Short Stories 366:352 — “Eight Winter Nights,” by Liz Maverick

"Eight Winter Nights" opens with a Hannukah party and a near-perfect meet-cute: wonderful, good-with-words Rachel ends up locked out on a balcony with handsome, new-to-the-city Oz, Liz Maverick's audio novella had me pretty much from the get-go. Rachel's voice is that brilliant mix of self-deprecating, smart, and just-a-bit oddball that I adore, and when she …