Otherworld

This story is by Catharina Hof and was part of our 2022 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Ewan pointed to the bark of a dead pine tree covered in round, puffy scales. ‘Are you sure that’s what you’re looking for?’ Peter questioned. ‘Look at the yellow caps, just like…

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The Blue Strip

This story is by Catharina Hof and was part of our 2018 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. I look at the blue strip, an anxious knot in my stomach that seems to enlarge every second. Just when I have to courage to leave, just when I told him…

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Regeneration

This story is by Catharina Hof (pseudonym) and was part of our 2017 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. I walk on the woodland path, my feet crunching on the twigs on the path. Leaves cover the twigs, they rustle as I walk along. I pretend to feel his…

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