Category: Stories

When I married Craig, I knew I wasn’t just gaining a husband. I was inheriting a complicated relationship between a son and his mother. Eleanor was a proud, soft-spoken woman. She’d been…

I’d always been the quiet kid in class; the one teachers nodded about approvingly while whispering about my bright future. But sitting in our cramped kitchen, watching Mom count out grocery money…

I stood at the edge of the grave with my daughter in my arms, her tiny hands fisted in the collar of my coat. The wind swept through the cemetery, pulling at…

My name is Anthony, and up until six months ago, I thought I had life figured out. I had a decent job at a mid-sized marketing firm, a small apartment that I…

I grew up accepting my stepmother’s hatred for me. But I never thought she would stoop so low and lock me in my bedroom on the day of my American Idol audition….

The front doors slid open. My shoes hit the tile. The air smelled like sunscreen and lobby flowers. Behind the counter, I saw him—my grandfather. He was standing still, shoulders slumped, holding…

Mark and I weren’t perfect, but we worked on us, holding it all together. We had our routines—morning traffic rants, Friday takeout, a shared Netflix account, and two little munchkins, Emma and…

David and I had recently returned from our honeymoon, and our life together was filled with love and happiness. However, my mother-in-law, Gertrude, never took me seriously. She criticized me constantly, no…

Emily was stunned when she turned 18. and her stepmom forced her to pay rent. Then, Sharon gave her a week to move out. Emily turned to the one person who never…

Late at night, drowning in paperwork dumped by my overbearing boss, I got a call that shattered everything—my mother was getting married, and I wasn’t invited. I didn’t know what hurt more:…