I’d grown up in a small town, surrounded by hills, forests and streams. As children, we would test who was…
‘My name is Lorelei’ by Phoebe Hartley
My name is Lorelei. I am their downfall. Mine is the voice in the storm. Ever since I was young,…
‘The Most Secretive Of Them All’ by Francesca Whapples
The woods are deep; the woods are vast. They sweep down from the higher ground and into the valley, encircling…
’31st October 1897′ by Kiana (KS3 student)
Dear Diary… The village is tranquil, separated from the hostile and inhabitable mass of woods that surround us. The village…
A Night In Darkwood Manor
This story was written collaboratively by students at Boroughbridge High School: Iris, Purwa, Summer, Abi and Joe. The creaking gate…
‘Taylor Murphy’ by Kiana (KS3 student)
It was a seemingly quiet place; the only way into the town was an almost invisible side road at the…
‘The Voice’ by Maisy Phillip
It’s there. It’s always there. The voice, the guilt, for every mistake she’s made. Wherever she goes, it follows and…
‘Swallower By Light’ by Eliza Outlaw
I wake up screaming. The pounding in my head is almost as painful as the scratch marks I inflicted in…
‘The Following’ by Josh Mills
Daryl had heard more bank, house and car alarms than anyone. It was like music to his ears. He started…
‘Vegetarianism: the answer we’ve all been looking for?’ by Phoebe Hartley
All over the Arctic, polar bears are dying; starving because of melting ice which stops them hunting or left floating…
‘For Jay’ by Ella Sugden
The icy cold wind brushed itself roughly against my skin. I shivered as goosebumps rose up unwillingly. The sky slowly…
‘Fly’ by Kiera Potter
Her soul is stained with your black ink, These scars won’t fade and haven’t healed with time, And still, she…
‘Hazel’s Memory’ by Phoebe Hartley
Sometimes, I still think of home. It seems alien now, as though it came from another life. There are times…
‘Eve’s Memory’ by Alice Spivey
The horse’s hooves battered the ground with such a force anyone walking past would have thought it was an earthquake.…
‘Dinah’s Memory’ by Sophie Bootle
I remember walking up and down the beach. Watching the deep, blue sea washing up and down the sandy beach,…
Writing inspired by S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders: ‘The Rumble’ by Heather Walker
It was beginning to get late; the wind and rain beated endlessly upon the library windows. The bookshelves trembled against…
‘One hundred and twenty-seven hours of hell’ by Sophie Bootle
I don’t know why I did this. I came the closest to death that’s even possible, and it was all…
The Creep who Lived on Raven Lane by Amelia Ramsden
The town was small. It was quiet and tidy. The town had a main street. On the main street was…
‘My Friend Tree’ by Heather Walker
Isolated by trees and forest, the small town of Evermay sat protected by the unknown. Brightly coloured houses and shops…
‘The Secrets of Darkwood Manor’ by Loucia Richardson, Joe Tennant, Isabel Dickinson, Charlotte Burnett-Fisher, Bella Poulter and Sophie Pearson.
Students at Boroughbridge High School have spent our open evening on this first installment of a story set in the…
