In Best Buy

“I’m not buying it.” “I think you like it.” “But it doesn’t mean we’ll buy it. I like a villa Continue reading →

Mr. Taxi Driver in D.C.

“Some people think it’s a dirty job. Some think it’s nobody’s job. But for me, it pays my school fees. Continue reading →

By Morning

I remember the dry cleaners – the white sandstone wall, the clean curb that would be, by morning, splattered with Continue reading →

Initiation

Even your own room can seem unfamiliar in the dark, a hand that is too damp around your fingers, the Continue reading →

After the Silence

After leaving Johannesburg I wanted the city to still resonate within me but all I had on my side was Continue reading →

I Wanted to Be a Figure Skater

We both felt cold on our lips: mine, as I soared under shivering fluorescents, color of —when it was clean— Continue reading →

Dialogue

Two books on the rumpled bedsheet: Petr touches their covers as if reading with his fingers. Difficult Loves and Laughable Continue reading →

After the Burial

“There are words we’ll never speak,” Petr’s father had said, with a significant glance at Jacob, across the room. “And Continue reading →