Natalie Zhou

I am Natalie Zhou, a current sophomore at Hume-Fogg High School. I developed a passion for reading when I was quite young, which quickly developed into an interest in writing. Only in the past year or so have I begun investing more time into developing my writing, but it’s something that I find immensely fulfilling—in other words, worth the pain. I try to draw inspiration from writers that I admire and work aspects of their writing into my own style; I like to think I’m improving because of it. When I’m not writing, I’m stressing over the various other obligations that I’ve procrastinated on or sneaking in five-minute power naps. I play club and varsity soccer as well as two instruments, all of which suck up a portion of my sleep time that I’d like to have back. In the future, I’d like to study more about philosophy and photography.
Natalie Zhou
Names Unheard

The blood seemed to float through the water, strands of crimson threading through the clear vial Astride has raised to the light. It had taken her much too long to collect it, the blood of a Regency mount—the goldhollow water, in comparison, had taken her seemingly no more than a minute. “Two months is a […]

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il est midi

Draft In Progress Inspired by Companhia Urbana de Dança   The throne room lies bathed in pools of rapidly browning scarlet, violent splashes of blood sullying the previously pristine surfaces. Astride wipes her blades on a fallen Regency soldier’s shirt, careful not to cut her fingers, and returns the weapons to their sheaths. She casts […]

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The Champion
Inspired by Companhia Urbana de Danca
Afterparty Sadness

Inspired by Companhia Urbana de Dança

when the day comes

Inspired by The Day, with Maya Beiser and Wendy Whelan

Ghosts: A Holiday Haunting

Inspired by The Longest Night

Names Unheard

Inspired by Mellotron Variations

Here, Not There

Inspired by Stew and Heidi: Notes of a Native Song

Kinetics: Identity & Female Lead

Inspired by Companhia Urbana de Dança

I AM THE UNIVERSE

Inspired by Hiroaki Umeda

Smashed Glass

Inspired by Stew and Heidi: Notes of a Native Song

The Explorer

Inspired by Rosie Herrera's First Fruit, New Dialect

Went Home to Meet White Supremacy

Inspired by Mellotron Variations

The Guide

In response to Split Flow and Holistic Strata by Hiroaki Umeda

my beloved monster

Inspired by Manual Cinema's Frankenstein

il est midi

In response to Na Pista & ID: ENTIDADES by Companhia Urbana de Dança

Rebooting

In response to Split Flow & Holistic Strata by Hiroaki Umeda

Fish Out of Water

In response to The Moth

Frankenstein: Narration / Interpretation / Transmission

In response to Frankenstein by Manual Cinema

Rise & Darkness Becomes Me

In response to The Longest Night

Behn's Flow

In response to Split Flow & Holistic Strata by Hiroaki Umeda

Dynamite Kid

In response to Na PistaID: ENTIDADES by Companhia Urbana de Dança