Monthly Archives: October 2011

            The inevitable fact about competitive sports is that, for every winner, there’s a loser.  You know what I mean: for all the joy in St. Louis today, there’s pain and sorrow in Dallas.  For every nine-year old Cards fan … Continue reading →

It’s found in “To Hide in Athens and Other Stories”! He waits for her nervously, yearning for a cigarette, but has stopped and so must be content drumming his fingers on the desk. He wonders at this nervousness. Even as … Continue reading →

Even near death, and maybe because of death’s proximity, Dora looked beautiful to him.  The feelings he had once had for her – as impossible to act upon as they were before – now came rushing back. Read it in … Continue reading →

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On a mountain in central Greece, with a November wind presaging winter, Nikolas Covo crouched near the fire in a 55-gallon drum, his toes and fingers numb, his heart a dead lump. The stale bread he tried to chew felt … Continue reading →

Run, rain, behind you lurks the Sun, a day too late Now, the wet and wet you are but How you know is beyond My understanding My life my blood You make it sad to kiss You rude and chilly … Continue reading →

Nikolas Covo tossed his bag into the bed of the pickup truck and jumped into the passenger seat. Alex, a Christian orderly whom Dr. Covo had known for years at the General Hospital Ippokratio, and a family friend, had the vehicle moving … Continue reading →