Pick up the latest issue of One Story (#178), which features "Indulgence" by MFA alumna Susan Perabo (1994).
And check out the brief Q&A on the One Story website, which asks Susan about the process of writing this story:
"Once I realized what was going to happen in the end (and I realized this within the first couple of pages), I had to forget that it was going to happen so that I could write the story as if it were all really taking place. I did not want to break the spell for myself, or I knew I would break the spell for the reader. Once I realized I had to do this, it was not hard to do, because, as it turned out, it was just an extension of what fiction writers do with every story. As you’re writing, you’re believing. The people are real, and the events are happening, full stop. That’s essential."