Read a collection of Coming-of-Age short stories and flash fiction pieces from the Summer Short Stories project. (Page 4)
Qin discovers a downed stealth jet in a dying cornfield, meeting a pilot with a terrifying digital secret.
The squirrel dropped from the pine branch, twitching and snapping its teeth at Barbie's outstretched hand.
Mia and Sam hop a fence to escape their hometown, only to find themselves trapped in an endless lawn.
A cooling system failure in the coastal dome forces Andy to confront Elena's lies as the heat rises.
Leo digs through toxic mud while the summer heat pulses, searching for a signal that isn't corporate-approved or monitored.
The algorithm wanted me dead. My dad wanted me alive. We had to break the system to survive.
A rigid silver plague consumes the Ontario summer, turning Lake of the Woods into a massive, unmoving mirror landscape.
He woke to the smell of hot dust and old urine, his ribs grinding against the subway tiles.
The truck idled in the heat while they stared at the shattered glass of the abandoned research station.