Christina only dated readers, believing bookshelves provided personality evidence. She spent her first night with Oscar after seeing the meticulous way he arranged his books. Shelved by genre. Alphabetized by author. Memoir, poetry, thrillers. Self help—listening skills, intimacy and marriage, anger management. Gardening books on native landscapes, grasses, creating backyard ponds. Oscar joked he had already composted three marriages.
Christina put faith into those self help books. Evidence of a man trying to be better.
Too late, she discovered he only read the thrillers. The other books? Left behind by his ex-wives.
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About the Author: Kay Rae Chomic is a novelist (A Tight Grip), and writer of flash. Publishing credits: Ellipsis Zine, Every Day Fiction, Hundred Heroines, Retreat West (shortlisted), LISP (semi-finalist), The Dribble Drabble Review, Storgy Magazine, Crack the Spine, Five:2:One, 50-Word Stories, Writer Advice, Two Sisters Writing, Hysteria 6, The First Line. Kay lives in Seattle dodging raindrops. https://www.amazon.com/author/kayraechomic
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Catherine M. Greenspan is an acclaimed author, editor, and co-founder of Two Sisters Writing & Publishing. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Writing from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan, and has earned a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages via the University of Cambridge. A past recipient of writing grants from the Sierra Arts Foundation and the Nevada Arts Council, Catherine has built an impressive career as a freelance writer and editor, with credits spanning cover stories, features, book reviews, and an interview with Nobel Prize–winning playwright Wole Soyinka. She is the author of the beloved Young Adult series The Veronica Series, and together with her sister Elizabeth Ann Atkins has written and published over 60 books — championing diverse voices and empowering writers around the world.