The Pyle Inside

“Catching the Criminal” By Arieanna Singh

Current’s view: “Duck!” Phoenix yells at me as she swings her trident of flame over my head. I roll away just in time with only a few hairs singed. Phoenix is the goddess of flame and she is locked in a heated battle (pun intended) with the Commander Jason Lorveno’s nephew who has sworn to kill […]

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“Beautiful (For You)” By Kate R. Cooper

The world is harsh, dark, and cruel. Hope is a lie that the fairytales want you to believe. Is there anything worth saving, a reason for tomorrow? You still reading? If you are you believed that, or you’re mentally screaming at me. I’m sorry, I had to tell the dark stuff first.               Well, that’s […]

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“Blue Canvas” by Coco Song

I sat on the top of a hill near a quiet countryside road beside the ocean. I come here every evening to watch the sunset burn with its last glory until it dives into the ocean, like orange and red paint smeared across a blue canvas. Seagulls roamed the deep blue sky, as a pair […]

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“Pepper’s Journey” By Phoebe Dainer

Ever since 2010, I really wanted a dog. When I turned 8, my mom agreed to let me and my sister get a dog as long as we mostly took care of it on our own. We finallyfound the perfect one in July of 2013. A fluffy, playful schnauzer poodle who didn’t care for toys […]

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Untitled, Charlotte Imredy

Stirling Castle – Scotland Bear Lake – Colorado San Diego – California

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2068 C.E. by E. Yamamoto

The street lights slowly blink on, as I do my homework in my residential unit.  I wait for #1138 to arrive.  As if Accelerated Global & Diversity Class (AGDC) homework was not hard enough, my burnt arm begins to throb uncomfortably again.  I limp (due to my broken kneecap) over to the unit’s QuickAid kit […]

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The Sea by Elola Eckford

Waves crashing against a shore, The tide is coming in. Cold seeping into a wetsuit, Hearing the sea sing.   Ripples in a rock pool, Seaweed tangles your feet. Catching fish in a net, Fingers sifting through the sleet.   Water rushes over my back, I jump these tidal waves. Diving, gliding through the sea, […]

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The Story of a Smile by Ceylin Erkan

“Smile, say cheese!” I heard the photographer exclaim, his voice echoing against the walls of the auditorium. He had spent about an hour trying to arrange the way we stood and looked as the students of the Orphanage of London. Anyways, let me first start by introducing myself. My name is Rosaleen. Including the past […]

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How the Pencil Stole Erasers by Gabriel Echeverry

Chapter 1   Ca-Ching! Jackson hears the typical sound of his mother’s cashier. Jackson’s mom owned an artifact store that was known all around Canada for all of the rare stuff they sold. They had from thousand-year-old pottery from all around the world to a baseball hit by Babe Ruth in a Yankees game. “Hi, […]

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The Rope Bridge By June Tun and Carolina Sapriza

    “The Rope Bridge” By June Tun and Carolina Sapriza There once was a little girl named Mary. It was her birthday, turning seven years old. Her mother had promised her that after she picked up her sister from school, she would bake her a chocolate cake twice the size of her head. “But don’t stray […]

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