Category: Stories

I was tired of my family’s endless questions about my love life, so I had a wild plan. I found and brought a homeless man as my pretend fiancé to the holiday…

Joan scrolled through her school album remembering what her thoughts were back then. It had already been twenty years since graduation, but Joan still remembered the boy who broke her young heart….

I thought I was marrying the most thoughtful man I’d ever met. Turns out, I was walking into a house where “help” meant servitude, “love” meant control, and a locked door became…

When I noticed my wife drawing strange tally marks on her hand, I shrugged it off as a quirky habit. But as those marks multiplied and her answers remained cryptic, I realized…

When Sam suggested a surprise getaway for me and the kids, my gut told me something was wrong. His odd behavior screamed infidelity, but when I returned home early to catch him…

After a night of revelry at his brother’s bachelor party, John was certain his wife, Allison, would be furious or even contemplate divorce. Instead, he awoke to find a rose, two pain-relief…

Mark and I were married for seven years. I was thirty-four, a graphic designer who freelanced from home, and up until recently, I thought our marriage was perfect and unshakable. Everything changed…

The frosting was lopsided, but Evelyn clapped her hands like it was the best thing she’d ever seen. “It’s lovely, Mommy!” she exclaimed, bouncing on her toes. “Can I put the sprinkles…

I used to think I could tell when something was wrong in my marriage. I thought it would announce itself with shouting or slammed doors, or maybe a silence so loud it…

He liked calling himself a provider. But when I asked for a $5 salad, my boyfriend laughed at me like I was begging for gold. I’m 26 and pregnant with twins. When…