This blog will be dedicated to showcasing the talents of Branson's very own creative writers. So far, our anthology includes poetry, children's stories, short stories, and novellas. In the posts below, you will find examples of each.
If you would like to make a submission, please send an email to msullivan@bransonschoolonline.com. The subject line needs to be "BSO Anthology Submission." In the body of the email, tell me the title, what it is (poem, short story, etc.), and a brief synopsis (summary). If it is a poem, tell me the type of poem instead of the synopsis. Then, please attach the work as a google doc that allows edit access.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Short Stories
The following links will take you to short stories.
Under the Red Moon by Gemma Amaria
Join me on a dream as Captain James Tiberius Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise race against time to rescue the beloved highly decorated Fleet Admiral Christopher Pike from the hands of the ruthless Augment madman Khan. Can the crew rescue the figurehead of Starfleet before he's executed? Viewer discretion be advised, battle scenes can be dark.
Amber's Furever Home by Sadiqah Al-Masyabi
One sweet cat relives her journey of trials and triumphs as she finds her home.
Facing Fear in Hurricane Maria by Sadiqah Al-Masyabi
A young girl caught in the terrors of Hurricane Maria fights to survive and rebuild.
Lily Hall by Victoria Forgan
The Eagle Patrol Special Halloween Edition by Jason Wheeler
The Eagle Patrol are Eagle Scouts that have magical powers and they use them to save the world. One night, Halloween decorations are coming to life and their goal is to attach the main Eagle Patrol. Can the scouts of Troop 138 stop the decorations from killing the leader?
Amber's Furever Home by Sadiqah Al-Masyabi
One sweet cat relives her journey of trials and triumphs as she finds her home.
When Luci wakes up to find herself in a strange place, which is definitely not her school, she is desperate to find a way out. The search leads to many strange encounters -- the town in creepy, the people are weird, and nothing quite fits together -- but no answers. Is there even a way out?
Facing Fear in Hurricane Maria by Sadiqah Al-Masyabi
A young girl caught in the terrors of Hurricane Maria fights to survive and rebuild.
Lily Hall by Victoria Forgan
When her father goes away to fight in the Great War, Annabel Fellows is sent to live at Lily Hall, a seaside house owned by the elderly Mrs. Harrison, her aunt Phillipa's landlady. But even from the first night, things in the house don't seem to be quite right.
The Terran Empire of Star Trek's Mirror Universe was legendary for it's brutality. What if they were less brutal? What is Star Wars, She-Ra, and He-Man were mashed into them? This fan fiction explores the answers.
Reader discretion: Some violence
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation had been unstable since the 21st Century, but technological advances in weather-control held back the devastation. That was until 2780, when a piece of Antarctica the size of Rhode Island breaks off, plunging Terra into an ice age. Will the former captain of the ISS Enterprise, Jonathan T Riker, be able to save as many as possible, including his son James, trapped in Manhattan? Or will many in the northern states of the United States and other countries governing the backgrounds of the Terrans be deep-frozen to absolute zero? Find out the answer in “The Day After Tomorrow: Tales of the Terran Empire”
Samantha is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life...up until her entire world begins to fade, ripping away the very things that she holds the most dear. In a terrifying and surreal trial of life and death, Samantha learns the value of persistence through an emotionally charged experience of pain and turmoil.
This short story is about a girl who moves across the U.S. to love with her father and newly found step mom. She is super nervous to do this as every teenage girl would be. She has been to many different schools before and doesn't enjoy change or making new friends. It ends up being the life she had always wanted and it was a lot easier than she had thought when it came to making new friends. She lives happily ever after in her country house in Texas.
It's a very hot and humid summer day near Youngstown, Ohio. Amy Mills is sent to her Grandma's house because her mother wants Amy to be out of her way. While walking in the field between her house, and her Grandma's house, a plane crashes in the middle of the field. Amy then meets Rebecca White and she and Rebecca work out together why the plane crashed, and who did it. Read this story if you like a bit of dramatic suspense, and twists/turns.
The Eagle Patrol are Eagle Scouts that have magical powers and they use them to save the world. One night, Halloween decorations are coming to life and their goal is to attach the main Eagle Patrol. Can the scouts of Troop 138 stop the decorations from killing the leader?
Linda Haze has lost her son. The only evidence they have to find him and his friends is in a journal found at the crash site. This journal not only holds they key to finding the kids but also who crashed the plane. Will the kids by found before it's too late? Find out in this thrilling short story.
A dwarf's record of the destruction of a nation and the cursed tundra that has buried its remains.
A young dwarf listens as his grandfather tells him the legend of how a cursed swamp came to be.
Chase the squirrel wants to eat- and birdseed is on the menu. But getting that is trickier than it looks...
Chase the squirrel has to join forces with his greatest enemy to defeat something that threatens them both.
A story about an outlaw who seeks refuge from a blizzard in an old abandoned boomtown, however, inside the town, he meets a very strange man.
Under the Red Moon follows 15-year-old Haneul in an adventure with her friends, Nova and Ivy, where the moon turns red and they get sucked into a nightmarish scenario. With a great threat looming overhead, Haneul, Ivy, and Nova must navigate the strange world, uncover the truth, and save the moon before it is too late.
Novellas
The following links will take you novellas.
Iris and Grace by Sadiqah Al-Masyabi
The Captured by Jason Wheeler
Viewer Discretion: Some violence
The president is in town for the Colorado Spring Parade, but as the parade goes on, the even goes sour. The President along with other government officials are captured and taken out of country. Can General Washington's Army find all eight people before it is too late?
As time turns, legend grows from stories. As time turns, those stories become forgotten and only the legend remains. When those of legends rise again, what will their legacy have been?
A young girl is fleeing from the tyrannical goblin that rules her town, and now he is hunting her because she stole a powerful item from him. Will she escape?
Into The Woods by Caitlin Adams
Viewer Discretion: Some violence
Ya know, when most people go hiking the worst thing that'll happen is they'll twist an ankle, maybe break a leg. What happens to my partner and I when we go hiking? We stumble onto a dead body, put there by rival gang members, then we get chased off the mountain while being shot at by said gang members. how is this my life? Oh yea, I agreed to it when I accepted the request of a crazy person to be her partner in fighting crime.
Viewer Discretion: Some violence
Ya know, when most people go hiking the worst thing that'll happen is they'll twist an ankle, maybe break a leg. What happens to my partner and I when we go hiking? We stumble onto a dead body, put there by rival gang members, then we get chased off the mountain while being shot at by said gang members. how is this my life? Oh yea, I agreed to it when I accepted the request of a crazy person to be her partner in fighting crime.
A coming of age tale that explores grief and the wonder of friendship.
After defeating Horde Prime and the Dark Horde Empire in Rise of an Empire, Captain Jonathan Tecumseh Riker and the crew of the ISS Enterprise begins a five-year voyage filled with adventure. But near the end of the story, the years of war, and the thrilling, orderly, awe-inspiring life of starship command is about to turn to joy for Captain Riker.
The Captured by Jason Wheeler
Viewer Discretion: Some violence
The president is in town for the Colorado Spring Parade, but as the parade goes on, the even goes sour. The President along with other government officials are captured and taken out of country. Can General Washington's Army find all eight people before it is too late?
The Traitor's Son by Lydia Starinieri
A normal boy from Everett, Washington goes through a magical barrier to another world. There he meets people and makes friendships. He also finds out many things about his past that would change his future. With the help of his new friends, Henry clears his father's name, ends a war and reopens the trading route between the two worlds.
A normal boy from Everett, Washington goes through a magical barrier to another world. There he meets people and makes friendships. He also finds out many things about his past that would change his future. With the help of his new friends, Henry clears his father's name, ends a war and reopens the trading route between the two worlds.
A murder is committed and a killer roams free for thirty years before a daring young girl and her friends decide to risk it all for some extra credit.
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