Ms. Miss

Althea has always considered herself unlucky in love. What she never realized was that love had been circling her for years, just slightly out of step.

On her thirtieth birthday, the four-man band who shaped her youth arrive late (as always). One confession breaks the careful silence they've kept for years, forcing the past into the present and cracking open a decade of almosts.

They chose friendship because it was safer. They stayed professional because it was necessary. And sometimes life got in the way.

Ms. Miss is a character-driven contemporary music drama about timing, restraint, and the complicated history behind a band that grew up together - and what it costs to keep choosing the safer path until, finally, someone decides not to.

{Entered in the 2026 Open Novella Contest}
{Round 1 Qualifier}