Survival

Stories·Svitra Rajkumar — Sinking… She felt her body plunge into the freezing water andhear muffled voices screaming above her. Although Lucy was sinking deeper and deeper, she feltat peace, and it didn’t hurt....

Stories·Sena Pollock — So‌ ‌there‌ ‌was‌ ‌a‌ ‌blue‌ ‌thing‌ ‌and‌ ‌maybe‌ ‌it‌ ‌could‌ ‌fly‌ ‌or‌ ‌not‌ ‌but‌ ‌I‌ ‌don't‌ ‌know‌ ‌because‌ ‌my‌ ‌eyes‌ ‌were‌‌  blindfolded‌ ‌and‌ ‌I‌ ‌was‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌tree‌ ‌of‌ ‌doom.‌...

Stories·Vani Narayanan — Boom! Crash! Bam! It quickly struck the air, disturbingthe flying birds, the peaceful clouds, and the still atmosphere– crashing and ripping throughthe surface of what was once a blue planet,...

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·mia money — Sea of Warn The ghosts from the Sea of Warn All have something to say For the ghosts from the Sea of Warn All have to warn someday They come...

Stories·Svitra Rajkumar — Floating infinitely Through an abyss of thoughts Almost as if you are sinking Because your pool of thoughts is deeper than anticipated Lightness is like soaring underwater Like dancing in...

Stories·Emma Hoff — Fear of Drowning I was flying. It felt like I was floating on the water,but this time without sinking in, without coming up coughing and spitting. I didn’t know howto...

Curriculum· — ‘Tom Green,’ a story by 10-year-old Zahra Batteh, is a classic redemption tale. Tom Green, a horrible, spoiled, lazy young man loses all his money and privilege, and through a series...

Stories·Pranjoli Sadhukha — The girl in the painting A long time ago I was smears of paint on a canvas, only bits and pieces of what I have become. After many painstaking hours,...

Stories·Peri Gordon — Last Night (William’s class) By Peri Gordon, 11 The seat of my wool couch scratched my legs fiercely. The whir of the breeze through the window echoed in my mind,...