Nicholas Maistros holds an MFA in fiction from Colorado State University. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Bellingham Review, Nimrod, Colorado Review, The Literary Review, and Sycamore Review. He is currently finishing his first novel, These Imaginary Acts, and living with his partner in New York City.Room Nine
Stephanie Kilgore watched as they turned off of I-70 on a motorcycle and pulled into the motel parking lot. They were young. Steph never saw young people on motorcycles anymore. She had been one herself, but that was a long time ago. The girl climbed off first, redid her ponytail, shoved her...
