My flash story “The Sphynx’s Blind Date” has been reprinted in Solstitia’s coffeeshop!AU issue.  The setting for this story was inspired by Moonstruck Chocolate Café (technically not a coffee shop, shhh!), which sadly doesn’t exist anymore.  I wanted to memorialize it in fiction.  This is one of those cases where the details of the surroundings took a backseat to the characters and dialogue, so you can envision the café however you want. 

The concept of coffee shop AU, rooted in fanfiction, got me curious and, since I love me some data, led me to this 2016 analysis of survey results:  “Five Tropes Fanfic Readers Love (And One They Hate)” by Fansplaining’s Flourish Klink and Elizabeth Minkel.