In the last 5 years we have shared over 900 of your stories! To celebrate our anniversary, we would like to put together an anthology on cheating. Stories, cnf, poetry and & essays can be written from any perspective. Submit from August 25th to October 25th.

Somewhere between now and then, you were told to build your own sanctuary from scratch, because the ones you keep scurrying back to are nothing but debris and rubble. "If Love Won’t Vanish Then Neither Will You"—Caitlin Yao discretionarylove.com/if-lov…

How has your morning been? How do you like your eggs?       It’s cold and I shaved my legs. I’m still mourning your truancy like the death of a second beta fish. "Heterochromiac"—Bennett McKinney discretionarylove.com/hetero…

Hey y’all, Tomorrow is the last day to submit for October’s story release. Looking forward to reading your love pieces. 🤍 Discretionarylove.com/submit

Contrasting the calluses on my palms I refused to loosen my grip If I know this to be true, why am I checking the door in case you walk in But a tip in case you do, uncertainty makes a terrible underpin "Again and Again"—Isabella Villarreal discretionarylove.com/again-…

You’re squeezing my hand so hard my knuckles are turning white. I wish I could un-scar your abdomen. I never thought I was worth it. 9/21/35 Would you love me if I could never love again? "Relationship Problems"—Cara Wang discretionarylove.com/relati…

Suppose that water does have memory, And this would be among Its most vivid recollections— And ignite a longing, Once absent entirely, But now all-consuming. "Kama Sutra Showerhead"— E.S. Lee discretionarylove.com/kama-s…

As the parent—the one in charge, the protector—she did not need reminding that my brother and I were her kryptonite. "Have You Seen Raat ki Rani Bloom" — Meher Suri discretionarylove.com/have-y…

The story release will be available tonight.

My mouth seeks out the twin valleys east and west of his widow’s peak and swims the twin pools welling from his beard, oases in thick brush. It brings my world to order, this finding of smooth amid the rough. "Smooth"—Bryn Wood discretionarylove.com/smooth…

Good evening yall, We have 19 stories for tomorrow’s release. October subs are open. We would love to read your work. 🤍 Discretionarylove.com/submit

I couldn’t move on. I went back and lingered in the copyright history, the blurbs, the epigraph and dedication, then I reread the first sentence, the first paragraph, the first page, it was like love at first sight a second time "Love Poem"—Paul Hostovsky discretionarylove.com/love-p…

I kiss the Onkar ੴ on his chest, the black ink still resplendent, fresh like an invocation, luminous on the terrain shaved bare, while beads of sweat gather around the lines like votive offerings. "The Lovers’ Liturgy"—Elizabeth Shanaz discretionarylove.com/the-lo…

Instead, acid had steeped our cup and runneth over. This divine water cycle broke down leaving me parched in a pretender’s paradise, finding mirages where oasis was promised. "The 3 Transmutations of One Triple-Water Sign"—Peyton Elizabeth Wells discretionarylove.com/the-3-…

Hey yall, we have most of the responses out. The last round of emails will got out tonight. Have a great day. 🫶

Hey yall, We will try to respond to everyone for September’s story release in the next few days. The new publication date is October 10th. Subs for October are open. Thank you for your patience. 🤍

Good morning, If you’re waiting to hear back for September’s story release please give us some grace. The EIC’s family has experienced a devastating event that will push back pub date. Thanks for your patience and support. Remember to love on your loved ones. 🫶

A heart with the missing piece — a fragment of madness. In trying to breathe life into someone’s chest, don’t poison yourself — eyes here are often blind. "Cherries Taste Sweeter Here"— Niko Knightley discretionarylove.com/cherri…

I understand now that the inheritance wasn’t cheating. It was doubt. Doubt that love could remain once it became ordinary. Doubt that being chosen once meant being chosen again tomorrow. "Having My Cake And Eating It Too"— Ash Haas-Wilson discretionarylove.com/having…