STORYSTAR
Read Short Coming of Age / Initiation Stories
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
TIN RUST
By
Mongiwekhaya
The tin rusty taste of blood in one's mouth is potent, painful, personal. What you give is what you get in this game called love.
A letter from an unborn child to his parents
By
Ruchika
It's about how the child who is not yet born feels being inside.
Road Test
By
Courtland Mead
An easy to relate to story about getting your license to drive and initiation to adulthood.
ABBY’S BALLROOM DRESS
By
Kelli Isaak
A teen with divorced parents describes a custody struggle and the time she spends living with relatives.