Postcard Story

On Tuesday I wrote briefly about the organisation that I teach with, First Story, and I mentioned how much I'd like to publish some of my class's work on this blog, but that I was keeping it confidential for now.

Yesterday, there was a great article about First Story in the Independent. At the end of it they published this piece which was written for a competition to have a story printed on a postcard. Stories had to be 100 words or fewer. I think it is brilliant:

The first time I got drunk, I banged my head and I was amazed that it didn't hurt.
And when I caught a pigeon, tipped petrol on it and set it on fire, it flew up for about five seconds and then came plummeting back to earth.
The first time I got arrested, I was scared and I made myself look guilty when I took the blame for a mate.
When I bought 10 lighters from the car boot and set them alight, they made a massive fire and a loud bang and I remember wanting to do it again.
I remember my first sight of a serious blood leak from my head. I didn't cry until I looked in the mirror and saw my skull.

By Arran (Oxford Upper School)