Carissa Reiniger

By Rosemary Counter

Top this: Wide-eyed girl (that’s me) meets suited dude (him) following chance encounter on Craigslist’s Missed Connections. He saw me at the Drake, he wrote. A couple weeks of dinners and sexy goodtimes then boom!—not only is Dude married, but he’s never even been to the Drake. You got played, sucka.

Stories as such (and some happy endings too, I guess) abound at next Thursday’s launch of “Stories From Our Black Books.” read more...