Smalltown Stories

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. There are some friends you never forget. It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't-open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer . . .

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?

Kelly just wants her business to succeed, and getting involved with a bodyguard is not part of her plan - but he is the only one who can keep her safe... ***** Kelly Harris is determined to make her antiques business a success. She won't let Tanner, a bodyguard who likes first edition poetry books, interfere with her life. But winning a mystery box at an auction changes everything. With Tanner working alongside her, they decipher the code in a forgotten journal, uncovering a young girl's journey to freedom and a powerful family's secret. Working for a high-profile security company, Tanner has seen the worst that humanity can do. He doesn't believe in love. But when disaster strikes, he finds himself doing everything he can to keep Kelly safe - even if that means letting her into the most vulnerable part of who he is. Leeanna Morgan is a USA Today Bestselling Author.

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 ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION Griffin Tomlin is dead. And Clara's sister killed him . . . Four months after the murder, the entire town of Shiloh is still in shock. For Clara Porterfield, the normal world has crumbled around her in a million chaotic pieces. Now Clara lives in a new reality, where her sister awaits trial for murder, her mother obsessively digs in a dead, frozen garden, and her father lives and breathes denial. At school, Clara is haunted by her classmates' morbid curiosity-and all of the unspoken questions they won't ask. But none of them knows what she knows . . . Now Clara's sister wants something from her-the one thing in all of this that Clara isn't ready to face: the truth about what really happened that night. Because this story didn't die with Griffin Tomlin. There's another story that needs to be told. And sometimes, the lies we're told are nowhere near as deadly as the lies we tell ourselves . . .

When Hayley falls for a bodyguard whose secret is more dangerous than her own, she must decide how much she is willing to risk for love. ***** Tank has spent his life protecting people. He works for one of the most successful security companies in the world, makes more money than most people see in a lifetime, and has a past that no one can ever know about. Hayley Elliott will do anything to keep her mom safe. Her sister has found a cure for Alzheimer's and their mom is living proof that the supplement works - but hiding from the people looking for the supplement's formula is impossible. When the threat to their lives becomes deadly, she has no option but to trust a man who's living with a secret more dangerous than her own. With more at stake than their own lives, Tank and Hayley have to decide what is more important: protecting the past or risking everything for love. Leeanna Morgan is a USA Today Bestselling Author.

In which, Dominic turns his forced "hiatus" into a mission to get under Jade Callahan's skin, realizing too late that the only thing more dangerous than a Hollywood fallout is a girl who sees exactly who he is when the cameras stop flashing. (dominic fike x femoc) DISCLAIMER: This story has not been proofread yet.

── .✦ elizabeth rosewood is faced with an opportunity to escape her family's past, and start her own life in a small town in Maine. so naturally, she takes it. in doing so, this means she has to share a house with her best friend's brother, and professional hockey player will smith, whom she has never met before. although she believes they are just friends, will feels otherwise. will sharing a house with a wounded athlete make her walls go up more, or will they crumble in his presence? ✦. ── social media x real life nhl will smith x fem!oc

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Hidden beyond the ordinary world lies Hollowmere, a magical village of lantern-lit paths, crooked cottages, enchanted markets, and creatures that have long since stopped pretending to be ordinary. At its heart live seven witches bound not by blood, but by friendship, magic, and the home they have built together. Rowan the Herbalist trusts what she can grow and heal. Lyra the Dreamweaver listens to things others cannot hear. Bramble the Seeker has never met a mystery she could leave alone. Sage the Lightkeeper senses the magic around them. Thistle the Wild One has a talent for finding trouble-or perhaps letting trouble find her. Juniper the Moongazer watches the night sky for answers, while Elder Wren, the Keeper, remembers more of Hollowmere's past than she is willing to say. Their peaceful lives begin to change when small, impossible things start happening. Magical plants lose their color. Glow bugs vanish from the forest. An old boundary ward begins to weaken. A black cat returns carrying coal soot on his fur. Then Lyra hears a train whistle. There hasn't been a train through Hollowmere in generations. Hidden beneath the forest, the witches discover an abandoned railway leading toward two names nearly erased from Hollowmere's history: Briar's End and Gloaming. As magic begins disappearing from the northeastern woods and frightened creatures flee toward the safety of the village, the seven friends realize the mystery is much larger than an old railway. Something beyond Hollowmere is waking. Or perhaps something is disappearing. And when a voice from the darkness calls Lyra by name, the witches of Hollowmere must uncover what their village has forgotten before the magic they call home vanishes with it. Where magic lives and sisterhood thrives.

A violent family legacy threatens to destroy three brothers' growing thirst for freedom in a small West Virginian town where murder is tradition, cruelty signifies loyalty, and defiance guarantees death. • • • 1981, Dahlia. For seventeen years, brothers Luke and Kurt Morrow have struggled to accept a stark reality: unlike other normal household traditions, their own relies on brutality and an insatiable urge to seek and destroy. The problem is, neither Luke nor Kurt share the same thirst for bloodshed as their homicidal family, and perhaps this is what has always made them the black sheep of their tight-knit, horrific little unit -- especially in the eyes of their eldest brethren, Raymond "Rebel" Morrow. Until one day, their other brother, Michael, admits a shocking secret. He's grown tired of Momma, Rebel, and Daddy's sadistic ways, and worst of all, he's fallen in love. Desperately. Painfully. Tragically. And with the same girl Luke and Kurt have secretly fawned over for years. Worst of all, Rebel knows, and like any protective relative, he has a license to kill. Not out of hate, and certainly not out of love, but out of loyalty, making the boys realise one distinct truth amongst a pack of lies: No matter how long a river may run, blood will always remain thicker than water, and if they want an escape from this life, they'll have to shed their own just to get it. • • • An original fanfic of Ania Ahlborn's extreme horror novel, "Brother". Rated M for Mature. Viewer's discretion is advised.

From the writer of 'The Popular Punishment' on Whattpad comes another psychological horror. Cassandra Thompson, known as Cassie, lives in a small, strictly Mormon town where everyone seems to know everyone else's business. Her parents believe she's the perfect daughter-but they never notice how much she's struggling. After she stares a little too long at a girl she's never met, an unlikely friendship begins. Then the girl disappears, and the town decides Cassie knows more than she's saying. Sometimes the scariest thing isn't what happened. It's what people choose to believe. Readers must be 12-13+

When Sasha returns to Snowshill after her mother's death, she expects to spend Christmas clearing the family home before returning to the life she knows. Then she finds a letter hidden among the Christmas decorations, dated December 23rd, 1999. Written by a woman Sasha has never heard of, it hints at a secret her mother kept for twenty-five years. As Sasha starts asking questions, she discovers some stories are easier to leave buried. And someone in Snowshill would rather keep this one hidden.

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Willow Hart was supposed to say yes. Instead, she ran. Far from Calvin Sinclair, the diamond ring, and the perfect city life everyone thought she wanted, Willow ends up in a tiny town where everyone knows everyone. Especially Malcolm Brooks. The farmer next door. The town favorite. And the last man Willow has any intention of falling for. But starting over gets complicated when the life she escaped comes looking for her... and the one she found suddenly becomes impossible to leave.

Stella Kidd didn't plan to stay. A temporary escape from Chicago leads her to a quiet lakeside village, where she inherits her aunt's old house-half-broken, full of memories, and more complicated than she expected. Everyone points her to one person for help: Kelly Severide. He keeps to himself. Fixes things without talking much. Carries a past the village hasn't forgotten. What starts as repairs turns into something slower, quieter-built between shared silences, unfinished truths, and a fire that never really left him. As Stella begins to uncover the story behind that night, she realizes some things don't need to be fixed alone. But when reality pulls them apart, they'll have to decide: Is this just a place they passed through... or something worth choosing? Fanfiction. I do not own Chicago Fire or its characters.

Peter runs a bookshop where the days repeat and the solitude never asks anything of him. He opens early. He sorts shelves. He goes home alone. He likes it fine. Then Sara walks back in after years away, her five-year-old daughter Mia trailing behind her with a stuffed fox and too many questions. They knew each other once. Teenagers circling the same store without ever quite colliding. Now she's tired, fierce, and carrying more than she'll admit. Mia claims a reading rug. Sara starts staying longer. And Peter realizes the emptiness he'd grown used to was never comfortable at all. But Sara fought hard to stand on her own. And the closer Peter gets, the more she fears losing the ground she built beneath her feet. Until Tomorrow Comes is a quiet, character-driven story about love that arrives gently and leaves a mark. About the difference between being alone and being lonely. About what it costs to let someone in and what it costs not to.

A teenage girl moves to Appalachia and discovers that the local cryptids aren't monsters-they're people who have been hiding from humanity for generations. Before long, she finds herself falling in love with three of them and accidentally creating an entire community where humans and cryptids can actually live together. Along the way, she navigates first relationships, discovering new things about herself, the cryptids' world, and realizing what it means to love more than one person at once.

Running the town's lonely apothecary tower should have been a quiet life-brewing potions, treating injuries, and avoiding unnecessary conversation. Until someone begins leaving impossible gifts at her door. Rare poisonous plants. Strange sounds in empty rooms. Memories that don't belong to strangers. And the unsettling feeling that someone knows her better than she knows herself. As old murders resurface and a hidden past begins to unravel, Iris finds herself caught between a loyal friend, an unseen presence, and a mystery that refuses to stay buried. Some obsessions don't end with death...do they?