Mama tells me I’m part of the last people they’re ever gonna make. She says I’m special, says I’m sweet an’ kind, and I wanna prove...

Consider this letter your inheritance. I, Joseph Matthew McDormand, do hereby bequeath to my daughter, Erin Kathleen McDormand-Donato, all my worldly possessions, which can probably fit...

It started with my sister. She was eight. She was kind and gentle. She was smart which is why it never made any sense to me...

After a fierce battle, the troops of the defeated army retreated. The battlefield belonged to the conqueror now. Pursuing the retreating scattered groups of the enemy,...

Chrissy got her mother to promise to buy her new sneakers for Christmas. I can’t believe she did that to us. To us!! After all we’ve...

We’re all familiar with Mr. Nobody; we’re introduced to him as children. A drink spills on the carpet, a vase smashes to the floor. Our parents...

I have a teacher at school that teaches a variety of subjects, and he is generally well liked, the only strange thing about him is that...

Vladimir Ivanovich Meklin cared deeply about his health, especially about the condition of his teeth. At the age of fifty-eight, he still had his own teeth,...

I felt my eyelids getting heavy. The long stretch of road had an almost sedating effect on me. I had the heaters on which was lulling...

Every morning, I eat breakfast in the same diner, and one day a man was painting the windows with Christmas designs. He was completely engrossed, taking...