Category: Stories

Phoebe Cates became one of the most recognizable faces of American cinema during the early 1980s. With a magnetic presence that combined intelligence, warmth, and effortless charm, she quickly stood out in…

You might have thought this photo shows a doll? In fact, it doesn’t – in front of you is a young woman who has spent her entire life trying to look like…

Larry hadn’t been the same ever since he found out Sharra had a new man. He kept telling himself it didn’t bother him, but deep down, it did. Seeing her with Joel—her…

When my father told me I could only come back home if I got on my knees and apologized to my sister and her two children—the ones he proudly called “the real…

Raising three-year-old twins as a single father feels like living inside a constant whirlwind. Bella and Lily fill my days with laughter, noise, sticky fingerprints, and nonstop motion. It’s exhausting, chaotic, and…

The sun blazed high in the late afternoon sky, turning the vast municipal dump into a shimmering sea of metal, plastic, and forgotten things. Golden light poured over the heaps, making even…

Part 1: The “Useless” Wife The mirror in the master bedroom was framed in gold leaf, an antique David had insisted on buying to match the “prestige” of his position as Vice…

Valeria Ramírez no era una mujer de grandes discursos. Era de las que hablan con las manos: cosiendo dobladillos hasta tarde, recogiendo huevos al amanecer, limpiando el polvo que se cuela por…

At two o’clock in the morning, the emergency dispatch center lit up with its usual hum of activity. The phones were quiet, as most people were asleep, until suddenly one line lit…

Two 90 year old men, Mike and Joe, have been friends all of their lives. When it’s clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. One day Mike says, “Joe,…