Time Travel: Disappearance
Zena looked about in wonder. She was still at her grandmother’s house, but it was night, and the trees swayed in a breeze that Zena...
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- Nov 26, 2020
- 2 min
Time Travel: Rebellion on the High C
“Get moving ye land lovers,” the pirate barks from the bow of the ship. The salty sea air blows through his long brown hair. He resonates...
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Time Travel: It’s a long story...
“So what is this ‘long story’ that you have to tell me?” she asks while sipping her coffee. “I’m James. I was born in the 1700s and I...
- Nov 22, 2020
- 2 min
Time Travel: Vive La Revolution
Paris, June 5th 1832 “La Liberte ou la Mort,” yelled the man in front as he raised a blood red flag. Monsieur Bertrand was pushed aside...
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Time Travel: Chilled to the bone
It was 38,001 BC. The wind whistled and wandered along the cavernous rock walls, and the airborne frostbite laughed and joked at poor...
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
Time Travel: Rat, Saw and Limb
I could be at a party with Stephen Hawking right now, I thought. But, oh no, I'm the one with the ancestral problems… I ran past a row of...
- Nov 2, 2020
- 4 min
Stories Encountered at The Arts Centre, Christchurch
Our team had a marvellous two days guiding 48 young writers at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in Christchurch as part of...
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
Imagination spurred by art.
I bite other people and turn them into werewolves like me.
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
A Walk along Breakneck Road
We’re going on a walk along Breakneck Road
- Apr 13, 2020
- 1 min
Winner: The Bear Hunt Challenge
We're going on a rabbit hunt
- Jan 18, 2020
- 2 min
The Word Tree
HONOURABLE MENTION FROM WRITE ON ISSUE 53 BY KATIE SPENCER, YEAR 7, HURUNUI COLLEGE One Sunday afternoon after church, David and I went...
- Dec 1, 2019
- 1 min
Sumner Beach from Whitewash Head Road
BY CAITLYN MUSSON, YEAR 7, RAWHITI SCHOOL Sumner Beach from Whitewash Head Road 1933 I hang over the squeaking rail cautiously snapping a...
- Nov 17, 2019
- 1 min
The Repurposed Tractor 1941
BY KEITH BLACKMUN, YEAR 9, CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL COLLEGE A tractor runs down the street, a time of remembrance. It is currently late...
- Nov 3, 2019
- 1 min
New Brighton Bike Race
BY NICO PARKES BROWN, YEAR 8, SOUTH NEW BRIGHTON SCHOOL A blast of the salty easterly hits me in the face. My competition ring their bike...
- Oct 20, 2019
- 2 min
The Christchurch Motor and Cycling Club's motor races on New Brighton Beach, Christchurch
BY MAX PHELOUNG, YEAR 7, SOUTH NEW BRIGHTON SCHOOL It’s three pm. A warm summer breeze brushes my cheek, yet my blood is frozen in fear,...
- Mar 30, 2019
- 1 min
Penelope in the Basement with a Gun
BY PIPPA MARSHALL, YEAR 6, 2019 Penelope Lila was stealthily sneaking through an underground secret passageway towards the Lord Mayor’s...
- Jul 4, 2018
- 1 min
A Three Step Evil Plan
By Holly Davey, Year 7
- May 7, 2018
- 1 min
Mountain of Legends
By Ira Infante, Year 5
- Apr 1, 2018
- 1 min
When My Nanna Bakes
By Adam Wake, Year 7