Short stories tagged with Coming Of Age

Listing 30 stories.

In the kingdom ritual to become men, two boys stray the path to embark on a legendary hunt for the impundulu.

A girl who can see the auras of others struggles to make sense of those auras which she encounters as she grows up.

After their father leaves, two young brothers struggle to remain allies when one of them is bullied and accused of being gay.

A college freshman, Eugene, has been struggling with his identity since he was assaulted by an older man at aged fourteen. After an evening of partying in New York, Eugene meets a gay man named Kent on the train and decides to take ownership of himself and his body.

During the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918, a young boy is left alone so his family can be treated in their town’s makeshift hospital. The boy tries his best to hold down the fort and prove his manhood, though the people around him make it more difficult than he expected.

When a black teenage girl at a private school gets invited to a party by a wealthy white student, she struggles to navigate the divide between their world and her own.

As a young Japanese man reflects on significant moments in his life, a stunning musical encounter leads him on the path to self-acceptance.

A boy and his father live on the open road for a year, after which is father forces him to make a choice - settle down or keep wandering.

A young boy stays with his mother and their slaves at a farm in the Deep South, while his father and brother fight as Confederate soldiers. When Union soliders show up for a meal, the boy confronts the humanity of the enemy.

Two longtime friends move in together during the COVID pandemic. When one friend's daughter starts to confide in the other friend, the mother becomes jealous.