Short Reads

"I was a mermaid from the deep sea. Out of curiosity and playfulness, I was caught by a fisherman and endured unbearable torment.Just when I was on ..."

"On the day we decided to get a divorce, I saw Miranda’s account book while I was packing up my stuff.Aside from our daily expenses, Miranda had als..."

"There's a little shop downstairs that sells organ soup. It's always packed with customers. People line up as if bewitched, eager for a bowl.I've of..."

"Celeste Cox sent me a photo on WhatsApp. I opened it to find a picture of the school heartthrob and me in an intimate embrace, the pose as suggesti..."

"Ever since I got pregnant, my husband hadn’t touched me. However, to my embarrassment, my body had only grown more sensitive.Every night, I would f..."

"In this world, there are more ways to deal with a problem than the problem itself. That applies just as well to cheating men.Rich men, especially, ..."

"My boyfriend said that art held no restrictions, so he used my provocative paintings to enter a competition. Amidst a row of classic ceramic figuri..."

"My younger sister, Angela Schrute, got married at 20. By 21, she already had a child.I'm Elizabeth Schrute, 27 years old, and still unmarried.Over ..."

"When I return home on Christmas Eve, I find a stamp on my wife's body. She looks flustered as she explains that it's a mark every member of her fam..."

"There are no grown men in our village.When girls turn 18, they participate in a coming-of-age ceremony in the ancestral hall. Dressed in ceremonial..."

"My dormmates are my bullies. When they hear that my father owns a factory, they force me to get them part-time jobs there for the summer.I look dow..."

"I was in the late stages of kidney failure, but my husband, Calvin Quayle, gave the kidney that was the best match for me to my younger sister, Lou..."

"To cure my half-sister's illness, my brother took my beast bone—all because I was a half-beast and had a strong self-healing ability.Later, to make..."

"On Mom's death anniversary, drug dealers break into the cemetery and take me away.To get revenge on my brother, Zack Smith—a forensic pathologist—t..."

"I was the sole front desk clerk at a haunted hotel.Welcoming players, checking in on the bosses’ quarters, and slacking off a bit were all part of ..."

"My son, Andy, had a sudden liver failure and needed a liver transplant. The only compatible match was my wife, Vivian Grant. I had begged her for 2..."

"After I got pregnant, I witnessed my boyfriend's grandmother's death. She left behind a secret, and now, everyone who knows that secret is dead.Fir..."

"I set fire to my painting in front of the entire academy.Thunderous applause erupts from the crowd as everyone thinks it's some kind of performance..."

"I'm a love therapist. My job is to help clients experience what it's like to be in love.One day, a client comes to me, wanting me to serve him in a..."

"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..."

"I’ve always been someone with a strong, restless libido I can’t quite explain. I’ve never gone to a doctor about it, but I know myself well enough ..."

"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..."

"After dying suddenly from overwork, I found myself transmigrated into the life of a fake heiress who had been cast out of her wealthy family.While ..."

"My wife, Ivy Hart, is about to give birth to the baby she conceived with Toby Clayton, her first love. Her parents hire ten bodyguards to stand gua..."