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Teen Ink Magazine,
September 2006 :
Fiction Articles
Curiosity Killed That Cat
by Amalia L., Highland Park, NJ
It was drizzling the day we named our dog Curiosity after he killed the Siamese cat that belonged to the lady down the street. My mother had said the dog couldn’t stay, but after he got his name, it was too late.
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For the Poundcake
by Jessica S., New York, NY
Stop it. Stop hiding. Get your coffee-stained fingers off your face and do the job you worked for. Do the job you wanted - want - like oxygen. No, like marble poundcake. Do the job you wanted like warm marble poundcake with ice cream. Yes, that’s it.
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Jambo
by Corina C., Milton, MA
She could hear MTV playing in the dining room and men’s voices outside talking about last night’s game. She walked to the bathroom, closed her eyes, and turned on the water. Then she turned it off.
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Red Ballon
by John M., Hemet, CA
It’s been ten years since Dad died. Ten years to the day. Ten years of figurative burying. A decade of struggling to move forward, to move on.
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The Mug
by Emily B., W. Windsor, NJ
If I had a beautiful mug, hand-painted with every color of the sky and the sunrise, perfect for holding warm spice tea and a silver spoon of sugar and a splash of milk; if I had that mug, which probably would have the name of some place on it and was found in a ...
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The Shoe Rule
by Jessica B., Sheffield Village, OH
Willard Johnson was a cantankerous old man. He lived with his cantankerous old wife, Mrs. Johnson. And he hated his job. He was what those privy to the lingo of his type of work referred to as a window watcher.
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