Archive for the 'Love Story' Category

Love Story Category—Silver Winner: Anusha, Saver of Splashed Cats

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

by Kevin McCaughey
Anusha was late to my apartment. She came in soaked, harried. Storms had drenched the north of Poland the last four days, a fine Baltic September. “Oh, God,” she said. She worked herself out of her coat.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“It was cat,” she said. Rain had mashed [...]

Love Story Category—Gold Winner: The Trout Baron

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

by Diane LeBow
I found Paris especially difficult to leave that morning. Familiar buildings and monuments glistened with fresh snow that had fallen during the night. Teary-eyed, I almost fell as I skidded over the medieval cobblestones of my Marais apartment courtyard for the last time. The cabby studied me in his rearview mirror.
“Why are you [...]

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