Modern Love (Times Column)

June 21, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Get So Weird Near Girls’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. My Wise Younger Self I flew home from Berlin to Vancouver after two […]
June 14, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Woman Who Had Only Dated Men’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Seen by a 7-Year-Old Transaction complete, the little girl grips her bag of […]
June 7, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Joy Waits for No One’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. To Care and Carry I checked the time as we neared the airport, […]
May 31, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Was 20 and He Was 60’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. His Hand on My Thigh “Do you hear it?” the midwife asked. Holding […]
May 24, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘You Never Call Me Anymore’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Sweet and Sour August, 1990. Walking along the Northern Ireland coast, we pass […]
May 17, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Begged Him for a Sign’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. My Sweetie We’ve endured lockdowns in Shanghai since March 2022, surfacing with just […]
May 10, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Discovered Pleasure’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Making it Official (Again) “OK girls, here’s the scoop,” my mother texted. “Dad […]
May 3, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Slow-Danced on the Sidewalk’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Faces I’ll Never Forget Emptying a drawer that for years had sat unsifted, […]
April 26, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Queer in Appalachia’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Finding Cheer in Cheerios “Family Size” was written in an aggressively large font […]
April 19, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Sent Love Through Our Thumbs’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Daily Status Report In late 2020, I got very sick. After many months, […]