Ten modern stories about care, boundaries, and starting over. In Things We Keep Feeding , ordinary rooms hold big choices. A couple runs a practice breakup to see what survives. A tired landlord finds a letter in a wall and picks a different future. A borrowed dog decides who her person really is. A neighbor answers arguments through thin drywall and learns how to speak in the quiet. You get clean, honest prose, apartment energy, and characters who fix small things while their real lives shift. First dates feel like soft launches. Jobs end with four week notices. Love comes with return policies, group chat names, and tiny algorithms of care we write for each other. Includes all ten stories: Soft Launch, Four Week Notice, Return Policy, Baby Teeth, Algorithm of Care, Group Chat Names, The Quiet Apartment, Good Bones, Practice Breakup, The Borrowed Dog. Perfect for fans of contemporary short fiction, realistic relationship stories, and quick reads you can finish on a commute or before bed. Great for book clubs that like real talk and zero fluff.