My short story, "The Freewheelin' Daileen Aril," was recently published in Groupie Mag! Set in a near-future where folk music is on the verge of dying out, the story follows seventeen-year-old Daileen as she attempts to ask out the girl she likes through their mutual love of the folk genre. Every Tuesday, Daileen spends her shifts at her mom's antique music store drawing album art and waiting for her crush, Astella, to come in to use the shop's listening booths. Although Daileen and Astella know each other IRL, all of their real, deep conversations happen on the fan forum for their favorite band, and Daileen despairs of ever working up the nerve to confess her feelings for Astella in person. But when Astella makes a move to take their relationship into the real world, Daileen must decide if she's ready to step out of her carefully mastered groove — and go live. 

You can start reading "The Freewheelin' Daileen Aril" in Groupie's Issue 1 here, and finish it on the Groupie site here!