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THORONG LA
THORONG LA
I’d actually been warned about the mountain years before, in the days when we were still in the Bronx, when all we’d climbed were the stairs on Bailey Avenue. Back then the ascent was no less tricky, with the steps that crumbled and the men who sat at the top, like goats, watching until we got close and then following us through the neighborhood. In the winter there was nothing extraordinary about the cold, more dirt than snow, just enough ice to make you doubt the ground…
Photo credit: Joshua RubinOriginally featured in literally stories
November, 2022
Attached
Ms. Kramer was explaining the difference between infinitives and imperatives to Lily Spencer for — not kidding — the fifth time when Jarod Troutman slapped a pair of cuffs on her. Half a pair, technically. The other ring was attached to his own wrist and it was thus, seven minutes into second period on Tuesday, June third, that he became literally attached to his French teacher…
(originally featured in Literal Latte Winter 2015 edition)
Jinn
NO SLEEP Podcast
Season 12 Episode 15
(16 minutes in)
(story originally featured in Rosebud Magazine #57)
Imaginary Numbers
Night.
Homecoming starts after sunset.
The crowd spills in from the three directions: East lot, North lot, and Weir lot — the one named after the teacher who died the year before we came…
(originally titled “Beneath”
and featured in Literal Latte 2015 Winter edition)