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Puzzle Pieces “I hadn’t been to work in four weeks, but I still dressed the part because if my roommates knew I’d been fired, they would’ve kicked me out the day of. It’s not like I don’t make enough money outside of work, they’d just rather have a roomate with more ‘stable’ income. They might not’ve kicked me out, but they’d give me a hard time about it and I’d rather just avoid it all together. We tolerate each other like that. So I left every morning and went to the campus down the street ...

Because He Had To I missed the cool, outside breeze as I crossed into the stale and musty air of the thrift store, my skin and the pigment of my shirt dimming under the flickering florescent lights. Neon shoulder-padded power suits hung above the rigid metal racks around the perimeter of the store, reminding the clothes on my back that one day soon, it would be their turn. I felt them shudder at the sight – at bedazzled blouses and hyper-bright neon track jackets fastened by tacks to the wall...

A Stranger’s Smile “I never thought of myself as shy.” My classmates stared at me, most likely searching my face for hints of nervousness or a tell that I was lying. Professor Teegan encouraged that sort of thing. “Not shy. Shy isn’t what I meant. Not quite how I would put it. It’s just – you don’t behave as boldly as the characters you’ve auditioned for – and I know it’s in there. That’s a big part of why you haven’t been getting parts.” That’s exactly what I wanted to hear, standing in fron...

Puzzle Pieces “I hadn’t been to work in four weeks, but I still dressed the part because if my roommates knew I’d been fired, they would’ve kicked me out the day of. We tolerate each other like that. So I left every morning and went to the campus down the street to use their free WIFI and knit. That’s where I met Brian. He was on his laptop, probably doing more than loitering, sitting a few tables over from me. We had been making eye contact and I could tell he wasn’t the type to make the fir...

Puzzle Pieces “I hadn’t been to work in 4 weeks, but I still dressed the part because if my roommates knew I’d been fired, they would’ve kicked out the day of. We tolerate each other like that. So I left every morning and went to the campus down the street to use their free WIFI and knit. That’s where I met Brian. He was on his laptop, probably doing more than loitering, sitting a few tables over from me. We made enough eye contact for me to know that it wasn’t a coincidence, and I could tell...