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A room of suitcases and packing boxes, rucksacks full to bursting, Bags for …
I was chewing gum. It couldn’t have happened otherwise. A swirling autumnal breeze, a coincidence of the right conditions. I opened my mouth at just that moment. I sucked in a leaf. Not a big leaf, but a whole leaf. Not …
The recovered flight data recorder has sat on the shelf in my office for several weeks. I am usually quite diligent in my duties and proud of my timeliness, but this is a part of my job that I detest. …
I drive to the supermarket at 1 p.m., five minutes from the office and park in the furthest point to the car-park entrance. I’d rather not be spotted by any of my work colleagues.
I grab a wire basket and …
Dave was grateful for the final emotional push as he clamored up and over the edge of Lizard Peak onto the top, a large flat area.
“Thanks, man,” he said to Lyle, his life companion for the last forty years. …
“STOP!”
Nadine glanced up and slammed the brakes. The SUV jolted. Searing coffee sloshed the gear shift. Her heart jittered.
A stout man with a shock of white hair and a crimson face stood inches from her bumper, hands out. …
The cigarette smoke mixed with my breath in the frosty air as I stood outside the door. Glad I’d worn my coat, I wrapped an arm around my waist. Another party, another row, I lit another cigarette, slower this time. …
Red, yellow, green, red, repeat. My gas-pedal foot is idle so I tap on the floor and rehearse the words in my head; Jeff works in Melbourne, he’s a doctor. Yes, Mom, Australia is a long way but we can …
When Mahmud and Sam arrive at Aaron’s hospital room, the door is closed.
“I texted him this morning. He said he’d be awake when we got here,” Sam turns to Mahmud.
“Let’s check with the floor nurse,” Mahmud is already …
1939 Berlin
Sharon and her daughter, Monika, stood self-consciously in a cluster of commuters in the early morning’s dark. The Reich had ordered Jews to wear the Star of David sewn conspicuously over the left breast. This was the first day to …