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How to Give the Wrong Impression

How to Give the Wrong Impression

from Single, Carefree, Mellow

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About the Book

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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A Vintage Short Series

Young Goodman Brown
Phantom Pond
The Longest Street in the World
Ghosts and Speculation
Cook for Me
The Wedding, the Winery, and Will
How to Give the Wrong Impression
A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion
Bog Girl
Sphinx
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About the Author

Katherine Heiny
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. More by Katherine Heiny
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