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School: Kenwood Academy High School

"My bones felt as though they were breaking and twisting and turning. It felt like.."

"It was getting dark as Jamez was walking home from school. He was a lil chilly, so he was wearing a..."

Gift or Curse

J'Maron

Hayes

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

11th Grade

"CRACK! The loud sound as tombstones crack open with people crawling out of them..."

"In a small town called yoorana, where only small misdemeanors take place.. On this one night this town..."

Discovery

Kaliyah

Vaughn

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

10th Grade

"The more I look, the more I lose hope. I keep looking in the same places. I search..."

"I am at my home alone right now. My parents left to see some of their friends. My sister is staying over..."

Deftones

Oliver

Ojendyk

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

Other Grade

"She began to cry the sound of footsteps grew closer and closer. I hear a loud scream..."

"I opened my eyes slowly., I could barely open my left eye because it was so swollen. The room was pitch..."

Escape

Lucien

Henson

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

11th Grade

“'No, I will go to the forest. We all promise her and I keep my promises and don’t act..."

"A long time goes where technology did not even exist and everything was pulled by a horse and a cart on..."

The Lady in the Tree

Ramona

Patterson

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

12th Grade

"The shadowy figure comes closer to you and you get a good look at him. It is a tall ..."

"You wake up to find yourself laying on the ground in the woods and you have no recollection of how you ..."

6’3 Slave Master

Foluso

Adepoju

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

11th Grade

"It had razor sharp teeth that dug into your neck with the force of a lion’s jaw and..."

Mature Content

"D’marques wakes up anxious before the day has a chance to even start, because he knows what his..."

Learning Death

Lavon

Adams

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

12th Grade

“I’ve gone out since the break up, and I felt really optimistic“

I went to drop the kids off at school and saw a man that I had never seen before looking at me. He was an...

The Stranger

Kyira

H

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

10th Grade

The Pumpkin

It was a dark and stormy October night in the beautiful state of Wyoming. Farmer Tim was about to...

Horror Fiction: 3rd Place

Lamar

Mitchell

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

"CRACK! The loud sound as tombstones crack open with people crawling out of them..."

"In a small town called yoorana, where only small misdemeanors take place.. On this one night this town..."

Discovery

Kaliyah

Vaughn

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

10th Grade

"The more I look, the more I lose hope. I keep looking in the same places. I search..."

"I am at my home alone right now. My parents left to see some of their friends. My sister is staying over..."

Deftones

Oliver

Ojendyk

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

Other Grade

"She began to cry the sound of footsteps grew closer and closer. I hear a loud scream..."

"I opened my eyes slowly., I could barely open my left eye because it was so swollen. The room was pitch..."

Escape

Lucien

Henson

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

11th Grade

"My bones felt as though they were breaking and twisting and turning. It felt like.."

"It was getting dark as Jamez was walking home from school. He was a lil chilly, so he was wearing a..."

Gift or Curse

J'Maron

Hayes

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

11th Grade

“'No, I will go to the forest. We all promise her and I keep my promises and don’t act..."

"A long time goes where technology did not even exist and everything was pulled by a horse and a cart on..."

The Lady in the Tree

Ramona

Patterson

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

12th Grade

"The shadowy figure comes closer to you and you get a good look at him. It is a tall ..."

"You wake up to find yourself laying on the ground in the woods and you have no recollection of how you ..."

6’3 Slave Master

Foluso

Adepoju

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

11th Grade

"It had razor sharp teeth that dug into your neck with the force of a lion’s jaw and..."

Mature Content

"D’marques wakes up anxious before the day has a chance to even start, because he knows what his..."

Learning Death

Lavon

Adams

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

12th Grade

“I’ve gone out since the break up, and I felt really optimistic“

I went to drop the kids off at school and saw a man that I had never seen before looking at me. He was an...

The Stranger

Kyira

H

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

10th Grade

The Pumpkin

It was a dark and stormy October night in the beautiful state of Wyoming. Farmer Tim was about to...

Horror Fiction: 3rd Place

Lamar

Mitchell

Chicago

Kenwood Academy High School

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