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Category: prose
‘The Wastes’ by Dan Johnson
The scorched ground crunched under worn boots, as the wind weakly tugged on his weathered clothes. It was deathly silent, … More
‘Munich’ By Leah Newmannoi
The usual busy station was eerily desolate. No one was around, except the man two seats down shouting furiously into … More
‘Wolf Man’ by Kendra Collier-Figg
Once there was a boy called Andrew. He had just started his first year of high school. Andrew’s parents gave … More
‘Blood of a Werewolf’ by Izzy Armstrong
I’d grown up in a small town, surrounded by hills, forests and streams. As children, we would test who was … More
‘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, … More
‘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 … More
’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 … More
‘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 … More
‘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 … More
‘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 … More
‘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 … More
‘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 … More
‘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 … More
‘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 … More
‘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. … More
‘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, … More
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 … More
‘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 … More
‘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 … More