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2026 Spring Short Stories

Spring Coming-of-Age Short Stories - Page 2

Read a collection of Coming-of-Age short stories and flash fiction pieces from the Spring Short Stories project. (Page 2)

Spring Coming-of-Age Short Stories - Page 2

7 Titles
The Heavy Yellow

The Heavy Yellow

by Jamie F. Bell

Leo finds a solid gold bar in the frozen mud of the Red River while the wind tries to kill him.

Coming-of-Age Read →
The Locked Wheel of Progress

The Locked Wheel of Progress

by Leaf Richards

Arthur fights a malfunctioning shopping cart while grocery prices spike and the Utopian dream begins to fray at the edges.

Utopian Read →
The Melting Cardboard Sun

Toby crashes into Tanya during the Spring Fair, sending his project—and his grip on reality—flying across the hall.

Romance Read →
The Memory Bloom Festival

Spring meant nothing when the dead could be rebooted. Ella walked through the mud to find him.

Speculative Fiction Read →
The Shield's Shadow

The Shield's Shadow

by Jamie F. Bell

Tyler and Sarah flee through a forest of white trees that seem to grow out of their own worst memories.

Coming-of-Age Read →
The Trans-Canada Wait

The Trans-Canada Wait

by Jamie F. Bell

Tyler waits for a late bus in Winnipeg, realizing that leaving home is harder than just buying a ticket.

Coming-of-Age Read →
The Unaligned Patch

The Unaligned Patch

by Jamie F. Bell

In a world of perfect biological harmony, my skin is a quiet riot of jagged, unedited scars.

Utopian Read →

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