'Mr. Borovski!' Alfredo called out in a weak voice, squinting up at the window. Yet another day of futile pilgrimage to the familiar dark buildings of the publishers. Dust now clung all over his shoes, and sweat to his weary skin. Nothing had turned up. All the publishers had rejected his stories outright, a glance …
Month: August 2011
Vulture
We were asked a simple question in class: ‘what causes tides?’ ‘Class’ here means a mixture of fourth years of an integrated Masters in various sciences, and also some integrated PhD students. All of us were already the equivalent of bachelors. We were blank. A little worse than blank, actually. Some tried to give answers …