Opus

Wayland Middle School's Literary Magazine

Archive for June, 2018

Chapter 1: Drowning by Alanna Xue

He was drowning. Drowning, drowning, drowning. Freezing water filled his lungs, and he thrashed wildly in the murky depths. Suddenly, a pale, glowing hand emerged from the gloom, followed by an arm, followed by a person. Through his blurry sight, he discerned the figure of the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He saw […]

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Experiment Incomplete, Chapter 1 by Angela Yan

It wasn’t as much of a room as it was a stadium. A musky fog obscured the floor, dampening his hair with droplets of mist, made out of sickly green liquid. Tall metal poles stretched upwards, flashes of light dancing between them in clouds of vapor, reflecting off the slick gray walls. Dried patches and […]

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Chapter 1: A Somber Friday by Emily Chafe

On a somber Friday morning, the sky dark and foretelling of rain, the mighty pines swayed and shook from strong wind. Bitter air nipped at my dry skin and my legs lightly brushing against ferns that sat on the edge of the path. A flock of birds conversed somewhere in the expanse of the forest, […]

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Glass of the Sea by Riley Kendall

As we walk down towards the beach I look out to the white caps. Whipping around covering the sand then leaving tiny pebbles behind. I look to my right to see mounds of shells and rocks. I bound off the stairs and run to the shells with a plastic cup in hand.   I crouch down […]

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Untitled by Megan O’Donnell

6 The trailhead Of the Lafayette-Lincoln loop. I looked up, where the peak Of Lafayette was yet to be visible, and Lincoln as well. On your marks, get set, HIKE!   After an hour Of hiking, yet to feel the pain, we got to the hut. We refilled our water, looked at the map of […]

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