Tag: talent

It all started during the third period. Miss Patterson had just left the classroom to…

The wind pushed through the empty playground, creaking the swings like they were whispering secrets….

Rain hammered the metal roof, each drop a tiny heartbeat in the darkness. The streetlight…

The library was quiet. Too quiet. Ellie walked slowly through the aisles, her fingers brushing…

It started like any other Monday morning at Elmwood Middle School. Kids were dragging their…

It all started with a knock at the window. Not the door. The window. Alexa…

I wasn’t the type of girl who believed in signs or fate or whatever. But…

Everyone in the town of Pinehill said the water in Willow Creek was magic. Not…

I was brushing my teeth when I noticed something weird. My reflection wasn’t copying me….

It was the third week of summer, and I was already bored out of my…

The kitchen smelled like something was burning, but somehow, it still smelled good. Jalen stood…

It all started when I dropped my pencil, and it didn’t fall. It just floated…

It all started on a regular Tuesday. I was starving. Like, stomach-eating-itself hungry. I’d skipped…

It all started during lunch. I was walking across the blacktop with my soggy sandwich…

It started like any other Monday. I hit snooze three times, got yelled at by…

Okay, so no one believes me when I tell this story, but I swear on…

Nobody believed me when I said the old train station was still active. “Evie, it’s…

It all started on a rainy Thursday. I was walking to school with my hood…

It all started like any other Wednesday. I was halfway through my soggy cereal, staring…

Mia twisted the strap of her backpack as she stared at the entrance of Lincoln…

Everyone in the village thought Lyra was just a candle maker‘s daughter. She helped her…

Jace was used to waking up to sirens, explosions, or an emergency call from the…

The evening breeze began to blow over the island, taking on the colours of the…

“Did you check everything, Ahmed?” inquired Ali anxiously. “These tanks look half full.” Ali shook…

Sophie adored exploring around the areas of the woods behind her grandmother’s house. Each summer,…

Liam was always overly inquisitive. Ever since his family shifted to that ancient house on…

It was an ordinary day on the beautiful island of Jinan. The birds chirping above…

Evergreen Hollow was a peculiar town with the secrets of a deep forest that few…

Liam and his best friend Jake were both seated inside Liam’s bedroom on a Friday…

Her heart would skip a beat at the thought of a story. From the plots…

Lena was seated on the wooden swing in her backyard and was gazing upwards towards…

It was the annual state testing day, and as usual, the air was thick with…

“Come on, Matilda! When will you stop your bad eating habits?” shouted my mum with…

Canna walked around her room. She was bored and possibly scared. She hated her life….

It was the last period of the day, and the air in the school smelled…

It was a rainy Saturday afternoon, the kind where the sky looked like a big,…

As I raised my tear-filled eyes, I caught my father staring at me, his gaze…

“That sound,” she said, her eyes wide. “It was like … whispering.”  The night in…

The clock chimed four in the morning.  My heart squeezed with profound sorrow as I…

On a chilly autumn night, he drove his car, his face etched with an unusual,…

As we set foot in the house, we crossed a vast courtyard entirely paved with…