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Car Seats and Cleaning Lessons
One of the perks of working the day shift – besides not having…
Uncle Roy
Me and my little brothers always called him Uncle Roy only he wasn’t our uncle,…
The Demon of the Mirror
The village sage did not trust mirrors. He preferred a stream that ran between two palms and a…
Châtelet
Châtelet’s long grey corridors seemed to stretch forever into the silence of the night. The more we walked,…
Three Bastards
Road N13 is closed because of snow. It’s been coming down all night, so thick that cars…
PETRA
From the day he arrived, Petra was clear about one thing: he was…
And Wear Your White Shawl at My Funeral
On the banks of the Euphrates, in the district of al-Rumaitha, in the city of Samawah in southern…
Where I Belong
Sunset gleamed off the Atlantic Ocean, blazing the crest of every wave. Late, and the Florida beach…
The Museum of Mistakes
Lobna lived as if apologizing to the world for her presence in it. In her movements, her stillness,…
The Beach at 27
I hate it here. Not here, here, as in this hangar of a…