Nostalgia is a Liar by Agnetha Hilpert

Nostalgia is a Liar

by Agnetha Hilpert

Some things look better with age. Luna spies her high school sweetheart after an eight-month separation and it’s certainly true. Newly engaged and bearded Cooper is a testament to that.

A brief conversation and the memories come flooding back.

She was lost, orphaned. Bouncing from foster home to foster home, from high school to high school. He found her, gave her stability and the family she craved. She wondered how having never met someone could change the course of one’s life so drastically. How complete she felt when she was next to him.

Their happily ever after was not to be. The tragic circumstance that led to their break up was entrapped in Luna’s mind. Was it her fault?

Undeterred by her single life and determined to be happy for Cooper, Luna sets about untangling her past, determined to prove that things were not always better and for her, nostalgia is a liar.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Agnetha was an introverted child that found escapism in television and cinema. The stories consumed inspired characters of her own, living in worlds as seen on TV. When experiencing writer’s block, sketching to an eclectic soundtrack gets the job done. Broken Halos was borne of the idea that we are all fallible, heroes can be villains in another’s eyes. It’s all about perspective and perception. She believes there’s art in everything around us. Shading requires both light and dark to create depth.