Tag: relationships

The Character Lessons

My father wanted to build my character so that nothing could destroy me, not even him. He wanted me to be strong and resilient, confident and self-assured, capable of overcoming ...

by Sarah Harley • June 24, 2023June 24, 2023

Younger Men

“Rachel knew that Drew must have felt Patsy’s judgment and he would not look up.” In today’s #StorySunday USA, a new mother considers sliding doors of possibilities. Continue ...

by Heather Whited • January 1, 2023December 31, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

The Dark Room

Lucy knows all these things about him, and more. She keeps them filed away in a special part of her brain, the part of her brain that deals with difficult ...

by Joanna Acevedo • November 20, 2022October 19, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Slumming It

There are moments, situations, that define relationships, when there is a rightness between two people – the way that a society host and hostess, cold-shouldering each other for months, would ...

by Sam Kahn • October 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Notes of Improvement on Parisian Trains

“Empty, she wrote, even though it wasn’t an improvement, because sometimes she just wrote what she saw.” Continue Reading Notes of Improvement on Parisian Trains

by Graham Marema • September 18, 2022September 12, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Hey, Bob, Aren’t Ya Talkin’?

He turns into the hallway, walks its length, then grabs the gold knob on the storage room door. Locked. He walks back to the men’s restroom. Also locked. He knocks. ...

by Jeff Blechle • August 14, 2022July 26, 2022

Once a Smoker, Always a Smoker

“I don’t know why you wanted to meet here of all places.” She said it in a voice of perfect exasperation that was all at once disheartening and tenderly ...

by Travis Cohen • July 17, 2022June 30, 2022

The Promise

In his mind Harold prepared a speech. If Maggie was going to fire him for stealing food, well, OK, it might’ve happened but he’d never gone overboard, and he supposed ...

by Charles Holdefer • July 10, 2022June 30, 2022