Our second issue of the Frederick Dreamcatcher was the first to feature poetry, nonfiction stories, and art from students on interior pages. Among these works is a story about fear at the edge of a cliff,...

Our first issue of the Frederick Dreamcatcher started our tradition of horror-themed anthologies each October. Among these stories is a mystery of a split identity, a game show with the ultimate prize,...

She’s smiling so bright hoping to hide all of her pain on the inside.   Always making jokes, she just does it to not make her mother worry.   Behind her lovely, large, shining blue...

"Look what I got!" Beth rolled her eyes as Lindsey revealed the box. A Ouija board? Really? How cliche can a slumber party get? "Awesome!" Sarah said. "Macey, turn off the lights." The giggling...

Beads of sweat ran down Ryan's face. He glanced at the timer... thirty seconds. Maybe my last thirty seconds to live, he thought. There's a stone by the wall. Groping in the darkness, he picks it up...

“Uh, Kendra? You okay?” I waited, but she didn't answer--she just smiled. I shifted nervously in the passenger seat. She's smiling, so just smile back, I thought. She'd been acting weird the whole...