Other Voices

Below are a few writing samples from students in the Journalism I classes. Prior to the winter break, students were assigned to write their own fictional story. Please take a look and read a short story from our talented students.

The Body, by Ashon Willey

As I walked towards the damp and narrow alley way, a nasty scent filled the air. The route I chose was the shortest way to my apartment. As I continued, I started seeing drops of blood scattered across the mosey gravel. The blood became more visible the further I walked and there was more of…

Revenge of the kidnapped, by Elizabeth Gruhn

Mia Smith was an average 15 year old girl, she was a short skinny blonde who did well in school. The problem with Mia was she had always gotten into trouble.  It was late Saturday night when Mia had gotten into a major fight with her parents. It had all started when Mia was angrily…

Death Defiant, by Cameron Onnen

            This was it.             Bow finally has the chance to finish this fight. With malicious intent in his eyes he put one shell into his shotgun and loaded it getting ready to shoot. They both locked eyes with each other for they both knew what was to come. There wasn’t any escaping what was…

The Secret, by Erin Anderson

            Alexa Williams is a 5-6 woman with black hair and brown eyes. She joined a group of two with her sister when she was 10 years old and Alex was seven.             Alex Williams is a 5-3 woman with dark brown hair and brown eyes as well. She followed her sister almost everywhere she…

Twilight of the Warlocks, by Hayley Minne

The sickle moon looked like it was cutting open the mountain and the red dawn blood spilling from a wound. “A bad omen,” Alarra thought. The glow of the dawn illuminated the world with a red hue though it was still dark.  She had no need of light to see so Alarra made the climb…

The Ice-Cream Truck, by Kenzie Edwards

            McKinley’s Clown Ice-Ice Cream had been around our town for many years but this week was the first time the ice cream truck had been down our block.  I would have to admit that it was kind of a sketchy looking truck, nothing like the TV commercials led us to believe.             As soon…

The Watching, by Lizzie Rush

The town of Cinderville, Connecticut had seven different murders occur between 1980 and 1987. For seven years, on November 1, at two in the morning, the Cinderville police department would get a call reporting the murders. A man by the name John Keildforn was soon arrested after the seventh murder. All the evidence pointed towards…

The House of Evil Spirits, by Yosalin Siguar

Hello, I’m Ivan. I would like to talk about my life and how I gained superpowers by ending and finding evil spirits around my city and how I keep people safe. My parents died in a car crash when I was five. Since that day I couldn’t walk on my right leg and I wouldn’t…