“Well, the severity of chemotherapy varies from person to person. For some its a seven-course treatment, and for some, it’s just one…
You don’t often come across a book that inspires, confuses, and offends you at the same time…
Alisa was the cleverest in the family, and the brightest in class. If anyone could uphold his name, her father claimed, it’d be…
It wasn’t enough, it was never enough.
She moved the slider to the right. Nothing. She moved it further still.
Processing…
And when loading stopped, it still wasn’t enough. Tired after a long day out in the woods…
Rebelling had landed him here. He was only one not to weep or shudder while they chained him and mauled him. We wailed. I remember…
Spencer considered. He could accept his gay son’s donation and endure shame forever. Or uphold his faith — and die as he lived.
He had lived his days arguing, demeaning, and devaluing anyone who challenged his belief. He was the nasty old man everyone avoided.
Virginia Woolf said that a woman must have money and a room of her own if she’s to write fiction. Here’s how I take it: For a woman to…
Some of my colleagues think I’m brave when I told my boss upfront that I needed a few days off of work for personal reasons. There’s nothing courageous about what I did. I just asked for my right as an employee, as an individual. To my new colleagues, however, it seemed unnatural — though in…
The clear, bubbling foam dashed against the rocks. Sonia had spent the last two hours in silence, taking a swig or two every half a minute, wondering, contemplating. Her’s wasn’t the best life, but she had always tried to make the best of what she got. Although —
He sat brooding over his third beer. “When life gives you lemons…” the barman was saying to him, but Allan no longer listened. His…