Margo's Got Money Troubles

by Rufi Thorpe

I like getting to be the me now watching the past me. It’s almost a way of loving myself. Stroking the cheek of that girl with my understanding. Smoothing her hair in my mind’s eye.

When you fall in love with a book, is it the character or the author you’re falling in love with?

“Yeah, didn’t you see my review on Goodreads?” I laughed. “What the fuck is Goodreads?”