By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student When I lived out in Fairbank, I’d go visit Mrs. Walsh every Thursday. I’d always bring a small Tupperware of strawberries from my garden to give to her. She grew her own, but they were small, seedy, and sour, and the patch was constantly picked clean by birds, deer, and […]

By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student February 23rd, 2022, 10:36 pm. I can’t sleep, I just can’t. I can roll over in my bed as many times as I want, I won’t fall asleep. I try going to the bathroom, I try getting water. Hell, I even try getting up and running around to see if […]

By Elise Flagg, TIWP Student As the day fell into a restless sleep, Night emerged from the shadows of the trees, waiting until Day turned the lights off. As her golden locks fell upon the pillow, the blue sky’s hues began to shift. Night was not the typical beauty. Her only fans seemed to be […]

By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student Sabrina’s mother and all her aunts and uncles agree that her grandmother could fly. They swear to it, not with the mischievous glance they give each other when talking about the Switch Witch or Santa Claus, but with solemn sincerity. It’s true, she could fly. When Sabrina stares at pictures […]

By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student Helen remembers what it was like to be a child. Peaceful, mostly. Calm. There was a pasture out behind the palace where she and her sister would play, and a clear pond where she could splash her feet or catch minnows. Sometimes she’d stare into it to see herself staring […]

By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student No one ever remembers what color her eyes were, just that you shouldn’t meet them, that you needed to look away, fast. Close your eyes, or she’ll turn you to stone. She never wanted to turn them to stone, only maybe she did. Maybe she was tired of them laughing […]

By Tania Kiany, TIWP Student Chapter one Once upon a time, when nobody was someone, a girl was born. Her name is Cleo, Cleo Wonder. And when she turned ten she started believing anyone, yes anyone, is SOMEONE. 5 YEARS LATER……………………….. Cleo is 15, and has made many friends. She is in high school and […]

By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student “Why do you have a secret compartment underneath your bed?”“Why do I have a what?”Sophia looked up from her place on my bed to stare at me. She quickly sat straight up when she noticed that I was holding her mattress up and staring down at the empty space below […]

By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student A drake hides in your jewelry box,And fae in your garden.Mermaids sneak within your pipes,And imps within your walls.Centaurs walk your halls,And vampires fly through your attic.Werewolves live outside your window,And witches camp outside your doors.Gods live under your bed,And demons have made a home in your floors.But reality has […]

By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student “Can you write a story about nothing?”“Why couldn’t you?”“Because don’t words have meaning?”“Words don’t have to mean anything.”“But they do!”“That’s your opinion.”“Of course it’s my opinion, what else would it be?”“Facts, which it isn’t.”“Don’t you agree that words have definitions?”“Depends.”“Depends on what?”“Do you want them to?”“Yes!”“Then they have definitions for […]