South-Jersey-Verse by Heather Rose Brown

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While writing some of my stories, I've imagined them in the same universe, and had a general idea of where those stories took place, but never really organized everything until now. All of these stories are set in the South-Jersey-Verse. Below is a picture of the area, with imaginary city names based on the names of cities in the "real" world. Below that is a list of the cities, and the stories set in those locations.

South-Jersey-Verse map

Apple Hill
Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla

Berin
For Want of a Comma

Camdel
My Name is Luka

Colleen's Lake
Bobby's Rainy Day Adventure
Brianna's Big Brother

Hadden
Daddy's Little Girl - Christmas Day
The Magic Swingset

Hamton
Chance & Hope
Dreamed You Were Me
Shoes

Manawkin
In Your Dreams
On the Way to the Dance

Phildel
Daddy's Little Girl
The Broken Chain

Warfton Forest
Madam Martinique's Finishing School

West Haven
Family Pictures

Weymont
I Ain't Gay!

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Joisy!

Hey Jersey girl, welcome to the hood, neighborhood that is. New Brunswick here. Carol

Carol Anne

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Andrea Lena's picture

Born in Morristown (same hospital as Linda Hunt) Grew up in Lake Hiawatha, I met Mrs. D at a church in Morris Township. I now live in Somerville. Years ago I attended Stockton and lived in Absecon Highlands where I pumped gas at a Mobil station.

We're the only state whose name is featured as an afterthought on our state university logo. And we are only one of two states which does not permit self-serve at filling stations. We are NOT Jersey Shore and nearly none of our Italian-Americans know a 'soprano' although my former barber was a frequent extra on the show.

Big Pharma practically resides in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.

Many of our 'Real Wives' are now single parents and some of them are wives to other women. There have been days when I really don't like my state, but I love it and, to paraphrase Eric Liddell in Chariot of Fire, "I will forever be a Jersey Girl!"

  

To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle
Love, Andrea Lena

Hey Jersey girls!

Even though I'm living in California now, I grew up in New Jersey, and that's where my heart will always be. I think that's why I imagine so many of my stories happening there. Glad to know there's some other Jersey girls here in the Big Closet! :D