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  • My Best Friend Died In A Car

    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

    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

    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 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

    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.

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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