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Reads 61
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Parts 8
Time 1h 22m

redbirdsandrabbits

1980s adventure coauthor fiction lovestory may-december scifi teenromance timetravel youngadult

A school shooting in 2016 leaves Daniel Girch in a coma. As he's hovering between life and death, he inexplicably wakes up in his own bedroom...but instead of an iPhone plugged in next to his bed, there's a radio. On the dresser is a stack of cassette tapes. On the wall is a poster of a young Christie Brinkley. And in the closet are parachute pants and polo shirts. Downstairs, Daniel's dead grandmother is making pancakes, and his mom is suddenly an annoying eleven-year-old who plays with Barbies. It's 1986. 

With the help of his new best friend, Daniel assimilates to life as a teenager in the 1980s. He learns how to dress the part, to like the music, and to live without the conveniences of the modern world...and he also falls in love with a girl more interesting than any he's ever known. 

As Daniel fights for his life in 2016, he's awake in 1986 and struggling to save his uncle from the untimely death that changed the course of his whole family's lives. What will happen after he wakes up? And how will the things Daniel does in the past affect the future?All Rights Reserved

1980s adventure coauthor fiction lovestory may-december scifi teenromance timetravel youngadult

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'SWITCHBACK!' by CrissAngelsLoyalKc13

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It Doesn't Even Matter by butterbreadfly

Max is struggling, plain and simple. After dropping out of school two years ago to help his mom with the bills and losing his best friend, he's just kind of shut things out. His life has been in pure survival mode. Work, pay bills, survive. But things only getting more complicated when he's ripped away from everything he's ever known. His mom, never the most put together woman has an affair with her married boss and gets pregnant. Now she's decided to move them both to Beverly Hills and into his place! With new step siblings that hate him before they've even met and a man that thinks he can just jump in and be his father, Max has had just about enough of everything. On top of all that he's starting up school again, and with these new fancy rich kids, Max feels even more suffocated and out of place then he did before. Will Max figure out his place or fall farther and farther into the background suffocating?

The C.E.O'S shattered heart (MxM, C.E.O X C.E.O) by Miekehogeboom

Zachariel Joseph's heart shattered when the man that he had loved for ten years betrayed him. His lover took everything that he loved away from him. He was turned from a popular and rich C.E.O into a pauper overnight. Zachariel was left heartbroken, and homeless by his lover. Zachariel suffered a nervous breakdown after the betrayal. And his lover denied to help him in his time of need. Zachariel couldn't function anymore from the shock and was in a mental institution for months. His psychiatrist wanted him to build his life back up again after his recovery, but will the heartbroken man be able to do so? Alexei Marquis lived a happy life with his grandmother in France. All that changed when he lost his grandmother due to illness. He was just eighteen years old when it happened. Alexei's grandmother's will stated that he was the next owner of her empire. Alexei was suddenly burdened with responsibilities that he never wanted. He had to move from France to America to fulfil his duties. Alexei's wish was to become a surgeon and live his life leisurely with his future lover and children. Alexei became bitter and cruel when he didn't get what he wanted in life. People didn't dare to approach the C.E.O. Alexei in return only talked to his best friend Chance and two other friends while leading his grandmother's empire. The astonishing thing was that Alexei had never forgotten the man who had once saved his life. Will the mighty C.E.O ever manage to meet the man or will something unexpected happen? (There is a more detailed description in chapter 1. Enjoy reading my friends and please keep in mind that this story may trigger some issues in people. This is not a supernatural story.) Mature content.

Falling Back #wattys2017 by julie_helene_701

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Love Always Finds A Way (Editing) by Dreamer_146

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'SWITCHBACK!'

Kc was a 17-year-old girl that lived in the year 2517...& she fell in love with an exotic musician from the past...one day during her trip to the antique store, she came across a homemade cassette tape...that was entitled Switchback!...she liked the title so much that she bought it and took it home to play it on her antique portable walkman...for she lived to the nostalgic music from the 1980's-1990's....it wasn't until the music played the tape, that something insane happened... {This Story is Dedicated to my Loyal Wattpad Friends/Family}{RachelPendergast, SieraSmith6, KlaytonScottsGirl, DanielleRakes12, & my mom SandyFitzhugh.}