Short stories tagged with Parental Expectations

Listing 7 stories.

An African American man in his early-20s becomes renowned for his blues performances on the streets around the United States, playing for jail inmates, young couples, and passerbys alike.

When a perpetually unlucky Nigerian American law school dropout meets her parents’ dream son-in-law, she has to pick between finally meeting her parents’ expectations for her and retaining control over her own life, as tempestuous and miserable as it is.

A recently divorced woman moves to her deceased grandmother's seaside house in California, hoping to start a new, glamorous life.

On a cold December day, parents grieve for their son who was killed in a football game. A friend of their son helps them realize their son may have hid the feelings he was too afraid to show.

During WWII, years after his parent's divorce, a college student and his brother visit their father and his new wife. However, the visit leaves him disappointed at what his father's life has become.

In a futuristic Kenya, a couple desperate for a son receives the customary 'installation' from the government, but the boy they receive is not what they expected.

After a student vandalizes a work of art in her prep school's art gallery the day before submissions are due for a prestigious prize, teachers work to uncover who did it. Meanwhile, the culprit grapples with why she felt the urge to vandalize the work and what she should do next.