Short stories: Walking out on your spouse 11 Articles

by Misha Takhar

Buzz Texts. Texts. Oh God Texts! I wish now I had never read them. I know it's my fault; I should never have read her texts. It's a bit like reading someone else's dairy or e-mails: both occupying the same category of ...read more

by Jane Cali-Madell

The bottle of holy water In an alcove in my mother's cottage, there's a little bottle of holy water. A white bottle from the Lourdes spring, shaped like the Mother of God. Her clasped hands are a white flame of prayer...read more

by Dreidle Flare

They had nothing to say to each other. This fact had existed for quite some time now, yet, ironically, they had begun to realize it only moments ago. Thus, the scene they had been fighting had finally made itself manifes...read more

by Richard Bashara

The Winner By Decision The wisest of us all will live long enough to tell you that you ought not to relive the glory days, cus they shouldn't never have left you. Sometimes though, I just can't help it. It used to be, I...read more

by Marcia Middleton

You know what? I had said I wouldn't cry even though I thought I eventually would, so I took a moment to wait for the storm that never came. I never even frowned; I laughed instead. You'd be hard pressed to find another wo...read more

by wihoiske

Walking out on your spouse (husband) is not an easy thing to do, but after 4 years of him coming home telling you how useless you were I finally got my fill. Everything was fine when I was working and making a paycheck, wh...read more

by Kelly Monteith

Lying there in bed, watching the sun come up, it looked like another beautiful sunny day.Listening carefully, she waiting to see if the baby would start crying, thinking back she realized the baby had slept pretty much thr...read more

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by Felicia Ealey

Mass Murder It was past midnight,and i had just got laid off from work.From the time I got up all the way to now my day has been nothing but hell. Im irratable and tierd,and all I wanna do is go h...read more

by Marissa M. Carter

I think I first realized there was a problem when I looked around and saw that I cared more about what you thought of me than what I thought of myself. Here you are, should I smile for you? Yes, keep my tears for the dar...read more

by Francine Larson

Why didn't I notice this? Why wasn't I paying attention? How can I put on a great dinner party and know every conversation that is being held? I was working furiously trying to make all the guests com...read more

by Louise Breland

Scenes from a marriage: The day that he left her was the hardest day of his life, he did not really want to leave. They had sent the children away to stay with his parents, so that they could have some alone time. They ...read more