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The Excited Bearded Camel

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival

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Octopus Jam

By Dan and Bryan

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival

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Silence

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival

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Find Out Who You Really Are

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival: Find Out Who You Really Are

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Granny Chic

By Claire

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival: Granny Chic by Claire

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The Problem Of Death

By Ryan

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival: The Problem Of Death by Ryan

The Patchwork Umbrella

By Ellie

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival: The Patchwork Umbrella by Ellie

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Jimmy the bad man

By Yanis and Kundai

Short story by Yanis and Kundai

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Maureen and the Lamp

By Suzi

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival: Maureen and the Lamp

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The Ginger Sheep

By Maddie, Zara, Leo

A short story filmed at the Underage Festival: The Ginger Sheep

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Lunchtime is always the same

By Alison

Short story by Alison

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My Safe Haven

By Olivia Scott-Berry / Spinebreakers Crew

A short story about a safe haven made of wood and nails and glue.

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I Care

By Milly Peckham-Cooper

A thoughtful piece by Milly

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At The Crossroads

By Sam Bradley

A story inspired by Hemingway's "The End of Something"

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Hannah's thoughts on life

By Hannah

A thought provoking piece by Hannah.

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Untitled

By Camilla

Camilla's story

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Untitled

By Fareeda Sohrabi

Fareeda's piece, inspired by her thoughts about university, careers and taking that large step into the working world.

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Geek to Gorgeous part 3

By Emma

Read part 3 of Geek to Gorgeous

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Geek to Gorgeous part 2

By Emma

Read part 2 of Emma's geek to beauty tale.

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Part 1 of Geek to Gorgeous

By Emma

Read part 1 of Emma's geek to beauty tale

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Glastonbury and a Pelvis.

By Hannah Ward

A day at Glastonbury Festival

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Grandma

By Fergie

Read Fergie's piece, written a few months ago after watching an old lady on the bus.

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Just Emma

By Jayne

Read Jayne's touching story about Emma

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Just Like Heaven

By James Sutcliffe

A short and effective piece about angles

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My Great Escape

By Geoff Ramplin

Read Geoff's gripping story.

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A Day In the Life of Shel

By Shel

A day in the life of Shel

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The Secret

By Christina

Read Christina's story and find out what the secret is!

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Bullying

By Charlotte

A touching story about the dangers of hiding being bullied.

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The Beauty Pageant

By Steph Watson

A story by Steph about accepting who you are.

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The Last Day

By Emma Kirk

Read Emma's story about the essence of time.

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The Perfect Imperfection

By Emma

A story about appreciating life.

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The Mysterious Cupboard

By Sharma Samuel

A cliff-hanger story

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A Box

By Vicki Holland

A tale about growing up.

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Watching Clouds

By Emma Davies

A true story about losing someone you love.

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The Experiment

By Alex Mair

Alex Mair's short story, written for Spinebreakers Live at the Roundhouse

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The Arrival

By Conran Landin

Conrad Landin's short story written for Spinebreakers Live at the Roundhouse, July 25th

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Goodbye

By Jennie Hall

A goodbye letter

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Sabrina's Story

By Talie Campbell

A touching story about breaking up.

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My Great Escape

By Geoff R

A gripping tale, titled The Great Escape

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Life

By Shel

A contemplative look at life

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Apocalypse 101

By Abby Warwick

A spooky tale about the end of the world.

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Sixteen

By Eleanor Rosenberg

A reflective look at life from a sixteen year old's point of view.

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Untitled short story by Leah

By Leah Matthew

Leah's story about the rain.

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The Hunt by Emma Forsyth

By Emma Forsyth

A heart pounding story by Emma Forsyth.

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A story inspired by 'Gossip Girls'

By Natasha

Natasha's exciting story that explores the issue of wealth and friendship.

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A Little Shop of Horrors

By Ciara Brewitt

Ciara Brewitt's short story titled A Little Shop of Horrors.

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The Fortune Teller

By Chloe Smith

Chloe writes an eerie story of poltergeists and graveyards

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The Graveyard Ghost

By Chloe Smith

Chloe writes a harrowing tale of The Graveyard Ghost

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Demon Prince

By Alex Orchard

The first chapter from Alex Orchard's novel Demon Prince.

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The Experience

By Alex Orchard

Alex tells us about the day he died...

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Dream Guy

By Stacy Reeve / Spinebreakers Crew

A short story written when fuelled by a mixture of tiredness, boredom and irritability.

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You Had Me At Hey

By Chynna Webley

Chynna pens a short story following the romance of young Suki.

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Find Your Inner Emo

By Ayesha

Ayesha finds her inner emo.

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Objects

By Ali Church / Spinebreakers Crew

A guitar, a charm bracelet, two posters...

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Superstar Car Crash

By Ali Church / Spinebreakers Crew

Just yesterday, a mystery celebrity mother was tragically killed in a car accident...

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The Tiger and Me

By Amy Rudd

Amy writes a heart-pounding short story.

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Mia

By Rebecca Cross

Rebecca writes a harrowing diary from the point of view of a troubled young girl.

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Mirror Mirror, On The Wall

By Laura Hunter-Thomas

If you have ever been bullied, this is your story.

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Dymintry's Hill

By Chelsey

Chelsey writes a short story about the significance of Dymintry's Hill to Giselle.

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Bounty Hunters

By Glen Batchelor

Glen writes a story about bounty hunters.

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Rosie's Short Story

By Rosie

Rosie pens a dramatic short story

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Ali's Short Story

By Ali Church / Spinebreakers Crew

Ali pens a heartbreaking short story.

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Black Secrets

By Jenny Herrod

Jenny finds love at first sight.

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Sleeping Beauty

By Olivia Scott-Berry / Spinebreakers Crew

Olivia adopts the writing style of a self-proclaimed high school it-girl to tell the girl's autobiography.

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Does Crime Pay?

By Ais Phillips

Teen writer Ais steps into the shoes of her character Ally Blue to answer the question, Does Crime Pay?

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A Winter's Tale

By Rebecca Symington

Rebecca leaves us on the edge of our seats with this spooky short story.

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Harry Potter - Exam Stress

By Rose Thompson / Spinebreakers Crew

Rose creates a scene to include exam-stressed Harry and his friends.

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Nightmare In Yellow

By Charlotte Vinall / Spinebreakers Crew

Charlotte reveals her writing talents with this gripping short story.

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Teardrops from the moon

By Ashanya Griffiths / Spinebreakers Crew

Ashnaya pens a short story.

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Death in a Palanquin

By Lily Tomson / Spinebreakers Crew

Lily's creative input for Spinebreakers.

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54 minutes

By Josie Bygraves / Spinebreakers Crew

Josie shows us her skills in creative writing.

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Love Again

By Charlotte Batchelor / Spinebreakers Crew

Charlotte Batchelor gets creative for Spinebreakers

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Snow

By Kelly Cheung

Kelly Cheung's short story

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Jimmy's Story

By Naomi Leveton

Naomi Leveton tells Jimmy's story

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What Happens Next Library ICT Lesson

By Chloe Bencini

Chloe Bencini's short story

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A Public Execution with Nobody Watching

By Miles Bradley

Miles Bradleys short story

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Just Dreaming

By Victoria Mendoza

Victoria Mendoza is just dreaming

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Creative Writing

By Tomi Awosusi

Tomi gets creative

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They're Coming

By Laura Tuck

Laura Tuck's short story

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Travel Writing

By Callum Glass

Callum Glass talks travel

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Lonley

By Josie O'Gorman

Josie O'Gorman's short story

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The Garden Shed by Charlotte Vinall

By Charlotte Vinall / Spinebreakers Crew

A new story by Charlotte.

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Clarence Road by Lily Dessau

By Lily Dessau / Spinebreakers Crew

A short story from Lily Dessau.

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True Love

By Niamh Brown / Spinebreakers Crew

Niamh shares another short story

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Aspiration journey

By Max Elsworth / Spinebreakers Crew

Another story from Max

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Feed Me

By Jade Hunter / Spinebreakers Crew

Another story from Jade

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The Greatest Gift

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

A shortstory from Anthony

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Nine to five

By Anthony Ellwood-Russell / Spinebreakers Crew

Anthony gives you a rare glimpse at his action-thriller style, bestsellers to follow!

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Specimens wanted

By Max Elsworth / Spinebreakers Crew

Max decides to write a rather short story that is meant to touch the senses of the reader in ways to not only scare, but sicken the reader

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How Sarah hit a deadline

By Niamh Brown / Spinebreakers Crew

Sometimes writing a story can be a challenge…

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Sammish

By Allie Nicholson / Spinebreakers Crew

In which Roo has some very strange ideas about where bread comes from, and a baking experiment is undertaken.

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The unfortunate tale of Miranda Watson

By Jade Hunter / Spinebreakers Crew

A schoolgirl comes to a chilling end in this tale of vanity, bullying and punishment. Written by Jade Hunter

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