Young Adult

Life Lessons
‘Of course we won’t get caught,’ I insisted, hoping my voice wouldn’t give away the secret hope that we would. ‘Are you sure?’ Even Astrid looked worried. She was usually the bravest of us all.
By Callum Wareing-Smith3 years ago in Fiction
The Techobox
It was June 8th and Lance Hardy was celebrating his 14th birthday with his best friends Tommy, Jaden, Miguel by playing the brand-new football video game in his den.
By Kylecovey Smith3 years ago in Fiction
The Jade's Christmas
Maybe I should just skip this Christmas? How many times have I told Jasper that I am never going to talk to him? Don't ask me why I am angry. I am just so mad that I'll kill him!
By Hazel Paradise3 years ago in Fiction
Box?
EL Supervisor was walking at night during "homeless tour" down the popular historic pacific coast 🛣️ highway. When he suddenly heard an angelic sounding ringing as he got closer to a normal looking carton box 📦 in the middle of the road. A flickering street light lit up this mystery normal looking seal carton box with no labels, logos or packaging of any kind to identify who it belong to or what contents it might have inside. Immensely eager and curious to find out what was making the sound. He try to open it with his blunt box cutter knife, 🔪 but to his surprise the box rattle like if it contain a trap 🪤 wild animal. The ringing noise slowly began fading away while icy noctilucent clouds clear out the darken purplelish night sky 🌌 to make room for the gigantic Blood 🩸 moon eclipse happening.
By Jose Elias3 years ago in Fiction
Masons Cabin Party
We drove up the snowy, winding road towards the cozy A-frame cabin. A lot of people from my high school were following me, I was showing them how to get to my cabin for a party I was throwing.
By Alex H Mittelman 3 years ago in Fiction
TCoE: An Unexpected Friendship
A little girl about twelve years old with long black hair, tan skin, and brown eyes blundered through a cursed forest - Periat Aminas. Vines crept closer to her as she tried to flee the living plants.
By Mel E. Furnish3 years ago in Fiction
Lightning
William: Three months ago I woke up in a grey room, no longer than two benches wide. There was another person in the room with me. She had straight white hair, pale skin, and deep blue eyes. "H...Hello." I said quietly, she glanced at me and nodded slightly before looking away. "Do you know where we are?" I asked, trying to keep the conversation light, "Where in the authorities, were prisoners waiting to be tortured and tested on." She replied still not looking at me. "The authorities?" I asked, feeling the sour taste in my mouth. Had my father really gone through with his threat and called them? What would he gain out of this? I let a small sigh escape my lips and she then looked at me. "There's no point in trying to escape, we're stuck here until they decide to let us leave, if they decide to let us leave. I'm Anna by the way." she stated as she pulled her legs up and wrapped her arms around them. "William." I replied, not wanthing to make too much conversation, I don't know how much she would already know or if she was even like me. She could be something else entirely and I don't want to get mixed in with anything that I should not be, that was clear in the set of rules from the authorities, don't make yourself known to outsiders only your own kind. Which didn't make sense when it came to helping my father, he was constantly going against the rules. Yet he turns me in for what reason exactly? "Why are you in here?" Anna asked, eyeing me up and down before averting her eyes again. "For being in love." I replied tapping my fingers gently against the wooden bench. She scoffed and put her hand on the stone wall "For telling a human about what I am, they found out and decided it was too much information, took the human as well...Though I don't think they will stay here, I think the human will be let go. I'm hoping for that anyway." Anna said, a bit too quickly I had to struggle to understand her words. We spoke a bit more about what was happening and what we think may happen while we are here, but nothing prepared us for when the guards came.
By Lily Ann3 years ago in Fiction
Waiting to go to School. Third Place in 2023 Vocal Writing Awards - Young Adult Fiction. Top Story - November 2022.
Malika wrapped her small fingers around the stainless steel tumbler for warmth as she stepped into the crisp, foggy mountain dawn. Her bare feet gently thudded on the ground as she moved to sit on the stair that surrounded the one-room mud hut she called home.
By R. J. Rani3 years ago in Fiction
A new traditional
*Ding dong* That’s odd. I don’t recall inviting or ordering anything. Maybe unexpected guests? Wait-No what if it’s one of those Door to Door?
By Alexander Cook3 years ago in Fiction
Are you new around here?
“Are you new here?” A blond, medium-length-haired man asked her as she was putting away binders on an old solid oak shelf.
By Miranda Monahan3 years ago in Fiction
Grandpa's Secret Cabin
We drove up the snowy, winding road towards the cozy A-frame cabin. I was taking my grandkids on a trip to save them from their monstrous parents.
By Alex H Mittelman 3 years ago in Fiction
Steps in the Snow
They stared at one another. The only sound was the whirring of the blizzard outside rattling the cabin. The girl, Nika, realizes how hungry she is, Nika stands on her chair and grabs the hunter's plate, practically inhaling his food. Rice began to dot her face and Bayard couldn't help but feel a sense of deja vu in this situation.
By Melika Nejad3 years ago in Fiction