After my partner of nearly three decades d.i.3.d I believed grief itself would be the hardest thing I would ever have to endure. I was...
When someone gently touched her shoulder and whispered, “Elena, sweetheart, your father is here,” the 17-year-old girl barely reacted at first. She had been standing...
The sliding doors of the airport parted with a sharp hiss as Dr. Eliza Monroe hurried inside. Her heels clicked unevenly against the polished floor....
My name is Lila. I am 27 years old. This fall, I married Rowan, my partner of six steady and wonderful years. He is the...
The morning it happened, my kitchen smelled like burned toast and cheap coffee. The sound of arguing children bounced off the peeling yellow walls like...
I used to think I had seen every type of customer a restaurant could throw at a server. After five years on the floor, I...
I spent ten years building a life that fit me like a second skin. Ten years of sleepless nights hunched over anatomy textbooks. I survived...
A customer walked into our store looking for Christmas lights. I showed her our top brand, but—wanting to make sure each bulb worked—she asked me...
A cowboy rode into town on his horse and stopped at a bar for a drink. Unfortunately, the locals had a habit of picking on...
A blonde walks into Starbucks one morning and orders a coffee and a breakfast sandwich. She receives her breakfast sandwich from the Barista, finds a...
