Socal Stories

Romance/ Adventure You know when you a forced to do something and you think its gonna turn out awful, but instead it ends up being the best thing that ever happened to you? My parents dragged me away from Northern California to La Jolla all the way down in SoCal for all of summer. My last summer with my friends to be exact. It was supposed to be the summer of a lifetime. Summer of my graduation full of fun parties and a sweet sappy summer romance before I go off to college, but, no, my dad had to pull me away from that because of stupid work. "Its just for the summer." He'd say, "You'll have fun." Yeah right dad. I have never been so sure that anything could suck more than this and been so completely dead wrong. My first day in La Jolla I come across Kian Sterling and his make-the-best-of-every-moment friends. He ends up turning my summer plans around completely. Here I am doing exactly what I wanted to do with my summer. Now I am not gonna say maybe that me and Kian maybe end up having feelings for each other to make you get antsy. I'm going to tell you yes, me and Kian definitely have feelings for each other, and yes it does turn out to be the best and craziest summer of my life.

Meet Ozzie Blue, a nineteen year old with way too many problems for his age. Anxiety. Paranoia. Depression. Those just scratch the surface. But when Ozzie witnesses the murder of one Hayley Matts, Ozzie is swept into a chaotic landscape of misdirection and lies. Faced with a steadily crumbling perception of reality, can Ozzie discover the truth? Or will he be lost in to the web of a world he doesn't even know is real anymore? COVER BY: VAINELUCHIA

Chris used to be forced to do whatever a voice in his head use to say, but now he is free and looking for a way out of his past.

okay yes, the two older ones are a little old to still be living at home but they just were waiting for the younger one. that's a lie but we're going to pretend it's not. like most of their lives, it's just a bunch of white lies and no data of them in any public records because they changed their names and are on a road trip that thousands believe is just a viral scary story on twitter. it was only supposed to last a week but here they are so close to their next stop can't they have just one more day?

When a young movie star decides to trade in his sunglasses for a monk's cowl, he finds himself confronted with more than spiritual mysteries. A murder at the desert monastery the same day John Paul arrives to begin his novitiate sends the tabloids into a tizzy, and the actor-turned-monk is soon pursuing the culprit with the same cunning daring as the locale's seasoned detective.

While her friends are partying their freshman year away in college, nineteen-year-old elbow-greased, car enthusiast Lola is fixing cars as a mechanic in her uncle's garage in Southern California. When Lola stumbles upon the car of her dreams, a 1964 Karmann Ghia, even though she can't afford it she can't help but call the number attached to the ad. When she does, she falls for the voice on the other side of the line - British import Jason. However Lola finds herself getting wrapped up in her lies as she pretends to be a cooler, richer version of herself. Will Lola be able to handle the fallout of her impulsiveness, or has she blown it with Jason forever?

***Preview of the first 5 chapters*** For seventeen-year-old Bria Hale, image is everything. She’s a militant vegan with purple hair, Doc Martens and a permanent scowl. Kissing captain of the football team Ben Harris? Definitely not part of that image. Now with each secret kiss, she’s falling deeper for the boy every girl at Oceanside High is crushing on. Throw in a few forbidden bacon cheeseburgers and she’s facing one major identity crisis. Ignoring Ben should be easy, but when a flashy display of artistic spirit lands her in close quarters after hours with the boy she’s too cool to like, she can’t keep pretending those kisses meant nothing. With her reputation and her heart on a collision course, Bria must either be true to herself or to the persona she’s spent all of high school creating. The Art of Falling, published by Bloomsbury Spark, is available in its entirety wherever ebooks are sold.

When my father was in the hospital, I visited a Buddhist Temple in Los Padres National Forest. Single-chapter completed story. #1 Escapism | October 18 #34 Traveler | December 18 #18 Escapism | June 19 Marriott Traveler Contest Participant

College student Camilla Drake is in love with the sun, the surf, and her childhood sweetheart. They have known each other forever and even decided to attend the same college last year. After the sudden separation of her parents over Christmas break she takes a job in South America to distance herself from the memories as she learns to cope. Working for a family's orphan ministry may give her the purpose and direction she's been missing since her world got turned upside-down. The jungle can make one do crazy things, but will it be enough to mend her heart and restore her to the vibrant girl she used to be?

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Teens living in LA having all the money in the world, isn't that the dream? This story will show you how they really live. Life isn't always perfect. So does money really buy happiness?

When a near-Earth asteroid and the arrival of a young girl and her family reveals the existence of extra terrestrial life, a park ranger, a bohemian woman, along with a boy and his friends, encounter dangerous government forces determined to hide the truth at all costs.

I guess college will be pretty amazing. I mean, I've never been the type of person to try too many things... I think now is the time that changes. Maybe UCLA will be my new beginning.

Alexandr Blake is a young marine photographer who is out trying to prove to his parents that he didn't ruin his life by not becoming a lawyer. But after a tragic diving accident leading to the death of his best friend and coworker, Alexandr is sent to the Leeward Islands to mentally recover after the accident-against his will. When he shuts everyone out except for an amnesia patient staying on the mainland, he ends up on a wild goose chase to find a sunken submarine, a missing father, and a deep sea fish only seen a handful of times. After searching the world for an answer he can't seem to find, Alexandr takes a step back and realizes the truth may have been right in front of him the whole time.