When Life Imitates Art: A Romantic Short Story

~ Who would've thought when I walked into my neighborhood Chicago bookstore that I'd meet my fantasy boyfriend? Or was he…?! ~

When a twenty-something magazine writer visits her favorite indie bookstore, she doesn't expect to run into the hunky man of her dreams. But even though their real-world encounter is brief, something about him sparks her imagination...

Soon, she finds she's built up a relationship with him that is part reality, part fantasy, and part literary. But what happens when her whimsical imaginings come face to face once again with the very real man who'd inspired them? Is it possible for an actual romance to have its origins in a fictional love story?

"When Life Imitates Art" is a 7,000-word original contemporary romantic comedy by bestselling author Marilyn Brant.

Note: This short story was originally included in SECOND CHANCES: A Romance Writers of America Collection (2017)