Coming of Age Stories

A Life in Paradise Story
David's parents are rich. His dad is a famous retired NFL football player. The girls in ninth grade think he's dreamy and cute. The fourteen year old feels awkward and unsure of his place in the world. The one great thing he has going that does not involve his famous father is his girlfriend of two months, Mia Siano. David was delighted a week and a half ago when he was invited to a New Year's Eve party by his swim team teammates. This is his and Mia's first real teen party.

Callie is keen to belong in popular player Ryan's gang. But when his parents pick on her, she's not taking any freaking crap - in fact, they can kiss her ass!

The location is true, an amazing inland waterway of slow tidal rivers and shallow interconnected lakes. The places mentioned are mostly true, the bridge definitely is. I've renamed some things and moved one or two around. Three teenage girls and one boy go sailing. At first it genuinely is for the sailing; clearly three girls will be safe with only one boy, unless of course they are the hunters and he is the prey.

A young man inherited a nudist resort and a pile of money. Then the bad guys stepped in and the dream became a nightmare.

Jasper is a fourteen year-old genius who hooks up with a classmate to work on a high school biology project. He falls in love with her, but she's four years older and he's frustrated that she'll never appreciate the depth of his feelings. Elmer, the man who raised him and his brother gets involved with his biology teacher and sets a lot of interesting adventures into motion.

This is based on a true story Wendy is my friends little sister. I had know her since we were both in grade school. One day she told her friend a story, the her friend told ME. This is what happened next.

Marcie Is Initiated
Fifteen-year-old Marcie returns to the gynecologist's office where she was molested a year earlier. She hopes this visit will be more routine. It isn't. As you might expect, you'd do well to read "Marcie's First Visit To The Gynecologist," well, first. But this story will re-introduce the characters as it goes along. Enjoy. We'll see whether Marcie does.

Embracing Autism Gleefully is the first story in the life of Robert A. "Glee" Gleason, an amazingly intelligent young man afflicted with a unique brand of autism that allows him to communicate in a startling way, culminating with a graduation speech for the ages. Winner of CAW #24 writing competition, he becomes romantically involved with his tutor, Barb. The follow-up story is The Life and Times of Robert "Glee" Gleason. You can view reader's comments over at Bookapy.

How I became a street girl, with the knowledge of my mum and the grudging acceptance of my dad. Some details have been changed to protect identities.