Modern Love (Times Column)

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 […]
January 15, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Was Taken Off Your Family Plan’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea No Match for a Mud Puddle We met at the employee […]
January 8, 2025

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Each Cinematic Conquest Convinced Me You’d Call’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea No Match for a Mud Puddle We met at the employee […]
December 31, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Never Says the Words’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea ‘Remember That’ Every Sunday, at 2 p.m. sharp, static sizzles from […]
December 11, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Two of You Are Sickening’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Unmistakably Steve For 22 years, Steve has been my tough, motorcycle-riding, […]
December 3, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Surrendered and Played Along’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Letting the Light In I was 16 years old and gay. […]
November 27, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Couldn’t Stop Looking at Her’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea Laughing Through the Pain My brother and I are sitting on […]