Lonely People Are Always Awake at Midnight

Short Stories About Love That Almost Was

In Lonely People Are Always Awake at Midnight, Marina Rasnoveanu weaves unforgettable tales — each a different face of love that almost was.

A composer wandering the snowy streets of Brussels, searching for the melody he once heard in a stranger’s laughter.
A couple in a tiny apartment in Bucharest, folding laundry and secrets in the same breath.
A ballerina who lives in two worlds — one of dance, and one of dreams.
A Roma child who stole the heart of a traveler with nothing but a glance.
A letter to a man who inspired this book...
and others, just as quiet, just as impossible to forget.

These stories — poetic, cinematic, and deeply emotional — explore the fragile edge where connection begins but doesn’t quite settle. They linger in that space where love almost bloomed, but time, fear, or fate held it back.