writing Archives - Hunter Valley Writers https://huntervalleywriters.com/tag/writing/ Spread the word Wed, 12 Mar 2025 04:07:52 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/huntervalleywriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-hvw-square.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 writing Archives - Hunter Valley Writers https://huntervalleywriters.com/tag/writing/ 32 32 157067554 The Curse of the Wolf https://huntervalleywriters.com/2024/05/27/the-curse-of-the-wolf/ Mon, 27 May 2024 10:43:30 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=13834 by Daisy Blenkin I am a wolf. I wasn’t born a wolf, I was born human but I was cursed to be a wolf. I live in the Amazon by myself. I have smooth silky grey fur and white tips ...

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]]> 13834 Wind https://huntervalleywriters.com/2024/05/27/wind/ Mon, 27 May 2024 06:53:49 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=13827 AN EXTRACT by Amelia Michell Prologue The fire flared. Four women, Fire, Water, Earth and Wind, stepped out of the glowing coals. Eyes focusing on the crackling fire, the sisters joined hands, forming a circle. The shortest sister, Fire, narrowed ...

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]]> 13827 Orphaned https://huntervalleywriters.com/2024/05/22/orphaned/ Tue, 21 May 2024 22:46:31 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=13749 by Keisha Petersen As I crept around in the shadows with the cars just a couple of metres away, I knew they would find me. All I could do was stay hidden.  “Hey kid, need a ride?” A car had ...

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]]> 13749 The Thousand Year Legend https://huntervalleywriters.com/2024/05/22/thousand-year-legend/ Tue, 21 May 2024 22:21:43 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=13745 by Maisie Cotterill The sun rose over the paddocks, turning the rolling fields of Norville yellow. Annora galloped through the golden fields around the peachy lake on her loyal horse, Raven. He was a beautiful stallion with a coat blacker ...

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]]> 13745 We Will Run https://huntervalleywriters.com/2024/05/21/we-will-run/ Tue, 21 May 2024 04:43:36 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=13729 by Sienna Hardy Trees, frosted over with glistening ice crystals, glitter like fallen stars spun with silver silk as I stalk silently through the winter shrouded forest. My paws sink into the powder-soft snow as I hunt for my breakfast. ...

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]]> 13729 They Were Four https://huntervalleywriters.com/2024/05/21/they-were-four/ Tue, 21 May 2024 04:23:01 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=13725 by Marley Krishnan “In Sol, the land of a thousand burning suns, where the sky meets another land, you will find the Sunstone. It is the land where King Scythe rules an army like no other, the third of seven ...

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]]> 13725 The Kid and the Kangaroo https://huntervalleywriters.com/2024/05/19/the-kid-and-the-kangaroo/ Sun, 19 May 2024 02:30:12 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=13678 by Keira Gurney “Evie! Duck for the love of gawd!” Nathan growled, tugging on my oversized Care Bear hoodie so that I would tumble back behind the bush.  I shot him a hard glare, swatting his grip away and peeking ...

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]]> 13678 Sun Street News #1 https://huntervalleywriters.com/2022/09/07/sun-street-news/ https://huntervalleywriters.com/2022/09/07/sun-street-news/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:19:50 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=7320 Welcome to the first edition of our newspaper. Our Talented Kids are not only fabulous story writers, playwrights and poets, they are also professional journalists with a nose for a good story. Enjoy!

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]]> https://huntervalleywriters.com/2022/09/07/sun-street-news/feed/ 0 7320 Maia and the Giant Sloth https://huntervalleywriters.com/2021/08/09/maia-and-the-giant-sloth/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:55:54 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=3977 By Amelia Michell The moon shone, illuminating the screeching bats. The dense jungle covered up every bit of soil it could muster. Lush grass and ferns stood brave, while ants carried fallen and rotting mangoes from the ground. Monkeys swinging ...

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]]> 3977 The Something https://huntervalleywriters.com/2021/08/09/the-something/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:27:25 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=3963 by Peter van den Heuvel Crash, bang! Levi’s robotic arm smashed through the mech sewer vine, which had been covering the old sewer for aeons. He was being hunted by “The Something”, as everyone called it here in Quinrove. It ...

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