All Comments on 'Crystal Beach'

Good stuff. Very nicely written

You just seem to be getting better and better! Thank you for this story with its great sense of time and place.

Loved the parallels. Well told. Thank you.

I spent a summer near there ata relatives. I remember the drive in, but never went. I can remember watching the skydivers nearby

Absolutely predictable in every way and absolutely wonderful!!

Great story. Hope to read more of your work.

You have skills sir. Very well done.

Just excellent, thank you.

That's a love story.

Wow, that was fantastic. Great story, well written and totally immersive. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent.

What a wonderful story. 5

I love a good story that is able to be interesting without getting in its own way. Well done.

Fantastic! I loved the banter of the characters. What a great romance!

What a great story .. I had tears when it ended .. thank you so much … 5

So sweet. 5***

Another masterpiece. Thanks.

Another wow. Your ability to build the characters and story held me in suspense, wanting what I knew would never happen. you took me back to the 70s and summer loves. great job.

A bit melancholy for me.

Well done, sir! Just what I needed to start my week. Your words made me see the sights, hear the sounds and taste the tastes. The story is perfect as is, but I’d love to read any sequels about them. 5*

Wow, Wow, what a lovley story loved it!!!!!!

Brilliant thanks

That was a beautiful story but I struggled to believe a grandpa would have told that story to that detail to a grandson. I couldn't do that in a million years with one of mine - LOL! Other than tat, beautiful story of young love, loss, and redemption. Can we have a sequel - need to hear the story of Liam and Stacey! 4.9*

Wonderful story!

5

Great story!

Terrific! As preious readers have mentioned, what about a sequel featuring Liam and Stacy?

A beautiful storey! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Aww, right to the heart! Excellent!

This is a wonderful love story!!! Thank you for sharing this beautiful story!

First time I’ve left a comment on a story in the many years I’ve been reading on this site. Very well done. Loved the characters and the duality. Could use one more proofread. Happy to be a beta reader if you’re ever looking.

Wonderful. Telling the story of the young Andy and Jeri by the long car ride was a great literary device. I love happy endings; one wonders whether Liam and Stacey will figure out that they belong together sooner rather than later.

This is my first dip into your oeuvre and it will not be the last.

What a top story.... excellent

Ah, yes! You nailed it. The road trip story set it up beautifully, the reunion, the grandchildren, the resolution. Perfectly formed. Lovely, lovely story. Thank you

This could be the start of a family saga.

Great story!

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I’m on the other end of Lake Erie and a few years older, but this one really resonates with me. You always wonder about the one that got away. Easy 5 stars.

Now that, Frankie, might be your best work!!! The power of first love and the pain of losing it is immense, and something many of us can relate to. Your story brought back so many of my own memories, that my heart is fluttering and eyes tearing... You are the BEST, Frankie!! Thank you!!

10 stars. Unfortunately, my iPad is not allowing me to give a rating. This story was wonderful. Reminded me of my first love. I often wonder where she is and if she’s had a happy life with kids and grandkids. So very long long ago.

Frank is a wonderful story-teller, but needs to be a more careful writer.

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A Beautiful story, Beautifully written!

11/10 Coconut Lollipops!!!!!

Outstanding work! There is so much that I enjoy about your writing, but I think it’s the clever interplay between characters that gets me. Our MC explaining to Liam how his daughter would kill him if he didn’t return her son cracked me up. Well done.

I was going to gush about how I loved this tale.

But others have done so, both eloquently and redimentortily.

All I can say is: “THANK YOU”.

I still think of my first love often, but I love my wife unconditionally.

It’s an odd dichotomy, but if my wife passed, I’d look her up.

How many of us have that someone in our minds who, if we found ourselves without a partner - beloved, like Andy, or not so much, like Jeri - we’d want to have that final chapter with?

Thank you.

Sweet. Brought back many youthful memories.

The area is very familiar to me. Story was excellent. Loved how you wrote it. Thank you!!

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!

Tremendous story line! I really enjoyed it, but you have to find a competent editor to fix the spelling and grammar. It sadly takes away from an otherwise fabulous story!!!

Oh, the angst of young love. I swear I felt the longing and the pain. Well written.

We so love your story and the never ending and enduring love bringing two needing hearts together finally. We shared a number of misty moments reading through as we held each others hands and took a moment to look into each others eyes! Thank you for sharing and touching us with your words that seem to come from your hearts and souls.

More please!

S&JW

That was great! you had me crying at the end! Thanks.

At the start of this story you write:

Before I knew where we were. We were in a line for the Cyclone.

"This one first. Then the bumper cars. And before we head home, the Comet."

Cyclone was dismantled after the 1946 season. Some of its steel and wood was reused in the construction of Comet.

I absolutely love this story. I also love the setting in a place that, while it still exists, has elements that have been lost to time. It makes me want to visit Crystal Beach. Like I may see the ghosts of Jeri and Andy running down the beach, hand in hand, towards the amusement park when they were kids.

Very touching and nice

Great mix of friendships, love, attachments and caring sex. Most significant downside is that story was too short!