Sonia Weiser is NYC-based and has written for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, New York Magazine, and more. soniaweiser.wordpress.com @weischoice
"Perhaps Under Different Circumstances" is in Short Circuit #09, Short Édition's quarterly review.
Anna knew the bridge was a mistake before she and Henry even got there. Maybe it was because he had said he thought it was strange for full grown adults to interrupt a conversation to swoon over an animal, or maybe it was because when she asked him where he went to college, he responded with California. Either way, she regretted agreeing to a route that lacked multiple exit points, one that prevented her from feigning illness whenever she wanted and taking off in the opposite direction after a speedy apology. On the dating app, she had asked him what he did. Finance. Doing what? Risk analysis
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