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• Scared or Startled?

  by penguincaptain18 3 days ago

  At last! Monday. The voice said as Janice climbed up the steps of her school. She didn’t know whether to be excited or terr…

• The Librarian Stereotype

  by Valley Fey/Pinprick 4 days ago

  “So, what’s this ‘MLS’ you’re getting again?” Jodie asked for the fifth time, coughing on cardboard dust, “And where do you w…

• Don't Worry About Them

  by Laine P. Grey 7 days ago

  “Who’s side are you on, anyway?” I asked Jamie vehemently. “We’ll be fine. It’s easy.” I pulled out a length of rope from my …

• Confessions of a Teenage Victim

  by Dr. Mousse 5 months ago

  Why?
  It seems as though this small, seemingly insignificant word starts all problems, yet nothing can end them.

  Why can’...

• The Not So Secret, Everlasting Crush: Part 2

  by writer4life00nj 11 days ago

  We pulled up in the school’s driveway and Massey and I got out of the car.
  “Are you sure the meetings are held here at the sc…

• Tell Me Why

  by Emmyful 13 days ago

  One evening, as my mom was driving me home from my friend’s house on a cold school night, she announced that she had made a n…

• Tomorrow Never Knows

  by Emmyful 14 days ago

  The first time I saw him was on an ordinary school day in the middle of the year.. I was sitting in my usual spot in the blea…

• Think For Yourself

  by Emmyful 13 days ago

  I was a little surprised to see he was in my grade. It was the middle of the school year and Austin had mentioned that his co…

• Plans

  by penguincaptain18 15 days ago

  “So yeah I’ll just ask you tomorrow at school,” Janice could hardly hear Kyle over the voice screaming in her head. _Shut up …

• The Note

  by wytherwings 16 days ago

  I couldn’t sleep. I just kept seeing Stephen’s hurt face. It’s not that I felt bad, because I didn’t. And that was the proble…