By Cleo Liu, TIWP Student My parents had left me and my older brother, Andrew, at home. It was raining hard. Tip tap tip tap. Fat raindrops hit our brick roof. Suddenly, Boom! Lightning struck the town nearest to our cottage in the forest. I shut my eyes and cover my ears. I felt my […]
The Shadow Monster
By Evie Smith, TIWP Student October is my favorite month. I like to call it “Spooky Season.” Watching scary movies and snuggling by the fire. Eating candy corn. Planning my Halloween costume. It was a hard day at work today, and all I wanted to do was cuddle in a pile of blankets with my […]
The Murder of Rosalie Sanders
By Emma Glanville, TIWP Student On December 17th, 1976, the town of Mayward grieved over the death of young Rosalie Sanders. She had gone missing 2 days prior but a body was found in the river and the police suspected it to be hers. Everybody loved Rosalie. She was always cheery and very bright. No […]
The Ugly Princess
By Evie Broce, TIWP StudentOnce upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess. The princess wasn’t just beautiful, she was also cruel. She always swatted away animal creatures, and sprayed bug spray on butterflies. But one day, her Mother told her that she had to move out of the castle for punishment. The princess then […]
Five Facts
By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student Fact One: She was walking home along the Rim. Fact Two: She almost always walked home along the Rim, sometimes with friends, but mostly alone. That day she’d been alone. It was illegal to walk along the Rim, but almost daringly easy to hoist herself over a bent spot in […]
Voices
By Louisa Perry-Picciotto, TIWP Student She is always thinking about that, one voice haunted by a thousand layers, screaming out “you’re not good enough,”whispering “do better” in her ears, echoing her involuntary thoughts, turning them into seemly inspiring words that she forces herself to ponder, to evolve from. But is it really evolving or is she becoming the image that she wants to see […]
My Shadow
By Louisa Perry-Picciotto, TIWP Student I love my shadow. She is the print on the ground, reflection of the sun’s path, moving alone, never daring to stray. I love my shadow. She curves, avoiding the potholes, adapting to the hard corners, flowing over the rough bumps of the unseen to road. I love my shadow. […]
Mirror Notes from a Teenage Girl
By Tate Johnson, TIWP Student
Dear Up-n-Comer
This past June, we asked our seniors to write a letter of encouragement to the next generation of rising freshmen girls. This letter was written by Isabelle, a graduate of both TIWP and Miramonte’s class of 2017. Dear Up-n-Comer, I remember my first year of high school. It’s one of those things that you sort […]
A Poem That I Put on Paper This Saturday That I’ve Been Writing Since Seventh Grade
By Isabelle, TIWP student I had not looked you in the eyes in two months And you couldn’t just let it be. Your wrists are covered in friendship bracelets that I did not make and cut marks that you do not remember making. You hold barbed wire to my throat and you push it against […]
The Intuitive Voice 