Category: Short Stories

  • Letter from Mama

    Dear Baby, They say the greatest pain a mother could ever feel is labor. But I think that’s a bold-faced lie. There’s an even greater pain waiting just around the corner for me when you get sick for the first time. There’s also excruciating pain when you fall off your bike and scrape your knee. […]

  • The Microwave

    Beep…beep…beep “I don’t understand how anyone can undercook chicken. It’s chicken!” “I said I’m sorry already.” Alex chuckles. “Not like I did it on purpose.” “Thirty seconds should do it?”  “Maybe a minute.” “A minute?!” The microwave beeps again. Kate removes the hot plate carefully with both hands on its outermost edges. “Ouch,” she whispers.  […]