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My Best Friend Died In A Car
My best friend died in a car crash 7 years ago. Her phone was never found. Last night, I got a text – from her number. It was a photo of us laughing at her 16th birthday. I typed, “Who is this?” 3 dots appeared. I froze when the reply came: “Check your” My hands trembled as I stared at…
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The Tip I Never Gave
I placed my order and the waiter disappeared. Some other server brought my food. I didn’t see him until he slid the check toward me, circling the tip section with his pen—twice. I only paid for my food, and stood to leave. He looks at me, grabs a napkin from the table, and says, “Guess kindness isn’t in everyone’s budget.”…
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The Essay That Changed Everything
Once, I was reviewing my students’ essays and everything was normal until I saw Sam’s work. There was something strange in the last paragraph of his essay and I got very scared. He wrote, “Sometimes, I think it would be easier if I just disappeared, and maybe no one would even notice for days.” That sentence stopped me cold. I re-read…
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My Dog Was Gone And My Sister Lied
My sister asked to stay at my place with her baby while I was on a trip, as her house was being fumigated. My dog was nowhere to be found when I got back 3 days later. She said, “Your dog was staring a lot, it terrified my son! I had no choice!” I nearly fainted as I discovered she…
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My Mom and I Were in a Cafe
My mom and I were in a cafe. There was a woman with a kid who was refusing to eat sitting next to us. Then she brings a cake and says, “What about the cake? Who’s gonna eat it?” My mom says, “Well if he won’t, I gladly will.” The woman laughed, though a little too quickly, like she needed…
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I was babysitting for my sister. At 3 a.m.
Her baby was asleep. Then a voice whispered: “He’s not okay.” I froze. The house was dead silent, except for that crackling whisper through the monitor. My heart slammed against my ribs. I grabbed my phone with shaky hands and called my sister, Irina. Before I could even finish telling her what I heard, she shouted, “Take my son and…
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The Sofa That Shouldn’t Have Been There
When my daughter was 1.5 years old, we visited my mother. Before that, she bought a sofa from a friend who had to leave. So I put my daughter next to the sofa, but she started to sob! She pointed to the sofa and said: “Man is sleeping.” We later learned that the previous owner had passed away just weeks…
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The Sofa She Left Behind
My grandmother lived a modest life. When she passed away, she left her small house and car to my cousins. I became the family joke because she only left me her old, worn-out sofa. I took it to a guy to fix it up. The moment he saw it, he turned pale and said, “Do you know what this is?”…
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The Mystery Behind the Lens
During my father’s funeral, my estranged uncle turned up unexpectedly, snapping pictures of the mourners. When confronted, he claimed it was a ‘family tradition.’ As I recalled no such tradition from childhood, he slipped a photo in my hand and smirked. The familiar face in the background looked alive — it was my father, smiling brightly. I was unsettled by…
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I TOOK MY CRUSH ON A DATE
I took my crush on a date. All was great—until she got a call. She went pale and said, “Sorry! I’ll be right back.” 30 minutes passed. She never returned. The waitress rudely said, “Sir, you need to leave. Now.” I thought I was ghosted, but then I heard sirens. Turns out she was being arrested… right outside the restaurant. Let me…
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