It was a ten minutes before 8pm when he arrived. He had been there before, but its resplendence never failed to catch him off guard. Modish floors patterned in ebony and ivory marble, deep armchairs...

They had been awake for hours, drifting in and out of consciousness, unspooling the sweet trivialities of their personal histories in sleepy whispers, and between stolen kisses. Just before noon, he arose to make coffee,...

She came to the afternoon matinee alone. She liked the rush of independence she got when the ticket seller looked around for a date. “Just me,” she’d say with a playful smile. She took a...

They knew where they were going, but neither seemed to mind the impromptu detour along the way. Undulating fields of sage and lavender tumbled out into the distance before them, the car drifting over the...

What did she like about him? Her friends wanted to know. She raised her tea to her lips as she paused to think, then smiled, feeling rather sheepish. How could she choose any one thing...

The drive from the city to the country always felt like rolling back time. The summer faded the colour of the tall grass along the narrow road and inspired a symphony of cicadas and grasshoppers,...