What are you afraid of? What is the one thing you don’t utter a word to anyone else about? It makes your skin crawl. Makes you worry endlessly. Is it those things that go bump in the night? The threat of losing a love? Is it the worry that you can keep the kids you are babysitting safe?

These are the questions we asked of teen writers, then told them to go, write about the first thing that popped into their minds. Their answers in story and poetic form are found in this literary collection and are sure to take you on a journey inside your own psyche. But be warned, if you read them at night, you might want to sleep with the lights on.