Short stories tagged with Attempted Suicide
Listing 9 stories.
As a woman grows older, she falls into a deep sadness while the men around her constantly tell her to cheer up.
A husband signs up to have his wife's eyes inserted after her death, only to find that the world from her perspective is unbearable to him.
A high-spirited young girl comes to Senlis to be a nanny, but her employers are troubled when she becomes pregnant with several possible fathers and finds herself caught up in a high-stakes murder trial.
The characters found in jokes are forced to act out the jokes every time they are told.
After an NYU student attempts suicide, he tries to navigate the awkwardness of his friend group and continues to pine after a girl who has a boyfriend.
A west African man has been bioengineered into a super soldier by the military, but he refuses to become a tool for war. While on the run, he attempts to rescue a boy who seems oddly similar to him.
After her selkie mother leaves to return to the sea, a teenage girl falls for her female co-worker. Haunted by her mother's abandonment, the girl finds it difficult to confess her feelings or fears as the two become best friends.
After his wife's death, a man strikes up a romance with a new woman — as well as an unexpected friendship with the woman's ex-husband.
In an apocalyptic world where the rich have abandoned land to live on cruise ships, a rock star jumps off her ship and is washed ashore. She strikes up a grudging friendship with the reclusive island-dwelling woman who rescues her.