A Short Story I’m Proud Of

By Mikey Vasquez Galveston is an unforgiving city. Not unlike others, but it’s got the best of the best and the worst of the worst. My mom says we live here because of “culture” and “opportunities,” but I really just love the beach. We lived pretty far from it, but the walk was always worth the scars on my feet and the cuts on my legs that my mom would tend to. My name is John Doe, and I live in Galveston, Texas. My parents always told me I was...
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My Short Story

By Paloma Swick I walked into a bedroom decorated with pink color and I felt tears coming into my eyes. Wait.. I didn’t want to cry, something like that would be pretty pathetic. It was just, something special was coming to an end soon and I did not want to...
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“Babe, I’m a Werewolf”

By Audrey V. “Babe.” My boyfriend glanced at me from the kitchen. He was plating his pan-fried salmon, green peas, and mashed potatoes with butter, as he looked at me curiously. “Yes? What is it?” I sat on the couch, adjusting my jeans slightly, my fingers too shaky to stay...
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A Short Story I’m Proud of

By Amira Ramirez In 1906 an earthquake hit San Francisco, the earthquake ruined hundreds and thousands of dollars worth of buildings. Then a fire followed up after the earthquake that damaged millions of dollars worth of property. San Francisco was ruined, there was nothing that remained other than some of...
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“Fear The Dark”

By Alizabeth Meadows The sun sets low over the mountains, making the sky a beautiful array of colors, of orange, pink, red, and blue. A few soft gray clouds slowly make their journey across the sky, seemingly joyful about it. The sun slowly sinks lower and lower until it cannot...
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A Short Story I’m Proud Of

By Alisha Lopez Imagine you were in the year 1270, right before the Tides came. You would be living your own little happy life, but then suddenly giant waves come down on your house, you try to get out, but you are knocked out by the sheer force of the...
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“Tales of the Magic Library”

By Makenna Lewis A Golden Shovel after “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson What — the Magic Library? Well, I’m — I’m sure you’ve heard, but then nobody Really has. Maybe we should ask who . . . Who cares about it? What are — Books — anyway?...
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