Danny Thanh Nguyen’s short stories and personal essays have appeared in The Journal, Gulf Coast, Foglifter, Entropy, New Delta Review, and elsewhere. His writing has been awarded fellowships and grants from Ragdale Foundation, Lambda Literary, Kundiman, San Francisco Arts Commission, and Indiana University. He writes a column on BDSM/kink and leather culture for Recon and is working on an essay collection.

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After the Honeymoon Phase

By DANNY THANH NGUYEN

To me, Lifetime movies were like fables: fantastical two-hour tales that imparted important morals to live by.