Each Wednesday, I assign the Blog Staff a creative prompt. This Wednesday, we borrowed a challenge from Instagram’s “bored_teachers.” The challenge?

       Write a scary back-to-school story using only four words.

Here’s how the Blog Staff responded:

• “Teachers talking about me…” – Penny Andreas
• “I forgot my Chromebook” – Indy Behr
• “Return to high school.” – Remy Haring
• “School starts at 8:45 a.m.” – Alyna Llapitan
• “Dreading arguments with Indy” – Luke Sonderman

We vote on our favorite. This week, the winning submission comes from Levi Kassinove:

“He didn’t read Frankenstein.”

Want to play along? Submit your own scary four-word, back-to-school story in the comments. Ready, go!