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April 4, 2022
“Stellar Night,” by Mark Ulriksen.
Fiction
She and I converged on a sullen love for our country. A hate-love, some might say. A love with a dash of masochism, I used to say. A love in defiance of pain, she used to say. And that was how she and I loved each other, too—through pain and a bit frantically.
Almost every weekend, she and I would get on a train or a bus and head off somewhere.Continue reading »
Almost every weekend, she and I would get on a train or a bus and head off somewhere.Continue reading »
