I had a fight with my wife yesterday. Today, I got back from work, and my 10-year-old son says, “Mom said you’re not my father, and she’s leaving us.” I’m calling my wife, she’s unavailable. There is no dinner, and there is a bag full of clothes standing next to the door. I’m sitting almost […]
Twelve modest ladies clad in Catholic nun habits and dainty white gloves take to the floor and begin an elegant, flowing dance for their audience. Starting with their backs to the audience, they soon turn to the front with elegant symmetry and begin to deliver their lovely dance routine. As the ladies move in choreographed […]
After years of being a widower, Matthew is caught off guard when the first person he sees as he’s having a stroke is Taylor, his wife. Except that doesn’t make sense: Taylor was laid to rest 20 years ago. Is Matthew hallucinating, or is something else going on? It happened so fast. I was unpacking […]
I was halfway to my mother-in-law’s house with freshly baked lasagna when my lawyer’s frantic call changed everything. “Go back home. NOW,” she shouted. What I walked into that night exposed the ugly sides of two of the closest people in my life. I used to think my life was pretty stable. As a finance […]
When Rachel invites her new friend Mary over for dinner, the night takes an unexpected turn. The moment Mary sees Rachel’s husband, she flies into a rage and makes a shocking accusation. Stunned and caught between her friend and her husband, Rachel’s perfect life begins to unravel. On paper, Dan and I are that annoyingly […]
I hadn’t heard from my stepdaughter, Hyacinth, in what felt like forever, so when she invited me to dinner, I thought maybe this was it — the moment we’d finally patch things up. But nothing could have prepared me for the surprise she had waiting for me at that restaurant. I’m Rufus, 50 years old, […]
My little daughter was chattering excitedly about her new school and friends during dinner. Chirping about her new teacher, she exclaimed, “Daddy has a picture of her!” The blood drained from my face. What did my daughter’s teacher have to do with my husband? The truth I learned tore me apart. It was a picture-perfect […]