{"id":658,"date":"2017-03-30T03:24:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T03:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/?page_id=658"},"modified":"2017-05-10T14:45:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T14:45:17","slug":"short-stories-by-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/literature\/the-short-story\/short-stories-by-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Stories by Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated: May 10, 2017 at 14:45 pm<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by PublicDomainPictures\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/03\/e830b60d20e91c72d252440dee4a5b97e77ee6d11bb5144692_640_student.jpg?w=678\" alt=\"student photo\" \/>Being an English teacher, I often come across talent. Some of my students are great short story writers. For this reason, I&#8217;ll be featuring some the best short stories by my students of English on this site.<\/p>\n<p>I hope these stories excite, teach and inspire you, and most importantly, help you to improve your short story writing skills.<\/p>\n<p>The first one up is:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/short-stories-by-students\/a-narrow-escape-by-erikka-bezerra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Narrow Escape by 14 year old Errikka Bezerra.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Errikka Bezerra is a fourteen year student of CXC English. She attends St. Ignatius Secondary School in Rupununi, Guyana, South America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/short-stories-by-students\/a-narrow-escape-by-erikka-bezerra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Have fun reading A Narrow Escape by Errikka Bezerra.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being an English teacher, I often come across talent. 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