Tall Tales Gone Short: Fifty-seven Stories by Students of Berkshire Middle School

This is the fourth annual collection of short works by students of Berkshire Middle School. The stories are new, and so are the authors. Over a ten-week period, each sixth-grade writer shepherded a germ of an idea through multiple revisions to arrive at a polished piece. The ultimate paths of these stories and the improvement in quality from start to finish sometimes surprised even the authors. Tall Tales Gone Short-—one of many titles suggested and voted upon by the authors—-fittingly conveys both the size and the fictional nature of all fifty-seven entries. The stories span multiple categories, including science fiction, fantasy, fable, historical fiction, realistic fiction, and mystery. And to those readers judging this book by its cover, keep in mind that elements of the jacket design were approved by majority decisions of the authors. In all respects, this book is the product of the writers whose names appear inside.