Fantasy and Ysatnaf

by Anna Steingold
I was a huntress back then. I would shoot animals, sell their fur and eat their meat. I was very independent and curious. Then one day, when it was sunny, but strangely quiet, I heard a horse’s neigh. Now that was strange, too. It wasn’t a usual horse’s neigh. It was as if it was trying to say, “Come over, I need your help.”

An Epic, Slightly Weird, Novel

by Elizabeth Siddall
One day, the mother put sleeping pills in the children’s tea. Margot finished her cup and then fell instantly asleep. Philip immediately fell asleep on the couch. His head was hanging off the couch and he looked like he might fall off.

Killer

by Ellie Melick
Half my life ago, I killed a girl. It was a horrific scar on my otherwise uneventful life. I was 34 and the year was 1967. I had been “happily” married for eight years and me and my husband had been attempting to conceive for four and a half years, unsuccessfully.

Alive… Or Dead

by Max Tiefer
Lance Rodgers was just like any other kid in the distorted universe. He was twelve and a half years old, had a cursed flying obelisk for a home, a PHD in Caesar smashing, and a job as a part-time nanonaut (Nanonauts were astronauts, only at microscopic size).

The Whiteboard Whodunit

by Belen E
Why is math class so dramatic? I know why. If you shared a class with straight A students who freaked out at seeing a B+ on top of their algebra test, you would know why too.

Spirit Seer

by Belen E
I put my head in my hands and rocked back and forth on the boat. This couldn’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t be happening again, I thought. Next to me my father, my only parent since Mom died of typhoid, was reading a book about the history of Thailand, blissfully unaware of what was tormenting me.

The Americano Affair

by Belen E
“OMG, Samantha, Espressos and Americanos is closed, and no one knows why!” Hattie Linkenberg screamed in my ear.
“Hattie,” I groaned, “Why are you telling me this?”

The Missing Jewels

by Josie Gritton

One dark and stormy night, on Friday the 13th, an eight-year-old girl named Sophie left her window open. Later that night, the lights went out and she heard a moaning noise outside her window.

The Adventures of a Stuffed Animal Hippo

by Malina N
A crowd of people hurried into the small door of the toy shop. Toys were torn off the shelves. The the cash register sounded over, and over again. Giant hands closed around bouncy balls, tops, and other knickknacks. But I stayed.

My Pink Sun

by Eva S

She is lying on the cliff. She scoots forward, closer to the edge, but she’s not afraid. How many times has she been here with Emily? Ari smiles. Five years have gone by on the cliffs. Five years of sunsets. Five years of birthdays. There is nothing more relaxing than lying there, gazing out at the silent world.

The Food in the Lunchbox

by Amy T

On the fifth day of school, Ralph got a B- on his spelling test. He was so frustrated about it that he didn’t play with his friends during recess. Ralph was in 3rd grade, and his teacher was very strict. Everyone in his class was told to take a spelling test on the fifth day of school.

Mystery at the Empire State Building

by Nadav Oren
“Why did the chicken read the newspaper?” Tom said to his twin brother Jeremy. He held the newspaper up in the air. They had just gotten to New York City for vacation and they were excited.