Ian M

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“Something at First Sight” by Ian M

Submitted to Contest #74

In that moment, I saw everything: The drops of rain as they dripped off my turquoise umbrella, changing my view of the scene in front before me. I saw the 1999 lime-green Dodge Stratus zooming pass. I saw the rowdy football players inside as they sped past me, laughing and whooping with the joy that can only come from being king of a world that you believe will never change. I saw the leader of the group, not the driver, because driving by that point in their lives had already become something for an underling, not for the leader. No, the le...

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Ian Mark first dipped his toes into the writing waters as a high school senior when his essay equating college admissions with dating was published in Boston Globe Magazine. After a string of one-night standard applications he hooked up with NYU and spent the next 3 years immersed in Manhattan (and yes, sigh, occasionally Brooklyn) nightlife. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with a B.A in English and American Literature in 2015. Forgoing a lucrative career in… uh… Englishonomics maybe? Ian placed his degree somewhere he cannot remember and absconded to Los Angeles, CA, where he hosts The Pasadonuts Improv Livestream every week and works as an actor in film and television. His writing has appeared in Hive Magazine, Outrageous Fortune, CelticsBlog, the Newton Tab, and Washington Square News. He grew up in Newton, MA, where he perfected the art of faking illness to skip school and read novels all day. After reading a thousand or so he began imagining writing his own. After a hundred more he jumped in the deep end. His debut novel Love from Amanda to Zoey was published by Simon & Schuste/Omnific Valentine’s Day 2018. He has no children or pets. Follow him on Twitter/Facebook/Insta @TheRealIanMark or see more at ianmark.ptnt.com