The Stories

Postcards from Sierra Nova is a sequel to my long-running TS2 neighborhood story, Lakeside Heights. Beginning in the year 2084, this story follows the interwoven families of Lake County, Michigan, as they are split and scattered across the country. Just prior to the beginning of this blog, planet Earth had been pulled into its first extraterrestrial war. We will follow both the characters who journey out to fight the invaders, as well as those who are left at home.

In the years that follow the war, the families resume their everyday dramas in stories that explore friendship, romance, self-discovery, and all the joys and heartaches that make up life. 

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Let’s begin. We will visit several families and stories in each two-year round, and many storylines will continue from one round into the next, and on and on through the generations. Like a legacy story, but at a snail's pace, lol!  

round 2084-86 stories, aka Drown (Justin & Stephanie stories): 
- drown: Justin, Stephanie, Keri, Jeremiah
- Blair & Amy wedding

round 2086-88 stories (Vale & Vicky stories): 
- the damage, empire: Justin, Stephanie
- return to dust: Aurora & kids
- we used to be kings: Shaw family + Aliyah 
- the rush: Tyler, Maya
- still the one: Dallas, Lucy
- real music, thank you, head over feet: Vale, Vicky

round 2088-90 stories (Jordan & Maria stories):
- my sweetheart: Justin, Stephanie, Jordan, Maria
- boxes and squares: Jordan, Maria, Colette, Ingrid
- more coming soon


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other flashback stories and histories:

September 2084, Keri: “change my world”

2086-2088, Bell and Cam, backstory

2084-present, Dallas and Lucy, a history

2083-2085, the peculiar wartime romance of Tyler Jackson and Maya Bunch


2085-present, That Fateful Summer, Laney and Andreas backstory



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Content warnings:

New readers should also note a content warning: in addition to nudity, sexual situations, crude humor, and foul language, these stories have occasionally explored disturbing, frightening, or emotionally taxing topics. Past, current, and future stories could include (but are not limited to): war, death, adultery, divorce, depression, suicide, cancer, abortion, (hinted) childhood sexual abuse, rape and/or questionable consent, emotional, verbal, and mental abuse, physical violence, and domestic abuse and violence. These stories may not be suitable for young or sensitive readers. 17+, please.

If you are concerned about any specific trigger or storyline, please feel welcome to ask, anonymously or otherwise, either here or on my Tumblr.


About your author: 

Laura Rae Amos is a novelist living in Virginia with her husband and two kiddos. She is also an explorer, hippie, wife, mom, dabbling artist, occasional musician, hopeless romantic, and all-around creative distraction. She has been writing about these families, in one pixel format or another, since 2008.

If you love to read intense, romantic, heartfelt, and funny stories about relationships and life, you will also love these novels! 
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