By Leighton Tanaka, TIWP Student Lovely. Breathe out and watch as the malaise punctures, crimson pouring out to pool in cupped hands. I drink the elixir of mortals as your eyelids gently flutter, a cool serenity washing over your fragile, surrendering body. I delicately trace shaky fingers down your face as you are jolted awake, […]

By Stella Schmitt, TIWP Student It is not nice to be a cloud.Humans look up at me and say, “That cloud looks so light, fluffy, and beautiful. Wouldn’t it be nice to be a cloud?”It is not nice to be a cloud. Humans dream of dancing on me, but I would fall.It is not nice […]

By Payton Posner, TIWP Student ~ Chapter One ~ Fog seeped from the darkness of distant alleys, dancing in flickering streetlights. The silence was interrupted by a sudden crash—something metal, maybe a trash can, echoing through the dimly lit street. Loneliness crawled up my spine like a shadow, unsettling in its quiet persistence, as if […]

By Aya Riseman, TIWP Student Squeak-squeak. Sneakers hit pavement as she crossed the busy street, ignoring the disgruntled drivers who had to pause their days for an extra five seconds and let her by. She paused before reaching school, wondering if she should turn back, go sit in the coffee shop and listen to music […]

By Violet Collins, TIWP Student In the darkest of times, there was always a hero to make the land bright again. But have you ever wondered where they get there power from? Well, they get it from this special orb that gives them there power. But if a hero gets beaten or fails, their power […]

By Lila Weis, TIWP Student SIX:  “TAG! I got you!” Aw dang it Timmy. Now I’m it. I hate being “it.” It’s so (I’m gonna say a bad word here and you can’t judge me) stupid. LIFE IS PERFECT. NINE: I love school, but now people are making us cover our faces and I don’t […]

By Audrey Harris, TIWP Student Have you ever listened to the “Cell Block Tango?” It’s a song. For me, it is a lifestyle. It is from the musical, Chicago. It has also been transformed into a motion picture. I will not deny that I am one that is naturally drawn to the art of theater, […]

By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP student There are two kinds of fear: Prey fear and predator fear.  Prey fear is the subtle twitches in your muscles when you hear something moving in the bushes. Prey fear is the way you glance from side to side, looking for a threat, even when there’s nothing there. You want […]

By Audrey Harris, TIWP Student I’m not sure you would know my name. I wish you would. I wish everyone would know my story, would hear whispers of my deeds in the wind, and would acknowledge what I stood for. But I know that that is just wishful thinking. I cannot change the actions of […]

*Inspired by popular slang terms found in the archives of the 1891 American Slang Dictionary. By KF, TIWP Student I met the most infuriating man the other day. I’m not talking looks. I’m speaking of his no good, arrogant, painful, and utterly boring personality. As my sister would say, he is a man that is […]