By: Lana Nizhehorodova.

The bar’s called “Feels Good.” Plain and simple. It’s neither, though. Since instead of drinks, they serve you loaded drinks. Drink them, and you’ll experience what you ordered.

The menu arrives. Surprise, admiration, gratitude, awe, pleasure, happiness… each priced at $50. And on another side—same drinks loaded with anger, sadness, boredom, shame, confusion, depression—$10 each.

“No one takes those; they are just there for the concept of it,” the waitress says.

I order “Euphoria.” David chooses “Honesty.”

As the drinks arrive, he tells me he doesn’t love me anymore. I don’t mind. This bar does deserve its name.

© 2025. Lana Nizhehorodova

Lana Nizhehorodova was born and lives in Odesa, Ukraine. She loves reading and writing stories. Her fiction appeared in Variety Pack, The Temz Review, as well as anthologies by Dragon Soul Press and Jersey Pines Ink.

Posted May 7, 2025.