Andrea Chesman

Andrea Chesman is a food writer and cookbook author. She tries to keep food out of her fiction writing but doesn't always succeed. Her work has appeared online in Green Mountains Review and in the print anthology Twisted, published by Medusa's Laugh Press, which nominated her story for a Pushcart Prize. She will have a story in the Spring 2019 issue of The Offbeat. She lives with her family in an old farmhouse, where Robert Frost was a frequent visitor. A photograph taken of Mr. Frost in her dining room is a source of constant inspiration.

Chemistry

The first time Chloe kicked Brian out, they weren’t even married. And she didn’t really kick him out. Chloe was the one who left, though the house was in her name, though he was the one who transgressed. She thundered out of the house before she could do something she’d regret—like throw the pot of boiling sauce at him.