About the Author Sophia Holder graduated from the University of Southampton in 1998 with an upper second B.Sc. Hons. in maths and French. She is now living in Costa Rica teaching English as a foreign language. She has been writing seriously for 2 years. As a teacher, she enjoys observing people and writing about strong emotions, the absurd and impossible. She has written a number of other short stories in the experimental genre. This collection of stories are her fist in Nuvein.

They live on the roof. They only come out at night. For romance. They drink wine. They dance by the light of the moon. They hold hands and dream. They love one another and they love everyone on the earth below them. They chatter and heat marshmallows on a bonfire. They heat the water on the roof with the flame and swim, splash and bathe in the warmth until sunrise. They are in love. They watch people around them. They understand true love and they know who with fall in love with whom.

“Psst…” they will say as a girl walks by. “A fella perfect for you will be in the Royal Oak at 7.” She won’t hear them, she won’t see them, but she’ll know what they said.

“How about the Royal Oak for a drink tonight?” She’ll say to her friends.

And the Anchems will watch the happy couple stroll along the sea front by day, knowing they’ve done their bit for true love.