“The Basement Secret”… James Thompson had survived icy highways, brake failures in the Rockies, and the long loneliness of life behind a semi’s windshield. But nothing…
Browsing: Moral Story
I was only at that hotel because I needed Wi-Fi to submit my job application. I’d been squatting with my cousin for two months after losing…
MY PARENTS DEMANDED THAT I GET MARRIED TO KEEP THE FAMILY BUSINESS, SO I CHOSE A FARM GIRL TO SPITE THEM — TURNED OUT, SHE OUTPLAYED…
The first time he touched me, I wasn’t in love. I was in need. Desperate. One week away from being kicked out of my one-room apartment…
I had a work trip scheduled in the area, and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to spend a few nights with my sister, Rachel, before…
My cousin Sarah and I had always had a complicated relationship. She was a whirlwind of glitter and noise, the kind of person who inhaled the…
My father passed away when I was in high school, cancer claiming him with a speed and brutality that left me breathless long after the funeral.…
The quiet hum of the refrigerator was the only sound in the kitchen, a stark contrast to the earthquake rattling inside me. My fingers trembled as…
The brightly wrapped, oversized box sat in my doorway like a harbinger of doom. It was my birthday, a day that had begun with warmth and…
You know that gut feeling when something’s just too good to be true? That’s how I should’ve felt about my stepmom, Carol. But when you’re 14…