Sara married an unattractive man because her mother told her to. “Attractive men always check their reflection in the mirror,” her mother...

She wore a wide-brimmed hat, with her thin lips and thin hips. So wide it covered her milky skin from the sun. So wide it protected her...

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1 "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No good, Very bad day" was one of Patricia's favorite children's books from her mom's...

1 Orwell had rented an apartment for himself on the 25th floor of a high-end residence, in the central business district of Manila. It...

“It’s time to come out for lunch,” I tell my four year old, Nicky. “No, sorry,” he says waving a wrinkly hand behind the glass door, “I...

The great flood came and nobody died. No one of real value, Marcus thought. Dad said this swimmer, Michael Phelps, died. But what it was,...