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    Ava Zhang

    [CREATIVE] Week 1 Prompt 1: Fiction

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Ava Zhang
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Hannah Zhang
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Love and Ashes

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Hansen Deng
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  • 17 August 2025
Austin Tsao
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Olivia Zhao
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[CREATIVE] Week 1 Prompt 1: Fiction

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Ava Zhang
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Love and Ashes

  • 17 August 2025
Hannah Zhang
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Love and Ashes

On a cold morning in December, I opened my eyes to the light of dawn in the hospital bed, and...

Shadows in the Snow

  • 17 August 2025
Austin Tsao
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Shadows in the Snow

Jagged, cruel flakes of snow drifted down from above, enveloping the landscape with an unrelenting sheet of white. Llioti watched...

The Creature in the Lab

  • 17 August 2025
Olivia Zhao
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The Creature in the Lab

I looked back at the clock—it was 2:30. My next class was science with Dr. Silas Hollis, the biology teacher....

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