A Texas summer brings two old friends back into orbit, where shared history and uncertain futures meet under the buzz of cicadas and relentless heat.
November 2025
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Having two mentors is great until both of them decide your emotional development is their personal tug-of-war match.
In the stillness of a storm, a diner employee must choose between enduring her guilt or opening the one door she’s not ready to face.
Nothing ruins a plan to look competent faster than meeting someone who instantly knows you’re bluffing your way through adulthood.
Lucy haunted the woods more than she lived in them, her cottage glowing with leaking purple mana and irritated cats. But when she tried spying on her ex, Poe, she found his new girlfriend wasn’t ordinary at all. One sharp, ancient word from Francisca sent Lucy fleeing—finally afraid of someone else.
Some friendships announce themselves loudly, usually right around the moment you realize lunch with one person feels more romantic than dates with actual partners.
The idea of Dr. Cox giving gentle feedback belonged in the same fantasy world where vending machines apologized and handed out hugs.
Confidence lasted ten whole seconds before the stethoscope wrapped itself around the wrong body part like it had personal goals.
Apparently enlightenment can look a lot like replaying old mistakes and hoping the universe grades on a curve.