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anonymous Jonathan Hirrose stood next to the glass pane on the 25th floor. The next instant his dead corpse laid on the cement pavement, blood was splattered and the scene was surrounded by police tape and police officers.  I don’t know how I got to this point or what really happened all I know isContinueContinue reading “Toothache”

Cindy Grade 10 Paws limping and bones frail,The devil crosses the road and wags its tail.Trim lawns glisten in the suburban night,Bloodshot eyes glow beneath the streetlight.Up the steps, past the picket fence,The crickets silence and the winds tense.Inside, the children are talking in the distance,Mother sets the table, father pretends to listen.The demon onContinueContinue reading “The Dog”

Zanier Grade 12 The house at the end of the street.With its foundation made of concrete.Looking at the neighborhood with malice,Daring anyone to enter this palace. This house was not something friendly.Anyone who went in it found it deadly. This house not only had dead mice,But souls who had to pay the price.

anonymous Everyone knows the house on Hampton Street. The house that nobody dares go near. The house that seems to be at the end of the world, closest to the woods. Where old Mr and Mrs Peters live. People rarely ever see them, or even know they exist. The house is old and made ofContinueContinue reading “Trapped”

Ava and Lenore Grade 10 Allen cracked her eyes open, squinting against the bright LED ceiling light. She groaned and sat up, feeling her bones creak with every movement. She was in a small room with white walls and a hospital smell. She could see a grey door but not in a lot of detail.ContinueContinue reading “Raven”

Michelle Grade 10 Shells of all sizes littered the floor: colors ranging from milky white to dark ocean blue. Phalene sat in the midst of her shells, her small red cheeks pressed up against two wide husks, her pale lips upturned. Silence rocked the house: no mice squeaked under the floorboards, no clomping steps of herContinueContinue reading “Shell”