“And to this day, Tony is still my best friend,” Pamela looked down the table at her ex-husband and gleamed.   It made Justine wince, but she forced a smile regardless and said through gritted teeth, …

“It’s time,”  Jared called, approaching me.  I saw Jared almost every day for eleven years but never been as happy to see him as I was today.  I was sitting on the bare mattress bed …

“Bruce Bear! Bruce Bear!” The tiny voice echoed through the black bear’s den. Bruce Bear rolled over and checked his calendar alarm.  He had been pushing the snooze button on his alarm for the past …

The woman stood assertively at the entrance of the bustling kitchen, her sharp, piercing eyes commanding attention as they scanned the room with an intense glare. The furrowed lines on her forehead deepened, accentuating the …

“So… he gave you a used toaster?” I asked Emma.   I met Emma at my last company.  She was smart and ambitious, and I befriended her when I realized I could learn a thing or …

Trigger Warning: Contains sensitive content related to abuse and rape. Today “Dennis, can you please pass the salt?”  Sarah asked.  Sarah’s hair was tied up in a knot on top of her head and she …

“Heads I tell her.  Tails I don’t.  It’s as simple as that,” Michelle holds up a quarter with a grin on her face. “This is someone’s life.  You can’t just determine that you are going …

Sam woke up.  She touched her fingertips to her forehead.  Her head pounded.  She smacked her lips together and searched for a glass of water or a water bottle in grabbing distance.  She glanced at …

Jenny fidgeted with the weights on the scale in front of her and audibly blew a breath out.  One hundred and twenty-two pounds.  Up a pound from last time she weighed herself, the day before.  …

Billy zipped up his black leather jacket, took out his gray beanie from his pocket and pulled it over his ears.  He looked at Allison from behind as she zipped up her puffy light pink …