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

Leigh had instructed him to meet her outside of the library. He paced around a bench, looking at photos she had sent to keep his

I faithfully rise out of bed at the sound of my alarm. Pull out of the wardrobe, my finest shirt and tie, plus the trousers