To Tendrill

To Tendrill, It is no longer safe here. They keep on coming. We can not bear to lose another soul. We must leave. From Truffle…

Dear Zoe and Matilda

Dear Zoe and Matilda, Come to my house. We need more clues on the investigation. Come quick! There’s a black hat on the roof, and yesterday I heard a laugh… From Emily…

Welcome to Postcards From Afar

The Melbourne Young Writers’ Studio Term Four project Our young writers have each received a blank postcard to design and return to us. We can’t wait to see the exciting array of imagined locations and snippets of stories as the postcards begin to flow in. The postcards will…

Assassin’s Tale: Part 4 By Anwita Vasanth Koodalithazhathuveedu

By Anwita Vasanth Koodalithazhathuveedu The Sunken City was still. The Great Desert stretching around it for miles was still. The world of Ahoy was sleeping- except for two things; two shadows flitting about the desert. The shadows of a trained professional and an, although perhaps trained, still somewhat unprofessional…

The Sunken Treasure: Part 2 by Max Russo

“Soon the disappearance of Magic was too much for us to bear. I am the last of my kind.”  “Wow,” I said. “Interesting story. But seriously, what or who are the Imagineers?” “We are the embodiment of imagination. Usually we cannot be sensed. Although…

Dungun Prison: Part 2 by Christian Lazzaro

Christian Lazzaro Part Two Mortimer Grimsley sat down on his seat, listening to He’s a Jolly Good Fellow. That was Alfred Grimsley’s favourite tune. It was a day the whole of Ahoy was moaning about. After the ceremony Mortimer returned…

In the Woods of Ahoy: Part 1 by Maks Stankiewicz

Phillip was a young man who lived with his parents in a house near a forest. He just started Assumption College and he felt embarrassed because he was not good at school. So, he decided to run away. That night he crept out the window with a disguise…

Alexander: a Character Analysis by Cushla Grigg.

Listen my children, of the most horrible person I have encountered (and I am an officer in Ahoy, I’ve met some nasty people in my days.) Ok here goes, Alexander is nasty from his oily hair to his perfectly clean black shoes. Firstly, his appearance: he has perfect…