Modern Love (Times Column)

June 6, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Handsome Man Seeking a Larger Home’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Blazing a Path Trading poodle skirts and blouses for trucker hats and flannels, […]
May 28, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Also, He’s a Magician’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Blazing a Path Trading poodle skirts and blouses for trucker hats and flannels, […]
May 14, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘God, You Can Kiss’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Kiss to Remember We kissed just once, standing by my living room […]
May 7, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Rarity in Paris’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The Man With Dimples I was 41, single and no longer looking. Rushing […]
April 30, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Schoolhouse Taught Me What Marriage Didn’t’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Fortunes Told My wife died in 1991. Her best friend and I grew […]
April 23, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Problem Was He Smelled Really Good’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Group Chat My high school friends restart a group text. Basic holiday wishes […]
April 9, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘That Was a Fake Question’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. An Orderly Fresh Start In the yellow house on San Marco Drive, my […]
March 26, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘She Was Scared He Would Forget Her’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. He Wrote Hard News, I Wrote Fluff “Don’t waste your time. They’re not […]
March 19, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Finding Forgiveness in Her Smile’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ‘Another Attempt to Make Life Better’ I lifted tiers of tulle off the […]
March 12, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘When Mom Left’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Repaying Grandma’s Visits When Mom left when I was 4, I felt incomplete. […]