Stories

Stories·Susana Martinez-Conde — Wind over water, sky over sea, riding the ocean, come, wait for me, alone on the sand, waiting for thee, riding the ocean, come, wait for me. The birds are...

Stories·Haresha Sandamali Samaranayake — I ran as fast as I could. Dashing through the thick brush. The moon followed. I heard loud footsteps behind me. I ran faster. Then I came across an abandoned...

Story·Rose Fischer, age 12 — A girl's birthday wish for a puppy and amazing drawing skills comes true when her drawings literally come to life, creating chaos at school.

Story·Olivia Rhee, age 9 — A poor farm girl discovers money in an abandoned house, uses it for school, and starts a newspaper that leads to an unexpected friendship with a rival.

Story·Lucy Laird, age 12 — A melodramatic sixth-grader faces her turn at kickball, convinced she'll die of embarrassment, spiraling through existential revelations before being saved by the lunch bell.

Story·Ella Yamamura, age 12 — A girl struggles for three years to answer her teacher's question about her future dreams, only finding an answer after the teacher's death.

Stories·Peri Gordon — Uncontrollable By Peri Gordon, 11   It would only spread.    It was huge. It was larger than any other that I’d seen, even on television. It was picking up...

Stories·Stephanie Anagnoson — A Room, My Room The floorboards creaked as I entered the hallway. My bedroom door was open a crack, so I pushed my door back as I entered my dark...

Stories·Enni Harlan — Cunning The sea is dark. The sky is darker. The waves are murky. The air is clear. The floor is shaking, this way and that, jerked around like a kite...

Stories·Lina Kim — The dark was interrupted by a brilliant light, Emitted by stars near the sea. The moon glowed ever so slightly in the night, And it seems like the glow is...