Historical
In the House of the Wasp. Runner-Up in Behind the Last Window Challenge.
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. There wasn’t a room, of course. At least she didn’t think so. Her vision was just temporarily framed like that – she imagined it was akin to horse blinders.
By Zack Graham4 years ago in Fiction
Good Judgment
“Who are you and what are you doing here? You aren’t on my calendar. Who let you through the door?” “What door?” He laughed. “That door. The double bronze door, handcrafted in Florence in the Renaissance. Get out of here immediately, or I’ll push the button.”
By Richard Seltzer4 years ago in Fiction
Retreat! Retweet! Retreat!
Frankie is twelve years old. He lives in New York City. On the other side of the world, invading Russian troops are blasting cities and killing people like him and his parents and his friends. He can’t sleep. He watches all the streaming news. He obsessively reads #ukraine #kyiv #kherson on Twitter.
By Richard Seltzer4 years ago in Fiction
Senator Warren of Massachusetts
Alternative history. An excerpt from the novel Parallel Lives by Richard Seltzer The story, which begins in an assisted-living facility in New Hampshire, leads to 18th century Boston and London, where there may be unfinished business that residents, through mirror selves, must take care of. As Abe, Mercy. and their friends come under the influence of forces they don't understand, they adopt antique attire, get drunk on two-hundred-year-old wine, and become experts in the lives of their other selves.
By Richard Seltzer4 years ago in Fiction
