Short Stories

The weekend was a blur. I called out sick on Monday because I didn’t want to be around people. The trust that I had in humanity had failed me. My mind was racing. I don’t know what to think or how to feel. Theo had been texting and calling me since he left that night, […]

Theo and I were inseparable. Since our date in May, we haven’t missed a beat. I saw him almost every day. He called me every day on his lunch break, and I called him as soon as I got in my car when I got off. He comes by the house and we would either

Although I had started a new job a couple of months ago, my friend Laila and I had already made plans for her birthday. It felt so good to get away and be beside the ocean, but just like I brought back peace, I also brought back a flesh-eating fungus on my nail. I had

The bell of the office door chimes, signaling that someone is walking in. I had just started a new job as an administrative assistant a couple of weeks ago, and I was loving it. It was definitely a major change from the retail world that I had come from, but I wasn’t a stranger to

“You wanna get lunch today or you want me to go?” I ask Amelia on the phone. We took turns running out getting lunch on our lunch breaks. If either of us cooked the night before and had leftovers, we’d text each other to see if we wanted to have leftovers for lunch. That was