When they came for Hershele Ostropol it was not at night but in the middle of the afternoon, and they came quiet and with no warning, with just a polite knock on the door. He had taken it to be the postman, carrying a late delivery of one of his special magazines; but the two [...]
A Light in Troy
by Sarah Monette
From the October 2006 issue
She went down to the beach in the early mornings, to walk among the cruel black rocks and stare out at the waves. Every morning she teased herself with wondering if this would be the day she left her grief behind her on the rocky beach and walked out into the sea to rejoin her [...]
The Town of the Towers
by Tomasz Pietrzyk
From the October 2006 issue
y name is Tom Pietrzyk. I was born in 1973 in Myslowice (Poland).








