Small-towns Stories

Mercy Saunders is a white teenage girl living in the American South during the height of WWII. With no remaining family, sparse education, little money, forbidden friendships and a complicated history, she navigates the delicate social barriers that hold together her small home town of St. Angel. When an unexpected death sets into motion a complex turn of events, Mercy grasps for all the strength and sense she has left to find hope in an uncertain future and an unwanted opportunity. It is only after drastic changes occur does she discover that this was only the beginning... In "'44", Mercy recalls her childhood from much later in her life, transporting the reader with great emotional and descriptive detail back to a time when war was prominent, gender lines were strict, and race was everything. (Readers, please note: this story contains some mature content for ages 16+)

Kayla is a sixteen year old girl trying to find her way around the new small town that she moved to after her sisters death when she meets Kain,a 18 year old senior whom goes to her new school. He's not just a normal boy,he's a bad boy and dosent do "love" but he may make an exception for Kayla.

Something is going on in the little town of Camswell Creek. Something very sinister.

Pyrebrook is small and quiet. The forest is clean and full of life. The fields are always yielding good crops. The people are always kind, though they do gossip. But Pyrebrook is strange. At night, a terrifying monster prowls the streets, and the curfew and locks on the doors don't do much but make the residents feel safer. Some of the residents are rumored to be monsters themselves, though maybe less terrifying than the one in the woods. They are rumored to fly and read minds and start fires with nothing but their hands. Juliet has always thought the rumors concerning these people were ridiculous, though she can't escape the rumors surrounding her. It's not her fault that her parents are dead. It's not her fault that their bodies were never found. It's not Juliet's fault that the monster let her live.

Addy Harper-Dewitt is stuck. She has no job, no prospects, and is perpetually in trouble. Everyone in town likes to gossip about Addy because no matter what she does, she's always smack-dab in the middle of some local controversy. She's long given up on improving her reputation and wants to focus on moving out of her mama's trailer to start her own life. But she can't do that without money. Skylar Clarke seems to have it all: a promising career, good looks, and any girl he wants. On the outside, his life appears perfect. But in reality, Skylar hates where his life is headed and is struggling to keep his beloved brother, Danny, out of trouble. The weekend of their younger sister's wedding, their political father has invited a reporter to do a puff piece on the family to help his campaign for state legislature. In the wake of Danny's addiction problems, the eldest Clarke has promised that if the weekend goes well, then he will grant his sons' their freedom. Danny can get real help in battling his demons, and Skylar will be allowed to choose his own path. So when Skylar witnesses the positive impact Addy has on his brother, he comes up with a plan to help both their lives. All she has to do is pretend to be Danny's girlfriend for the weekend and help his family avoid scandal, and then Skylar's family will pay for anything that Addy wants. With a perfect plan like this, what could go wrong?

Diana Dragons has never been like everyone else, in her hometown, cruelly named "Gill Gal" due to her weird appearance, she only has one other friend; a boy called Beta, who too, is cruelly mistreated by people, in the town; who are afraid of him, due to him being different, just like Diana. When Diana meets Beta, she is shown a world in the ocean, a land; she never knew, The Land of Oceania, home to both Merpeople & Sea Serpents', alike. When Diana finds out who, what, she really is; she knows what she has to do, even if that means leaving her Adopted Family, to be with her own kind. The question is, can Diana muster up the courage, coming with Beta, to Oceania; or, not?