Teen Ink Magazine,
November 2005 :
Fiction Articles
Her Name ... by Christine S., Arlington, VA “French flea markets and suicide,” she mumbled She murmured memories Memories I had not experienced with her Making them foreign Foreign as her French flea markets ... Continue...
How a Mother Shows Her Love by Michelle Q., Anaheim, CA The trip was 30 miles long, but the mother decided to let her daughter drive anyway.
“Did you bring your phone?” asked the mother as the girl drove up the ramp onto the freeway.
Rejection by Kiera W., River Hills, WI The sunlight seeped through the apartment window, tickling my cheek until I was fully awake. I obtain some inexplicable pleasure from waking after the sun. I stretched my arms and sighed merrily, imagining I was a beautiful princess in a palace overlooking the ocean ... Continue...
The Best Thanksgiving by Joshua M., Virginia Beach, VA The table was set neatly with silver andcrystal, and the welcome smells of the anticipated meal were driftingunder the kitchen door into the small room. Ma was busying herself witha stubborn spot on the dining-room window as sweat beaded on herreddened face ... Continue...
The Mountain by Benjamin K., Dixon, KY John stared out the window. The sun was trying with all its might to rise, like a drunk stuck between slumber and the cruel reality of waking. It was 4:47 a.m.; he would be on time today.
His decrepit truck bounced up the mountain pass as so many had before him ... Continue...
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