Wolf in the Woods

by Kira Householder

Published January 7, 2016

Mom and Dad were asleep. I had to wait a whole three hours after I went to my bedroom to...
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The Right Wing

by Anika Joshi

Published January 7, 2016

Kelsey crouched lower in the grass. A beautiful quail (coturnix octumix japonica) strutted pompously around her pond. Kelsey raised her...
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Whisper of Night

by Jenna Fields

Published January 6, 2016

The musty, damp smell of earth engulfs me, blocking the sharp, acute smells of night from outside my den. My...
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Imprisoning the Manatees

by Kerri Prinos

Published January 5, 2016

I squeeze my eyes shut and yank the plastic goggles from my face. Pulling them away, I swipe at the...
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CJ

by Nell Chidley

Published January 4, 2016

It happened Christmas Day. I had gone outside to check on my ducks, when Scooter, the male pompom-headed Bali duck,...
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Midnight’s Song

by Jenna Fields

Published January 2, 2016

Leaves rustle, a twig snaps. My eyes flash open, two sulfurous spheres wide on my dish-like face. My white feathers...
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Catching Mice

by Eoin O’Mara

Published December 29, 2015

The mouse was a smooth-furred, jittery-nosed, small-as-grass field mouse. I remember sitting on the roughly carpeted floor early in the...
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Call of the Dolphins

by Kyle Trefny

Published December 29, 2015

It was just one of those foggy afternoons when, suddenly, my dad’s phone rang. Of course, his phone rings a...
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A Home for Barney

by Kaley Birchfield

Published December 29, 2015

It was a beautiful spring morning. My irises and daisies were beginning to bloom. The crepe myrtles had put on...
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The Jago Bird

by Emma Caroline Duncan

Published December 28, 2015

"S’bongo!” I hear my mother’s voice ring clear and loud across our homestead. I look up. There in the sky...
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