There is a version of going out that most people find secretly exhausting. And then there is the other version. The night that catches.
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Tuesday
The bar was the kind of place that didn’t try too hard. Low light, good bourbon, music that stayed out of the way. She had been coming here alone on Tuesday nights for three months.
What Actually Makes Someone Attractive
The most attractive thing about a person is the moment you realize they are completely, unapologetically themselves.
The Space Between
There is a specific kind of loneliness that comes after intimacy. Not the loneliness of being alone — that one is familiar. This is the other kind.
On Wanting Things Well
Nobody teaches you how to want things well. We get lessons in table manners and tax returns. What we don’t get is any honest instruction on desire itself.
Why AfterDark
There is a version of this where I explain myself. That version bores me. So we’re not doing that.