Category: stories

You never expect your own child to treat you like a stranger. But somewhere along the line, that’s exactly what happened with Stuart. I used to think maybe it was just the…

Bethany used her inheritance to buy a house, but her husband wanted to be co-owner even though he didn’t contribute any money. When she said no, he asked for past rent payments…

They say the first home you buy as a couple is where you build your future. For Alex and I, it was supposed to be just that, a warm, two-bedroom apartment on…

Two guys in their mid-twenties are sitting at a bar having a beer. One of the guys remarks to the other, “Boy you look really tired!”Dude, I’m exhausted, my girlfriend wants sex…

Prue sat quietly in the small chair tucked into the corner of Mr. Mitchels’ classroom. The room smelled faintly of crayons and dry-erase markers, the familiar scent of childhood. Her eyes drifted…

The clock on the kitchen wall seemed to tick louder than usual, each second stretching longer than it should. Lydia sat stiffly at the table, arms folded tightly across her chest, her…

She smiled as our cars were hauled away, convinced she had won some neighborhood battle. But by the next morning, she was standing on her porch in shock, facing a $25,000 mistake…

When I met Tom, I was 22 and he was the sweetest man I’d ever known. So when he proposed three months later, I married him. My grandmother used to say ‘marry…

My boyfriend proposed to me. I was over the moon and said yes. The next day, he approached me and said, “Sorry, I think I’ve made a hasty decision. I’m not ready…

At 17, Daniel had to give up his newborn son for adoption due to his parents’ insistence. Years later, as a 27-year-old little league baseball coach, he encountered a new student, Robert,…