Top Stories
Stories in Confessions that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Confessions of a Dynamically Disabled Academic. Top Story - May 2026.
E is my oldest friend. We reunite at a coffee shop that sits in the shadow of a Costco. We both make ourselves small. She, cross-legged, intent, like a therapist witnessing a breakthrough. I, huddled and fidgety, attempting to mimic sturdiness.
By Erin Latham Shea5 months ago in Confessions
Optimal Catastrophe Deliverance . Runner-Up in I Made It Worse Challenge. Top Story - May 2026.
I need you to know, my intentions were good. Whatever happened, I thought I was doing the best thing for you, I truly did. I know, I know, the road to Hell and all that. Well, I suspect I have led you further into the Abyss than the living have any right to be, but I fucking TRIED, all right? It’s not an excuse, it’s an explanation. I was on your side, I swear.
By Hannah Moore6 months ago in Confessions
Dear Margaret. Winner in I Made It Worse Challenge. Top Story - May 2026.
Dear Margaret, Sorry if it's a little cold in the living room when you get home. I wish I could say I'd just left a window open like you're always claiming I do (I don't), but what you're feeling will actually be the sub-zero wind chill drifting from an open portal to the demonic realm.
By Raistlin Allen6 months ago in Confessions
Getting Kicked Out of Reading Composition Class in Junior High. Top Story - May 2026.
I made it worse when “ms.frazier”, you can go outside the classroom door, go outside stay outside by the door and come back in when your ready, was said. My initial thoygt and run with the flow was why’d You ask why? I had made the rest of my life worse by not understanding why I was kicked out of the classroom. After I’d survived the great outdoors I wantrd and thought to pray about the grudge as I came back inside the classroom. I tried to hide it all. I felt very miserable about what was on the inside that had yet to ever be taken care of. I think the majority of this story will conclude to undone racial issue that relies still here. I never understood, like I do now. I made matters worse by extending the anger inside to keep distant promise to secretly runaway forever if ever told on.
By Rachael Frazier6 months ago in Confessions
Who Are You, Iris?. Top Story - May 2026.
Who are you, Iris, sitting against that brick wall like the security footage of a nervous breakdown that learned how to smoke, flirt, and quote dead philosophers incorrectly? You look like someone’s lost weekend grew a body and then got bored of apologising. Bare feet, tank top, damaged hair, the sacred posture of a girl who has spent too long negotiating with her own appetites in private rooms where the curtains know too much.
By Iris Obscura6 months ago in Confessions
Cleaning Up for Vanessa. Runner-Up in I Made It Worse Challenge. Top Story - May 2026.
I logged in to Vanessa’s computer and was immediately disgusted. So much crap on her desktop! This has to be cleaned up. First, let's drag all the files to the trash. Next thing is to fix the desktop appearance from the standard view to her favorite color, yellow, and put a graphic of all the planets down the side. The screen isn’t bright enough, so I'll adjust that in the settings.
By Andrea Corwin 6 months ago in Confessions
I’m Sorry Your Husband Abuses You… But, To Be Fair, You Kinda Suck.. Honorable Mention in I Made It Worse Challenge. Top Story - May 2026. Content Warning.
I’m sorry your husband abuses you… but, to be fair, you kinda suck. Let me explain. She is my sister, so of course when she cries abuse, I’m going to open my home to her. She can be very convincing. Or, in actuality, she’s just really good at playing sides and pitting people against whoever she’s mad at in the moment.
By Jesse Lee6 months ago in Confessions
