Introduction

I think of myself as a good reader and a bad writer. I want to share some stories I like, and I want to practice writing, so I volunteered to share my personal anthology with you.

I’m pretty sensitive to emotions, so I (unconsciously?) try to protect my own by reading genres that customarily prioritize other types of stimulation. But sometimes a story will slip through my filters and hit me right in the feels, as they say. Following are twelve stories that hit me hard enough to leave an emotional bruise, in one way or another.