Ten years ago, I lost the boy of my teenage obsession. My step brother was sent to prison and our late night talks turned into limited phone calls with inmates eavesdropping on every word. Now he’s out …
My step-brother and I have hated each other since we met, so it’s a nightmare being forced to share one seat in the back of Dad’s truck, jam-packed with moving boxes, for the next two days until we ge…
After nearly causing multiple car accidents when my power steering goes out, a driver with serious road rage chases me off the interstate. The towering cowboy looks ready to murder me with his bare ha…
My world is upended when I find my mom packing her suitcases. She tells me I don’t have to call my stepfather Dad or Daddy anymore since we’re leaving and moving in with the man she’s been cheating on…
After my dad forgets to set the house alarm, I grab the duffel bag I’ve had packed and hidden for months and sprint into the night to the closest truck stop. My future and safet…
I’ve only had guardianship of my three-month-old nephew, Grayson, for four days, and I’m already failing miserably. I don’t know how to help him since he refuses to eat and sleep until sheer …
I dated the quarterback. I won prom queen. I got perfect grades, ended up at an Ivy League school pursuing the most practical degree for a stable career. I attended all the…
I never planned to sleep with her dad. I just wanted closure, proof of her and my boyfriend’s affair. Betrayed and hurt, I lashed out at the next person I saw. Then I was asking him to right his daughte…
Graduating from college is exciting, except for the part where you have to go back home. I had it all planned out–I’d take the long, cross-country route so it would be a whole week before I have to fac…
I did everything according to my plan until it all came crashing down last semester. One failed class set off a series of events that has me questioning everything I thought I wanted. When I'm forced to…
Total control. I need it in every aspect of my life. Some would say that makes me an asshole. A freak. But as long as everything’s exactly how I want it, I’m completely flexible.
Hitchhiking from Nevada to Texas on my own at nineteen years old and nearly nine months pregnant to reunite with my dad is terrifying, especially after being attack…
