Spring Coming-of-Age Short Stories

Pak watches his breakfast float toward the ceiling as gravity fails, signaling the imminent collapse of his floating home.

Two teens struggle against a mud-trapped ATV and a total lack of cell service in the spring woods.

A condemned community garden becomes a battleground for two teens racing against a forty-eight-hour demolition deadline this spring.

Wendy pricked her finger on a server-shaped orchid and watched the spring sky turn into a static-grey screen.

My battery hit one percent, forcing me out of my digital coma and into the rotting community centre.

Gerry took the coffee because Tyler said it was a test, but his hands wouldn't stop shaking afterwards.

The lake looked like dirty glass, full of rotting ice and the heavy silence of a dead town.

Jack struggles with frozen soil and mental static until a winter garden forces him to finally start breathing.

Stacey stood in the freezing slush, waiting for the brother of the missing girl to cross the abandoned playground.

Kylie finds a crate of ammunition in the garden shed as the city prepares for a violent systemic reboot.

Jacob and Corey push deep into the spring woods, losing their signal as a strange silence takes hold.

Max stands in the ruins of his childhood, finding small signs of life amidst the cold, grey ash.