During A Violent Storm, A Woman Sheltered Four Wolves — By Morning, Her Home Was Unrecognizable

the sack down carefully and sat back on my heels and looked at the hole in the floor. At the packed dark earth. At the shape of the space that had held this thing for seven decades.

Marta had chosen well. The hallway was not a room, not a space anyone lingered in or thought of as significant. It was the place you passed through to get somewhere else.continue reading …