Wisconsin Stories

One month after the fire at Split River High School, the school is finally reopening its doors. For Maddie Nears and her friends, senior year is supposed to be a chance to move forward after everything that happened. But not everyone is ready to let go. With the school boundaries gone, the ghosts of Split River can finally leave the place that trapped them for decades. Still, Charley, Rhonda, Quinn, and Yuri remain close to the school, struggling with the emptiness left behind after their friends crossed over. Every week, Maddie visits them at the old bus stop, with Simon never too far behind, trying to keep their unusual friendship alive. Then the impossible happens. The ghosts who crossed over return. Janet Hamilton comes back with fears about what Van Heidt may be planning. Dawn returns because she couldn't stay away from the people she loves. And Wally Clark comes back for Maddie. As old mysteries resurface and new dangers begin to threaten Split River once again, Maddie and the others discover that some connections are strong enough to survive death itself - and that sometimes fate is willing to offer a second chance.

MEET JEFFREY DEAN. HE'S A HANDSOME GUY AND WORKS FOR THE APPLETON POLICE DEPARTMENT in WISCONSIN In the sleepy town of Appleton, Wisconsin, detective Jeffrey leads a seemingly ordinary existence during the day. He's kind, devoted, and fiercely protects the people during the day his sister, girlfriend, and everybody else. BUT BY NIGHT.... He becomes something else entirely, A ruthless, cold-blooded serial killer with one rule; only kill other murderers. Guided by a strict moral code impaired by his stepfather Elliot Moore a brilliant philosopher with a twisted mind this darkness into a warped form of justice. Shadows of Appleton But how long can he keep these two lives separate, before they start to bleed together?

TWO MONTHS AFTER JEFFREY KILLED CHARLOTTE WATSON, THE REPORTER WHO TRIED TO SABOTAGE HIM AND EXPOSE HIS DARKEST SECRET.... ONE OF HIS MURDERS CLAIMS THE LIFE OF AN ARGENTINE MAFIA LIEUTENANT.... THE MESSAGE DOESN'T NOW MIGUEL WANTS REVENGE... STAY BURIED, WORD REACHES A MESSAGE THAT NO ONE MIGUEL RUIZ- RUTHLESS BOSS TOUCHES HIS MEN WITHOUT OF THE RUIZ CARTEL... PAYING THE PRICE. FOR JEFFREY, THIS ISN'T JUST ANOTHER KILL. IT'S WAR AGAINST IN THE SHADOWS OF APPLETON, AN ENEMY WHO HAS AN ARMY, TWO PREDATORS CIRCLE EACH MONEY, AND NO CODE. OTHER... ONLY ONE LEGACY WILL BE WRITTEN IN BLOOD.

From high heels to blazers, Isabel Pritchett only wears designer. Her mom owns an elitist fashion company, which Isabel has plans to inherit. Of course, with the world of fashion - not to mention the world of being a young teen with a limitless credit card in New York - comes a world of parties, drugs, and scandal. After one too many wild-night-outs, her mother makes a snap decision to send her only daughter halfway across the country, to northern Wisconsin, in an attempt to straighten her out. The first person Isabel meets, besides her aging host-father, greets her with a glare, and Isabel is immediately sure she'll hate Clover Hill in all it's small town glory.

After the violent events in a dockside warehouse, where Miguel Ruiz finally fell at the hands of a man who had long stopped being just a hunter, everything seemed to quiet down. The chaos faded. The blood dried. For a moment, it looked like it was finally over. Jeffrey Dean tries to start again. With Lisa Morgan, he builds something close to peace- a future he never thought he deserved. After their honeymoon in Portugal, where they wande- red through the sunlit streets of Porto and drifted along the Douro River as if the world had forgiven them, they settle into a home on Willow Creek Lane, trying to live like ordinary people. Like they're s- afe. Like the past can't reach them anymore. Their son, Nathaniel, is born-a symbol of hope, of something new, something pure. But peace is an illusion. Because something far worse than Jeffrey's past is still moving in the dark. A legend whispered through criminal circles known as The Surgical Phantom resurfaces-a figure respon- sible for over 333 calculated, surgical killings across years. No emotions. No mistakes. No pattern anyone has ever been able to fully decode. And now, the Phantom is no longer just hunting in the shadows. He is watching Jeffrey. A dark psychological thriller about love, legacy, and the kind of violence that never truly stays buried.

It's hard to recognize love, when you've never experienced it. You start to believe it's not real- just a myth everybody tends to believe. You start to just give up. What's the point, right? Well, the point is... love is out there. Everyone deserves it, no matter who you are. Because, love is never ending... Musically talented, skater girl, Skyla Anderson has always thought 'screw love'. It may be because she always get's hurt when it comes to it, or maybe because her family couldn't care less about her. People may never know. She has always been the woman of the house. Taking care of everything. She starts to slowly fade away from reality. Starts getting in fights, playing the bad girl, never really getting a chance to find out who she really is. Skyla's eventually sent to live with a grandmother she's never met. She finally realizes that she does deserve a place in this world. This is a story about finding who you really are and, getting that love everyone deserves. And maybe even finding someone else that loves you more then himself. A/N Sorry but this isnt edited yet, so dont get frustrated if something's wrong. :)

A huge, seven-day scavenger hunt, a trio of teenagers sitting in a car for WAY too long, coffee, binging on theatre candy and ice cream pints, smacking smokers across the face, ferris wheels, fortune tellers, manipulative ex best friends, art museums, hotel rooms, muddy campgrounds, probably breaking some laws, and what's likely to be the craziest spontaneous road trip in history. ••••• Oliver Tretz, 16, is trying to control his life after his older sister moved away one day without any good reason. She was his cornerstone, and he wants more than anything for her to come back and make everything normal again. Rory Meeking, also 16, is itching to make it through high school and leave everything behind, even his best friend Oliver, but he is struggling with school and his home life since his grandmother died. Avril Kalici-Peterson, 17, a girl everyone hates but nobody truly knows, is dying to go to a crazy-prestigious art school on the other side of the country, but she is afraid that she isn't going to be good enough-for them or anyone. Nothing seems to be working in their favors until a man called Souhait, on a live stream found in a mysterious email, tells them that there is a way to make their wildest dreams come true: a weeklong scavenger hunt game called SØMNIUM. They decide to play, and are teamed up to crisscross the Midwest alongside hundreds of other kids who too want to claim The Ultimate Prize: The fulfillment of their greatest desire. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. The beliefs or opinions expressed in this work are not necessarily supported by the author. (Thanks for 375 reads!) •#2 in scavenger hunt 9/3/19 [Word count - 55,202] [Chapters complete: 15 of 25]

How would you feel to star on a reality TV show? Most people would be thrilled. In a way, they're famous! Skylar Collins used to feel that way about being on TV, until she learned what it's actually like. Alongside her family, Skylar stars in a popular reality show, And You Think Your Family is Bad. Who knew being on reality TV wasn't actually as glamorous as it appeared to be? If only Skylar had learned that before it was too late. Her whole life is falsely documented on television and she's portrayed as a diva that is spoiled rotten, when in reality she's really a dorky girl who freaks out whenever a guy talks to her. Despite all of the bad that occurred thanks to the TV show, is there a way to make something good come out of it, besides a small amount of fame?

Lia Dalton is the second sibling from her family to represent District Ten in the annual Hunger Games, while Elijah Pennington is the first for his family, yet they both least expected to be chosen. While in the games, they both do everything they can to surive, even if it means sacrificing themselves to save someone else... Meanwhile, Dalton (Lia's father) is part of a top-secret rebellion group, who's head leader is Plutarch Heavensbee. Dalton does everything he can to save his daughter and Ellijah in the games, or someone else...

When you thought everything was over...Well it just began.This is the sequel to Good girls finish last Hope you guys enjoy

An old-style deer hunter takes time in the woods to reflect on how to pursuit of the whitetail deer has changed with time since the commercialization of hunting in the Midwestern US.

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Kodiak and Macy, a horse and a cattle dog, find themselves caught up in a swiftly changing world, and it's not changing for the better. Death comes to their North Woods home when flesh eating monsters wearing human skins attack the animals' beloved owner. Macy and Kodiak escape, only to find there is no place for them in this new, dark reality... or is there? Can these best friends find a place to belong and become valuable and beloved once again? What good could a horse and a dog do in a zombie apocalypse? Tired of reading zombie stories where animals are either useless or die for the pathos? Looking for something original in the zombie genre? Look no further than 'The Gun Horse'! Please leave your comments, thoughts, and helpful critiques!