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My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood
5.0

Lots of kids tend to have the occasional negative thought about their parents. It's part of growing up. Even if it's just disdain over a sideways glance you get for a bad grade you earned. It stings. Some people, though, have truly evil parents. Like witchy ones. Or maybe even a literal witch.

And that's the crux of this awesome, yet unfairly, short story from Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid's Tale.

It was such a fun and devilish read and I seriously could handle a whole novel based on this story. But I guess that's what makes a short story truly great... when you love it so much that you want more... and the author just leaves you hanging. Viciously, cruelly hanging.