Daphne Xu

Teresa helps young Taylor prepare for that evening's Ball.

Everything's bigger in Texas.

The Headmaster of an exclusive Christian boarding academy vows on New Years Eve to return the school to strict Bible-based education.

This is an alternate fan ending to "Back to the Future".

While playing the guitar for Marvin's group, Marty fades out, only to return slightly changed.

Jennifer Lam, of "A Bikini Beach Summer" and "A Bikini Beach Late Summer", revisits Bikini Beach for the first time. Readers may have noticed an inconsistency involving Jen. Some readers no doubt figured it out, while others might not have.

We begin with Luke's second day of school, and end the story with Peter's departure for college. In between, things get nasty with an attack on the Matsumoto house.

High school begins for Luke and his friends -- and fourth grade begins for Ruth.

Ruth and Lucy's ballet rehearsals dominate the week. Thursday evening is their dress rehearsal, and they perform Friday and Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.

Apprehensive as Lucy is about Peter becoming a hot seventeen-year-old bikini-clad babe, she never expects Peter's actual transformation or its side effects.

Mrs. Winstead returns Lucy home the same night, after currently omitted events.

It's Saturday. After visiting Bikini Beach in the morning, Lucy goes to high school for marching band. She meets Fab, and joins him and June the rest of the day, meeting June's family.

Lucy turns a new leaf in the aftermath of her run-in with Pa. She spends the day with friends, including Peter.

Ellen awaits in terror as her older daughter Glinda visits Bikini Beach. Her younger daughter Daisy reveals that her imagined horrors could never stack up against Reality. The first half of this part was previously published as "Bikini Beach: Ellen's Daughter Visits". Thursday morning marks the restoration of the Really Real Reality -- or does it?

Lucy returns to Bikini Beach with her friends. Glenn Matsumoto's work leads him to an unwanted visit to Bikini Beach as well. The final four-sevenths was previously published as "Bikini Beach: Glenn Matsumoto Visits".

Bruce and Luke decide to surprise Tracy, and get a surprise of their own. The consequences last well beyond that day.

This is the sequel to "A Bikini Beach Summer".Luke Cuttington's older brother, Peter, persuades Luke to join his babysitting job with the idea of taking over once Peter leaves for college. Luke takes over the babysitting, and continues his summer routine of activities and relaxation.

Jedi Apprentice Aayla spends her summer vacation tracking down the origin of the prophecy of the Chosen One who would bring balance to The Force.

A Transformation Entity of the Blackest Nature haunts naughty persons (in its view).

A student attends school that day with an out-of-the-norm dress.

A tribute to reality-shift tg stories and their authors whenever and wherever written. The MC and a friend talk about the friend's absence from school the previous day.

A graduate student's roommate sets him up on a blind date. It becomes clear that words were chosen with care.

This is set immediately before "Bikini Beach: Ellen's Daughter Visits". Attorney Glenn Matsumoto has to consult with Bikini Beach's Grandmother for professional reasons.

A poetry drabble homage to Dr. Seuss and one of his famous stories.

A famous contralto has just completed her performance of her signature song. And then...

A bully has a bad day. (He also gives others a bad day; this story isn't very nice.)

Apologies to Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, authors of "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie". A boy has to go to school. It's very hot, and he agreed to certain things with his friends.

Engineering college senior Bryce finally works up the courage to go out to the local park in his disguise as a twelve-year-old Chinese-American girl. He makes a number of new friends and has lots of fun.

Ellen's older daughter visits Bikini Beach. When her daughter returns home, Ellen learns that things weren't what they seemed. The R-rating is solely due to language.

Dad and Mon help prepare their daughter for the Senior Prom, and meet her Prom date. This is just another short situational flash.

James MacBeth has had it up to here with his son Jeff. He encounters SRU; maybe they will help him with his son. Right? Of course, it goes horribly wrong.Warning: This isn't escapism, except for those who escape to the likes of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. The story includes a critically injured child.

An old wooden bridge provided a short-cut for generations of schoolchildren walking to school. But now, the bridge is so rickety and rotten that children are warned in no uncertain terms to avoid that bridge.

Mom and Dad hold a family council. Apparently, the youngest child has been very naughty. (This story is nicer than my previous two stories.)

A nasty, racist, offensive story with no redeeming value whatsoever. A white teenage girl and her secret black older boyfriend have disclosed to her parents that she is pregnant. Hilarity ensues.

A criminal prosecution of a boyfriend for the rape and murder of his girlfriend is abandoned, leading to community outrage. Someone takes vengeance against the boyfriend and those who aided his freedom.

A criminal prosecution of a boyfriend for the rape and murder of his girlfriend is abandoned, leading to community outrage. Someone takes vengeance against the boyfriend and those who aided his freedom.CAUTION: The actual crime is described here, and may trigger a reaction. The reader may proceed directly to Part III.

A criminal prosecution of a boyfriend for the rape and murder of his girlfriend is abandoned, leading to community outrage. Someone takes vengeance against the boyfriend and those who aided his freedom.

Some readers may recall sick Beth mentioned a couple times in "A Bikini Beach Summer". Unfortunately, Grandmother's solution to everything wiped out Ruth's attempt to get information about Beth's sickness to her parents. This is a side-story to the sequel, which is still being written. It occurs a few weeks later, and Beth's condition has consequently worsened.

Mark inadvertently bumps an old woman with his shopping cart four times. He finds a stray Bikini-Beach membership card in his cart when checking out.

This is a totally non-canon thought exercise, describing the first-time "transformation" of Peter and Luke to Ruth and Lucy, in my story "A Bikini Beach Summer." It was suggested by a Multiverse interpretation of Bikini-Beach reality shifts.

A side story to "A Bikini Beach Summer." A couple characters in the main story visit Bikini Beach. Any further information would spoil the main story, which should be read first.

Bruce and other bullies who follow him pick on John by calling him Alice and calling him a girl. Eventually, everyone follows Bruce's lead, driving John crazy. I first wrote and posted this story elsewhere in 1999. Bruce and Alice in this story have nothing to do with Bruce and Alice in "A Bikini Beach Summer."

Part 20: The clique reconnects for support, but there's a new revelation. Everything is too much for Ma.Part 21 Epilogue: The END ... and a New Beginning?

Part 17: The Conference.Part 18: Tim is released on bail. The clique quarrels and breaks up in fury over his release.Part 19: The clique tries to reconnect. Then, disaster...

Part 14: Luke, Carol, and Ruth join Daisy for dinner at her house. Daisy's parents have their own Bikini Beach back-story.Part 15: Returning to Bikini Beach, Luke nearly bolts in panic over his mind. Changing to Lucy, Luke remembers far more than he expected.Part 16: Sunday Dinner with Mrs. Winstead and Daisy's family leads to a visit to Bikini Beach to confront management.

Part 11: Lucy and Carol agree, "What happened Friday night remains Friday night." Tuesday is the pass's last day. Last week's horror stories about Ruth come home to roost.Part 12: As usual, Carol joins Luke, Ruth, and Daisy during their activities. Carol has to remind Luke of certain facts about Bikini Beach.Part 13: Luke fearfully returns to Bikini Beach. Lucy gets in trouble with Jen, but manages to avoid being caught by Pa in her bikini. Luke, on the other hand...

Part 08: The Day After, Lucy doesn't want to go to Bikini Beach, so her Bikini Beach friends come to her. There are new revelations, but things are also forgotten.Part 09: Carol begins joining Lucy in her activities. Ma returns from a meeting enraged over horrible stories told about Ruth.Part 10: Lucy joins the girls in the sleepover. They go shopping and play naughty games. Lucy is plagued with nightmares.

Lucy attends the July 4th Celebration at Bikini Beach. For her, it's less celebratory and more revealing in a most distressing manner.

Lucy goes through the next few days.

Luke gets a two-week Bikini-Beach membership, so Lucy is around for a while. Jen tells her own dark history.

Luke/Lucy visits Bikini Beach again. Meanwhile, little sister Ruth continues to be strange, and have surprisingly mature interests and conversations.

Luke returns to Bikini Beach, and Lucy reconnects with her new Bikini Beach friends. But not all is well with her friends.

Luke attends church and engages in his ordinary daily routine, remembering his fantastic day at Bikini Beach and the friends he made there.

Lucy is very happy to visit Bikini Beach for the first time, enjoy the attractions, and make new friends. Her little sister, Ruth, is not so happy.