Author: Emma Li I always thought the woods behind my house were silent at night. Just trees whispering in the wind, nothing more. But last Friday, when I was walking …
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Author: Matteo Alvarez I had exactly thirteen dollars to my name and a phone that wouldn’t hold a charge. My mom said she’d send money “soon,” which usually meant next …
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Author: Elijah Porter They buried the time capsule fifty years ago. Class of 2037. We opened it today for the school’s centennial. Inside were the usual things: phones, photos, letters. …
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Author: Alex Rivera It started as a science fair project. Build a drone that could fly higher than the rest. But somewhere between coding flight patterns and soldering wires, I …
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Author: Javier Torres The baseball game was supposed to start at four, but the rain came early. Thick, loud, unbothered. Coach said we’d wait it out. The team sat in …
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Author: Aaron Blake There’s a vending machine at the far end of the English hallway that doesn’t work right. Everyone says so. You put in a dollar for chips, it …