She was better than this.

A VISA FOR NOBU BY LAWRENCE F FARRAR 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 52

He met Lorine at the Silver Slipper, in an interior ambience of dim red and orange and syrupy music. She had set foot in the place in response to an inexorable impulse. Nobuhiro let her take him back to her apartment. In the Silver Slipper he’d been taught “how to please women” and he pleased her greatly. 

OK, imagine all the roads in LA completely empty.

GETTY WAS AN OCTOPUS BY JIN AN HIRST 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 52

He had that blasé way of speaking that lots of people in LA had: slow, laid back, and confident. “OK, imagine if all the roads and the streets in LA were completely empty.”

Just because a man is alone doesn’t mean he is lonely.