By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ The gray days turn now to early darkness – light-swallowing afternoons that have me leaving the apartment with my dogs when it is still daylight and returning 30 minutes later to sudden winds and the pitch black of precocious night. These afternoons end quicker than friendships when talking about places like Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Palestine. Believe me, I know.
In the morning, … Read the rest
Content 18+ In a sprawling command center buried deep beneath the earth, Major Collins sat in a small, soundproofed room. Banks of monitors lined the walls, each displaying blinking green lights and scrolling lines of code. He’d been stationed here for years, tasked with overseeing the nuclear protocols in a hidden bunker beneath the earth. On most days, his duties were routine, almost mundane—a steady flow of monitoring, … Read the rest
The Day the World Fell Silent
It was an ordinary morning, if anything could be called ordinary in an underground bunker. Major Collins sat at his station, his gaze fixed on the steady rhythm of green lights blinking on his console. It was a ritual he had performed countless times, a dance of routine and protocol that made up his daily existence in this hidden, fortified world far … Read the rest
Content advisory 18+ I have been exchanging letters with a friend who writes novels. She is a woman of Moscow with long-established connections to New York City. Clever, sophisticated, and talented, she is, in fact, among the most unforgettably beautiful women I have ever seen. Hauntingly so, like the Mona Lisa. Or the Girl With the Pearl Earring. Except better.
Feminist trash-talking being what it is — if we can … Read the rest
