Bright Lights, Big City

Bright Lights, Big City

The train shudders and pitches toward Fourteenth Street, stopping twice for breathers in the tunnel. You are reading about Liz Taylor’s new boyfriend when a sooty hand taps your shoulder. You do not have to look up to know you are facing a casualty, one of the...
What Is The What?

What Is The What?

I realize that my mouth is soaked and the tape is no longer firmly attached. I blow, and to my surprise, the left half of the tape flaps away. I can speak if I want to speak. ‘Excuse me,’ I say. My voice is soft, much too quiet. There is no indication he hears me....
City Of Glass

City Of Glass

I say what they say because I know nothing. There was this. Dark. Very dark. As dark as very dark. They say: that was the room. Not even a window. Poor Peter Stillman. And the boom, boom, boom, the caca piles. The pipilakes. Excuse me. Anymore. There was mush food in...
Kleinzeit

Kleinzeit

Excuse me, said the moon. I’ll just put the kettle on. Kleinzeit nodded. The day knocked three times at his eyeballs. Morning for Mr Kleinzeit, said the day. I’m Mr Kleinzeit, said Kleinzeit. Sign here, please. Kleinzeit signed. Thank you very much, sir,...