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The Edge of the World
A husband clings to a final journey to the place that once made them feel alive, while his wife quietly begins to imagine the world after him.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
New Year, New You
After New Year’s Eve, a husband and wife move into separate rooms. What follows is a precise, unsettling story about emotional hunger, self-deception, and the domestic objects that absorb both.
Fiction, Litro #184: Memory, Technology
Tuscany! Tuscany!
“We were no longer young.” GC Perry sets the violent breakdown of a marriage in the warmth and magnificence of Tuscany’s countryside.
The Changing Sky
Jo’s turbulent marriage echoes in the wind as she walks, prompting introspect, doubts and a choice for her onward journey.
Counting Hands
A wedding marred by revelations. Katherine, torn between choices, confronts truth amid familial chaos & an exploration of hidden lives unfolds.
breakfic, Fiction, LunchBreak Fiction
Cod Provençal (Kate and Alex)
“Sometimes laughing feels like crying.” A frozen bag of fish can make or break this marriage, in Mick Stratta’s “Cod Provençal.”
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Where Are You From?
“Everything… is slow and quiet… familiar yet unfamiliar to Fai and Cheong.” Today’s #StorySunday is “Where Are You From?” by by Flo Au.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
The Wife
I liked Ben enough. I didn’t love him; I could never love someone so whole.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Home Sweet Home
Roger and Marie had argued many times over whether they had a right – and by right they were referring to a moral right – to apply for the ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Quiz Night
We go to a pub quiz every Wednesday night, my wife Mel and me. We go with our friends Simon and Ginny. Ginny is Mel’s best friend. They’ve known ...
Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Features
15-MINUTE ZOOM CALL
A couple separated by continents gets married by Zoom
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
THE WIDOW
Grief inspires a widow’s new hairstyle
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
FISH FROM LABEAUX LAKE
A man goes fishing and reels in memories of his first wife.
After the Break
How does a marriage work? An incisive tale about modern love.
Spinster, Schminster: The Destruction of a Perfectly Good Word
There is a good book to be written about spinsterhood, writes Joanna Pocock, but Kate Bolick’s Spinster isn’t it.
Book Review: The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Seventeenth-century Amsterdam is vividly brought to life in this this entertaining debut novel.
Wooing and Weddings: the ‘Hallmark Shakespeare’?
“Imagine the scene: an angry father hauls his young daughter in front of a city governor, demanding the death penalty for her disobedience in refusing to marry the man he ...
Admittance
We had no choice but to sign the admittance papers. We saw no other alternative. When there’s something medically wrong – especially when it’s your child – you must trust ...
Becoming Samantha
They took away my clothes, the white raincoat that was an exact copy of Samantha’s, the red woollen dress like the one in her closet and the shoes, bag, and ...