Amyr called to me as soon as I opened the door. I was tired and my back aching from far too many hours of standing on the cement floor. My heart, too, was aching from far too many hours of standing with only a few coins to show for my efforts. Three coins were not enough to feed my wife and my...
"Bye Doctor!" a nurse called as he exited the main doors of his hospital. He didn't respond, choosing instead to light a cigarette which he pulled from the drawer of his desk upstairs. He inhaled deeply of the pungent smoke, glad that it was already afternoon and the planet was beginning to coo...
“Where's the baby?” I demanded. “Nurse is measuring him.” His voice was muffled. “You're not taking him.” “No, I'm not taking him.” He turned his face up to me. “Then what in the hell are you doing here?” “I need to explain. It's not what you think.” “What do I think?” I crossed my arms in fr...
After hocking everything I owned at the local pawnshop, or selling it on Craigslist, I was down to forty-three dollars and thirty-seven cents, in addition to the ancient Euro my father had left me as an inheritance. “What the heck is this?” I had mumbled, holding the single coin in my palm, while...
I could tell she did not like the ritual, but she complied. I didn’t blame her. The water was cold, and it rained the entire time. She had new scars on her body and age had taken a toll but still she was an attractive woman. I, who was only a dozen years more than her, wished my figure was st...