I dated my soul mate for a month before he dumped me and I met my wife. I don’t believe in stuff like soul mates,

The first boy who caught my attention played varsity basketball. Cedric maneuvered through the other players in lighting speed and successfully performed a layup. I

On our first date, Sal takes me not to watch the sunset on the beach, like everyone else, but the sun at noon, on a

His garret had large windows overlooking the market. From his desk he viewed the green topped stalls with a radiant array of fresh fruit and

About my tenth time around the rink, I accidentally bumped into the girl in my third period biology class, knocking her to the ice. “Sorry,”

she’d spend most days in a small corner of the kitchen, the twelve-inch black and white television – later upgraded to a sixteen-inch color (a

The orange vase is placed on the left side of the table right next to the lavender candles that you’ve always loved. It hugs three

Olivia awoke in the dimness before morning arrived, her sheets kicked off her bare legs again. Lines of light from a streetlamp filtered through the

When Dawn saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan she understood what those women in her mother’s dirty books were talking about. Her life changed from

We collect rocks at a state park along Lake Michigan. Mom lets us wander the stony beach after we meditate with her against the waves.

When fireman451 steps inside and says, “Hello, Goldilocks,” I melt. His voice is as smoky as I imagined. I squint as he peels off his

For the first time in her life, Violet feels like a normal human being, spending a normal evening at the hotel bar with a colleague

*Note from the Editor: CW—This story contains allusions to terrorism, institutional violence and cultural references that may be controversial.  This story is about love, not

The night before the first day of classes, I go back-to-school shopping at Target and purchase nineteen-cent notebooks in purple, red, and blue, seventy spiral-bound

He slipped into bed next to her, wrapped one arm around her waist, the other behind her neck, molding his body to hers. Inhaling and