Stories tagged “coming of age”

• Adolescent Fascinations

  I didn’t really understand it, like so many understood ideas that fly through the large pop-up book of my mind, but for some reason I can only see the floaters in my eyes when I’m looking out of the windows of my dad’s car. With every...

  • Author: Gradual Uprising {LoA}
  • Posted over 2 years ago.
  • 4 out of 5

• 16.5 [Coming of Age Challenge]

  16.5 means second-guessing your every move trying to predict the impact it’ll have trying to make the right choices. 16.5 means sobbing at Senior Speeches in that cramped, sacred greenroom because you know it will be your turn soon to leave, and ...

  • Author: Music-Hearted
  • Posted over 2 years ago.
  • 5 out of 5

• A Change in Family Dynamics

  “Never trust a man in a trenchcoat. Whether spy, mage, or madman, he is not to be trusted. It’s like wearing a sign that says ‘Hey look, I’m untrustworthy!’.” My Uncle Dan was semi-drunk. He pretty much only existed ...

  • Author: Robert Quick
  • Posted about 1 year ago.
  • 5 out of 5

• No Control

  “So, we’re pretty much done. Crazy, right?” Chuck yells into my ear. “Now what?” I bark to keep the conversation going. “Time to park it on mom’s couch and make Craigslist my homepage.” “Christ, this is sad. Why didn’t anyone tell m...

  • Author: JettyCakes
  • Posted about 1 year ago.

• New Things

  The young man pondered how long he’d been doing the same thing. He was prone to starting things new, which had the unfortunate side effect of having to quit the thing before. Surely, he never imagined he’d quit his education, but that decision, for...

  • Author: Neil Kant
  • Posted 6 months ago.