By Noah Weisz
[...] And then, with a jolt, Sarah realized that sooner or later the police would find this man. This stranger, who was older by far than any human she had ever seen, older than nature usually allowed—certainly older than any of the stories she had ever been told, older than the history she was taught in school. He was practically from another world. They would string him up in the square [...]
By Layla Carr
She sat in the desk closest to the window, at the end of the third row. Her eyes were big and dark and her fingers were constantly moving—running over the surface of her desk, tapping her pencil, pushing through her hair. When we went around on the first day of European History [...]
Jenny Torres Sanchez’s novels “The Downside of Being Charlie,” and her most recent, “Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia” combine humor and heart to combat death, growing up, and change in new, original perspectives with a massive side of music.
YARN is beyond pleased to share with you this original short story by Jenny, “Push Up.”
Chanchito’s pops got cuffed and hauled away today. The whole neighborhood saw it. But, s’nothing new. We used to seeing cops. We used to seeing our parents dragged outta here [...]
Get those Halloween treats ready to accompany you as you read this creepy thrill of a story by Colleen Britton.
I lie on my side, losing the feeling in my right arm. I can’t see Dad, but I feel the pressure as he squeezes my hand. I didn’t ask him to come, but I’m glad he did. I try to squeeze back with deadened fingers that don’t move. [...]
By Eileen Donovan Kranz
[...] The first thing Cheez Whiz broke after that was my arm. He told my mom he didn’t mean to do it, but my mom saw the whole thing from the window overlooking the backyard while she was rinsing the dishes to put in the dishwasher. [...]
Book titles are an under-discussed art-form. You glance at them as the vibrancy, colors, and images of the covers overwhelm your senses; yet there are some book titles you cannot escape. “The Paradox of Vertical Flight” by debut YA author Emil Ostrovski is one of those.
YARN is thrilled to share with you “So Many Pieces,” an original short story by [...]
By Tracy Gold
[...] It took a good amount of reserve not to jump out of my seat and just bite it off right now. How dare he not talk to me for weeks, spread rumors about me to the whole school, and then freaking sign-language blowjob in the middle of English class? I could feel the heat in my cheeks. I looked down and kept working on my essay, scratching my pen on the paper [...]
By Shelli Cornelison
So much miscommunication could be avoided if my stepdad would just learn to answer a question correctly.
Case in point:
Me: Am I still grounded?
Him: Are polar bears white? [...]
By Nicholas Sauer
“I prefer to be able to sleep at night,” he says. “I don’t want to destroy my soul getting what I want, you know?” He shifts the weight of his book bag from one shoulder to the other. His hands fly in the air as he lectures the manicured lawns [...]
Despite its title, “A Poem in Brass” is actually our last piece of (steampunk!) fiction until September. We hope it, as well as the other amazing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, we’ve published this season, will inspire you to submit your own work to YARN! Until September…
By E.C. Ambrose
The clockwork girl stumbled [...]
By Cynthia Heinrichs
Raindrops splatted a sharp staccato against the single window pane. In a pot on the floor the incessant drip drip drip from the thatch replied.
She pressed her forehead against the cold glass. I must ask Bran to patch that. If this rain ever stops, the whole roof needs doing [...]
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