As with most holes, this one simply “appeared.” As though it had been there all the city’s life. As though… Read more A Sinkhole in Naples

As with most holes, this one simply “appeared.” As though it had been there all the city’s life. As though… Read more A Sinkhole in Naples
I’ve had the revelation more than once in life that I live like a retired person at an age when… Read more Staring At the Olds Staring At the Abyss
She could remember her grandmother’s feet so clearly. She needn’t shut her eyes or employ some such other hooey “memory-inducing”… Read more Bunion Brigade
That patch, right there. That’s where it happened. That’s where he fucked me. That’s why this rooftop will forever be… Read more A Blemish Forever Emblazoned on the Hippocampus
“Renee? You’re still at the same address?” “Part of me,” I tell him, feeling judged for my too regular ordering… Read more If You Order and Consume an Entire Pizza In Blackout Mode, Did You Really Order and Consume an Entire Pizza at All?
They’re always saying that the Italian birthrate is at an all-time low. But maybe the statisticians responsible for coming up… Read more La Ribellione dei Napoletani
“Are you traveling alone?” “Huh?” I ask, not realizing it’s only going to prompt the security minion to heighten the… Read more Woman Travels Alone
When it comes to eccentric geniuses, the likes of Howard Hughes, Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla tend to receive far… Read more Jesus & Raimondo
No one warns you when you leave America that the heads of shrimp don’t come simply decapitated. You have to… Read more The Silent Shrieks of Shrimp: A Meal Disruption
The Roma were always working. From the outside looking in, it appeared as though they weren’t doing anything–mere beggars taking… Read more La Sicurezza della Famiglia