Short fiction. Nobody here is a villain — that's usually the problem. They take a while to read; they're meant to.
Before the Light Reaches the Door
A dog reads the shoe rack each morning to find out what kind of day it will be. Today the shoes told him nothing, the house is empty, and there is something on the table that smells of the mornings. 40 min read.
Imperfection is the New Perfection
Four linked stories from Kerala. A wedding arranged down to the priest's pronunciation. A grandmother who has worn the face of virtue for sixty years. A young man learning exactly the wrong lesson from the man he admires. 25 min read.
The Rotating Light
A man wakes at the foot of a lighthouse with no sea, no memory of arriving, and eleven seconds between each turn of the light. 30 min read.