The Painting

Curro - Stage 9. June 2022 A short story titled 'The Painting' for the 2022 English Cup Challenge.Follow this link to see the e-book and hear the narration. The floor pounded beneath me as I closed the door. I was surprised, even though I had already seen it, I sighed as if it was where I could find peace and relaxation. Out...

The Painting

Grigore - Stage 9. June 2022 A short story titled 'The Painting' for the 2022 English Cup Challenge The green cities fluttered by as the horses pushed along, the White Titan, darkening the land it touched below the stars painted throughout the night sky. I was the witness, locked inside the phaeton, moving towards an unknown terminus. These men, covered...

The abandoned hospital

Evan - Stage 10. October 2021 A descriptive composition Not suitable for young readers. It was a dark, stinky and deserted hospital - all I could hear was the noise of a window tapping. The rain drummed on the roof, as if it was trying to get in, while the wind whispered through the small...

The Path to the Future

Grigore - Stage 8. Summer 2021 A narrative composition. ''Ugh, too many of them,'' Alisson whispered to himself, sticking the needle into the keyhole of the back door, until he heard a small click and the door creaked open. Alisson was in the library at last. He sprinted, looking for the diary of Tutankhamun, which...

Battlefield

Daniel - Stage 8. May 2021 Descriptive writing Not suitable for young readers. The battlefield had cold, malevolent air to it and the wind was howling in all directions, as if it was warning me to not advance any further. There was nothing but beheaded trees all around the perimeter, some sizzling with yellow-hued blood coming out of their trachea – perhaps...

The Mediterranean’s Secret

Daniel - Stage 8. March 2021 A one-page story for the Planet Classroom competition. Follow this link to see the e-book and hear the narration. By dawn, Paralus left the beautiful and tranquil port of Athens to Monaco to deliver a message but the only thing that wasn't on their side was the weather. The sailors had...

It’s Hunting You

Grigore - Stage 8. March 2021 A one-page story for the Planet Classroom competition. Genre: horror. Not suitable for young readers. Follow this link to see the e-book and hear the narration. Andreas and Mortiz, two German men, were walking into the unexplored wilderness of the German redwoods, preparing for the cold winter. They needed...

Lucky to be Killed

Artem - Stage 8. March 2021 A one-page story for the Planet Classroom competition. Genre: horror. Not suitable for young readers. Follow this link to see the e-book and hear the narration. I write this stuck up a palm tree, being chased by a mad swamp monster. My friend Kat and I were on a...

Passport Dilemma

Bruno - Stage 9. February 2021 A short story about arriving in a new place and meeting someone for the first time.  The airport was crowded, noisy and oppressive. I had just been on a seventeen hour flight, so the loudness instantly gave me a headache. I went down the escalator to the main entrance...

The Snowy Graveyard

Grigore - Stage 8. January 2021 A descriptive essay inspired by an image. The sinister sunlight shone seriously on the old, rotting tombstones. The skeletal trees arose from the ghastly grass below, standing warming their bony arms. The seeking souls, walking around, talking nothing but gibberish as the wind slowly embraced me. Wheeze - it laughed in my ear as it disappeared into the sunlight.   As...