Category: Stories

I never thought I’d be writing an entire rant about eggs, but here we are. Egg prices are actually insane right now! And if you’ve been to a grocery store lately, you…

When I told him I worked at Alliance Traffic, he actually smirked. Like—smirked. Looked me up and down, then said, “Wait, like…on the road? With signs and cones and stuff?”I nodded. “Yeah,…

Brian wasn’t the romantic type. In three years of marriage, he’d never surprised me with flowers or planned a single getaway. So when he handed me a sleek cream-colored envelope on a…

The story of Phillip Herron, a single father overwhelmed by debt and the pressures of raising three young children, is a heartbreaking reminder of the importance of mental health support. An image…

fifty-cent tip made them philosophers. Finally, at twenty-seven, I landed an office job—the kind with vacation days and email signatures. But that same week, I fell ill. Tests, more tests, and only…

My wife had another car mishap today. When the police arrived, she was all riled up, insisting the man she hit was completely reckless. “He was on his phone!” she fumed. “And…

Sometimes, reality is even stranger—and more terrifying—than anything found in books or movies. This collection of eerie real-life experiences features events so bizarre, unsettling, or inexplicable that they could easily be the…

It was a normal Tuesday—until my phone rang. I almost ignored it, then saw the caller ID: HOME. I picked up, expecting my wife, Laurel. Instead, I heard my daughter Alice’s shaky…

Story 1:  n junior year of high school, my dad got remarried to the woman he’d cheated on my mom with several years prior. As an angsty teenager, I was none too thrilled with his new marriage and was honestly pretty cold towards her…

Sometimes, family relationships can test the limits of patience and trust. Rosa, a devoted aunt, reached out to us about a situation with her sister, Emily, that has left her conflicted. For…