The Sublet

A Short Story

By: Greer Hendricks

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Greer Hendricks comes a chilling story about the hidden cost of perfection.

Anne is barely keeping it together. A frazzled ghostwriter and aspiring novelist, she juggles nine-year-old twins and a listless marriage from an overcrowded Manhattan apartment, spreading herself thinner each day. Just as Anne is about to give up on her dreams, she lands her biggest client yet: Melody Wells.

Melody paints a picture of serenity and empowerment in the lavender haze of her visualization workshops—however, the one thing she can’t manifest are the pages her publisher is demanding for her new motivational book. Enter Anne.

As Melody invites Anne deeper into her magical world, Anne finds herself working impossibly long days and traveling far beyond her comfort zone.

When Melody passes along a lead on a spacious sublet complete with East River views, built-in closets, and three bedrooms, Anne can’t believe her luck. Melody seems to know just what her family needs. But as small, unsettling incidents begin to accumulate, Anne starts to wonder what price she’s willing to pay for the good life.

©2025 by Greer Hendricks. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Quick yet good

This story was way too quick. Short story at its best. Left me wanting more.

A very anticlimactic read!

This was not the work I've come to expect from Greer Hendricks, and I would've loved to have had more. This book should've just been made into a longer book because, as it starts to build and get good, it's already the end. I had to go back to make sure that I didn't miss anything, and I didn't.

A crammed mess

Trying to cram so much into a short hour and a half backfired in a big way. The narrator was good, but just as the story was starting to build - boom, it’s over.

Not bad, check it out.

It was a nice quick read, wasn't expecting the twist. Definitely recommend, first time reading a book from this author.

Okay story- Great Narrator

I think that this may have been much better if the plot ideas were able to be fleshed out a little more. I didn’t dislike any of it, but it didn’t feel like a completed story that I felt engrossed into. The characters were a little bland and not memorable. These are all things that I think reflect the fact that it’s a short story and not badly on the author!

Would I recommend? Maybe. I think if you’re looking for a quick thriller, this is not a bad choice! Looking for something with a lot of depth and twists? Maybe not this time.