"Wait, so he hit you?"

"Girl, yes! And do you know what else?"

Amber was now at the edge of her seat. "You better tell me, girl."

Quanta proceeded to pop her gum as she said, "Girl, yes. He hit me, and had th...   [Read more...]

Until now, she'd never thought of herself as pretty. And it was very hard for her to. What, with her being overweight. To people of this society, fatties are not pretties.

At least, that's what her father has always told her.

But right now. Standing h...   [Read more...]

Water. Surrounded her from every direction on the huge cruise ship. She loved being out in the ocean, looking out as far as she could see and seeing nothing but water.

Her husband, on the other hand...

"Honey, please get up. Open your eyes and...   [Read more...]

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

That's the sound of the horn that Stacey heard every night, at all hours. Seems her neighbor's boyfriend always wanted to pick her up at all hours of the night.

Now, Stacey didn't care what people did with thier ...   [Read more...]

Potatoes.

That's all the six year old girl would eat. And it seemed that no matter what else I tried to serve her, potatoes was it. She wouldn't try anything else. Wouldn't look at anything else. All she ever wanted? Potatoes.

"Honey, what are ...   [Read more...]

She didn't look at him.

Instead, she stared out of the window, quivering as though she would cry at any second.

"Bev?" Steven called out tentatively.

She shook her head, still not looking at him. All Steven wanted was for her to look...   [Read more...]

She sat in her car, staring up at the Motel 6. After begging her boss to let her off early, she almost wished he would have said no. If her boss knew what she was up to, he probably would have.

"I shouldn't be here," she whispered to herse...   [Read more...]

Sarah was really thirsty.

So, she picked up the bottle of Vodka and took a huge swig. She's done this repeatedly throught the course of the day.

Yep. Still thirsty.

Maybe not sober...but then again, this isn't the point.

"Sarah?" she heard...   [Read more...]

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. The boy standing across the street couldn't help but notice her. He thought she looked a little curious as to what he was doing just standing on the other side of the street.

He totall...   [Read more...]

Marvin hates it when things don't go according to plan. It's quite simple really: when a person calls you, you answer the phone.

But, this just isn't going to happen, now is it? In fact, it's never gonna happen.

Not as long as he can't get away fro...   [Read more...]