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 youth fear Ontario, Canada Horror content warning: Gore/Graphic Violence Content Warning: Murder, Mentions of blood, War“I will never understand you, Eloise! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and you want to throw it away!? Life in the arms of a prince is a dream some young girls can only dream of! You should know. I thought I taught you better than this.” “...
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 adult fearless Florida, United States Fantasy I lived in a meadow, encompassed by a pond- to which I was very fond. I was out in the North of Cork-Kerry. Oftentimes, I found my self sorting through baked loaves and thyme- to make poverty seem no farther than a dime. My sister Helena and I collected yeast, nearby in the east.My family...
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 teens fear Colorado, United States Horror Detective Renard Beaufort watched me approach, umbrella in hand. He didn’t seem pleased about the fall rain. Officer Richards rolled down the window of his parked cruiser as I passed. “Took you long enough.”“Huh? Yeah.” I checked the time. It took longer than I thought to get out here, a small...
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adult fearless Iowa, United States Fantasy The Mirror "How can you be so fearless?"The young girl asked me. She was eerily familiar."I'm not fearless; I've just been through worse.""What could be worse than this?""Depends on your point of view" The girl slanted her gaze downward and for the first time Inoticed the room behind her...
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youth fear New Jersey, United States Fantasy I am high above the ground, looking down, as if I am a god. From my window seat I feel like I control everything. Gray stone bricks meet emerald green grass at the base of the tower, and leafy pine-colored ivy snakes its way up. Sawdust-colored shingles on the roof slope down elegantly...
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youth fear California, United States Horror A Wish Granted “Somebody please, help me, I need HELP.” I’m screaming but nobody hears me. I’m in my own body yet I’m not. All I see is darkness. My body is moving but I have no control over the movements it makes. ...
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teens fear Ontario, Canada Horror It is a dark and cloudy night. I am walking home when I have a feeling that something is following me. I turn around, but there is nothing. I hurry home anyway. One could never be sure in the dark. After all, it was on a night just like this that it happened. Some say I am paranoid. Some go as far...
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 adult fear Alberta, Canada General It wasn’t the fall that terrified her most, it was the possibility that she wouldn’t. That Gravity, in her moment of need, would fail her.When she began her self-administered therapy sessions, she started small: a jump from the moderately sized curb beside Joe’s Diner on Main Street. Assumably...
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youth fearless Ontario, Canada Science Fiction The Resistance“Hippolita, Hippolita, Hippolita Amazonia!” Artemis Wolfpride yelled. “Artemis!” Hippolita came running to greet her second in command and best friend. “Did you get it?” “One thumb drive full of incriminating evidence against our “noble king” king Theseus Greedus as requested. It...
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teens fear British Columbia, Canada Mystery It’s black, or maybe it’s nothing at all. It appears when I’m in my bed, keeping me awake. Drowning my mind; it’s a forever battle. Why, what’s happening, how do I escape, these words fill my mind. The words, the words never stop coming and going, trapping me with an infinite force.Creak - the...
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teens fear Ontario, Canada Horror There is someone in the mirror, and they don’t have a face. This is the last thought the girl had before she ended up… here.Was this a here? At first, she didn’t notice that she had gone anywhere at all. The room resembled her own, but it was only a shadow of the original; where there had once been...
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 teens fear Virginia, United States General "Grow up," Alex whispered, leaning close to my ear. The stuffed bunny I was holding slipped from my hands onto the ground. He turned and left, abandoning me on the playground. I reached down and scooped the tattered rabbit into my arms, feverishly wiping away the warm tears streaming down my face....
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youth fearless Rhode Island, United States Fantasy “I’ve always wondered what type of person doesn’t get a funeral,” Kipling- er, now the vigilante, Hypersthene, blurted out to Kate. Kate, the top hero, known as Forgive, wasn’t really paying attention, and Kip could tell. “Kip, c’mere,” Forgive ushered for them to come closer. Hypersthene...
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teens fear New Jersey, United States Horror The moon sat low in the sky now, steeping the forest in pale green light. The eerie radiance brimmed with treetops and skipping shadows, all alive with the hissing of early morning creatures. From a bird’s eye view, it looked almost shimmering, like the oily surface of a ghost soup. Somewhere, deep...
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youth fear Texas, United States Horror It was the middle of October, the little girl's favorite time of year. She loved the cold weather and all the colorful leaves that covered the ground. “Mommy?” the little girl asks. “Yes, sweety?” her mother responds. “Can I go outside and play?” she asks. “Of course! Just remember to stay...
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youth fear California, United States Horror Staying late after school isn’t fun. But staying until late in the night is even worse. Do you know what the school building is like after dark? It’s too calm, a type of calm you would never expect for a building like this. When you sit in the classroom working you would expect to hear someone...
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teens fearless Colorado, United States General There are two sides to everyone. The inner and the outer, the dark and the light, call it what you will. Each individual human being has two pieces of their soul, fragmented and twisted into two different people altogether: one a bringer of light, and the other of destruction. These fragments,...
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teens fear Ohio, United States Horror In my months in this forest, I’ve failed to comprehend this cycle. The only thing I’ve learned is that trying to escape is futile.Today is the same as any other. The sky is a vibrant blue with a slight emerald haze, and the trees are as high as ever. They give me two feelings: dread and relief. On...
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