Short stories tagged with Bittersweet Ending.
Listing 120 stories.
In a world where blue skies are a thing of legend and storms are intelligent and malicious entities, the people of a town turn into weathermen – part human, part elemental beings – to fight the storms on their home turf.
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.