It all started when I dropped my pencil, and it didn’t fall. It just floated…
Author: Olivia A.
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The Snack Machine Hates Me
It all started on a regular Tuesday. I was starving. Like, stomach-eating-itself hungry. I’d skipped…
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I Got Detention for Arguing with a Cloud
It all started during lunch. I was walking across the blacktop with my soggy sandwich…
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The Day the Internet Vanished
It started like any other Monday. I hit snooze three times, got yelled at by…
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The Day My Fridge Tried to Eat Me
Okay, so no one believes me when I tell this story, but I swear on…
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The Mint Incident
It was the week we’d all been dreading: state testing. The lights buzzed above our…
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Platform Zero
Nobody believed me when I said the old train station was still active. “Evie, it’s…
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The Day My Backpack Started Talking
It all started on a rainy Thursday. I was walking to school with my hood…
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The Day It Rained Gumballs
It all started like any other Wednesday. I was halfway through my soggy cereal, staring…
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Silence My Cries
I never believed in ghosts or paranormal things, but when my parents went on a…
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Fresh Start – Part 2: Brick in the Wall
“Well, that’s a lovely name. I am Ms. Honey, your 8th grade English teacher. I…
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Fresh Start – Part 1: Fern’s First Day
I look out the plane window. Clouds fill the air, making it hard to see….
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The Tater Tot Takeover
It all started with a lunch tray and a dream. Every Thursday, Jefferson Middle School…
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A Whisper of Static
Mia twisted the strap of her backpack as she stared at the entrance of Lincoln…
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The Embermark
Everyone in the village thought Lyra was just a candle maker‘s daughter. She helped her…
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The Opposites
Jace was used to waking up to sirens, explosions, or an emergency call from the…
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The Day My Phone Started Talking – Chapter 2: The Boy Behind the Voice
The tunnel under the science lab was cold, dark, and creepy. I held my phone…
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The Day My Phone Started Talking
It all started on a regular Wednesday. I was in math class, halfway through a…
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The Secret of the Old Oak Tree
On the first day of my summer vacation, I found myself really bored. My friends…
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Between the Lines – Chapter 2: In the Middle of Her Own
Lena sat on the edge of the school fountain, her fingers tracing the patterns on…
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Between the Lines
Ella never really cared where she sat in ELA class until she got stuck next…
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Salt and Sugar
It all began on a Tuesday. Leo Thompson got his lunch tray in the school…
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The Bronze Key
Jonah was sitting on his bed, looking into space, thinking about the old radio he…
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The Tales of Jordan Michael – Chapter 3: Hospital Escape
I start to hyperventilate, realizing what I had just done. “My life is over,” I…
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The Tales of Jordan Michael – Chapter 2: The Volleyball Game
As I’m watching the volleyball game in the auditorium, loud with cheers, I glance over…
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The Tales of Jordan Michael – Chapter 1: Levi Causes a Problem
I make it to school and walk past Brooke the “two-faced girl” we call her….
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Secrets of the Hidden Forest
Sophie adored exploring around the areas of the woods behind her grandmother’s house. Each summer,…
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Keepers of Time
Liam was always overly inquisitive. Ever since his family shifted to that ancient house on…
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The Whispering Trees
Evergreen Hollow was a peculiar town with the secrets of a deep forest that few…
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Preparing for the Next Prank
Liam and his best friend Jake were both seated inside Liam’s bedroom on a Friday…
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The House on Oak Street
As her hair was all over the place due to the warm summer wind, Lena…
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Trapped by a Librarian
It was close to dark about 6:34 PM. I wanted to go to the library…
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Love in the Library
Her heart would skip a beat at the thought of a story. From the plots…
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Lena and the Mangy Dog
Lena was seated on the wooden swing in her backyard and was gazing upwards towards…
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A Day of Ice
As our bus pulled into the parking lot at the Frosty Lake Ice Rink, it…
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Second Chances
Emma had always been curious about the locked shed in her backyard. “Junk storage,” her…
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Metal Hooves
It was the annual state testing day, and as usual, the air was thick with…
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Muted Blue
Canna walked around her room. She was bored and possibly scared. She hated her life….
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The Secret in the Science Lab
It was the last period of the day, and the air in the school smelled…
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A Song That Changed Everything
It was a rainy Saturday afternoon, the kind where the sky looked like a big,…
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Like a Hooligan
It had been weeks after my parents kicked me out of the house. I was…
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The Secret Must Choose
On a cold sunny afternoon, my friends and I decided to hang out at the…
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The Unraveling Mystery
“That sound,” she said, her eyes wide. “It was like … whispering.” The night in…
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The Vanishing of Vera Kline – Part III: The Awakening from the Slumber
She stood outside the old funhouse, like someone who’d seen a ghost, nervous and alert,…
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The Vanishing of Vera Kline – Part II: The Faded Ticket
The only clue was an old ticket that fell out of Vera’s coat pocket when…
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The Vanishing of Vera Kline – Part I: The Wasteland
It had been three weeks since Vera Kline disappeared. Three weeks of searching up and…
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Understanding the Stars
I’ve always loved to stargaze since the day I was born. I’m very grateful that…
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Beneath the Roots
Lila groaned as she pushed another dusty box across the dusty attic floor. Her mom…
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My Journey to the Carnival
A large man walks out of the vehicle with a child squirming behind him. My…