In the Palace of Cats
Hillary was weeding the flower bed, and questioning the weediness of weeds, some of which were just as beautiful as any flower, when an urgent message reached her from the …
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The Love Nest
october 10, 2013 Dear Lucy and Dennis! Thank You from bottom of my heart for super stay! We from Los Angeles (before that from Moscow), and you helped to make …
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My Pleasure
The McDonald’s had been there for decades, built in sunnier days, but it couldn’t last
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An Occurrence on the Beach at Varosha
The evening’s last light has drained out of the sky behind the procession of dead hotels lining the beach. Up to twenty storeys high, they were built so close together …
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A System from the North
For losing a child, she knew she would be fired. She had plenty of experience with fireable offences
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Three Tshakapesh Dreams
When you say “the war” around here, you don’t mean Iraq or Star Wars. You mean the Great Biker War
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Angel Lady
Our daughter vanished. The woman looked pretty normal. She had long hair even though she was over forty. She had a brittle voice that made you listen carefully in case …
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Bye Judy and Good Luck
Judy shakes her head sadly. She winces as if even that hurts. Then she tells us how she got so drunk last night that she decided she’d try to get her dog and cat to make friends
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Never Too Late
He wondered if he could get used to being with a woman who wasn’t able to ride or rope or wrangle
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