He stepped into that silence and uttered a phrase that cut through the noise like a blade through paper: «I don’t care what [...]

Lera wasn’t looking at her grandfather anymore. She was staring past him, as if she still saw another figure standing behind him in [...]

I expected her to look embarrassed, maybe even apologize. But she didn’t.Instead, she straightened her back, lifted her chin, and looked at me [...]

A notification flashed on the screen, and her hands began to shake. The party was in full swing. Laughter rolled across the tables, [...]

She had leukemia, and no one wanted her. Something inside me simply refused to leave her behind. When she asked me whether she [...]

He didn’t even look at her as the nurse began filling out the paperwork.“Maiden name?” the nurse asked dully, without raising her eyes.The [...]

I just wanted a couple of sandwiches. At home, I sliced a few pieces, ate them, and put the rest in the fridge. [...]

Drivers stopped filming, stopped yelling. People just stared in stunned silence at the living tide of bears crossing the road — as if [...]

She was twenty-two, with that fearless optimism of someone who still trusts the world to be kind. The pregnancy was unexpected, the ultrasound [...]

“I… I want to say something,” she whispered. “Go ahead,” I managed to say, though it didn’t sound like my voice at all. [...]