I fixed my hijab(headscarf) in the mirror as best as I could. It was 08:15. I had to be in school by 08:30. I have gotten a late detention for the past few months. I can’t get another one otherwise I will get into a lot

Once my sister would sit with me under the blossom tree. Once I would watch her sketch out different flowers, trees and all sorts of nature designs. Not anymore. 3 months ago she was poisoned. The identity of who did it is unknown. The last thing I saw was her

My sister is dead. I was trying to read a book to distract myself from thinking about her. No luck so far. My phone was beside the book I was reading and 1 single text message appeared on the lock screen. It was from my Sister. How can she be…

My mum presses the button on her camera to take a picture of me and my siblings. It’s the last day of school and she refused to let us go without taking one. “Here is your phone back.” Mum hands me my phone. Her phone died so she had

The door to the closet in my house is said to be haunted. I never go anywhere near it. Not because I believe the rumours about it being haunted but my Aunty went down there one time and she never came back. 48 hours after her disappearance the dress she

For those reading this I wrote this short story in 2023 There was once a chair that sat outside my house. Nobody knows how long it’s been there. Some people say it’s been there for 100 years. Others say 1000. Nobody really knows. One thing everyone knows is

A cold cloth is shoved over my mouth and nose. I try to grab it but something or someone is holding me in place. My arms go limp and my body feels heavy. My head drops backwards. Everything went black. When I wake up, I am no longer in the

My little sister. She is lost. 7 years ago I took her on a walk through the forest near our house. She disappeared when I wasn’t looking. It’s all my fault. I ran straight home that day. I was blamed for it. I never tried to look for

As I walk down the corridor on the third floor, I hear a voice. It sounded a lot like it was saying my name but then I could be imagining it. It is midnight after all and my hearing might be messing with me. I continue walking thinking I was

I stare miserably at the window. Me and my Mum have to move house because Mum got a new job and her work place is nowhere near our old house. I felt distraught and I also felt like I was put under a lot of pressure. I didn’t want

I opened the door. The next thing I knew, I was on the floor. Tears fell down my rosy cheeks and splashed onto the white marble floor. That's it. My fortunate days are over. I spend my days with my grandma and granddad. They try to make me

I throw myself onto my bed and close my eyes. I always silently wish that I don’t have to go to school. I’m too different from the others in my class and I always get teased and bullied for it. I hate it! They tease and bully me

The tight grip of the mysterious hand I was being held in made me want to throw up and vomit. Wrinkles went through me. The worst injury that could happen to me. Wrinkles hurt me a lot. It makes me feel so uncomfortable and I can never get rid of