The first time Mel saw Dean was in an elective class called Madness in Literature. He had been sitting a few rows down in his green parka, writing furiously into his notebook. Something about him made her stop and stare, and it felt like she hasn't looked away since. But there is a reason why Dean seldom comes to class. And why he seems reluctant to be her friend. And why he disappears for ages with answering her messages. Mel would have been bothered by all of it, except that she doesn't care. When it comes to Dean, she was willing to overlook a lot of things. This is a short story about two young people trying to find themselves and instead stumbling upon love.

A boy runs into the supernatural on his way to ask a girl to dance. A young woman wakes up hung over in a goddess’s bed. A mountain climber falls into a crevasse and hears the story of a glacier’s life. An Internet marketer finds a speechless, naked woman on his balcony, covered in feathers. And a young couple discovers that life off the road can sometimes be even harder than life on it. In his illustrated short story collection Three Dances, debut author Jeff Seymour explores gender, sexuality, youth, and oddness in the midst of beauty. Fans of magical realism and intricate, poetic prose will find plenty to delight in as he wedges his words into the cracks in the sublime, pries them open, and shares the things that fall out. Available commercially in its entirety 4/13/13!

I don't like One Direction. So can someone please tell me why I'm stuck on a game show with the five boys who have stolen millions of girls' hearts?