Narrative Concerning Authentic Sightings of the Krampus.
We were midway through the Wigilia dinner and all that was left of the carp were its whiskers. It was …
Tag Archives: Brother
Trial By Water.
I had known Marcin for over three years before I finally met his elder brother. I think that I was …
Postscript in an Uncertain Hand.
Tomasz Korcz had ducked out of the party to retrieve an envelope of vitamins from his home. The house seemed …
Heebie Jeebies.
Let me take you back several summers to when Marcin was fixated with the pygmies. He had read about the …
The Conjugal Bed.
Last night I attended a party at the home of Noah and his girlfriend. The party was an impromptu thing …
Blood of the World: Herman Melville’s Redburn (1/2).
Herman Melville’s lively picaresque Redburn: His First Voyage was first published in 1849 (shortly after the commercial and critical failure …
Bump in the Night.
I went to my brother’s apartment for dinner last night, and could not help observing that whilst he leaned back …
The Resurrection of Christ.
After Marcin left the city, I lost my mind and I tried to kill myself. When I look back on …
Brother’s Blade.
“The young Queen indeed thought that he was her husband, and asked him why he had stayed away so long. …
The Day of the Devil.
Last night I ended up with Tori and her husband Ricardo in the vodka bar Revolution on Chambers Street. Tori …
Whistle Binkies.
Last night I met my brother in the Whistle Binkies pub. Descending into the gloom of the pub, I found …
How my brother made his fortune.
In a bar overlooking the beach at Salema, my brother met a gay man called Francisco who wanted plutonic love. …
Deliverance
The visitation of the black dog had somehow fused many of the electrical appliances in my apartment. My wife Polly was …
My brother.
I was breakfasting in my apartment this morning, when I heard a sort of motorized yelp from out in the …
