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Romance In My Coffee
ROMANCE IN MY COFFEE
Inviting you to sip your coffee with the flavour of ROMANCE ...
A lonely teenager hides from their classmates during prom.
A girl has a crush she's embarrassed to admit to.
A boy recalls the story of sharing a berth on a train.
Every story is a love story, and there's a love story for everyone. This book contains ten voices, each inimitable and captivating, to create a formidable collection of stories that speaks to our one deep to be loved.
The In My Coffee anthology series will feature short stories on a variety of themes from romance to science fiction to humour to fantasy and much else. Each one perfect to mix in your coffee!
ABOUT THE AUTHORS-
Jerry Pinto lives and works and writes and thinks and translates and eats and drinks and runs and ruminates and loves and hates and sleeps and rises and dreams and does and undoes and shoves and pushes and waits and watches and hopes and laughs and edits and verbs his life away in the middle of a city with many names by a sullen and grey sea.
Nisha Susan is the author of The Women Who Forgot to Invent Facebook and other stories. She is an editor and a translator. She always has homework and currently has exams.
Andaleeb Wajid is a hybrid author, having published nearly 50 novels in the past 15 years. Andaleeb's YA novel Asmara's Summer was adapted for screen to become Dil, Dosti, Dilemma on Amazon Prime and other works are in the process of being optioned or adapted. Her YA novel, The Henna Start-up is the winner of the Neev Literature Festival Award 2024, Crossword Book Award 2024, and TOI Auther Award 2025.
Anurag Banerjee (b. 1991) is an independent photographer based between his hometown, Shillong and Bombay. He self-published his first book I'mnot here in 2022 which explored the conundrum of belonging to two places at once. His following books The Songs of Our People-I & II looked at identity and belonging through the lives of musicians in Meghalaya.
Riddhi Dastidar is a writer and reporter who lives in Delhi. They have four cats and over fourteen tattoos. On the internet Riddhi is called @gaachburi.
Gankhu Sumnyan teaches English at a government college in Arunachal Pradesh. His stories have appeared in Out of Print, GulmoharQuarterly, Cafe Dissensus, East India Story, and in the anthology The Best Asian Short Stories 2021.
Suniti Namjoshi is a fabulist, a poet, a satirist and a feminist. Her books include Feminist Fables, The Blue Donkey Fables, The Fabulous Feminist, Suki, Aesop the Fox, The Good-Hearted Gardeners and most recently Matriarchs, Cows and Epic Villains.
K Vaishali (she/her) is based in Hyderabad, India. Her memoir Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India, published by Yoda Press and Simon & Schuster, won the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar and was shortlisted for the Rainbow Awards.
Aravind Jayan is a writer from Trivandrum, Kerala. He won the Toto Funds the Arts Award in 2017 and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2021. His first novel, Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors, was named a 'best book of 2022' by Open Magazine, The Wire, Deccan Chronicle and others. It was also shortlisted for the Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, and has been translated into several languages.
Meera Ganapathi is an author and the founder/ editor of the literary and arts publication, The Soup. Her book on walking, How to Forget was published by HarperCollins in May 2025. Meera has written various books for children, like, The Girl Who Could Not Stop Laughing, Uma vs Upma and Paati vs UNCLE (Puffin India). Her poems and short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including, Cat People and A Case of Indian Marvels - Dazzling Short Stories by India's Finest Writers.
Inviting you to sip your coffee with the flavour of ROMANCE ...
A lonely teenager hides from their classmates during prom.
A girl has a crush she's embarrassed to admit to.
A boy recalls the story of sharing a berth on a train.
Every story is a love story, and there's a love story for everyone. This book contains ten voices, each inimitable and captivating, to create a formidable collection of stories that speaks to our one deep to be loved.
The In My Coffee anthology series will feature short stories on a variety of themes from romance to science fiction to humour to fantasy and much else. Each one perfect to mix in your coffee!
ABOUT THE AUTHORS-
Jerry Pinto lives and works and writes and thinks and translates and eats and drinks and runs and ruminates and loves and hates and sleeps and rises and dreams and does and undoes and shoves and pushes and waits and watches and hopes and laughs and edits and verbs his life away in the middle of a city with many names by a sullen and grey sea.
Nisha Susan is the author of The Women Who Forgot to Invent Facebook and other stories. She is an editor and a translator. She always has homework and currently has exams.
Andaleeb Wajid is a hybrid author, having published nearly 50 novels in the past 15 years. Andaleeb's YA novel Asmara's Summer was adapted for screen to become Dil, Dosti, Dilemma on Amazon Prime and other works are in the process of being optioned or adapted. Her YA novel, The Henna Start-up is the winner of the Neev Literature Festival Award 2024, Crossword Book Award 2024, and TOI Auther Award 2025.
Anurag Banerjee (b. 1991) is an independent photographer based between his hometown, Shillong and Bombay. He self-published his first book I'mnot here in 2022 which explored the conundrum of belonging to two places at once. His following books The Songs of Our People-I & II looked at identity and belonging through the lives of musicians in Meghalaya.
Riddhi Dastidar is a writer and reporter who lives in Delhi. They have four cats and over fourteen tattoos. On the internet Riddhi is called @gaachburi.
Gankhu Sumnyan teaches English at a government college in Arunachal Pradesh. His stories have appeared in Out of Print, GulmoharQuarterly, Cafe Dissensus, East India Story, and in the anthology The Best Asian Short Stories 2021.
Suniti Namjoshi is a fabulist, a poet, a satirist and a feminist. Her books include Feminist Fables, The Blue Donkey Fables, The Fabulous Feminist, Suki, Aesop the Fox, The Good-Hearted Gardeners and most recently Matriarchs, Cows and Epic Villains.
K Vaishali (she/her) is based in Hyderabad, India. Her memoir Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India, published by Yoda Press and Simon & Schuster, won the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar and was shortlisted for the Rainbow Awards.
Aravind Jayan is a writer from Trivandrum, Kerala. He won the Toto Funds the Arts Award in 2017 and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2021. His first novel, Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors, was named a 'best book of 2022' by Open Magazine, The Wire, Deccan Chronicle and others. It was also shortlisted for the Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, and has been translated into several languages.
Meera Ganapathi is an author and the founder/ editor of the literary and arts publication, The Soup. Her book on walking, How to Forget was published by HarperCollins in May 2025. Meera has written various books for children, like, The Girl Who Could Not Stop Laughing, Uma vs Upma and Paati vs UNCLE (Puffin India). Her poems and short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including, Cat People and A Case of Indian Marvels - Dazzling Short Stories by India's Finest Writers.
195 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 5, 2025
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December 4, 2025
'An anthology that feels like reliving the gentlest parts of growing up.'
This is a tender, thoughtfully curated collection of ten stories—each one exploring a different kind of love, friendship, longing, and self-discovery. What makes this anthology stand out is not just the writing talent it brings together, but how deeply familiar these stories feel. They’re not grand romances or dramatic heartbreaks. They’re the small, precious moments we often forget to cherish until a book like this brings them back to the surface.
What really stays with you is how effortlessly these stories slip into your own memories. There’s a sense of innocence running through the book—of trying to make friends, of understanding yourself, of wanting to be a little braver than you actually are. The characters feel like people we once knew, or maybe versions of who we used to be. Their anxieties, their hopes, their attempts at belonging… everything is written with a quiet honesty that feels almost personal.
The nostalgia in this anthology is beautifully subtle. As I read, I kept thinking of those childhood friendships that turned into secret crushes, those neighbourly bonds that shifted in ways we didn’t expect, those moments where love and resentment intertwined without us even realising it. The book captures that bittersweet space between growing up and growing apart—the way people drift, return, misunderstand, forgive, and still somehow matter to each other.
Some stories carry the weight of wanting to prove something—to family, to society, or to ourselves. The boy learning English just to make his family proud, or the small-town boy trying to impress the city girl, reminded me of the quiet pressures we all carry during our teenage years. Those silent, unspoken dreams of becoming “good enough” for the world around us. These moments aren’t flashy, but they’re powerful because they’re true. You feel the tenderness, the earnestness, the vulnerability in every line.
By the time I finished the book, it felt like I had taken a long, slow walk through my own past. This is soft, comforting, and delicately emotional—the kind of read that wraps around you like a memory you didn’t know you missed. It brings back the warmth of early friendships, the sting of misunderstandings, the magic of first feelings, and the ache of wanting to be seen. It’s a collection that leaves you a little nostalgic, a little tender, and very, very human
This is a tender, thoughtfully curated collection of ten stories—each one exploring a different kind of love, friendship, longing, and self-discovery. What makes this anthology stand out is not just the writing talent it brings together, but how deeply familiar these stories feel. They’re not grand romances or dramatic heartbreaks. They’re the small, precious moments we often forget to cherish until a book like this brings them back to the surface.
What really stays with you is how effortlessly these stories slip into your own memories. There’s a sense of innocence running through the book—of trying to make friends, of understanding yourself, of wanting to be a little braver than you actually are. The characters feel like people we once knew, or maybe versions of who we used to be. Their anxieties, their hopes, their attempts at belonging… everything is written with a quiet honesty that feels almost personal.
The nostalgia in this anthology is beautifully subtle. As I read, I kept thinking of those childhood friendships that turned into secret crushes, those neighbourly bonds that shifted in ways we didn’t expect, those moments where love and resentment intertwined without us even realising it. The book captures that bittersweet space between growing up and growing apart—the way people drift, return, misunderstand, forgive, and still somehow matter to each other.
Some stories carry the weight of wanting to prove something—to family, to society, or to ourselves. The boy learning English just to make his family proud, or the small-town boy trying to impress the city girl, reminded me of the quiet pressures we all carry during our teenage years. Those silent, unspoken dreams of becoming “good enough” for the world around us. These moments aren’t flashy, but they’re powerful because they’re true. You feel the tenderness, the earnestness, the vulnerability in every line.
By the time I finished the book, it felt like I had taken a long, slow walk through my own past. This is soft, comforting, and delicately emotional—the kind of read that wraps around you like a memory you didn’t know you missed. It brings back the warmth of early friendships, the sting of misunderstandings, the magic of first feelings, and the ache of wanting to be seen. It’s a collection that leaves you a little nostalgic, a little tender, and very, very human
January 25, 2026
-A Sip of Love-
Review of 'Romance in my coffee' by multiple writers
Quote Alert
"𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐎𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞?
𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞."
What could be the best Valentine's day gift for a reader? Well, a book that is filled up to its gills with love stories. Whay else?
This Valentine's Season, Romance in my coffee invites you to sip your coffee with the flavour of romance and love.
The book boasts of stalwarts like Jerry Pinto, Andaleeb Wajid, Aravind Jayan, Nisha Susan and many more.
Short stories carry their own charm. Little microcosm of emotions they are, jumping from one theme to another. It's like a delightful platter at a restaurant. You can have dozens of dishes, enjoying savoury with sweet, textures melting into your mouth. In one anthology you can have many many protagonists to love, many to loathe, many to care for and some to forget and move on. That's also the biggest plus point of a short story collection. If you don't like a story, maybe move on to another one.
So what are these stories about? A lonely teenager hides from their classmates during prom. A girl has a crush she's embarrassed to admit to. A boy recalls the story of sharing a berth on a train.
Every story is a love story, and there's a love story for everyone. This book contains ten voices, each inimitable and captivating, to create a formidable collection of stories that speaks to our one deep desire: to be loved.
Romance In My Coffee anthology series features short stories on a variety of themes from romance to science fiction to humour to fantasy and much else. Each one perfect to mix in your coffee!
So what are you waiting for? Pick it up.
Review of 'Romance in my coffee' by multiple writers
Quote Alert
"𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐎𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞?
𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞."
What could be the best Valentine's day gift for a reader? Well, a book that is filled up to its gills with love stories. Whay else?
This Valentine's Season, Romance in my coffee invites you to sip your coffee with the flavour of romance and love.
The book boasts of stalwarts like Jerry Pinto, Andaleeb Wajid, Aravind Jayan, Nisha Susan and many more.
Short stories carry their own charm. Little microcosm of emotions they are, jumping from one theme to another. It's like a delightful platter at a restaurant. You can have dozens of dishes, enjoying savoury with sweet, textures melting into your mouth. In one anthology you can have many many protagonists to love, many to loathe, many to care for and some to forget and move on. That's also the biggest plus point of a short story collection. If you don't like a story, maybe move on to another one.
So what are these stories about? A lonely teenager hides from their classmates during prom. A girl has a crush she's embarrassed to admit to. A boy recalls the story of sharing a berth on a train.
Every story is a love story, and there's a love story for everyone. This book contains ten voices, each inimitable and captivating, to create a formidable collection of stories that speaks to our one deep desire: to be loved.
Romance In My Coffee anthology series features short stories on a variety of themes from romance to science fiction to humour to fantasy and much else. Each one perfect to mix in your coffee!
So what are you waiting for? Pick it up.
December 10, 2025
Romance In My Coffee reads like the warmth rising from a mug on a winter evening, soft, fragrant, and lingering. This young adult anthology brings together ten writers, each with an unmistakable voice, to explore love in small, everyday shapes. The book opens with Under the Devil’s Tree by Riddhi Dastidar setting a tone contemplative rather than dramatic, with love humming amidst hurt and quiet. Later, Nisha Susan’s Discord and Andaleeb Wajid’s Accidentally Enemies echo familiar textures of growing up: uncertainties, misread signals, the sweet sting of closeness. And in Sitting on the Porch, Watching the Trains, Gankhu Sumnyan holds that wistful space where memory, longing, and time fold into each other.
Emotions aren't loud across these stories. They are the hush between conversations, a crush someone is too shy to admit, the simple nostalgia of a boy remembering the shared berth of a train journey.
Jerry Pinto always a standout in his writings, brings us @party, which is poetry amidst prose.
This collection understands that romance, especially when we're young, often arrives in half-formed thoughts, fragile openness, the fear of saying too much, and the thrill of saying anything at all.
The anthology goes well with winter, slow pages, a blanket, a cup leaving pale rings on wood. Each story is like a different brew-sometimes milky, sometimes dark, and sometimes unexpectedly sweet-but always tender. The writing is contemporary, reflective, deeply human, and perfectly suited to the young adult heart that wants to feel but hasn't yet learned how to name everything it feels.
As the first offering in the In My Coffee series, this book promises a future of fresh flavours. But for now, it simply asks you to sit still, sip slowly and listen to ten voices tracing the same ancient truth that every story is, in the end, a love story.
Emotions aren't loud across these stories. They are the hush between conversations, a crush someone is too shy to admit, the simple nostalgia of a boy remembering the shared berth of a train journey.
Jerry Pinto always a standout in his writings, brings us @party, which is poetry amidst prose.
This collection understands that romance, especially when we're young, often arrives in half-formed thoughts, fragile openness, the fear of saying too much, and the thrill of saying anything at all.
The anthology goes well with winter, slow pages, a blanket, a cup leaving pale rings on wood. Each story is like a different brew-sometimes milky, sometimes dark, and sometimes unexpectedly sweet-but always tender. The writing is contemporary, reflective, deeply human, and perfectly suited to the young adult heart that wants to feel but hasn't yet learned how to name everything it feels.
As the first offering in the In My Coffee series, this book promises a future of fresh flavours. But for now, it simply asks you to sit still, sip slowly and listen to ten voices tracing the same ancient truth that every story is, in the end, a love story.
April 19, 2026
Romance in My Coffee is a collection of 10 stories that explore various facets of love and romance. Through these stories, the authors present stories of love that is contemporary but has a hint of the old-school romance as well. The compilation is carefully selected, and Aparna has done a good job collating these stories into a collection that would give you a warm and fuzzy feeling as you read it. Out of the 10 stories, there were 4 stories that stood out for me. Under the Devil's Tree by Riddhi Dastidar was a wonderful YA story that explores queer love, and I loved how she builds up to the climax. The character development was quite nice, and even though it is a short story, Annie and Zee have been written in a way that keeps you hooked to the story. Accidentally Enemies by Andaleeb Wajid was the second story that stood out for me for its portrayal of love. Areesha and Ahad’s story from bickering friends, to a love story none of them cared to admit was something I really loved reading. The next story that worked for me was @ The Party by Jerry Pinto. I loved his perspective on a non-binary romance, and how he shows the character development of @. The last story that did work for me was Michael Pandiya by Meera Ganpathi for the friends-to-lovers trope and how she treats it in the book.
While there are good things about the book, the other sections of the book did not work for me honestly. There is a section which was just a one-page description of a photograph, followed by the said photograph. This as a part of an anthology on romance is something I did not expect, and puts a break to an overall good reading experience. Another one-pager story also forms a part of the anthology, which again did not work for me.
While there are good things about the book, the other sections of the book did not work for me honestly. There is a section which was just a one-page description of a photograph, followed by the said photograph. This as a part of an anthology on romance is something I did not expect, and puts a break to an overall good reading experience. Another one-pager story also forms a part of the anthology, which again did not work for me.
February 8, 2026
Brewing fresh crispy stories that filled the air with the aroma of new found happiness. These are not like typical romantic stories rather they spilled new tastes of adventure, in each story authors are romancing with life.
Romance In My Coffee is a freshly made collection of short stories. 10 stories with ten different types of flavours, some are soft and some a little strong, they blended hope in smoke, and sweetness in life.
ROMANCE IN MY COFFEE
Inviting you to sip your coffee with the flavour of ROMANCE ...
A lonely teenager hides from their classmates during prom.
A girl has a crush she's embarrassed to admit to.
A boy recalls the story of sharing a berth on a train.
This book contains ten voices, each inimitable and captivating, to create a formidable collection of stories that speaks to our one deep desire: to be loved.
The In My Coffee anthology series will feature short stories on a variety of themes from romance to science fiction to humour to fantasy and much else. Each one perfect to mix in your coffee!
While reading this book I was amazed by their fresh appeal, they opened a new era in thinking about life and love.
Get a copy if you like reading something new, if you like watching life from various angles.
Romance In My Coffee is a freshly made collection of short stories. 10 stories with ten different types of flavours, some are soft and some a little strong, they blended hope in smoke, and sweetness in life.
ROMANCE IN MY COFFEE
Inviting you to sip your coffee with the flavour of ROMANCE ...
A lonely teenager hides from their classmates during prom.
A girl has a crush she's embarrassed to admit to.
A boy recalls the story of sharing a berth on a train.
This book contains ten voices, each inimitable and captivating, to create a formidable collection of stories that speaks to our one deep desire: to be loved.
The In My Coffee anthology series will feature short stories on a variety of themes from romance to science fiction to humour to fantasy and much else. Each one perfect to mix in your coffee!
While reading this book I was amazed by their fresh appeal, they opened a new era in thinking about life and love.
Get a copy if you like reading something new, if you like watching life from various angles.
February 13, 2026
With Valentine’s Day arriving tomorrow, everything around us seems to lean into love and warmth. Coffee somehow always sits at the center of it all. From first dates in cozy cafés to late-night conversations over steaming mugs, coffee has long been tied to romance, comfort, and connection.
Romance in My Coffee captures that very feeling, blending love with everyday moments. Emotion unfold as naturally as a slow sip of brew in these short stories. Each story feels like a different cup, some sweet, some bittersweet, some bold, but all authentic. They're all rooted in the simple human longing to be seen and cherished.
This collection brings together ten distinct voices that explore love in its many forms. From teenage longing and shy crushes to chance encounters and tender memories. The stories move through prom nights, train journeys, confessions, and fleeting moments. These gentle stories are really heartwarming and realistic.
The variety of writing styles and perspectives are shaped by a talented group of authors. Together, they create a collection that feels like a comforting ritual, one story at a time, perfect for slow afternoons, reflective evenings, and especially for a season that celebrates love in all its beautiful forms.
Romance in My Coffee captures that very feeling, blending love with everyday moments. Emotion unfold as naturally as a slow sip of brew in these short stories. Each story feels like a different cup, some sweet, some bittersweet, some bold, but all authentic. They're all rooted in the simple human longing to be seen and cherished.
This collection brings together ten distinct voices that explore love in its many forms. From teenage longing and shy crushes to chance encounters and tender memories. The stories move through prom nights, train journeys, confessions, and fleeting moments. These gentle stories are really heartwarming and realistic.
The variety of writing styles and perspectives are shaped by a talented group of authors. Together, they create a collection that feels like a comforting ritual, one story at a time, perfect for slow afternoons, reflective evenings, and especially for a season that celebrates love in all its beautiful forms.
December 4, 2025
Winter is so perfect with a collection of short stories and a hot cup of coffee☕
This was such a wholesome read paired with the coffee☕. It is a collection of short stories which explores different vibes of YA- love, friendship, insecurities, humour and many more phases which will definitely take you back through your own memory lane of those old carefree days.
These ten stories are short yet engrossing, perfect when you need a little read enjoying the few sips of your hot beverage or in between your breaks or simply just when you feel like reading and wrapping up in a few pages. I read it one by one, yes, I didn't rush in while reading this one and it was so good.
The simple tales felt like magic as it was refreshing to take a break from busy life and the heavy setting books of romance and fantasy, go back to a simple and soothing YA book. The tales are easy breezy with simple narration with so much content to relate to.
This was such a wholesome read paired with the coffee☕. It is a collection of short stories which explores different vibes of YA- love, friendship, insecurities, humour and many more phases which will definitely take you back through your own memory lane of those old carefree days.
These ten stories are short yet engrossing, perfect when you need a little read enjoying the few sips of your hot beverage or in between your breaks or simply just when you feel like reading and wrapping up in a few pages. I read it one by one, yes, I didn't rush in while reading this one and it was so good.
The simple tales felt like magic as it was refreshing to take a break from busy life and the heavy setting books of romance and fantasy, go back to a simple and soothing YA book. The tales are easy breezy with simple narration with so much content to relate to.
March 1, 2026
Teenage is a phase of life when you're neither innocent nor mature. "Romance In My Coffee" captures the different hues of teenage romance through a few short stories. Among the authors of the stories, there are a few prominent names like Andaleeb Wajid, Jerry Pinto, Nisha Susan, Suniti Namjoshi etc.
The stories portray the teen protagonists with all their quirks. There are stories on myriad themes — same-sex love, an imaginary love interest, jealousy in love, a disabled protagonist yearning for love, one-sided lust, love that doesn't get parental approval, dream of an idyllic life with a loved one, meaning of love for an asexual protagonist. The stories will make you pause and reflect on what love truly means.
Enjoy this book with your coffee!
The stories portray the teen protagonists with all their quirks. There are stories on myriad themes — same-sex love, an imaginary love interest, jealousy in love, a disabled protagonist yearning for love, one-sided lust, love that doesn't get parental approval, dream of an idyllic life with a loved one, meaning of love for an asexual protagonist. The stories will make you pause and reflect on what love truly means.
Enjoy this book with your coffee!
February 20, 2026
“Romance in My Coffee” is an anthology of 10 short stories by 10 different authors and each one shows love in a different form.
From queer love to heterosexual love,
from a non-binary person seeking real companionship,
to enemies-to-lovers banter and many more such stories.
Every story has its own flavour like different types of coffee.
But personally? I struggled to connect.
At many points I felt confused, almost like I was missing something. I was close to DNFing it.
Maybe I’m still new to short stories. Maybe I need time to understand this format better.
The concept is beautiful.
It just didn’t fully work for me.
From queer love to heterosexual love,
from a non-binary person seeking real companionship,
to enemies-to-lovers banter and many more such stories.
Every story has its own flavour like different types of coffee.
But personally? I struggled to connect.
At many points I felt confused, almost like I was missing something. I was close to DNFing it.
Maybe I’m still new to short stories. Maybe I need time to understand this format better.
The concept is beautiful.
It just didn’t fully work for me.
June 12, 2026
A beautiful composition of short stories with writers such as Andaleeb Wajid, Jerry Pinto, Nisha Susan, and Suniti Namjoshi, bringing back an anthology of short stories that has been missing for a while, with the theme of love in its various forms. I love the story by Jerry Pinto, which is engaging and engrossing in the same vein as Meera Ganapathi and Suniti Namjoshi. Some stories score beautifully, while others lack the engrossing factor. There is also Words and Photograph by Anurag Banerjee, a beautiful tale. A lovely initiative by the creators with Mumbai as the focus and a place lending inspiration to so many stories.
February 1, 2026
I just finished this and my heart is so full. It is the perfect cozy read for when you want something sweet but also meaningful. Since it is a collection of short stories it feels like a warm hug in a cup of coffee.
I loved how diverse the voices are. Some stories made me blush while others actually made me think about modern love in a totally new way. It is not just cheesy tropes. It is real and messy and beautiful. If you need a quick escape this weekend definitely pick this up.
Happy reading everyone.
I loved how diverse the voices are. Some stories made me blush while others actually made me think about modern love in a totally new way. It is not just cheesy tropes. It is real and messy and beautiful. If you need a quick escape this weekend definitely pick this up.
Happy reading everyone.
November 24, 2025
The stories are fine, but all the protagonists are kids/ teens.
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