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Inked Dreams is an anthology of new writing by the First Story students at Cranford Community College who took part in creative-writing workshops led by writer-in-residence Ross Raisin. First Story believes there is dignity and power in every person’s story, and here you’ll find young people expressing themselves in their own unique voices. We hope you enjoy this collection. Featuring writing by: Ahoura Bakhtiari Akashdeep Kundal Ayisha Mahmood • Chloe Mills Cristiana Eftenoiu Huzayma Khamis Jaineet Gulabzada Maeve D’Souza • Mahira Butt Manjot Bains • Namra Ansar Nurah Mahamud • Sabrina Akter Sankavi Sivaharan Sanskriti Doerga Tanaja Suman Kaur Tonaja • Syed Jaffery Warda Khalif • Zena Rehman Cranford Community College Inked Dreams First Story 2018 Launch Event. Celebrating 10 Years Changing lives through writing 'First Story is a very exciting idea – writing can liberate and strengthen young people’s sense of themselves as almost nothing else can.' PHILIP PULLMAN Author of His Dark Materials Front cover design by Nizelle Soares Back cover design by Hamdan Khanzada Typesetting by Avon DataSet Ltd This FIRST STORY www.firststory.co.uk £10.00 year, at Cranford Community College, we are celebrating 10 years of First Story. This was the place where it all started: the creative juices of our students were finally given a national outlet and were to be rewarded with publications of their ideas. This is a tradition that we at Cranford Community College are proud to have continued for a decade and will endeavour to continue in the future. The cohort for this year was made up of year 12 and year 10 students – all of whom brought their own personalities to the sessions and to their writing. Every year we, as staff, hope that the anthology produced by the students will be less macabre and less dark than the previous year… however, this year was no different. The pieces produced by these ingenious and creative minds were still just as gloomy and just as eloquent as they have been in the past. You can read some snippets of what they have written here. An Anthology by the First Story Group at Cranford Community College Edited and Introduced by Ross Raisin Story, we produced a montage video of student readings from previous anthologies which was shared with parents, staff and the young writers at the sophisticated launch event. The talented young writers had the opportunity to share their writing with all in the audience and were given certificates to celebrate and commemorate their amazing achievement. To complete the event and to uphold the sentiments of what First Story is and the talents of our school, we had two performances in which three year 8 students shared their originally-written and composed songs. It was truly mesmerising to witness the talent that the students of Cranford Community College have. Thank you to all students, staff and parents who helped to mark this special event. And a special thank you to Ross Raisin for continuing to be an inspiration to our young writers. Sahrish Shaikh (First Story Lead Teacher) 24 The cover design for this year’s anthology was also created by our artists in this year’s W-factor sessions. All the young writers gave as a prompt was the title: ‘Inked Dreams’ and voilà. An amazing design came into existence. Ross Raisin (the writer-in-residence at Cranford) and myself were thoroughly impressed and excited by this – it just goes to show how much talent our students have and that we should continue to nurture, support and share their talent with the wider community. To celebrate this year’s anthology ‘Inked Dreams’ and our long-standing friendship with First “The evening was a great opportunity to showcase our hard work over this year. Additionally, it also gave us a chance to read each other’s work and knowing the stories behind their words helped us to realise the true value of writing”. Ayisha Mahmood 10Z “First story was a wonderful exciting experience, a way to express our feelings and emotions through creativity. Writing my own anthology feels like an amazing accomplishment and we were all able to present how we truly feel in our writing”. Chloe Mills (year 10)
The Perfect Panic Attack Huzayma Khamis It is like walking down the stairs and Missing The bottom step… That mini heart-attack feeling. But it stays with you all day.Every day. It is as if I am holding my breath underwater; When I try to resurface I cannot. I continue to struggle to breathe. Once I do resurface though I finally get some air But it is still not nearly enough. When I feel like a bag of bees I know a panic attack is coming on. I become restless, I cannot concentrate I become itchy. It is as if I have no skin. And then comes the shortness of breath. Sometimes I cry, Sometimes I appear impassive But inside I am screaming And dreading death. It is like having a heart attack While trapped in quicksand: The more you fight The quicker you sink. No one can reach in to save you. Eventually you lay back and surrender yourself To fate. And just like heart attacks and quicksand, You never know when you’ll get ensnared By either one. The Broken Bride Zena Rehman Smudged eyeliner, clumped mascara, Bleeding lipstick And an abandoned soul; A broken bride. I remember the day like it was yesterday: You picked me up and threw me across the room. No remorse and no feeling; I was like a rag doll To you. I trusted you, I gave myself to you, And on that last day I turned around one last time, And told you I loved you. But today I look back at that memory, And know that was not love. It was fear of the unknown. I walked away with nothing. I lost myself. I lost hope in humankind. I lost faith in love. But today I stand up high and strong, Because I fear not the unknown. I am stronger than I ever was. I am wiser than I ever was. And for that I thank you. My best mistake, My best teacher. 25
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