He was acting differently. He had a different smell. Moldy bread on some days and cinnamon on others. He quit…
It was only 2:00 in the morning. Finding that she could not go back to sleep, she slowly got out…
You see the thing about Yuri was that he was not a high-ranking or particularly effective KGB officer. Back in…
It was more shadows than complete darkness. I could see outlines of things if they were very near me. I…
Around midday, the sky darkened with flies. They filled the sky with annoyance and doom. Maybe this was the end.…
Do you remember that toy? Elmo Needs A Hug? It was big a long time ago. Maybe it still is.…
“Sergei…I was able to make some thin soup out of the two potatoes and one carrot I scavenged for.…
I always admired her when I was growing up. No, that’s not quite true. I envied her. I wanted to…
‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.’ That was my mother’s mantra. It’s what…
“No, you dimwit. Shirts go to the left and pants to the right.” The aging, overweight woman in a regulation…