Teen Ink Magazine,
January 2004 :
Fiction Articles
Come In by Jacquelyn L., Clarkston, MI "Ricky, did you hear me? I asked you a question."
The eighth grader looked at the floor as his teacher tried to talk to him. Ricky had been sent out of class again for being disrespectful. Continue...
Paper Fossils by Alexandra R., Miami, FL While rummaging through a dusty old box That had been shoved into a corner of our garage I sifted through the scattered pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of your life. Continue...
The 5:30 Bus by Matthew C., Hampton, NJ Country roads. Beautiful the first 15 minutes. And then the next 30. And sometimes even the last 25 are tolerable, if you can forget the sweaty kid. Continue...
The Way of Things by Jon H., Galloway, NJ Get out of my store, ya' damn hippie!" the old man screamed at James, glaring at the young man before him. The shopkeeper's stare was filled with hatred for the new ideas that James represented.
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