French Exit
“I’ve just been out riding my bicycle,” Malcolm said. “What bicycle?” “Frances bought me one for...
Category: Truth & Lies
Brit(ish)
In the 1770s, a talented black man – born a slave, mid-Atlantic, on a ship – whose friends...
Breakfast of Champions
A lot of the nonsense was the innocent result of playfulness on the part of the founding fathers...
Walden
It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can...
Capital
It wouldn’t be true to say that Roger saw the funny side, or had glimpses of perspective, or...
Three Ladies In The Morning
The midtown hotel restaurant was almost empty at eleven-thirty in the morning. Three waiters were...
The Shipping News
“If he’d gone on with the others he’d likely have gone into a miserable life. You ask me, Canada...
The Humans
Humans are one of the few intelligent beings in the galaxy who haven’t quite solved the problem of...
The Captain and the Glory
There were a number of possible replacements for the Admiral – a dozen or so crew members...
Capital
‘Hello, I’m in a rush,’ her lawyer began, as he often did, ‘but there’s some news I wanted you to...
The Dialogue of Two Snails
White Snail.- (Silence.) (A young lady with a lace parasol comes along counting her steps. Upon...
Descending Figure
PORTRAIT A child draws the outline of a body.She draws what she can, but it is white all...
