Spring Coming-of-Age Short Stories - Page 5

Tyler and Sarah find a diner where time has stopped and the driver of their crashed bus is serving coffee.

Arthur notices a visual smudge in the spring light while jogging with his skeptical grandson through a changing valley.

Jay sits on a bench while the world glitches green, waiting for Sam to deliver the stolen votes.

Sara watched ten-year-olds crank nylon straps until their skin turned a mottled, bruised violet. They did not even blink.

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

A Navy recruit discovers a migrant hiding in a crate as a global energy crisis freezes the harbor city.

Harry wakes to find his body turning into wood while his town prepares for a violent, ancient ritual.

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

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