by Ebony Upward Flow opens her pretty dark blue eyes as she lies on the grass looking at the bright sunset on the dark green hills. She looks to her left at all the memory gems in the blossom tree, …
The Wolves of Willow Woods
by Mia Carroll The wind whistled as a cool autumn breeze blew through an open window—but not just any window, this window was the window leading to Isla Jewel Bark’s bedroom. Isla Bark was a sixteen-year-old girl with jet-black hair, …
An Adventure to the Dragon Caves
by Twiny Tsang Jane was a normal girl, living a normal life in the normal town of Ashingburg. Being the daughter of a self-conscious mother, she couldn’t expect much. Plus, being the youngest of five sisters was quite enough to …
A Magical Disappearance
by Willow Gore Late in the afternoon, I had finally pulled up to our campsite where my family was staying for a week. My dad kept begging me to help put up the tent, but I wasn’t bothered so I …
Henry Sanks
by Otis Fell Agnew There was once a young man named Henry Sanks. He was both handsome and confident. He had blond hair and eyes as green as grass, and he often wore a blue jacket. Let’s take a look …
The Dragons of Destiny
by Grace Irvine There was a woman who gave birth to a lovely girl named Moonshine. The baby was very pale with glowing yellow eyes, and the woman’s husband, Micmi, hated the child when he first saw her. He had …
Lock and Key
by Jacelyn Tsang “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 …” I quietly ran across the grass of the park towards an old house, which I had chosen as a …
The Three Little Pigs (but the big bad wolf is polite and playful)
By Edru Smit Long, long ago, around the time when people believed that the earth was in the middle of the universe and the sun revolved around us, close to a gleaming lake and a dark forest, there lived three …
Exercise the writing muscle
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up. Jane Yolen