Pure Silver met blood red as lilac swivels around the clearing in fear. A little red wagon sits forgotten in that forest. Thus kindly I scatter... Into the earth... Where I wither and die to be reborn anew.

The smartest children never remain in Johnson City Middle School. Why? It's not because they drop out, get removed, or can't deal with the educational modules. It's because the teachers do not allow smart kids. The Rules: 1: No asking questions. Just do as we say. 2: Never state your opinion. It doesn't matter. 3: Don't read anything outside of this school. 4: Never deny a teacher's request. 5: Never tell us no. 6: Respect us. 7: No cellphones, laptops, computer usage. 8: No cursing. Punishments Disrespect: Gets hit. 5 strikes/atonement Liars: Tongues grated Stealing: Left hand chopped off Speaking your mind or out to a teacher: Mouth sewed Caught outside of class without a pass or good reason: Feet are burned by fire Caught with cellphone: Acid poured into ears

Highest ranking #36 It's the start of summer and its time for Kiera and her dad to go camping ,but something happens on this trip which makes it like no other. A young girl the same age as Kiera dies by drowning in a lake. When Kiera and her farther unknowingly stay in the same woods as the dead girls father, he believes his daughter is back, but she's not it's Kiera. Tied to a chair for days and forced to watch her biological father die and have to accept a stranger as her dad. Will she ever escape?

"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. Cover by: @KatrinHollister

I wrote this when I was in year 8 and basically its a short gothic story about a girl who thinks a monsters after her. Read +enjoy.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is relayed by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity while simultaneously describing a murder he committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, and he hides the body by dismembering it, and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator's feelings of guilt, or a mental disturbance, result in him hearing a thumping sound, which he interprets as the dead man's beating heart. Cover by the lovely @FayLane.

In life, we experience - the majority of the time - everything opposite that of happiness; despair, humiliation, pshycological destruction, etc. Perhaps because pain is alot more...momentous; as depressing as that sounds, it's true. I am like every other human. Arguably, I've rode on a lot more emotional roller coasters in my life. In this "book", I hope to share my experience in these, what we call, stages of life. ❥Cover created by me C:

A response to The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe in the point of view of the raven