The Czar balanced, like a tiny bird with quivering wings, the slender icy glass of vodka in his palm. Before…
I knew him only as Alexey. He might have said his last name but I can’t seem to remember it.…
October 31st. Halloween. It was a tradition to go to The Russian Tea Room. Manhattan. We began with Pelmeni Siberian.…
1927. If we are to be technical about the birth of the place. And nearly all humans are susceptible to…
“Tell me from the beginning. Chronological order.” The policeman, who had an expression of inattention and dullness on his face,…
I was found guilty. Fornicating with another man’s wife. Fornicating. Sounds clinical. Clean. Orderly. Our passion was none of that.…
There is this one dream. It repeats and repeats. Not every night. I’m in a car and a truck crashes…
They came at night. They always came at night. The darkness cloaked them in mystery, terror, and fear. It also…
They came for him in the quiet night. Busted the door. Pulled him from my arms. I screamed and then…
“Who are you voting for?” My fingers were touching his fingers. “I’m not answering that.” He pulled his fingers away.…