Short Reads

"I went viral, all for the wrong reasons. The world came down hard on me, all because I refused to approve my employee, Cassandra’s, maternity leave..."

"I had just gotten home when a parent in my son’s class group chat erupted:[Ms. Zinn, what kind of place are you running? Do you let just any random..."

"To help cover our household expenses, I often sold second-hand items online.Late one night, a new listing suddenly appeared under my husband's acco..."

"When I follow my boyfriend back to his hometown, I accidentally discover the wounds and scars all over his sister's body. Then, an old lady in the ..."

"After my parents passed away, Uncle Mike took me in. When greedy relatives tried to snatch away my inheritance, he chased them off with a kitchen k..."

"The buzzing of my phone in the middle of the night jolted me awake. On the other end of the line came a voice I could never forget. It was my daugh..."

"I live alone. At eleven o'clock on a rainy night, an unexpected call came through.The voice on the other end said my car window was left open and u..."

"I have spent ten years fighting against the fake heiress, Cynthia Powell, to secure the Powell family's inheritance. Eventually, we both set our si..."

"One night, as I was making my way to the bathroom around 3 a.m., I saw my dormmate, Yvonne, squatting in front of our door. She was rearranging all..."

"The day I recovered from my mental illness and got discharged, my parents held me in their arms with tears of happiness. My sister gave me a teddy ..."

"On my birthday, my boyfriend gave me a pearl bracelet and claimed it would bring wealth.I did not believe it.However, just a few days later, I actu..."

"Each of my three ex-boyfriends ends up committing suicide right after eating food that my mother, Florence Winters, makes.Their deaths are very dif..."

"In my previous cycle, when I graduated from university, my cousin Laura gave me a gramophone.But after I received the gramophone, accidents kept be..."

"As I took my newborn daughter from the nurse, I heard the voice of the baby in the next bed echoing in my head. “Don’t take her, Mommy. I’m your re..."

"My husband and I have been married for a decade. When I finally conceive for the first time in ten years, I realize my worst enemies are my family,..."

"When I first started at Serenity Hills, the head nurse told me coma patients paid well—but the job was messy and brutal.They could only get IV nutr..."

"I'd been home for half a month, but I still couldn't shake the feeling that Mom wasn't quite herself anymore. She looked and sounded like she alway..."

"On the day of my son's one-month celebration, my notoriously stingy sister-in-law surprised me with a branded baby bottle.But instead of accepting ..."

"My roommate won first prize in the national lottery, a full 100 million dollars.She quit her job on the spot, blocked her boss, and said to me, &qu..."

"I, Julian Manning, am the top salesman at a car dealership, and I never refuse any customer's request.But today, I turn away a regular customer who..."

"My best friend's boyfriend was cheating, so I tagged along to bust him at a hotel.Fifteen hours until go time.Felicity Cook booked a room right nex..."

"I could always hear strange noises coming from the room next to me. A cacophony of people having intercourse. The noise kept me awake all night. Bu..."

"After my mom, Margaret Hale, dies of a heart attack, she starts appearing in my sister Claire Dawson's dreams.In a dream, Mom tells Claire to climb..."

"Late one night after getting off work, I was scrolling through my company group chat when a colleague shared a piece of news. The headline was horr..."