Short stories tagged with Grieving
Listing 8 stories.
A soldier stumbles to the doorstep of a friend in Paris after World War II, begging to tell the story of his lost comrade to anyone who will listen.
In the midst of an interplanetary war, two women meet an alien who is hoping to retrieve the body of his dead brother, whom he honors by consuming his remains.
An elderly woman shelters her grand-niece from a violent boyfriend, causing her to confront her own deeply-held regrets about her daughter's death.
A poor father reminisces about the life of his deceased daughter while sitting next to her grave in the hot summer of California.
In a futuristic society, after his wife's death, a man starts re-watching her life through the hundreds of hours of surveillance footage recorded by a personal drone.
A depressed woman drives her friends and therapist crazy, going ceaselessly on about the childhood trauma she incurred during her parents’ divorce settlings.
Post WWII, a very sad man makes his way across the country to Atlantic City, spurred by the deaths of his brothers.
A young teen in Southern California, after several months of living on the streets, tries to rebuild her life. She suddenly disappears after six months of sobriety, leaving her family to yet again wonder if she has relapsed and returned to live on the streets again.