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Vocabulary: Swing

Think Fast!

Jan 7, 2025

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Genre: Comedy

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Attack, Avoid, Dodge, Lamppost, Nerd, Power cut, Punch, Solve a formula, Strategy, Swing

Word Count: 1098

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

Eugene is a big nerd, and he’s afraid of everything. But one day, a man attacks him in the street, and Eugene discovers that he isn’t so weak after all.
The Shadow Club #6: Just a Stick

Aug 3, 2021

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Genre: Action

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Beat someone up, Distract, Dodge, Hip, Intimidate, More or less, Say hopefully, Stab, Swing, Tail

Word Count: 2321

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

‘Y-yeah, I… Oh no!’ He turned around suddenly, and started shaking with fear. I looked where he was looking, and there it was. The shadow was long, tall and thin, like a snake standing on its tail.