With her father's old truck totaled, her best friend six feet under, and guilt weighing in her chest, aspiring singer-songwriter Evie Pearce fled the quiet town of her childhood to live with her aunt in Manhattan, hoping to lose herself in the city's noise.
Tucked in an alcove near her aunt's apartment is The Greenhouse, a small café and flower shop where Evie meets Grace-a soft-spoken, poet-loving barista willing to sacrifice anything to keep her adopted brother safe amidst their parent's ongoing divorce.
Silver Lines is a collection of prose, poetry, and dialogue shared in a New York café between two dreamers learning to grieve, heal, and love, without losing sight of the silver lining in the clouds.
》1st place in the Creative Awards 2019 hosted by @Vvanillaa
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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