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Short Stories


Ethan and the Trafficking Incident
One rainy day, a boy was jogging along the beach searching for fish to catch, but was having no luck catching a rare one. I shouldn’t...
Francis Liu
Dec 16, 20218 min read


Planet X-543
A new crisis faces the planet of X-543... Prologue 5 MINUTES UNTIL NUCLEAR TEST AND TOXIN RELEASE COMPLETE. DO YOU WISH FOR THIS TO...

Kiran Esvaran
Dec 16, 202111 min read


Oliver's Trouble
It was Tuesday which meant it was Oliver's basketball class. He normally walked there and he did that today. It was pretty cool and wet...
Zahaan Bhappu
Dec 16, 202113 min read


The Motherboard
Chapter 1: The Case It was 1:00 AM, and I was sitting, looking at the night sky out the window of my office. I was drinking coffee,...
Nikita Soklakov
Dec 14, 20216 min read


Online Invitation
The Message “With the progression of technology in 2017, more and more people can hide and lock information more securely. The Dark Web...
Nikita Soklakov
Dec 14, 20216 min read


Hack Jack
A flash of metal. A sliver of black. Armon Turan folded like a chair and flew backwards, crashing into a wall of the alleyway. He had...
Jeremy Yang & Newton Andersson
Dec 14, 202111 min read


Agent 667
“Please send international help!” Those were the words of a desperate citizen in Bogota, Columbia, spoken just before being muffled and...
Jeremy Yang
Dec 14, 20216 min read


The Magic Pyramid
CHAPTER 1 My name is Theo. I’m eleven years old from New York with black hair and brown eyes. There are two things I like the most,...

Yusang Shim
Dec 14, 20217 min read


The Invisible Thief
I packed my invisible cloak into my favorite black bag. I also took pepper spray, just in case something went wrong. I rode a taxi to...
Yusang Shim
Dec 14, 20214 min read


Tornado
I was at home in Miami watching a TV show about science experiments, when Dad said, “I want to check the news about the disaster that...
Jack Zhang
Dec 14, 20214 min read


Something in the Gatorade
My name is Alex Kilder. I live in Liverpool and I go to North View School. Today was just a typical day. I woke up, brushed my teeth....
Aaron Shim
Dec 14, 20216 min read


Catnapped!
It felt like any other Monday morning. I woke up at the hint of the sun shining on my face. I slowly got out of my little bed and walked...
Ella Choe
Dec 14, 20215 min read


Pranking a Prankster
Day 1 Bob awoke to the sound of his alarm clock. He stretched his arm to stop the sound.Then he got out of bed and went downstairs to eat...
Zahaan Bhappu
Dec 14, 20217 min read


Wisteria World
Set nearly 500 years after the events of Perfectly Imperfect, Earth has fallen into chaos. Due to overpopulation, the government is...
Karena Cheung
Dec 14, 202133 min read


Under a Metallic Shell
Day Zero It awakened - immobilized - inside a cylindrical glass tube. The lights of the area blinded the eyes, but it was unable to close...
Nikita Soklakov
Dec 14, 202117 min read


The Thief and His Father
Theodore Garcia awoke to the sound of a bag hitting the ground. I guess Dad is back from work. He was glad to be awake. He had been...
Aaron Shim
Dec 14, 202124 min read


The Survival
Survival DAY 1 I screwed up. My name is Seth Sanchez. Well, the thing is I am probably gonna die in a few hours if I don’t do anything....
Aaron Shim
Dec 14, 202127 min read


The Last Male Wonderwing
Rei Wonderwing had never lost his composure before. Ever since his sister left he had always kept his cool. Sure, he showed emotion, but...
Sebastian Jones
Dec 14, 20212 min read


The Assault on the Space Pirates
I woke up in my small pod ship. I was captain of it, but it was tiny. My team and I were trying to find a new planet to make into a base....
Zahaan Bhappu
Dec 14, 20216 min read


THE ABYSSAL VOID
After a long night’s sleep, I woke up in my light-filled bedroom. I am a 16-year-old astronaut sent to the planet Apotheosis-133....
John Chen
Dec 14, 20215 min read


Space Madness
It was a normal Monday, or so I thought. My name is Diana Zephere and I woke up to the smell of Veranda—my older sister—stomping down the...
Chiara Shih
Dec 14, 20219 min read


Rewind
Alistair If you stood around him, you could hear it. Tick. His pocket watch, hanging off his neck, on a string far too long to mimic a...
Rewind
Dec 14, 202119 min read


Perfectly Imperfect
The next time I opened my eyes, the rubble cleared. I blinked rapidly, trying to stop the flashing lights from getting to my head. Was...
Kerena Cheung
Dec 14, 20217 min read


Marauders on Mars
Right now, I'm running from aliens on Mars. Now, you might be wondering, “Why on earth are you running from aliens?” Well, let me bring...
Newton Andersson
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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