voice echoing through empty hallways. The boy working at the old harbor record store. The unpredictable gatherings she somehow keeps ending up at. The classmates who slowly start feeling weirdly familiar. And the anonymous user who won't stop arguing and teasing her about music online. Online, she is locked in a midnight digital war with a teasing, childish stranger who refuses to let her have the last word. In real life, she is just trying her best to suppress the weird, nervous fluster that hits her every time she's around Seonghyeon-the calm, effortlessly composed center of the school's loudest circle. Haeun is determined to keep her guard up. But between wired earphones, small-town summers, and a private message inbox that won't stay quiet, she's about to find out that the screen can only hide the truth for so long.

What if your past lover comes back? Would you feel thrilled? But it's not so thrilling when the person you once longed for to return so badly finally returns... But... right when you're trying to move on. Right when your life has started to settle, when you're engaged, when you've taught your heart to stop waiting. Love doesn't always return when you're ready- sometimes, it comes back just to test if you really let go.

[Rewritten & Republished] Hopeless Romantic. Serenity Celestine Frani, grew up with the thought of happy endings. Malamang ay dahil namulat siya sa pagmamahal ng kaniyang ama para sa kaniyang ina, pagmamahal na alam niyang walang hanggan. Para sa kaniya, ang mamatay nang 'di nagmamahal ang pinakatragic sa lahat. Palibhasa'y hindi pa nito nararanasan ang pagmamahal na tinutukoy ng nakararami. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang siya na mismo ang makaramdam nito. Tila kinain niya ang kaniyang sariling mga salita. Will she find her own happy ending? O tuluyan na lamang siyang kakapit sa pagmamahal ng kaniyang ama para sa kaniyang ina?

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

I came to Palermo trying to escape my life. He came trying to forget his. I never expected to meet Lukas. Mysterious blue eyes, messy blond hair, too many secrets and a smile dangerous enough to ruin every defense I had left. What started with a spilled drink and five stolen minutes slowly became something impossible to control. But some people arrive in your life at the wrong time... and still feel exactly right. A Mediterranean love story filled with tension, distance, late-night conversations and feelings neither of us were ready for.

Liam is a high school student who's interested in marine life and dreams of becoming a marinr biologist; he falls in love with Lyn who newly transferred into their school; only to find out at the end she's no ordinary girl, They encounter many mysteries: where is the people she belongs to? and What are the challenges that will face their love?

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.

What better way to spend a summer than in a sleepy seaside town at your cousin's place, whom you haven't caught up with in years? However, in Alexander's case, soaking up the sun or recuperating from a nasty bout of flu is not at the top of his holiday list. For a far more pressing matter weighs on his mind, a mystery that weighs on the entire family and that he was entrusted to decipher. Cousin Ferdinand, the closest human equivalent to a ray of sunshine you could hope to meet, is hiding something. Hiding someone. And Alexander is going to get to the bottom of it. Little does he know that what he learns will strongly challenge his preconceptions of Ferdinand, family and...fish? Much seaside shenanigans ensue, but can Alex embrace change on a scale he has never experienced before?

A guide for all you mer folks, and mer believers!

A girl that has lost her memory is taken in by pirates, the captain is slowly figuring out what and who she was before losing her memory. If the rest of the crew knew, she could be in a lot of danger. What will the captain do about this? Will the girl get her memory back?

A series of poems about life and death. Part of the 2AO (Two At Once) Series

the dream of running away and never coming back... Tip: Listen to some run away dreamcore playlist and it will put a smile on your face :)

"𝓦𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 '92 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 𝓢𝓮𝓶𝓲-𝓨𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓼 𝔁 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓻 You Were a mermaid that had dreamed of seeing the surface and humans. Kind of a cliche, right. Well you didn't fall for a prince, or a pirate, in fact they fall in love with you. Your father is a Duke for the sea king and your Mother had passed, you are taught that humans are vile and only want you for your tail and magic, but what if we misunderstood them

A grumpy teenager doesn't realize her adorable little seaside friend is suffering...until worst comes to worst.

A young run-away and an old man scratch a living at the scrag end of pier entertainment. Reviews, comments and feedback, warmly welcomed.