![What Debussy Wrote for the Guitar](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/guitar-470x140.jpg)
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/43782479″ params=”auto_play=true&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Peyton recognized it the first time he heard Tito Salinas play the pieces. When the performance ended, he…
![Unfinished Swansong](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nudemaja-470x140.jpg)
Undraped feminine figure; that is, even if infatuated with brevity, David still insists on putting it in three other words: the female nude. Yes, the…
![Feigning Mirth](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
There is something about these big towns, they allure you, promise you something beautiful and make you chase these hopes and dreams feverishly and then,…
![Last Working Day](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Murthy was a second division clerk in one of the government offices; knowing which one makes no difference because most of them are alike in…
![The Prosecutor's Daughter](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/prosecutor-470x140.jpg)
Salim Bouhadi, who used to be the police chief in Tiznit until he left in disgrace, hurried up the dirt road away from the bluffs….
![Terminal](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/terminal-470x140.jpg)
I have no use for the daily news,
wasting away the protracted minutes,
waiting for the triumph of diagnosis.
![Vincent Van Gogh's Shoes](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shoes-470x140.jpg)
No pretensions here.
No ornamentation of
high art.
No gods or kings,
No nymphs or castles.
![All Through Mind](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/allthrumind-470x140.jpg)
You can start at the memories
Of putting on your dad’s shirts
Pretending to be a detective
![More Shores](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shores-470x140.jpg)
Is that Samisen, the swish of geisha?
Those strings, that fragrance…
A tattoo in silk’s fluidity,
The clear mystery of sheer notes strummed
![The Diamond Necklace by Guy de Maupassant](https://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/readingroom-470x140.jpg)
Every month, The Reading Room showcases a short story, or excerpts of a book, from some of the greatest writers the world has ever seen.