Spring Coming-of-Age Short Stories - Page 3

Len watched the countdown timer flicker, wondering if the lock was broken or if they were actually trapped inside.

The hose kicked in my hands like a wild snake. Water blasted the dirt into heavy black soup.

Leo and Sarah stand on a muddy ridge, looking directly at you after saving the world with a microwave.

Max stares at the blinking red light of the perimeter fence, knowing his life depends on a single glitch.

Jack faces the gray reality of a winter thaw, where growth is invisible and the screen still calls.

Jack struggles with the pressure to bloom as the winter thaw reveals the violent, silent speed of growth.

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

Lance needs a salad to impress Wendy, but the price of lettuce is higher than his future prospects.

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

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

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

In a bright spring garden, Ben must choose between his future presidency and the girl who broke the system.