Frangible Time

August 7

Lisa stands just a few inches shy of six feet, if the marks on the doorjamb are anything to go by…

August 6

“I can’t,” Jerry says, his eyes taking on an expression of pain…

August 5

“If you need to stick your neck out that far for me,” I say, “the odds are good that you’re going to ask me for something I can’t give…

August 4

“You had a meeting with Peter in Akabraha– what…

August 3

“I left it at home, like you said,” I say…

August 2

A young man pulls up a chair across the table from me…

August 1

I wind up staying awake until 1…