He set up their anniversary dinner and she thought someone had died. The candles decorating the room came from the dollar store, in the aisle with the stationary cards. Red, for romance. He did not know that in this country, red candles are for mourning. A different kind of love.

Kim is an emerging writer based in Montreal, Canada. Her previous work has been published in McGill’s student journal Samizdat, as well as the online magazine RedRoseThorns.