INDIAN SUMMER; it’s no use whining about it. I was waiting for her in the shade of a tamarind. We were so head over heels for one another that waiting never really mattered. I was alone there watching the vehicles speed by, slowing as they approached the signal. The loo, a hot, dry wind, was blowing wild and the asphalt was melting as if Satan himself was bleeding from inside […]
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John Vicary | The Lonely Baker
FOR THE THIRD NIGHT IN A ROW, the baker found herself up alone at two a.m. making sausage. She had long been in the habit of rising early, but what was less usual in this instance was the food that she had been drawn to prepare the last few nights. She did not often make things from the savory end of the spectrum, as she was a boulanger: a maker […]
Gerald R. Stanek | The Initiation Game
PLAY WITH ME, I plead. You smile and nod. With a sweeping gesture befitting a sideshow illusionist, I unveil a glittering array of game pieces to choose from. There are the usual suspects: the thimble, the top hat, the baldheaded pegs and pawns; but in this game we have other options, which you are quick to note: the intricate sri yantra, the sturdy square and compass, the rosy cross, the […]
Matthew Harrison | Time enough
TIME’S PASSING VARIES with our mood. When we feel good, time passes quickly. When we feel bad, time slows down. That’s how it is for most of us. But for Sancho it was the reverse. It didn’t start that way. For most of his life, Sancho experienced time just like everyone else. When he was arrested and the police were beating him, time passed slowly. And when they stopped, it […]
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