Top Stories
Stories in Humans that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Reckoning Tree, Remembering Tree. Top Story - October 2026.
It was the first nip of the season. Hal reached into his closet--the one with the two-tiered horizontal poles holding different seasons’ coats. He only needed to reach along the bottom rung to the coats and jackets used for light winter and rain. There was no need for the ladder yet to move down the ones for the severe winter temperatures to come and the snow.
By Gerard DiLeo3 days ago in Humans
The Repast. Top Story - October 2026.
Globs of golden macaroni and cheese, brown on top with bits of black pepper, sat on the plate next to the collard greens, fried chicken, and sweet potatoes. The men, women and children, clothed in their somber attire found refuge and relief in this ritual. Aunt Azalea had just put her husband in the ground. She gasped at the sight of someone she had missed at the funeral. Smiles abounded. A hug and a slow, rhythmic rocking ensued.
By Sky Saunders8 days ago in Humans
Who?. Top Story - October 2026.
Content note: this story deals with domestic abuse and thoughts of suicide. …Sobbing. "Mother, please help me!" A loud, drunken voice yelled, "She is not going to help you; she knows better!" The young man looked at his mother with desperate tears in his eyes, wanting her protection. She stood by the sink, tugging her sleeve down over the purple bruise on her wrist, the way she always did. They shared a moment's stare, looking directly into each other's eyes, into each other's souls. Her lip trembled. For a second, he thought she would speak. The mother broke into tears and hung her head. Then the back of his stepfather's hand caught him across the jaw. A chair crashed to the floor beside him, and the kitchen spun as the young man's vision went blurry. He tasted blood. His stepfather was looking down on him, laughing, and said, "You are as worthless as she is; why don't you do us all a favor and end it."
By Dr. George Shannon Ferguson19 days ago in Humans
Same Again?. Top Story - October 2026. Content Warning.
Ah held mah heid up wae mah weary hands, the weakness flowing through mah body. It had been a day. In fact, it had been a lifetime. A lifetime of mistakes an ah dinnae ken how the fuck ah wis gonna change anything.
By Paul Stewart22 days ago in Humans
Hong Kong Diary - Yet Another Bloody Murder. Top Story - September 2026.
Living in the ex-British colony of Hong Kong is an exercise in cognitive dissonance. On the surface, the city is a triumph of aggressive Asian efficiency. The streets are impossibly clean; you could realistically eat your lunch off the pavement though society prefers you to do so in a designated area. It is a safe, frictionless, well-organized society, albeit one where the prevailing sense of democracy has been recalibrated to “just listen to what the school principal says, and no running in the hall.”
By Scott Christenson🌴27 days ago in Humans
We Don't Change. We Get Rewritten. Top Story - September 2026.
Life is made up of unpredictable chapters, each one leaving its mark on the main character — you. The same way we get pulled into a good storyline, the different stages of our lives have a way of reshaping who we are; adding depth, complexity, and intrigue to our personalities. Do these chapters make us better? Stronger? Do they break us?
By tatiana vitas2 months ago in Humans
BAD MANNERS. Top Story - August 2026.
Bad Manners Ignorant or ignoramus ** I’ve known Jeanine for well over twenty years and throughout those years, she’s always proved her ignorance. While she attended college and spent the next twenty-five years in military service, her course of studies, somehow, went awry.
By Margaret Brennan2 months ago in Humans
Is This Love, Or Am I Hysterical?. Top Story - August 2026.
My ex has just asked me if I want to try our relationship again. I live with him now. We co-parent and sleep on separate floors. Every Monday, I go down into his bedroom. He has been seeing other women. Recently, I became the easier choice. He brings up trust. I don’t trust you, I say too quickly. I do not trust myself.
By Cali Loria2 months ago in Humans
What About The Night We Met?. Top Story - August 2026.
The day we met in the park was more special to me than you think, despite the trauma that life had brought to me. I was fifteen years old, and sleeping alone on the street; something a child should never have to go through. I was terrified because I did not know how to survive, and the boyfriend I was with back then did not have a clue how to help me at all.
By Carol Ann Townend2 months ago in Humans
