Written by Yixuan (Eason) Liu from Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School, Shanghai, China A swarm of angels plunged from the sky with a craving for my blood and a hunger for my hair. Their wings carried white, shining sand from the sea, pelting my raw skin with a silky river of gems. In their hands they held a sapphire mirror– an emperor stared at me from its papery depths, stealing my smile to wear on his empty face. He stretched out his broken hand and took my umbrella, bit
