Deeyaitch looked with contempt about the train car. Peering over the top of his London Times, he took in the dense hodge-podge of grubby fellow Malaysians. Jammed into the tête-à-tête benches were entire families of wild, ill-behaved children, parents who were still children themselves, odiferous crones clutching rotting bird carcasses or bundles of rags… an old man sat in the front of the car, wispy gray hair sprouting from a […]
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Dana Hammer | The difference a thousand dollars can make
The oil burned her skin, searing and sharp. The pain was compounded by the terror of not knowing her tormentor, or her location, or how the hell she was supposed to get out of the dark, rotten basement in which she now found herself. Inez Eliot howled in a way she hadn’t since childbirth, low and deep, emerging from her center and radiating out. She tried to retract her foot […]
Laura Golden | Lesson One
Costa Rica Already the straps of Alejandro’s backpack dig into his skin through his sweat-soaked shirt, but he doesn’t bother to shift the forty-pound bag of cement powder inside. What would be the point? They have at least another eight hours to trudge today, and again tomorrow, and possibly the next day, depending how well his unaccustomed crew holds up and how muddy the trail is beyond the river. Better […]
Andrew Clinard | Tales from the communal farm
Cast iron fervor “I can’t believe you just put soap on that!” a zealous student shouts at his peer on dishwashing duty. There is nothing that will upset a hippie more than improper maintenance of cast iron pans. The most pacifistic woo-heavy Californian will see red if they catch an amateur with soap in one hand and cast iron in the other. If the newbie has disgracefully scrubbed a pan […]
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