There’s No Right Way to Say This – Yen Radecki
Published in The Quiet Reader Edition 1
The wake was being held on Saturday afternoon at Jay’s parents’ house, so the four of us drove down together that morning. It wasn’t that none of us could get there on our own — although Arjun certainly would have struggled to get his scooter going fast enough for the freeway — but that it made sense to go together, …
The Blood Test – John Walters
Published in The Quiet Reader Edition 1
The enigmatic woman in black showed up for the first time at one of my bookstore readings. She sat in the back and did not come forward for the signing. Instead, she stood far off across the room, apart from the crowd, watching me with an intense quizzical expression. The rush of popular acclaim was still so new for me …