Things were really getting worse after the war. Life became so difficult that many people lived in want.
A newspaper published an advertisement for a man in need of tires: "Owner of a truck would like to correspond with a widow who owns two tires. Object: matrimony. Send picture of tires."
A group of climbers faces a fatal dilemma on Everest, whe...
A weary salesman shares a bed with a farmer's daughter fo...
A man at a bar, having suffered a series of catastrophic ...
A man in hell complains about a lawyer's seemingly pleasa...
A judge asks a colleague what he would pay a 63-year-old ...
A mother reads a shocking letter from her 15-year-old dau...
The author recounts an encounter with an exceptionally pa...
A woman humorously compares husbands to wood fires that d...
A doctor considers billing a woman for casual medical adv...
A painter becomes famous by perfectly matching a wall to ...
This is the myth of Echo, a nymph punished to only repeat...
The Swallow, moved by the Prince's compassion, reluctantl...
A man recounts his descent into alcoholism and violence, ...
Impoverished author Richard Savage, unable to pay his doc...
Maggie and her estranged husband have an awkward yet reve...
A little girl misunderstands a tombstone inscription that...
A mysterious and beautiful bell sound draws people from a...
The Happy Prince persuades the reluctant Swallow to delay...
Two wealthy ladies in a taxi criticize drivers and owners...
A woman confesses to a priest that despite three previous...