Caroline Porter Caroline Porter is a writer living in Michigan. She received her MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, where she was the recipient of the Henfield Prize. Her fiction can also be found in X-R-A-Y and The Greensboro Review.

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Caroline Porter

My friend Ryan had stolen a virtual reality headset from the GameStop where he worked. He’d been using it for a week to alternately play a rhythm game called Beat Saber and jack off. I’m just out here living my best life, he texted me when I asked him what he was up to. This was followed by a clown emoji, then one of a guy in sunglasses. He was...