"Two hours later, Aki Yomoto strutted out of the questioning cell with two policemen in her wake, flashing a smug smile at Gaston through the bars of his cell window as she swanned out the police station. Gaston slumped back against the wall, at a…"

"…and underneath that, a date, time, and the letter ‘E’. I put my books away and checked my timetable. I would have to feign illness to get out of PE, sneak along the corridor, then run to Quinton Park. It wasn’t going to be…"

"Martin suddenly remembered that day, when he was angry that his mother had refused to let him go out with his friends, so he ventured to the very same room years ago. He was just about to go into it now before he was stopped and the vase fell. It…"

".... win. Another chance. They could win. Kate, the captain, placed one hand on the coach’s shoulder, smiling down at him with sudden glee. They were through to the semi-finals! It wasn’t over. Kate gathered the women up together…"

"  The rabid girl swooped towards them, her eyes sparkling wildly with fury and a mad thirst for blood as she aimed her knife at the two boys. “Kill…” the girl whispered in her ferocious dead voice. She, it, whatever it was,…"

"^Nicole Percival Age 14  Bedford Girls' School,Bedford, England"

"A familiar face - Private Riley Jameson. His friend, his brother, his fellow soldier. He remembered what Riley had made him promise before they left the base. “If I don’t make it back, you gotta look after my Vera and my lil’…"