In his debut collection, Marston Hefner brings a unique voice and playful style to meditations on self-acceptance, the folly of youth, and how love can lead to actualization and destruction.

Through moments of family intimacy, work presentations, vacations, doomed relationships, or businessmen chasing the ephemeral, Hefner shows we are lovable and acceptable despite the shame we accumulate through the years. Sometimes it's only through stories that we can make sense of who we are and where we are going.

High School Romance captures these sentiments beautifully, offering readers a chance to reflect on their own journeys through the lens of the characters portrayed.