Stories

Stories·Emma Hoff — Sensibility And when she was picked, she had long hair. Long,flowing hair, dark as the night sky, which never seemed to be blue, and dark as the colors ofthe witches...

Stories·Lina Kim — I glanced around the hospital cautiously and shuddered. The walls were pure white, but I felt as if they were stained with the blood of those who never survived. The...

Stories·Rachael Lippe — Something Mist, white mist swirls and dances around my head. Nothing, nothing nothing. Then something. Clear and true. How wonderful something is after a lifetime of nothing. Big, blue, clear...

Stories·Rachael Lippe — JUST TWENTY DOLLARS Mia’s perspective: “Please,” Lou begs, “please please please pleeeeeeeeeeease! It’s only twenty dollars!” Very soon, my mom relents and hands her twenty dollars. As soon as she’s...

Story·Allison Sargent, age 11 — A Black girl struggles with accepting her natural hair as beautiful while navigating classmates who treat it as exotic and touchable.

Story·Zahra Batteh, age 10 — A spoiled rich man loses everything when his parents die, struggles to find work, and eventually creates a program to help homeless people become rideshare drivers.

Stories·Pranjoli Sadhukha — When she left I leaned against my locker and pulled out one of my favorite books. Finally, finally I could spend a minute reading. Unfortunately, my hope was sadly far...

Story·Ella Kate Starzyk, age 11 — A girl wakes to find everything turned yellow, discovers she's colorblind, falls into despair, then inexplicably floats into the sky before landing in her mother's arms.

Story·Isabelle Chapman, age 13 — A girl's obsessive attachment to a blue cookie jar leads to its loss at the beach during quarantine, forcing her to confront her dependence on the object.

Story·Ariana Kralicek, age 12 — Swifty Appledoe, jealous of perfect classmate Stella, decides to become just like her by taking violin and ballet lessons, with disastrous but ultimately triumphant results.