Category: Short Stories

March 14, 2022 I do not think I truly recognized the beauty of the world around me, until I discovered art. And no, I do not mean the mandatory art classes in middle and elementary, but rather the true expression of oneself and their ideas. Of people’s own creativity brought to life with a simple…

-Stephen Covey May 23, 2022 (IB History Class) She looked down at the flier in her hands, a war going on in her mind. Suffrage. It was hard to wrap her mind around it. Not because it was a difficult subject for her, but rather it was inconceivable that women were fighting for the right…

November 22, 2021 The sound of the storm outside, one she hadn’t expected, was loud.  So loud.  It’s overwhelming.  She pulled the blanket tighter around her shoulders, curling into herself more than she thought possible. The ground was cold, freezing to the touch even through the thick rug. The fire was crackling near her, loud…

September 14, 2020 It seemed like hours, quite honestly, that he was staring at the screen. He’s read this quite a few times now and yet he can’t seem to process it. At this point Glen had given up trying to understand and instead favored the option of staring aimlessly at the passage as if…

April 1, 2020 Tick tock tick tock Slow and tedious- almost as if it was reluctant to move even a fraction of an inch. The two hands took their time to move around, ignoring the person that was so blatantly watching them. They ignored the one who wished they could so hopelessly move any quicker,…

2021 (11th Grade Creative Writing) Drip drip drip Outside, the wind howled and the leaves shook. They fluttered and were whisked away to be taken into the storm. Swirling in never ending circles and even as the rain slowed, the wind never did.  She sat behind the door, shutting it close effectively against any possible…