Lucy Furr sat outside the principal's office awaiting her third scolding of the week. This time it was for turning Vara Chiel's milk into goat's blood. She swung her dangling legs back and forth with her hands squished under her thighs, staring blissfully at a far corner where the sterile white walls met the ceiling. …
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Help From Stolas
From the back of the classroom, Quincy could see everyone was hard at work filling in the bubbles on their test rosters. He looked at his scarce bubbles and regretted attending Halloween parties instead of studying. He read and reread the questions in his test booklet but nothing was sounding familiar. He reached a point …
Show and Tell
Kimmie heard Dorothy was going to bring a cow heart to show and tell. Not a real one, of course – Dorothy lives in the city and has never even stepped foot into a butcher shop. No, Dorothy’s cow heart was going to be handmade based off library book pictures. Paper mache or clay, she …
Short Stories For the Strange and Unusual 