Workingclass Stories

The saxophone threads heat through the bar, and old stories lift with the smoke. Bubba Bojangles leans on the counter, knuckles scraped, breath warm with whiskey, shirt salted by sweat and spill. He says he's got a little to tell and a thirst to match. Gasper works the bar, the bottle, the room. Outside waits the freight yard; inside, rhythm keeps time while a life unfolds across the wood grain. Paychecks have gone to the glass, debts stack high, and the hard choices bite. Bubba lays them down one by one, and the jukebox answers. The first laugh lands easy; the next carries a bruise. By the time the rim rings the rail, the tale turns from joke to reckoning. Grit, memory, and a blue-note kind of mercy shape a night that changes the listener as much as the teller. Author's Note: This story hums on a melody my brother rewrote from the lullaby our mother sang to us for years. The tune carried us through long car rides and sleepy kitchens, and it still opens a door in my chest. The characters here stand in fiction, yet their bones remember my grandparents. I was small when my grandfather left this world, but love met me early. I keep his scent in memory-tobacco and soap, warm wool in winter. I see his easy gait, the tilt of his shoulders, the way he gifted everyone a ridiculous nickname until the whole room shook with laughter. I claim my own silliness from him with gratitude. If you hear a jukebox in these pages, or catch a river breeze, that's our family music working again. Thank you for reading. Music available on Sky Hollow Sounds https://youtu.be/1y4KSV5fO98?si=NifWHZZ0LwYW5TqT

An artist muses over the position he finds himself in; raised poor and taught to work hard before retiring happy he now finds himself among the 0.1% and able to spend his days able to do what he likes - mostly not a lot. He doesn't get it, and they don't get him.

Hindi panahon ang makakapaghilom sa isang malalim na sugat kundi tapang. Tunghayan kung paano ito naipamalas sa buhay ni Ehitara.

Jax, a gay teen fresh out of high school, is stuck between figuring out his future and surviving his chaotic home life. Living with his tough but caring manager Kris and her two daughters-rebellious Rene and overachieving Katie-Jax's life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Levi, a mysterious boy weighed down by small-town expectations and secrets of his own. As dreams blur into reality, Jax finds himself drawn to Levi in ways he can't explain, while Rene struggles with feelings she won't admit. In a small Southern town where everyone is searching for freedom, can Jax uncover the truth about Levi-and himself-before it's too late?

The backbone of America isn't the billionaires or the giant corporations. It's the the every day workers, the immigrants, those who sacrifice everything in order to provide for their families. Join these hardworking people on their day to day journeys.

Aaron is just a boy with a man's dream trapped in a village where the rich Garrison family bleeds the poor dry in the mines. Every day is the same: swing, break, carry, survive. Until one spark of gold in the darkness changes everything.

"The moment that Jordan Shearer steps into the classroom, Lee knows that he's not from around here." Preslash short between two boys from two very different backgrounds. Ingredients: two cups of Glasgow Patter; one teaspoon of NED; a tablespoon of callow middle class; a cup of general teenage incompetence; and an entire quart of UST.

Heather and Julian; two lover who met online. Few years later, they met again under the title coworker. What could possible go wrong?

Natalia Hartley has everything--the wealthy parents, grades, and the family connections to get her into whatever college she wants...and she gets whatever she wants in life. Odelle Sparrow is mad scrambling to keep up with her boss--her life slowly disappearing as she caters to her boss while juggling trying to get into the Ivy League school she'd been dreaming of. After drifting apart, choosing colleges brings their lives...and drama...back together.

Amy, a commoner, living in a suburb town in mainland Eukatia. She becomes an intern at ECoE upon Ethan's reference. She is dedicated and is en route to becoming a successful chartered engineer. Despite her strict and traditional Eukatian upbringing, she finds herself falling crazy in love with the COO of ECoE, Ethan Riviera. Ethan also falls hard for Amy, a feeling completely unknown to him. How will Amy and Ethan's relationship survive when Ethan's true identity comes to light? With the resistance from Ethan's strict father and Ethan's extremely complicated Sandonnian family history and political position, does their relationship stand a chance or is it destined to be doomed? Read and find out! (I will occasionally go through all the chapters in the story and edit any mistakes once in a while.) UNDER EDIT.

So this isn't a story I'm basically going to use it as a diary to express my feeling about the people around me I'm not expecting anyone to read this but if anyone by chance does I hope they grow to love these people as much as I do. I was inspired to do this because I'm going through a period of change as I'm leaving the place and people I've known my entire life to move half way across the country for university and I kind of wanted a way to note my initial and changing opinions of those new and old. Don't know why i put so much effort into this description but enjoy :) EDIT: So basically now that I've actually written some of these I kind of know more of what they are think of them as like an essay/case study or breakdown of my friendships and the feeling thoughts and memories to explain how and why I call these people my friends.

It's October 1985. Gareth Emerson and you are officially boyfriend and girlfriend. As Hawkins cools down, your relationship heats up. Both of you are unaware Hawkins will eventually become the grounds for unexplained chaos.

You are a hardworking girl who is struggling in Trigonometry. When your secret crush Gareth Emerson offers to tutor you, things take a surprising turn.

A working class kid's attempts at earning, learning, unlearning, mourning, loving and breathing.

A group of four girls, four big, bad girls. Some times, you need to look deeper to truly know people, most times, what you see is not really what it is. These ladies are dangerous yet sweet, they look nice but they are not so cool, being gangsters as a lady might also be quite difficult, especially when you fall in love.

For all those who want to read this, but can't find it :)

Lars has just experienced the worst day of his life. He has always been too common for the title he will inherit and the fact he is the son of a Lord means he will never be accepted as a commoner. Throw into the mix his disappointing career choice, his love of animals and the fact that both his parents have children they like better, it is hardly surprising that he starts to find things tough. But is this day worth dying for?

Born in a coastal village in Malaysia, raised by love and hardship, this is the story of a young man who built his life not on luck - but on grit, gratitude, and quiet strength. A story of climbing, without noise.

Mechanic is a coming-of-age novel set in early 2000s Oakland, following sixteen-year-old JayJohnson as he returns home from juvenile detention and tries to rebuild his life under the reluctant mentorship of Reggie, his late father's old friend and the owner of a neighborhood auto shop. With one foot still tangled in the streets-friends chasing fast money and reputations-and the other stepping toward GED classes, honest work, and an emerging connection with Maya, an aspiring artist, Jay finds himself at a crossroads. As his world tests whether he can change, Mechanic explores the quiet resilience it takes to break cycles, build trust, and become the kind of man you weren't supposed to be.