Murders

My husband had an affair. I found out because he brought her home when he didn’t realize I was there. They burst through the door, lips locked, making out in our breezeway. When he finally…

“So how did it start?” “Don’t you know?” “I want to hear it from you.” “I’ve never considered myself to be a good person. I’ve done many… immoral things. Even when I was young. The…

This is not my child. That was all I could think. “Honey?” said my husband. “Is everything all right?” “Who is this?” I said, staring at the little girl I’d never seen before, standing in…

“Hello, is this Mr. Henderson?“ There was no real reason for me to pick up the phone. The spam app on my cell called out the mystery number right away. But, hell, I thought. Fuck…

I’ll always remember the first time I looked in the mirror and saw a wrinkle. There were two on the corners of each eye. At first I thought I was seeing things. I had only…

Back when I was 7, living in northern Ontario, my family inhabited a small house in a quaint, remote town. Despite the influx of immigrants arriving in Canada at that time, there were only three…

The man scurried around the marble island centered within the quaint kitchen. The floral walls that surrounded him were tinted yellow from smoke. The grey island was covered in a variety of spices and knives.…

Sometime last year, I got DMed by a dude on Twitter. I’d interacted with him a little, but didn’t really know him. We certainly weren’t close enough to have the kind of joke I assumed…

Transcript of Jordan Hayes’ Statement M.P.: Okay, we’re recording. Could you state your name for the record? J.H.: Jordan Hayes. My name is Jordan Hayes… I’m sorry my voice is shaking. Can you take these…

My name’s Rain. I’m about 22 years old, and I’m currently unemployed because of the fact I quit college. I live in a shitty, studio apartment in a smelly building, but I can barely scrape…