Short stories tagged with Family Expectations

Listing 5 stories.

A young woman must repair the record-keeping AI robot she is tasked with the care of. As she sets about trying to fix the robot, she stumbles upon family secrets, leading to a series of difficult decisions.

An institutionalized man struggling to overcome his paralyzing paranoia hates his weekly "days out" in the city. But during a particularly turbulent two weeks, the realization of his worst fears in the outside world possibly bring about an improvement in his condition.

When a young boy on the cusp of adulthood fails to catch a repeat shoplifter from the family grocery store, he must reevaluate what he wants from life.

An exhausted Union soldier carries the leg of his deceased comrade for miles in order to deliver it to the comrade's betrothed — but when he arrives at her house, the soldier does not receive the warm welcome that he expected.

A crew producing a staged paranormal tv-shows begins shooting a new episode in an allegedly haunted bar when their on-stage medium suddenly flips the script.