![The Brick](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FICTION-470x140.jpg)
There is a photograph of my mother standing in front of the chain link fence around the Chevron Oil Plant in Richmond, several minutes before…
![Pieces](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FICTION-470x140.jpg)
It happened first in the shower. Sasha stood, scrubbing her body, her mind occupied on the day, on when the man might be answering her…
![A Life, A Book, A Chance](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FICTION-470x140.jpg)
Veronika usually woke a few minutes before the church bells rang. This day she had been up for hours, tossing and turning in her small…
![I, etcetera](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ietcetera-470x140.jpg)
I suppose a certain kind of Calcutta novel can be written. By a certain kind of Southern Avenue Calcuttan such as me. These are read…
![An Ambiguous Weekend](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ambiguousweekend-470x140.jpg)
Richard’s clay sculptures could say a great deal about him. Luckily, he did not sculpt very often. He spent most of his time bagging groceries…
![Kulfi](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kulfi-470x140.jpg)
Pushpa did not know about the Gospels. In fact, she barely knew anything about Jesus. But she would have appreciated one of his teachings—to be…
![Alizarin Crimson](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/crimson-470x140.jpg)
Mr. Hartley took a small canvas the size of a notebook from the table at the front of the classroom. “You’ll apply the alizarin first….
![The Lighthouse Keeper](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lighthouse-470x140.jpg)
My father had a job as a lighthouse keeper. His lighthouse could be seen from all over town – on account of our town being…
![Maxim Kolosov](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kolosov-470x140.jpg)
I’d never seen a man die before. Not before this. I would’ve looked away had I known what was coming, that he was jumping for…
![The Cleaner](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cleaner-470x140.jpg)
David stared at the long black stain. He had tried everything he could to clean it from the otherwise pristine white shirt, but nothing had…
![The Animals Among Us](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/animals-470x140.jpg)
I. Aves When the little boy double crossed the shetani¸ Great Heron assumed her true spirit form and cursed him, placing her hands upon the…
![The Ambassador](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ambassador-470x140.jpg)
My father was my hero. When he was ten, he went into the cigar factory. He sat on a long bench. His father sat on…
![On the Morning He Was To Leave Mortalus](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mortalus-470x140.jpg)
On the morning he was to leave Mortalus for the drive south to California, while walking to the library to return three DVD’s starring Theresa…
![Clean Break](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cleanbreak-470x140.jpg)
Alessa wakes to the sound of bickering and with no idea where she is. There’s a television on somewhere and the bickering is just two…
![Second Language](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/secondlanguage-470x140.jpg)
Sapna sips her café au lait on the patio of the Alliance Française de Bangalore. The styrofoam cup squeaks between her fingers, the beverage is…