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Short Fiction

Pulse

You stare as the fence silently pulses, ready to shock curious sheep away. The pulse gives them time to retreat, to let go. If the power was continuous, you and the sheep would be stuck, glued to the ... [+]

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Young Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5 min

Always Be Prepared

Ophelia Leong

The sword bounced against Petra's hip as she entered the BART train. The passengers didn't give her much thought, too used to the sight of Knights these days to care. Petra was relieved; she didn't ... [+]

Short Fiction

Young Adult 4 min

Of Sunflowers and Stars

Alex Grehy

A long time ago, when the world was new, the night sky was a dark void absent of moon or stars. By day, Helios, the Sun God, filled the sky with light as he raced his chariot around the heavens ... [+]

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Young Adult Joy Romance Slice of Life 4 min

Freefall

Angela Teagardner

The wind was sharper this close to the water. Hands trembling, Astrid hurried to zip her jacket before the ride operator checked her seatbelt. She wished her tremors had more to do with the chill in ... [+]

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Young Adult Portrait Quirky 4 min

The Girl in the Tree

Rolli .

Tracy Jo Freely climbed a tree one day. A plum tree. The big plum tree at the end of Miro Street.
"When are you coming back down?" her parents asked her an hour later.
"Never," said Tracy Jo.
He ... [+]

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Young Adult Slice of Life 3 min

Them

Nathan Alling Long

They called her the girl with the big ears, though they didn't call her that to her face. That is, not to her ears. Not exactly. Not intentionally. They were sitting in the cafeteria—one line of buff ... [+]

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Young Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy Modern Love 5 min

First Date

L N Hunter

I watched one of those old movies the other day—you know, from when nobody wore masks. It was a little disturbing to see all those naked mouths, and sometimes it was tricky to tell what was going on ... [+]

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Young Adult Romance 4 min

Snow Angel

Celeste Bonfanti

The meep of the alarm dragged me from the warmth of my quilt cocoon and smack into Monday morning. I had to bat at it four times before it finally stopped and I found my glasses. 6:00 A.M. and still ... [+]

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Young Adult Humor Absurd 4 min

You Give Me Butterflies

Makaila Keyes

There's nothing I love more than eating. Mmm, yes. Fat Boy loves a good meal. I enjoy the crunch, the squish, even the quietest sizzles as I grind every little particle between my molars. I cherish ... [+]

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Young Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5 min Mature Audience

Mist-Ocean

Stéphane ARNIER

Bag over my shoulder, I turn around once more at the threshold of the crevice: this cave was my last abode. Giving it up is hard, but I don't have time to feel sad: the tide of mist crawls at my ... [+]

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Young Adult Suspense & Mystery 5 min

You Would Never Believe It

Freya Morris

When Eliana returned to the Phoenix Hotel Yogyakarta that night, she imagined that her grandfather's footsteps on the same floors, in the same hotel, after climbing the same mountain, would have ... [+]

Short Fiction

Young Adult Slice of Life 2 min

The Thunder Bird

Nicole Coste

Her name is Amina. The keeper of the tribe's goats, she knows all the paths and all the trails on the great plateau of white stones that stretches all the way to the horizon. She walks and hops on ... [+]

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Young Adult Portrait Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2 min

The Promises of Dawn

Meryma Haelströme

The stallion pounded the ground with its hooves in a wild gallop, its horsewoman leaning over its neck. With no saddle or bit, the mount flew free, its mane in the wind.
Nighttime enveloped the ... [+]

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Young Adult Romance 2 min

7:23 A.M.

Virginie Ronteix

7:23 a.m.
Since September, every 7:23 a.m. has been the same. First, the dull sound of an engine, then the headlights piercing the dark. The bus slows, then stops. The doors open in front of me ... [+]

Short Fiction

Young Adult Slice of Life 4 min

Blue Hair and Tulips

Luz Chapiteau

All libraries should have these luminous corners. That space near the blinds, behind the section reserved for the Quattrocento; or that seldom frequented mezzanine, obstructed by boxes and ... [+]

Short Fiction

Young Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2 min

Great Discoveries, Now Lost

Maxime D.

When he was small, he had always dreamed of being an astronaut. Unfortunately, he was hopeless at astrophysics, but that had not stopped him from becoming the best geneticist at NASA.
The day he ... [+]

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Young Adult Humor 6 min

Krab

Elvyre Fregnac

I don't want to boast, but I've just pulled off a real masterpiece. At the age of seventy-five, I have become the unrivaled outrageous old lady of Moussy-lès-Limas. I live in this peaceful little ... [+]

Short Fiction

Young Adult Slice of Life 2 min

Stars Are Born from the Smiles of Women

Léa Gerst

Granddad used to say that the stars were born from the smiles of women, and I never understood how right he was. Until today.

At the age of seven, all I knew for sure was that I liked the idea of ... [+]

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Young Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min

The Elite

Lola Léonard

Nolan had gotten up early that day. This was unusual enough in itself.
He had grabbed the bag lying on his desk chair. He had only decided to leave a few hours earlier. He had resolved to do it ... [+]

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Young Adult Nostalgia 4 min

Last Breath of Adolescence

Madalen Hulin

"Come on, come on, come on, before the moment's gone"
The lyrics of "No. 1 Party Anthem" by the Arctic Monkeys rang through the summer air. It had been a red hot summer, right from June, covering ... [+]

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

Pulse

Always Be Prepared

Of Sunflowers and Stars

Freefall

The Girl in the Tree

Them

First Date

Snow Angel

You Give Me Butterflies

Mist-Ocean

You Would Never Believe It

The Thunder Bird

The Promises of Dawn

7:23 A.M.

Blue Hair and Tulips

Great Discoveries, Now Lost

Krab

Stars Are Born from the Smiles of Women

The Elite

Last Breath of Adolescence