How to Give the Wrong Impression

from Single, Carefree, Mellow

In this short story from Katherine Heiny’s Single, Carefree, Mellow, you’ve been in love with your roommate since even before you moved in. Everyone knows it, too; but even as he’s vetting your dates and making everyone suspect that he loves you as much as you love him, will one of you ever make a move? Or will you be pining after him forever? A Vintage Short.
© Lexey Swall
KATHERINE HEINY is the author of Early Morning Riser, Standard Deviation, and Single, Carefree, Mellow, and her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and many other magazines. She has lived in London, The Hague, and Boyne City, Michigan, and now lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and children. View titles by Katherine Heiny

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In this short story from Katherine Heiny’s Single, Carefree, Mellow, you’ve been in love with your roommate since even before you moved in. Everyone knows it, too; but even as he’s vetting your dates and making everyone suspect that he loves you as much as you love him, will one of you ever make a move? Or will you be pining after him forever? A Vintage Short.

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© Lexey Swall
KATHERINE HEINY is the author of Early Morning Riser, Standard Deviation, and Single, Carefree, Mellow, and her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and many other magazines. She has lived in London, The Hague, and Boyne City, Michigan, and now lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and children. View titles by Katherine Heiny