A Surprising Halloween  By ​Shreya, 7 A December 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner    Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! One day, Gleamer was going to trick or treat. He really liked trick or treating! He readily got dressed as a skeleton. ...

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A Surprising Halloween 

​Embracing Fear, Grateful for Finding Strength By​ Arjun Krishnan, 13.5 A December 2025 Monthly ​Story Challenge Winner    Click the "Clap" button if you liked this ​essay!  “We must travel in the direction of our fear.” ​~ John Berryman ​“Danger is real, but Fear is ...

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Embracing Fear, Grateful for Finding Strength

Daiamondo By Maya Seeker A December 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner    Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! Prolog “Come down, Daiamondo,” Mom called. I stopped reading and walked down stairs. “Mom, what's for dinner?” I asked. “The usual. Mushroom soup,”  Mom ...

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Daiamondo

Animals’ First Christmas by Luise Seeker An ​December 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner    Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! ​ ​ The wide white world was beautifully clear And muffled sounds were all you could hear When Santa was stirred by ...

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Animals’ First Christmas

The Scarewolf™ by Sahas, 9 A December 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner    Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! Deep in the forest, James ran. His heart was beating like a drum solo. He didn’t dare to look behind him, scared of ...

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The Scarewolf

​Grim Reaper • Chapter 11 • Gatorade the cat by ​Megan W., 12 A Summer 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! The middle aged woman who walked out of Nicola’s portal was rather fair. Her eyes were ...

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Grim Reaper • Chapter 13

Pingus v.s. People by Audriya M., 9 An August 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! Disclaimer:These events take place in a version of Earth where a penguin-like animal resides alongside all other animals. Prologue: A long, long ...

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Pingus vs. People

Black in Time – Part 4  by Ryan Hsu, 10 A ​Summer 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! ​​The cold, metallic air of the Emperor’s courtyard hit their faces as Chuck and Barley dashed toward the exit, ...

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Black in Time – Part 4 

Queen of Spades by Adriana Okano, 13 A Summer 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! 1. Maybe it’s all a dream February, 1887 The wind blew, sending the cold whooshing through the drafty cottage. Pieces of straw ...

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Queen of Spades

Henry’s Dragon by Anay A Summer 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! Henry was walking home from school. He had gotten another 110% on his math test—the extra 10 points came from his exceptional explanations. The principal ...

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Henry’s Dragon

​Grim Reaper • Chapter 11 • Gatorade the cat by ​Megan W., 12 A Summer 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! The middle aged woman who walked out of Nicola’s portal was rather fair. Her eyes were ...

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Grim Reaper • Chapter 11 • Gatorade the cat

The Human Exhibit by Kaitlyn, 10 A Summer 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! In a small dusty lab in Chicago, Dr Evelyn Sparks and Dr Theo Marsh had worked for years trying to make a magnet ...

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The Human Exhibit

The Fall Of The Monster by Siddharth Avasarala, 9 A Summer 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! Backstory One day in Minneapolis, 50 years ago, 15 year old Ronaldo found a monster in the woods. “Woah, that's ...

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The Fall Of The Monster

Here We Go – Song Lyrics by ​Megan W.   A May 2025 Monthly Story Challenge Winner  Click the "Clap" button if you liked this story! ​Here we goThrough the doorInto the great unknownHere we goTwisted inside outAnd shoved outside inHere we goI didn’t knowThat ...

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Here We Go – Song Lyrics