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This is Romance Via Proxy — a short, music-framed story about growing up, falling in love, and learning the hard way that hearts don't come with instructions. Each chapter borrows its name from a song that was stuck in my head while I wrote it.

It's fiction, loosely inspired by real life. Ginger — though made up — is the personification of every love I've ever had. I hope you enjoy it.

— Douglas S. Hatcher, the superterran