By: Yi Chen In 2019, an enormous virus infection spread across the Earth (Comment: You’re supposed to write from 2020. -5), rumors said it was called COVID-19 and coronavirus. (Comment:…
Someone Lost a Hatchet
By: Emily Liu A guy lost a hatchet,In the woods of matches.He made a big racket,So he went to jail.A guy got a package,Containing his hatchet.But he never paid the…
Life in 2224
By: Elaine Li Like every normal day, you wake up and a machine brushes your teeth, combs your hair and gives you your outfit for the day. You step on…
The Shanghai Yuyuan Travel Brochure
By: Jessie Liang The Yuyuan, Shanghai’s most beautiful ancient gardens, is full of stories, statues, and delicacies, and history about the garden. You can’t visit Shanghai and not go there…
That Sweater
By: Rachael Tan I’m just that sweaterPick me up, throw me outShove me in a closet to forget about But when the cold weather comesand your hoodie’s in the washyou…
We’ll Meet
By: Hannah Zhang I met her in China, on that sunny day in mid-October, a month and a half into my first and only school year at my new school….
Monsters that Actually Exist: How to Defeat Them
By: Sandy Wang Rune struggled to keep herself from not screaming as she fell five stories down into her grandparents’ backyard. However, instead of landing on the concrete path as…
Author’s Note: This story comes from the announcer’s game.
By: Theodore Tong Welcome to the KeyQuest Contest! Here, participants from all around the world are in need of a new keyboard. The five events are: frisbee goal, water-balloon dodgeball,…
Ode to Cats
By: Jackson Liu Oh, the furry felines glowWith a heavenly aura of majesticallyTheir whiskers wave in the windsupon regal faces striking fearIn the hearts of foolish, primitive humans“Give us food”…
Letter from Mars
By: Coco Xu Dear Humankind:This letter comes from a concerned Martian, writing on behalf of their species. Many members of our race have spotted your peculiar, wheeled machines (“rovers,” as…