I jolted myself awake from my deep sleep. Today was the day. The day i had been looking forward to my entire life, the day that would change my life forever. My first hunt. I excitedly jumped out of bed and reached for my bow and arrow which was balanced precariously against my bedside table.

It was a beauty, carved with meticulous care, a testament to both creativity and flare as well as functio...

Can you see them up there?

Shining ever so bright

Are you enchanted by that golden glare?

That effervesces at night

Shining so spectacularly

Among that painfully dark and motionless canvas

Yet they also convey a sadness

Twinkling there lone

A pale white body held helpless

Among the great unknown

Who knows where it’ll take us?

No longer a magical sight

But a few helpless bodies floating unknowi...

I want to see the world

The green wading grass

Time doth pass

But I want to see her

I want to see the world

Communities of happy friends

I wanna see it end to end

I want to see her

I want to see the world

Each royal blue ocean

I wanna leave this commotion

I wanna know what it feels like

To never come back again...

A gasp escapes from my mouth. My breathing gets heavier and heavier, as I gasp for oxygen my face turning a deep crimson. I knew something was wrong. I could feel something creeping up my forearm scratching each inch of my skin, winding it’s way up to my fingertips. I look down my arm and my expression is quickly changed from confusion to such abject terror and despair. A branch, chestnut in colou...

“Ladies first of course”

Effie reached into the rounded glass bowl, swirling her hands gently scraping the contents. Her hand hovered for a second and plunged straight inside pulling out a small folded piece of torn parchment. She unfolded it and read

“Sadie Ackhurst!”

What how could it be me. Out of the 565 people who stood crowded in the town square I had been chosen. How is this possible? I sta...

The music rings softly through my eardrums

I feel numb

No longer anxious but calm

Beethovens ninth symphony

A musical brilliancy

The symphony unfolds with celestial might,

Strings and brass unite, shimmering in light,

An ode to joy, to love, and to embrace,

A content look crept onto my face

It opened my eyes

Set my troubles aside

My refuge away from the world

Helps me to fantasise and romanti...

“I’m trying okay!” I shouted

The principals eagle like eyes stared down at my tiny structure a look of disgust and disappointment on her face.

“Try harder then” she snapped “you’re just a janitor, it can’t be that hard”

A tear swelled at the inner corner of my eye. Just a janitor? I worked day and night to be exploited by her, a few pennies in my pocket. It felt horrible, to be constantly undermin...

I’m hot and sweaty, boiling to death

Sighing a frustrated breath

Can’t wait till it’s done

In this uncomfortable classroom

It won’t be over soon

This is not fun

The scratching of pencils against paper

The frustration becoming greater

Symbols, I don’t know what they mean

An alkene?

Geography? History?

A mystery

I can’t wait to pass through those doors

Leave to the great outdoors

But first I mus...

Shit. My car had come to a halt. The tires screeched against the material that consists of crushed stone rolled and bound with a mixture of tar and bitumen. What great rotten luck. I groaned and slammed my head down onto the steering wheel. It was going to be a long night, luckily I had a few old rags and blankets in the boot. I looked out of the window to my side and saw an old run down garage, a...

It snarled at me. Its eyes round, long ovals, a tiny pupil in the centre, bloodshot red. It let out a long groan and stood against the moon, its milky, pearly skin gleaming in the moonlight. I could smell the toxic pong from its body odours. A bead of sweat trickled off my face as I stared at the beast before me, my eyes fearful. I tried to turn to run but my feet seemed glued to the floor, forbid...