Published in Stirring: A Literary Collection,  Vol. 18, Edition 11, Nov 2016 Anniversary Issue: Photo by Manit Chaotragoongit (Excerpt:) In a brief flicker of a moment, Caroline locks eyes with her husband from the far side of the ballroom, across a sea of glittery gold and crimson. The exhaustion and pain is written on his forehead and brow, prematurely hardened as though the past five years…