Short stories tagged with Low Stakes

Listing 3 stories.

A divorced mother watches her son unravel with shame while on a visit home from school as he reveals that an older, married woman has expressed sexual interest in him. The mother wavers between whether to intervene, or to sit back and let him handle the consequences of his actions.

An innocent schoolteacher attempting to memorialize a dead crow experiences supernatural forces disturbing her quiet neighborhood.

After zombies successfully take over the world and eat all the humans, they wander the Earth aimlessly before eventually decaying.