Short stories tagged with Bittersweet Ending

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A man finds God’s overcoat at a thrift shop, compelling him to do good for the people whose prayers land in his pockets.

An aging couple living in post-Mao Beijing hide their disabled daughter from the world, and help a man conceal his affair as their own marriage is eroded by a secret.

In present-day New York City, a young Colombian woman strikes up a friendship with an older Columbian man fleeing the memory of his kidnapping and subsequently finds relief from her own trauma.

An eighteen-year-old kid's life is forever changed one night in New York City when he meets a legendary musician.

After witnessing a wife wracked with grief stand over her husband's dead body, a priest is filled with anxiety at the thought of both his own and his loved ones' mortality.

A man dips his toe into horse racing with a mysterious business partner, rejoicing at their horse’s success until he is greeted with sinister news of the horse and his partner.

A man recounts his life experience in New York, covering the various people near and dear to him, as well as the growth of the city itself.

A minister’s young daughter, whose mother suffers from depression, wears a controversial costume to an evangelical church gathering. While hiding from adults, she stumbles upon an exorcism.

Three months after the death of his wife, a man tries to convince himself that he has not truly suffered a loss, all the while missing his wife more than ever.

An immortal woman who can turn herself into water at will mourns the loss of her latest lover, while drugged-out humans perform sacrifices on beloved memories and each other on the beach below her.