Short Reads

"During a kindergarten parent-teacher conference, a rich wife accuses me of stealing her bag.I'm baffled. I bought the bag myself abroad, and it eve..."

"My boss, Patrick Hoffman, has made a bad investment that fails. When the board wants someone to be held accountable for the loss, he makes me the f..."

"I am a firefighter.A beam crashes onto me in the middle of a burning building. At the same time, my oxygen is about to run out.I writhe and struggl..."

"My mom was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her life is smooth-sailing most of the time. The only mistake she's ever made is falling for my d..."

"On my wedding day, my groom's sister, Nadia Lawson, wears an elaborate ball gown and comes on stage to snatch the emcee's microphone.Before all the..."

"I knew that my father did not like me since I was young. When I wanted to commit suicide to end the pain caused by my illness, he was celebrating a..."

"Just because I ate one chicken leg more than my brother, my father kicked me out of the house in the middle of a snowstorm. Later on, my father of ..."

"After the Ig publication S.H.I.T Journal goes viral, I search its website out of curiosity. The satirical journal bills itself as a home for all th..."

"My daughter unplugs my oxygen tube before throwing herself into her nanny's arms. "The old hag is finally dying, Mom. I don't need to call a t..."

"My ex-fiancé made me do a blood test the night before our wedding.The next day, he threw the genetic report on my face and dumped me over defective..."

"My dormmate invites me to a college mate's engagement party. I choose an expensive tailor-made gown for the occasion.When I arrive at the hotel, I ..."

"A while ago, my buddy Aaron Miller took me to a camping site, and that’s when I truly learned what camping was all about. I also discovered why so ..."

"All the relatives knew I had a "backward cousin."For my birthday, she gave me a grocery-store pound cake.When I ran a marathon, she prese..."

"On the day of my birthday, my adopted sister, Juliette Griffin, and I get into a car accident.The flames are already licking me hungrily, and yet m..."

"My brother and I get into a car accident.My heart is ruptured—I need emergency surgery. But my mother, the hospital director, calls every available..."

"My grandmother, Nancy Muller, was the richest woman in Asperio, and I was her only granddaughter. However, my two older brothers, David Muller and ..."

"It was the day of my return. The city was talking about the birthday party my husband was throwing for me. He was a lawyer.But the night before the..."

"As the long-lost daughter of a wealthy family, I returned to my biological parents, only to watch their company collapse.Overwhelmed by massive deb..."

"My younger sister, Sophia Ashford, got pregnant before marriage. To protect her reputation before marrying into a wealthy family, she abandoned the..."

"Both Sienna Zeller, a top-tier actress, and I went into premature labor, and my husband, hailed as the star obstetrician, pulled a deformed baby fr..."

"When the village chief delivered the items for my wedding, my fiancé's adopted sister, who was the apple of his eye, suddenly burst into tears. She..."

"Past thirty, my usually serious husband suddenly developed a fascination with pink. The dark-colored furniture that had stayed the same for ten yea..."

"Lewd videos of my best friend, Katie Anderson, are suddenly leaked online, and I defend her in public. However, Katie ends up accusing me of leakin..."

"After being reborn, the first thing I did was forge a medical report diagnosing chronic kidney disease.In my previous life, my nephew had been diag..."