Who was I? And who were you? These four works of short fiction, published at first under the pen name D. Michael Warren, explore the ways people love and hurt each other through the lens of the stories they love, the stories they tell each other, and the stories they tell themselves. They are often dark, sometimes distressing, and occasionally foul-mouthed. Significantly rewritten, they appear here together for the first time under their author's original name. Every human experience is worth reflecting in art. Content warnings for discussions of sexuality, homophobia, abuse, and suicide.