Kathleen Glassburn is primarily a fiction writer who has been published in numerous literary journals. She is managing editor of The Writer's Workshop Review: thewritersworkshopreview.net. Her novel, Making It Work, and her short story collection, Where Do Stories Come From? are available on Amazon. In addition to writing, editing, and reading, she plays the piano and rides her Warmblood Gelding for fun and exercise. She and her husband have three dogs, two rescue cats, and a 50-year-old turtle. She can be followed on Facebook and Instagram.
At sixteen, I was exactly half the age of Brian. My best friend, Laura, said, “He’s a whole lot cuter than any of the guys at school, Shelby.” “That’s my dad!” Other friends made similar comments, but none of them ever did anything about it—not like Laura. On our visits to his messy-as-a-dorm-room efficiency…
