Tag: short-story

Written by Renee River

Until Filter Do We Part

Ethan didn’t leave his wife all at once. It might have been easier if he had. If there had been a fight. If she had been angry., Something loud enough to justify the silence that came after. But there wasn’t. There was just a slow, quiet shifting. The kind you don’t notice until you’re already […]

Written by Renee River

Broken Doll

⸻ At thirty-seven, she had long since learned how to assemble herself with careful precision. No hobbies, no interests other than men. She kept her small room dim even during the day. Heavy curtains kept the light out, turning afternoon into a permanent kind of dusk, and the air smelled faintly of powder and something […]