Elm in Town

by Allison Moon
In those days, I was living on a barn. A barn made of oakwood. Nice and strong. There were cows and sheep and horses, too. Chickens lived in the barn. Goats lived in a special field on the barn.

The Unnamed War

by Elizabeth Weber
“This dang army never does anythin’. All we do is sit aroun’, and we scarcely have enou’ money to have a life. We need war. What is an army without battles? And I don’t mean thumb wrestling matches… or arm wrestlin’. Hey, look at da navy dey haven’t had any action for almost fiddy years,” Mike complained.

You Can’t Stop

by Aidan Reilly
There were two boys that lived on planet Earth. They lived in Harlem. They were playing soccer while a van came by and dropped a paper that said Top Secret on the top which was meant for an agent from the FBI. On the bottom it said, “Meet us at 138th and Broadway.”

An Adventure With Elizabeth

by Estelle Anderson
Elizabeth was a five-year-old little girl when her parents died from cancer. After her parents died she lived all alone in her parents’ big mansion. Every morning, there was a farmers market outside her house. She would go outside and the people at the farmers market were nice enough to give her food for free because she had no parents and no money for food.

Alien

by Selin Nalbantoglu
My mom made us some toast and eggs for breakfast. My family of aliens and I were sitting down. The white china plates were holding beige eggs with burnt toast. I was about to take a bite when all of the sudden all the food turned into a lamp. My dad was satisfied with the way that my mom cooked. I kept on staring and staring until my father scolded me for not eating.

Hello Kitty and the Earmuffs

by Angelina Mack
Once there was a kitty named Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty was eight years old and always wanted a pair of earmuffs. She decided that she wanted the earmuffs when her friend told her that there was a store in town where somebody sells earmuffs and he takes a picture of you and sticks it on. Her ears always got cold, so she decided that she was going to get a pair of earmuffs.

The Emerging Genius

by Grant Gordon
“Oxford, huh?” the interviewer asked.
“Yes,” I confirmed. We were sitting in a spacious office, right in the center of Moscow. The interviewer was assessing me as an applicant for the special weapons department of the KGB, chemical weapons unit.
“You must be a smart man,” he said.

The Secret Society

by Annelie Hyatt
Annabelle, Louise, and Claudius woke up to see fuzzy visions of transparent walls bordering the circular room, and a pale woman with glasses that, at the top right, had a spiky curve. She wore a lavender dress, which swooshed this way and that when she walked. She was middle aged, with fairly white hair, but it was clear she had dyed it.

The Secret Club

by Mack Muldofsky

1. The location of the meetings of The Secret Club will not be divulged to the public.
2. The time of the meetings of The Secret Club will not be divulged to the public.
3. The content of the meetings of The Secret Club will not be divulged to the public.
Happy Hunting!

Because of Revenge

by Zoey Katzive
If there is anybody I hate at P.S. 145 it’s Nellie Elman. She’s a big cheater and a liar. Once she cheated in a spelling contest against Marissa Flecther. There is no proof that she cheated, but I know she did. She always has a bunch of kids trailing behind her. I love school, and the only reason I’m not there right now and am on this stupid bus is because of revenge.

The Incident

by Surya Tara Gowda
It started during second period of the first day of middle school. I had just walked to my locker and opened it to get ready for third period. When I opened my locker — “AHHHHHHGH!”— out came a green, slimy frog that jumped and landed on my head.

Kick in the Head

by Mack Muldofsky
I have always had a bittersweet relationship with sports. Physically, I’m slow, I’m nearsighted, and I have no stamina. But sports is about more than the body. It is also about the mind. My mind was also bad at sports.