The light filtered throught the leaves and pine needles above as if through lace, the ground spotted in shadow.

“Tiny Cooper is splayed out across the thin carpet, using his backpack as a pill…”

“He found himself thinking that maybe stories don't just make us matter to each …”

“Things never happen like I imagined them”

“Much of my life has been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who lo…”