Stories

Story·Ariana Kralicek, age 12 — A girl navigates the birth of her baby brother, student council elections, and self-discovery while trying to become popular by imitating her perfect classmate.

Stories·Angela Tang — The Gift of Love By Angela Tang, 12 Mason, OH She armoured her husband with the gift of love, remindinghim that this was the calm before the storm. She watched...

Stories·Sena Pollock — It was a sunny day and the birds were all singing. I imagined that I could understand them. “You did it-you did it-you did it you’ll never get-a-way.” it was...

Story·Brennan Cameron, age 10 — After a fire destroys their farm's crops and orchard, Oscar must decide whether to sell his beloved foal Rose to help his family survive the winter.

Story·Steven Cavros, age 9 — In future Orlando sewers, sentient creatures made from garbage attempt to form a government, leading to chaos, tyranny, and one night of freedom above ground.

Stories·Ed Gajcowski — I talked, but I could hear my words filing into her ear and out of another like a string of music notes. She held her violin at playing position, but...

Stories·Susana Martinez-Conde — You stare at the ice in front of your face, so close, so real… but not. The painting beckons you. It seems to say, “Come. The painted world is waiting. You...

Stories·Lucy Rados — It was raining- again. Just like it had been the day before, and the day before that, and the day before that. It made the inhabitants of Old Town bored...

Stories·Susana Martinez-Conde — Fire engulfs everything. Everything becomes fire. Chaos rains down from the sky. Horses neigh and whinny as they break free from their stables and frantically clop down the Basque streets,...

Stories·Madeline Kline — I stand in the museum among my classmates, staring up at this small piece of history. The image stands out to me, drawing me from the group. My artist’s eye...