Brainstorm!
Short Stories
Greyling (Sequel)
by Sujoy Nath
Original Story by Jane Yolen
In a fantastic faraway world beneath the sea, there lived a selchie named Greyling. He would come offshore every year to go back to a fisherman he once saved from a storm and the fisherman’s wife. It has been raining for two weeks nonstop. All the sea creatures and land animals were scared if the Goddess of Rain was getting angry. He would tell them great stories about the sea, but this year, his fifth year since he had gone back to the sea, he will say to them this story about friendship.
Weeds
by Kara Moran
Audra glanced outside, wafts of steam blowing onto her cold face. She held a mug of fresh coffee, trembling, as she looked out into the foggy field surrounding her trailer. The day had been bright, burning away the sea mist that crept over the sleepy town. A steady crash of the ocean had kept her hopeful, thinking just maybe the night wouldn’t come. But it had.
The Bracelet - Part 1
by Kira Tully
Kara checks off “Awesome!” on her Morning Checklist that she made when she was only four. She had been making this checklist for over 8 years and every day has been “Awesome!”. But today was going to change, today was the last day that she checked off “Awesome!” on her Morning Checkliste
Talent
by Rebecca DeSalvo
“Perfect, a new trophy for my shelf!” My sister, Gigi, smiled as she placed her newest trophy next to her millions of others. I faked a smile because I couldn’t let her know I was jealous of her. Gigi was so talented at everything! She was great at sports, art, singing, and so much more.
What Really Happened?
by Karen Liu
I wake up to my whitewashed room, ever since moving here I hated the barred windows, it barely lets the lights in. Only if Elaina never convinced me to move to this place. The room is very small, and the padded walls are a strange choice for decoration. I sit quietly and pass my time listening to the radio I have. The soft music suddenly turns to static, and the voices come again. I listen intently trying to make out what they are saying, the ghosts are shy at first but soon they’ll talk to me. I speak aloud to the ghost of Mr. Hendrich, a ghost who died in the confederate army during the Civil War.
The Ultimate Sacrifice
by Jenna Sundel
It fluttered out of my locker like a bird. It was in a red envelope with my name on it. It bewildered me. No one knows my locker combination. That kind of information is confidential. Besides, I have no one to share it with anyway. I threw the note directly in the garbage. I get these notes everyday, but never in my locker before. I find them written in my textbook, or on a sticky note on my desk. I learned the hard way to just ignore them. They will destroy you in the end.
Mind of Its Own
Karen Liu
Robert and Daniel were best friends and they were the biggest computer nerds at Lincoln Middle School. In fact you can never see them without their computers somewhere close to them. They loved to work with computers creating games on their own or creating software that made things easier. Then one day a horrible accident that they promised to never tell anyone almost destroyed their lives and the entire town of Sherling...
Light vs. Darkness- The Beginning
Daniel Bobuslavsky
"Finally," the sorceress said, "the time has come. Now I can summon Python." She walked up to the River of Creation. It’s murky color came from two keys - the key of darkness and the key of light. These keys created everything so whoever possessed both keys would rule the world. The key of darkness could only be handled by a creature that lived in the underworld, such as the sorceress. She already possessed the key, tipping the scale of creation, and making the River of Creation, Earth, and the underworld darker. But in order of achieving her goal of destroying the realm above the underworld, Earth, she had to possess both keys. The problem was that the key of light could only be given to her by a creature of Earth. The sorceress thought of this as a minor setback. For her, a minor setback was like a car needing gas. In her mind, she had already solved this problem...
The Mystery at School
Daniel Boguslavsky
My school might look normal. If you take a step inside, it would still seem normal. I mean, it has a main office, a cafeteria, an auditorium, etc... But trust me, weird things have been going on. Some kids have been dropping out of school. This might not seem unusual. I mean, every school has a couple kids that are better off watching TV 24/7 than going to school, but there’s something fishy going on....
