Author name: pswann

Life

Gas Station

I’m probably 15 or 16 years old, riding around the metropolis of Saraland, Alabama, with two guys I knew from […]

Life

Russian Gasoline

My translator’s mother, who had a broken leg at the time, hops into the small Russian made car, which looks

Life

Not a Singer

At the end of the year in elementary school, the band teacher at the middle school arrived to test us,

Life

Tunnel Vision

There were no signs warning me not to drive into the tunnel with an empty gas tank. I was driving

Life

The Russian Lesson

In the next room, I hear the unmistakable chatter of a foreign language. Actually, I hear my bride, Inna, speaking

Life

Chapter Endings

Also: One day at a time… At the time, I thought the years (actually only six weeks) that I had

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