Animate object Stories

Kyle sat in the living room of his parents' house, trying to ignore the quiet surrounding him. It wasn't yet nine on a Friday night, but he figured he'd stay in. After all, he was here to put his mom's mind at ease while she and Kyle's dad were on vacation. When she'd expressed concern about leaving the house empty for an entire week, Kyle had volunteered to spend his nights here until his parents returned. "Are you sure...

I was in the third week of unbearable heartbreak when Olive showed up at my door, carrying a pillow. "I brought you something special," she said, "to borrow for the night." That Saturday evening, she was dressed up for a date with her boyfriend, Richard. The pillow in her arms looked incongruous, to say the least. Olive and I had worked together for several years, becoming best friends in the meantime, and though I saw he...