Poem: If I Were A Pirate

If I Were A Pirate

by Amelia Robinson

July 2013

Description: This is more focused on character rather than plot. Right away, this girl's voice was clear and all I had to do, as a writer, was make sure I chose the right words. She'd take care of the rest.

Poem: Empty Halls

Empty Halls

by Amelia Robinson

July 8, 2013
Ink Haiku Contest, Figment.com

Prompt: Write a haiku about loneliness.

Description: Submitted to Figment's Ink Haiku contest. Haiku is not a form I'm overly familiar with, and at first I wanted to bypass this contest because of it's unfamiliarity, but then I figured that I should be pushing myself as a writer. After multiple drafts, this is what came of my efforts.

Poem: Where Summer is Captured in a Globe

Where Summer is Captured in a Globe

by Amelia Robinson

July 2013

Description: I recently watched a fantastic TED talk by Sara Kay, who is a great lover and advocate for spoken wordpoetry. While I have written poems, I have never considered them "my thing," but I cannot deny the power behind the punch the first line of this poem gave me just before I fell asleep last night. I knew without being told that I should write it down, and after fumbling for some medium to record it with, it flowed into me unlike anything I'd ever felt. After a bit of editing, I am here to share it.

Poem: A Quiet, Fragmented Thought

A Quiet, Fragmented Thought

by Amelia Robinson

June 2013

Description:  In her TED talk, Elizabeth Gilbert told a brief story about American poet Ruth Stone and how she could feel a poem coming at her over the landscape like rolling thunder and how she would "run like hell" into the house and capture it on paper as it passed through her. This was like that for me. It came suddenly, like thunder, and passed by just as quickly, and I managed to write it down before laziness got the better of me.

Poem: This Fool's Paradise

This Fool's Paradise

by Amelia Robinson

October 2009

Description: A poem I submitted for my tenth grade creative writing class.  I wish I knew the prompt, but this was the result.

Poem: The Rebellion Call

The Rebellion Call

by Amelia Robinson

September 2009

Description:  A couple flees from an oppressive land and sends out the call for rebellion.

Author's Note:  I wrote this in Photography class (shh!) when I was fifteen.  I happened to discover it on my computer and thought I would share.

Short Story: A Deal with a Death Rider

A Deal with a Death Rider

by Amelia Robinson

May 7, 2013

Description: The royal heir approaches Sebastian, a former Death Rider, to ask his assistance in tracking down a rogue Rider who attempted to assassinate her.

Flash: The Mark of the Unbroken

The Mark of the Unbroken

by Amelia Robinson

April 16, 2013
Sweetest Dark Orphan Flash Contest, Figment.com

Prompt: In 250 words or less, write a scene about an orphan.

Description: A girl standing in line to be Marked an orphan witnesses the discovery of a boy from the outside.

Flash: A Sure, Swift Demise

A Sure, Swift Demise

by Amelia Robinson

April 8, 2013
Stung (Day 1) Contest, Figment.com

Prompt: Re-imagine the moment when Cinderella must flee the ball. Your scene must be set in the future and be no more than 150 words.

Description: Cinderella faces possible death at the stroke of midnight.

Flash: The Wind Whistled Through Their Bones

The Wind Whistled Through Their Bones

by Amelia Robinson

April 7, 2013

Sweetest Dark Contest, Figment.com

Prompt:  In 250 or fewer, write a scene about a shape-shifter.

Description: A man is executed for being a shape-shifter.

Short Story: A Dark and Deadly Song

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A Dark and Deadly Song

by Amelia Robinson

March 24, 2013

Ball Challenge, Figment.com

Prompt: Write an opening scene for a novel. Your scene should begin in the middle of the action—and there should be an unanswered question. Why is your character being chased; crying hysterically; hiding in the bathroom? It’s up to you what the “ball” is—just make sure to hide it!

Word Limit: 500 or less

Description: A boy finds the victim of a vicious werewolf attack.

Flash: In What Distant Deeps or Skies

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In What Distant Deeps or Skies

by Amelia Robinson

March 24, 2013
Spring Fever Short Story Contest, Figment.com

Prompt: In 250 words or fewer, write a story that’s set in springtime.

Description: Persephone, daughter of the goddess Demeter, is captured by Hades, lord of the Underworld.