“Plees call me Valter.” “Is that Walter?” “To you iss Walter, to me iss Valter. I was forced member of Hitler Youth, Hitlerjugend. I have chust fifteen years. A kid. I not conform. They arrest me and others. Kill my parents. Afterwards, good people help me, and I come to zis country, to new life. … More The Ruler of the Army
Carla taught Anna to cut angels from paper, helped her glue them into her scrapbook. Carla was small and quiet, and three-year-old Anna loved her. Anna stroked the smudgy blue numbers written on the inside of Carla’s soft forearm and wanted to have numbers too, and so Carla inked them gently; 14, 699. At bath time, … More A Concentration on Numbers
Shelley Kirton’s two microfiction stories, “A Concentration on Numbers” and “The Ruler of the Army”, will appear in the fourth issue of The Centifictionist (Vol. 2, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2021). Shelley graciously answered a few brief questions for us. Read the interview below. 1. What inspired the stories “A Concentration on Numbers” and “The Ruler … More Microinterview: Shelley Kirton
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