Stories

“Stay Where You Are!”: Why Being Late to the Maternity Hospital Was a Salvation

I was rushing to the maternity hospital to see my sister and, on the run, tossed some change to a...

Mother-in-law’s Mistake: What Was Really in the Powder She Slipped to Her Daughter-in-law

The phone vibrated in her pocket, and Marina knew without looking—it was her mom. She always called at the same...

The Price of Kindness: Why an Elderly Cleaning Lady Forbade Marina from Entering the Hospital

A year ago, Marina secretly started giving money for medicine to an elderly cleaning lady, Vera Ivanovna. But today, the...

The Night Visitor: What the Wife Saw in the Mirror’s Reflection When Her Husband Thought She Was Asleep

At the church, I gave alms to a blind fortune teller, and she squeezed my palm tightly: — My child,...

The Price of Nobility: Who the Woman from the Bus Really Was

When Alexander got on the bus, an argument was already underway. A tipsy passenger was persistently bothering a woman of...