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Summer, 2025 Athena’s Quill

What a week it was! I met our six students for the first time on Monday. Since most of us hadn’t worked together before, we had a speed “getting to know you”! Each day, we talked about aspects of writing, wrote from a prompt, and did some collaborative writing. On Tuesday each student set a goal for Friday. And guess what? They all made their goals! I hope you enjoy these wonderful, inventive pieces by my first ever Summer WriteWeek students.

– Prof. Suki

Creative Writing Roundabout!

“The Clay Skeleton” by Alexa Alisse Gordon Mellema

Glass-coated clay, molded and formed to life with still eyes. Some would say that alive was the wrong word for the clay-skeletoned being. Some would [...]

“The Rubik’s Cube Conundrum” by Attie

Hi, I’m Teddy. I’m a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube. Y’know, sometimes other, cooler Rubik’s Cubes (like the 4×4, 17×17, and even the 3×3 MIRROR cube) ask [...]

“STILL” by Quinnian Archimedes E. Beck

The clock read 7:21. She was so incredibly tired, but there wasn’t time for that. She pulled her head off the desk. Her nose was [...]

“Devour the Dust” by Xan Tardis Traveler

Mara blinked up at the house. It was unlike anything she had come across in her travels among the Moon and Martian colonies. The colonies [...]

Art Show, 2025

Art by Xan Note from Prof. Suki: Xan has been sharing her wonderful art for so many years, and she is now set to graduate. [...]

“Across the River” by Sarah the Writing Enthusiast

Context Across the River is a story about a friendly person named Vera who wishes to make sure that their friend Vanya does not suffer [...]

“Enter Ophelia” by Cate

Prologue I’m sure you all know who I am. Or you think you do, anyway. You think I’m Hamlet’s tragic girlfriend, who drowned herself in [...]

“It’s all in our head” by Kien

A row of color-coded coffin-like boxes, waiting for roll call, will never be touched until the treaty of the other actions are done. So, as [...]

“A New Beginning” by Alex Rolleston

For my whole life I have lived in Chicago, Illinois. I had led a happy life with friends and my sports team. I felt my [...]

“The Cold Heart of Dracula” by Jade T.

In the darkest part of the forest, inside a crooked castle where bats squeaked like broken violins, lived a vampire named Dracula. He was 215 [...]

“Birds aren’t real” by Colin L

This is satire. I do not agree with any of the opinions or views I voice in the essay Birds Are Cool and Interesting. Have [...]

“Werewolves and Vampires by Dawn” by Rudra G.

Chapter 1: Pilot December twelfth wasn’t supposed to be weird. Not weirder than usual, anyway. Jackson Miller trudged out of bed with sleep still clinging [...]