Emily “Em” Grace Young lived a full, and very happy life. She was loved by so many, and she loved just as many. Kind, loyal, and an all around great person, Emily was adventurous, and she was a total adrenaline junkie. Roller coasters were Emily’s favorite thing in the world. Even in her older age, she would find the biggest coaster in any park she … Continue reading Emily Young’s Eulogy by Emily Young

Please Note: While each of these stories have gone through multiple rounds of editing, these pieces were created and edited by amateur writers and may contain errors. For the past few weeks our Creative Writing class has been working on writing our own eulogies. We chose another classmate to read it out loud to the class and attempted to write it from their perspective and … Continue reading Issue 10: Eulogies

Jimmy was a happy pizza until he was delivered to Jamie’s where he was covered in caramel popcorn, peppermints, and fruit cake. “Kill me, kill me” said Jimmy. “What was that?” Said Jamie “Kill me,” said Jimmy again “How are you talking?” said Jamie “Because I’m in so much pain from how gross I am!” said Jimmy “I think I’ll eat you later so I’ll … Continue reading Jimmy the Christmas Pizza by Tyler Miller

His hand went across her face and she fell to the floor, but she loved him anyways. He told her to go do something with her worthless self, but she loved him anyways. She knew that he was texting the girl he sat next to in class, but she loved him anyways. She saw the way he looked at other girls when they walked passed … Continue reading Anyways by Marley Dowell

Sitting on the cracked linoleum floor, Amanda solemnly closed the book and silently stared at the wall. She lost her concentration when she heard her baby brother cry. She ran to his room with only a glance at the ripped cover. As she reached into his crib, the front door smashed open as her father staggered in from the cold; there was a distinctive smell … Continue reading Amanda’s Escape by Grace Watson

Sweat dripping down my back, breathing so heavily. The trees felt like they would never end. I was running as fast as I could, but it still felt like I was crawling. I was trying to erase the thought of losing my best friend from my head. I knew it had to be done. Our friendship was gone, and now so was she. Now, she … Continue reading The Tree’s New Limb by Emily Young

Please Note: While each of these stories have gone through multiple rounds of editing, these pieces were created and edited by amateur writers and may have some errors. The Creative Writing classes have been working on writing microfiction pieces lately.  Microfiction are short stories that are less than or exactly 100 words in length. Below are a few microfiction works that were selected to be … Continue reading Issue 8: Microfiction

The walls were a bright white my body numb from the cold. I can’t say I am complaining, being numb is a safe haven for me. I am trapped in a room where the only things I can see are walls and not myself. The floor started to turn black and suddenly I could no longer see anything. I was falling. I could feel it, … Continue reading Trapped by Morgan Langenstein

Please Note: While each of these stories have gone through multiple rounds of editing, these pieces were created by amateur writers and may contain errors. For the past few weeks we have been writing stories to enter in the West Virginia Young Writer’s Contest that is coming up. Each student was allowed to write in any genre they wanted and were able to take their stories … Continue reading Issue 7: West Virginia Young Writer’s Contest Entries

Awesome Unique Nice Terrific Caring Adorable Rare Organized Loving Youthful Neat Faith “Did you just say what I think you said?” “No.” “You have five seconds to smack your mouth or I will.” “I don’t think I want to.” “Five, four, three,” *Smack* The next thing I knew I hit my own mouth harder than she would have. Aunt Carolyn has the strongest faith and … Continue reading Faith by Morgan Langenstein