Teen Ink Magazine,
September 2003 :
Fiction Articles
I Was a Clam by Jessica C., Sherburne, NY Michelle ... are you listening?" The nice man in the white coat who was going to help me tapped his fingers on his desk.
I looked up. He stared back. Was I supposed to be listening? A slow nod seemed to satisfy him and he went back to talking ... Continue...
Making Peace With Farmersville Springs by John W., E. Amherst, NY I crossed the Catawba River at about 9:30 on a Thursday morning. As I neared my old hometown of Farmersville Springs, I was greeted by the familiar sight of Day-Glo orange signs on the side of the road proclaiming, in succession: Logging Trucks Entering Highway; Mud ... Continue...
Summer Nights by Petra D., Hutchinson, KS Scene opens on a darkened stage. A woman, 15 or 16,stands under a spotlight. Her head is down. She is nameless, faceless; she couldbe anyone. She raises her head as she begins to speak; she is smiling, and seemsa little embarrassed ... Continue...
Veteran by Jessica C., Hartland, VT She worried that she was lying when she told him she loved him. She was scared that maybe the idea of him loving her, and his smooth muscles cradling her as she fell asleep, or the thought of him telling her she was beautiful, all of this, made her say it ... Continue...
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