Showing results for "The Promise" in Short Stories

Promise’s life is turned upside down when she begins to experience something she can't understand. As she faces the weight of hidden trauma, she finds herself trapped between a dark secret and the safety of her family. But when an unexpected ally offers her a way out, Promise must decide if she’s ready to confront her past and reclaim the future she deserves. In this gripping, emotional story, one girl’s fight for survival and a chance to rebuild her fractured relationship with her mother unfolds in a journey of courage, strength, and hope.

Dylan Sanchez used to love Christmas. But for the last three years, the holidays have been anything but festive. Like clockwork, Greg – his mother’s partner – gets intoxicated and spirals from awkward jokes to tense, needling arguments that drain the joy from the season. Every year, his mother says it’ll be different. Every year it isn’t. When Greg slips back into old habits just days before yet another Christmas, Dylan can’t take it anymore. He grabs his coat and walks out, leaving behind the wreckage of promises too thin to stand on.

Henrietta and her daughter, Mary Grace, are sold and taken to Charleston, South Carolina, to be auctioned. Separated from her husband, Henrietta now faces an uncertain future and the possibility of becoming estranged from her child. Luckily, fortune shifts in her favor when Olivia Hendricks—the wife of a wealthy planter—purchases her as a nursemaid for their unborn infant. During her years at Livingston Plantation, Henrietta finds sanctuary and safety in the big house, eventually becoming a caregiver to both Mrs. Hendricks and her child.

When the Pied Piper returns to Hamelin, he takes more than the town's gold—he takes their children. As a consequences of a broken promise, they must unravel the Piper’s dark secrets before it’s too late. The Piper's Promise is a chilling short story that retells the classic legend with a haunting twist.

Chase Russell has done a lot of growing up since he was thrown two hundred years into the past to the Yellowstone wilderness. No longer the reckless delinquent he used to be, he has made many life-altering decisions. Providing for his new family has become his number one priority. Faced with the unthinkable, he'll do whatever it takes to save the ones he loves, even if it means crossing the boundaries of time.

This story follows Carter, a young boy whose life has been changed by a childhood story as he embarks on a journey into adulthood. A journey of friendships and relationships, both platonic and passionate love, and betrayal. This story will bring back old memories like never before. A story that will take you on a nostalgic rollercoaster ride through the time when you were approaching adulthood.

She never expected his heartfelt promises to be broken. Blake’s heartfelt words that he would never hurt Addison were just that: words. She didn’t believe she’d ever have to go through that again. But is Blake right? Is it different this time? Can he prove that what they have is worth it and, when he makes another promise, can Addison trust him?

Beautiful Rachel works as the front desk manager at the Chiltern Hotel. Having gone through two terrible breakups where she was lied to and cheated on, Rachel decides to swear off men and relationships for good. When the computers crash at the hotel, sending everyone into a panic, Rachel meets handsome Chris, the new IT guy and owner of the computer company. When the electricity between them becomes too much, Rachel gives in to his charm and spends a night in heated passion - only to push him away the next morning.

'Butch Minds the Baby' & 'Breach of Promise' from The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour. Damon Runyon is acknowledged as one of the great writers to come out of 20th-century America. Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and has no job that can be gleaned from his musings, nor does he admit to any criminal involvement; he’s a bystander, an observer, an average street-corner Joe.

Hot Horse Harry and his pal try to steal old love letters from a lonely old lady.