Young Writers Society

Vanessa “Take a deep breath!” Boba commanded. “Visualize what you’re going to say! Imagine saying it! And, whatever you do, DO NOT LOOK DOWN.” “She can look down if she ...

Cyril By the time it was midday break, Cyril was exhausted and had a new appreciation for cabbage farmers. His back hurt from leaning over so much, his body was ...

Vanessa “I want you to announce the tax cuts to the people in an official proclamation,” Isolde said calmly between spoonfuls of soup. Vanessa stared at Isolde, feeling uncomfortable that ...

Cyril Cyril woke up when someone threw something at his face. At first, Cyril was so out of it that he thought that someone must have thrown a rock at ...

Cyril He was a proud man? Even the very idea made Cyril angry. He had come to that witch helpless and asked to sit by the fire and drink tea ...

Vanessa So far, the meeting with Isolde had gone better – much better – than Vanessa had even imagined. She got Isolde to agree to limit her spending! Isolde agreed ...

Cyril As soon as Cyril tasted the stew, he knew that Lorelei was a powerful witch. He had known, of course, that she had at least a couple magical tricks ...

Mallin Normally, Mallin didn't like to follow requests made by humans. The reason was simple enough: humans were dumb. They lived for a fairly short time, they were shallow and ...

Vanessa They needed to cut taxes. The more she read about it, the more convinced Vanessa was about the necessity of cutting taxes for everyone in the realm. It seemed ...

Cyril Cyril couldn’t start a fire. The awful irony of the situation didn’t escape him. Him? Not being able to start a fire after literally setting his last camp in ...

Vanessa Boba bounced up and kicked the door open with his back legs. Then, wiggling his nose, he nodded to Vanessa and said, “Ladies first!” Vanessa quickly rushed into the ...

Mallin Watching the goose put on armor that made him look like a freakish armored black swan was hard enough – was his name Bonkers? That sounded about right. But ...

Vanessa Vanessa approached the meeting with every apprehension. Truth be told, she didn’t feel very good in her new role as a Minister of Commerce. Though Boba hopped happily beside ...

IT. WASN'T. FAIR. Lorelei was being decked out like a real honest-to-goodness witch with a pointy hat and everything. Lee was having fun -- or as much fun as Lee ...

Supply chains? Vanessa was supposed to handle supply chains? Vanessa knew, of course, why Isolde chose her. After all, why would Isolde trust the former King Reginald's goons? Isolde had ...