Story Glide

Sometimes, reality is just as bizarre as any story. The short tales you’re about to read begin with everyday moments — a noise behind the wall, a strange coincidence, a glitch that…

I left home at 18 to start my life. I went to college in another state. When I was 23, Mom got sick, but I never visited: I was busy raising 2…

Seven months pregnant, exhausted and achy, I boarded a packed bus. Standing, I gripped the rail as it lurched forward. Then I saw her—a frail elderly woman boarding with trembling steps. No…

When Grace’s five-year-old daughter pointed to the pale-yellow house across the street and claimed she saw her dead brother smiling from its window, Grace’s world cracked open again. Could grief really twist…

My boyfriend asked me to babysit his 7-year-old daughter for the weekend—again. I’d done it many times, but it was becoming routine, unpaid labor. I told him: if this is regular, I…

I found the perfect apartment: cheap, quiet, near work. Signed the lease, packed, told everyone I was moving. The day before move-in, the landlord called: mistake, it went to someone else. I…