This is only a short story – it comes in at just over 8000 words, but that doesn’t make it any less wonderful. I love it when a writer can do so much with so few words.
Better than New is the story of Theo and Ben. Theo is a college student, still recovering from an accident in which he lost part of a leg. Ben is the owner of his local coffee shop, The Broken Cup, and Theo has been working up the courage to approach him for months.
This is a story full of broken cups and broken people and how, sometimes, putting them together again and making their flaws shine can be a magical process.
This really is a very simple story, but it’s beautifully written and the characters just come alive. You know that feeling you get when people on the page seem real? This story had that in spades.
And it's moving, and lovely, and made me wish I drank coffee.
Read it.
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