Desert Dust
​by Rachel

Ambrogio watched as Moony put on his jacket. He clenched his teeth and crossed his arms, unhappy that he’d forgotten how cold deserts get at night – but as always, he didn’t let that interfere with the hopeful mood he had worked to keep up consistently. He just wished he had his own jacket.

Override
by Samantha

It has divided us. Humanity against technology, and we are losing. Few remain as the taken advance on the survivor camps. Taken, the ones who have been chipped, the ones who were corrupted, the ones who have been lost to The Awakening. We have a camp made up of a few dozen survivors; however, I only trust five.

Ivy's Magic
by Ellah

​Ivy looked at her reflection in the glass doors. She was standing outside her new school. This was her first day at Campbell Elementary School. Ivy lived in Normal, Illinois. She came to this new school because she moved to Normal from Virginia after her mom got a job offer. Ivy was in the sixth grade. Campbell Elementary School had grades kindergarten through sixth

Thara: Falling Stars
by Annalise

​Something about the sprawling city of Athens drew Thara. It was so different from her own kick back and relaxed life of an immortal. It seemed like mortals always had somewhere to go and something to do. She supposed that mortals should be busy, as they didn’t have a lot of time to accomplish anything before they died. Or that was at least how she viewed them. Mortals were to her like ants were to humans.

Traveling Through Dimensions
by Cintong

Camila has lived a hard life. She still hasn't discovered her specialty at age 14. But once she does, news of a horrible event reaches her, and she must use other abilities to save the world.

Earth Has Fallen
by Meera

“Don’t worry Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, she will be in good hands.” The officer said as he took their beloved daughter from them. The Anderson’s worked for the government under a secret organization. It was called the E.A, Scientists in that division have predicted in 19 years a deadly gas will be emitted from the Earth’s core, Sailtin. Sailtin is almost like the dangerous gas called Sarin, but oddly animals are immune to it. The E.A made a vaccine for the gas, they didn’t have enough for everyone on the planet so they kept Sailtin a secret. The employee’s had to decide who would get the cure, one of the parents or one of their children. Mindy and John Anderson chose their child over themselves, they would get their daughter back in the next week, cured from the deadly Sailtin.

 

Wolf Hunt
by Victoria

March 15, 2017 the day that I turn twenty. Me and my two best friends had gone out the amusement park up on Campbell Hill in Ohio. Lucy was my roommate and an all time neat freak.Then there was Toby. Toby was really intelligent. Give him any problem and he could solve it within a minute. Both of them dared me to get on the tallest rollercoaster in the park called the Exploding Mud Ball.It didn't have the best looking color but it made up in color with the amount of loops,tall drops,and fast sprints that it had.While we were waiting in line I was thinking.
I feel like I'm going to puke after I get off this ride.

Sunset
by Derrien

Sian was flying. The wind roared loudly in her ears, and the sky loomed beautiful before her, its blue streaked with white clouds. Her heart felt so full with fright and happiness, she felt ready to burst. Her screams and shouts were lost in the biting wind, but she still screamed until her throat was hoarse. A smile of pure joy settled across her lips. ​

Untouchables
​by Savanna

I’ve never seen a meadow, but my mother used to tell me stories. I imagine they used to be large and green, and I like to think they smelled of anything and everything fresh.

Presence
by Abby

A mostly normal 18 year old named Lorelai. A shy ghost named Lucas who falls in love with her. A psycho older sister. Their worlds will never be the same.

The Deadly Vipers
by Christian

It was Graduation Day for Christopher Gopen. He had been waiting so long for this day to come, and it finally had. The banners were on the wall, the music was playing, and the awards were being received. Being Valedictorian, Christopher was expected to give a speech. That was exactly what he was going to do, but first he had to receive his award. “And the award for Valedictorian goes to Christopher Gopen, who has had perfect grades for all three of the years he has spent at Harvard.” I walk out onto the stage to receive my award. After a distinguished handshake with my professor, I strolled up to the podium, prepared to give my speech

The Dream
by Andrew

Honus Stevenson has had a lifelong dream of being a Major League Baseball Player. But that dream is sidelined by his brothers unknown disease which causes his family to move to Indonesia. Honus doesn't give up on the Dream.

The Woods
by Jackson

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It was just like a normal saturday for me until I made the biggest mistake of my life. Let me start from the beginning. I recently moved to a new town so it was unfamiliar. So on this day,  I woke up like normal at 7:25. I got dressed, ate breakfast, and went outside.

The Cupid Tree
by Kamryn

A cursed tree survives throughout time and haunts the lives of the loves who scrawl their initials into its bark. One suffers a fate worse than death, and the other will face just that. Four innocent couples feel the wrath of a not-so-innocent love.

Ponytail: The Last Bright Soul
by Evan 

Billions of light years ago, when nothing existed except for the heavens, two gods and two goddesses met in a temple to discuss some things.

A Collection of Short Stories
by Allison

​Her chest heaved in and out, as she made her way through the smoke. She raised her arms above her head as she rammed against the structure of the door. A thud echoed through the flaming building. She could do this. She wasn’t sure what had happened or where everyone else was but she knew she had to get out. Casting her eyes around the enclosed room she moved to the door, the only exit seen. It was stuck. She began to cough a bit more as extra smoke drifted into the room. Covering her face with her shirt, she began to feed herself encouragement. She could do this.

That One Cliche Horror Story
by Ian

Hello! My name is Isabella Rodgers! You thought I was gonna tell you my age, didn’t you? Well, I’m not going to. I’m thirteen years old and I’m not telling you where I live. That is private information that you don’t need to know. You think I’m going to eventually give in and tell you where I live, don’t you? Well, you’re correct. I live on Oak Street in Willow City. I’m starting to think that the person who founded this city is obsessed with trees.

Aaron Burr: A Biography
by Ava

You may have heard about the play Hamilton which tells about Alexander Hamilton's troubled beginnings, an eventful and scandalous personal life and career, which ended in a sad exit out of the world. But what the play mostly focuses on is his rivalry with Aaron Burr.

Middle School
by Blakely

Middle school is a big jump from elementary school , but maybe if you read my experience  of how my first day was, maybe you  will feel a little bit better.

A Memory for a Murderer
Tara Swaim

A blanket of clouds covered the sky. People with grim faces and black umbrellas walked down the sidewalks in tight crowds. Rain drizzled lightly on the steps leading up to a tall, dull apartment. Somewhere inside, on the third or fourth floor, sat a 24 year old woman in her small bedroom with curly red hair, pale green eyes, and the worst headache in the world. ​