In a neon-lit cocktail bar where desire is garnished with bad decisions, Allie exists somewhere between poetry and want, fulfilling her needs through a dating app. Garnish is seductive flash fiction that explores the cost of curated personas and the ache that lingers after the buzz fades.

Landed in the Elite Eight of Writing Battle’s Spring 2025 Microfiction Competition.

Witty. Seductive. Cynical. Vulnerable.