Modern Love (Times Column)

April 23, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Secret About People’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Anxious Affection My mother’s love language was worry. An anxious woman, […]
April 16, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Young, Headstrong and Wrong’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Lucky Lost Luggage We were dating long-distance because of me. I […]
April 2, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Breathing Felt Like Betrayal’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Sinew and Silence After my son died, I forgot how to […]
March 26, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Asked Him Back to My Place’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Tenderness and Grit A close friend died in 1999. After her […]
March 12, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My First Post-Divorce Girlfriend’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow One of the first things Jay told […]
March 5, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Serendipity Still Exists’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Ride-Share Roulette Another rider joins the Lyft pool. Now I might […]
February 19, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Mother Lied to a Grieving Lady’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea A Mother’s White Lies My mother lied to a grieving lady. […]
February 12, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Two Boyfriends at One Time’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea A Message Outside My Window I was sitting at my kitchen […]
January 22, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Because of You I Have a Husband’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Strange Delight for a Stranger We matched on Tinder in April […]
January 15, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘You Have to Let Your Gut Lead’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea The Words I’d Been Waiting For The word “love” was not […]