Category: Stories

Was walking back from the pub, not too late at night. It was raining. My friend stopped, lifted his foot above a snail (ready to stomp on it) and said, “I hate…

It had been raining on and off all morning. The kind of cold drizzle that gets into your bones no matter how many layers you’re wearing. I was walking back from the…

My stepmother bought me and her daughter the same clothes. The funny thing is that we also had the same names. One day we went to the beauty parlor with her and…

I never expected the most impossible choice of my life would come wrapped in designer silk and delivered with a glass of red wine. But life doesn’t ask if you’re ready before…

“You can’t even walk!” The words rang out like a slap across the kitchen. Jason stood with his arms crossed, a smirk tugging at his lips. In front of him sat the…

The house was too quiet. Not peaceful, not still in the way Sunday mornings could be. It was a different kind of silence — the heavy kind that made your skin crawl…

My husband died suddenly when our daughter was six. A year later, I found his records from when he was in a psychiatric hospital for depression. In the notes, I discovered a…

I hadn’t seen my daughter in nearly a year. After her wedding, she kept her distance. My calls went unanswered. I figured she was too busy with her life. Then one night,…

My parents always canceled on me because of my sister. Now I was getting married. My parents assured me they wouldn’t miss it. But they didn’t come because my sister’s dog was…

He stood so still by the post, like he was waiting for a school picture photographer instead of me with my phone. Backpack tight, shoes double-knotted. “Smile,” I said. He didn’t. Just…